This is one of the two brasseries to be awarded stars in France's guide Michelin and the award is not stolen. Sunday lunch on site is a veritable festival - at €160 per person all the same, but this is the Cheval Blanc, one of the most beautiful hotels in the capital. The programme consists of hors-d'oeuvres placed in the centre of the table, followed by a dish of your choice - lobster with coral sauce béarnaise, beef ribs with barbecue sauce - and creative side dishes and an orgy of desserts by Maxime Frédéric, the most gifted pastry chef of his generation.
Bonus: a postcard view that lives up to the restaurant's name.
8, quai du Louvre 75001 Paris - 01 79 35 50 22
For 24 years, this chain has been a temple to America, open every day with comforting titles throughout the menu. There are the excellent burgers but also everything else: the mini-tacos, the Caesar salad with strips of crispy chicken, the US-style croque-monsieur with pastrami, the cheddar hot dog, the cream and salmon bagel, the tuna and mayonnaise club sandwich, another classic from across the Atlantic. What more could you ask for than fast, attentive service?
4, rue Princesse 75006 Paris - 01 43 54 18 18
Every Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 4pm, this British brewery transforms itself into a brunch mecca. Savour their homemade granola - here served with pieces of chocolate cake, shortbread biscuit, warm caramel sauce and yoghurt - avocado and horseradish toast, pancakes with homemade strawberry jam, not forgetting the English breakfast totems also available - beans, sausage & co.
13, rue Monsigny 75002 Paris - 01 47 42 92 35
I fell in love with this really well-cooked brunch by Romain Casas, formerly of the Parisian restaurant Le Carré des Feuillants, which boasts two Michelin stars. Hot drink, squeezed orange juice or detox drink of the day, addictive pancakes with homemade spread and pear and white pepper compote, perfect egg with herb cream and hazelnut crumble, gnocchi with seasonal vegetables and cheese according to mood, rice pudding with pistachio and caramel. It's a festival served up by co-founder Tiphaine Mollard, formerly of Alain Ducasse's Michelin-starred Parisian bistro Benoît.
58, rue de la Fontaine au Roi 75011 Paris – 09 74 97 47 52
Quite simply one of the best new addresses in recent years. This place with its déco sensible where you could stay and work all day seems to be animated in the kitchen by fairies whose gestures are always elegant, even when assembling a granola. Everything is absolutely delicious on the premises, but we particularly recommend the croque-madame, which is really cooked, and the egg, which takes on oriental garb - egg casserole, feta, homemade harissa butter, parsley, onions, sumac. Mix the ingredients in the casserole to obtain scrambled eggs that are certainly spicy, but above all very aromatic and accompanied by bread that is still oily and made on the spot. We owe this Café Singuliers to Patrice Besse, an estate agent with impeccable taste.
2, rue Titon 75011 Paris - 01 71 20 69 41
This is one of my favourite restaurants, and not just because you can eat breakfast here until 4pm. Open since 2013, Hollybelly is one of the capital's flagship restaurants, with its American offering - the stack of pancakes with butter and maple syrup - but there's everything else, and in particular those little touches that make a restaurant great: the homemade cherry soda, the kindness of the staff, the excellent granola that you can buy to take away and then some of the dishes that change every day. A big, big favourite.
5, rue Lucien Sampaix 75010 Paris - 01 82 28 00 80
How do you measure the influence of Gramme in France? By the number of coffee shops that have opened, inspired by the recipe book of this restaurant that describes itself as "Parisian cuisine". We should be talking about "cuisine that is exactly what you want to eat". Seriously, all the titles are appetising, including at weekends from 10am to 3pm when the menu is different: brioche bread, scrambled eggs, caramelised bacon, spiced jam and herbs; roast beef from the Basque country, potato millefeuille, aioli and mesclun and, of course, the famous cookie which can be accompanied by chantilly. Be warned, the place is tiny, so come early or be patient.
86, rue des Archives 75003 Paris
Julien Duboué, a former contestant on Top Chef, is one of the capital's best-known names, and he proves it with his all-you-can-eat buffet, hidden away behind his bakery. The address is a little out of the way, far from the metro, but it's worth the diversions 1,000 times over, with a franchouillarde offering from starters to desserts: duck terrine, sardine rillettes, stuffed cabbage, pommes boulangères, babas à l'armagnac, crêpes Suzette, fruit salads, pistachio crème brulée, make-your-own profiteroles, chocolate mousse... Saturdays and Sundays, open from 11am to midnight.
181, rue Ordener 75018 Paris - 01 46 06 64 20
This is one of the best-kept secrets of haute gastronomy in the eighth arrondissement of Paris, the brunch of chef Yannick Alléno, who needs no introduction, and it takes place at Pavyllon, one of the three Michelin-starred restaurants in his flagship Ledoyen - the location for the filming of Grand Restaurant avec de Funès. It costs 145 euros per head, but it's a festival that happens on the counter - or on the tables further back, but you won't have the immersive view of the kitchens. Competitive Viennese pastries first, followed by smoked salmon and a ‘perfect’ omelette, then white ham and comté cream in a gougère sandwich, and then a hot dog with a lobster sausage inside. Forget the poultry in a hot and cold dish with herb mayonnaise. For a sweet treat of the same kind, plan a long digestive siesta...
8, avenue Dutuit 75008 Paris - 01 53 05 10 10
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A very expensive Sunday brunch - 190 euros per person - but we're in the oldest Parisian palace still in operation, le Meurice. Home-made terrines, seafood, aesthetically pleasing mixed salads, a choice of main course, lovely cheeses and of course, the highlight, the desserts by patisserie star Cédric Grolet.
228, rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris - 01 44 58 10 10
The bar-restaurant of la Tour d'Argent is open every day from 9am to midnight. n the morning, you can order pastries from the neighbouring bakery belonging to la Tour d'Argent, followed by homemade compote, eggs Benedict with smoked salmon or bacon and hollandaise sauce... All of which is served via the same legendary starter as la Tour d'Argent.
15, quai de la Tournelle 75005 Paris - 01 40 46 71 25
The first and by no means least advantage of Breakfast in America? Breakfast is served here until 4pm. We love the 1950s diner atmosphere with all the trimmings of American cuisine: onion rings, wraps, waffles with crispy chicken, mac & cheese... All at reasonable prices - brunch formula at €23.50 but the menu is more interesting.
4, rue Malher 75004 Paris, France - 01 42 72 40 21
If it didn't exist, we'd have to invent it, this café from the mind of Marion Goettlé, a sparkling Alsatian pastry chef who has worked in many Michelin-starred restaurants. ven if her laboratory is tiny, she still makes classic or more creative pastries - with seasonal fruit. n small feat. he must is the in-house brunch - booking essential - which rivals those of the capital's top palaces in quality and finesse, but at a lower price. his enchanted interlude includes hot chocolate with a hint of hazelnut, perfect scrambled eggs topped with smoked salmon, small potatoes to dip in bibeleskäs, an Alsatian mixture made from fromage blanc and herbs, and desserts served on the plate, with ice cream also prepared on the premises.
16, rue la Vacquerie 75011 Paris - 01 43 79 27 46
Casimir is the bistro par excellence for friends, in a quiet corner of Paris, with a view of a church - you'd think you were in a village, even though boulevard de Magenta is right next door. Just look at the menu: rillettes, terrine du cochon, croquettes de jambon, rôti de cochon like a vitello tonnato, aubergine schnitzel, grilled lobster half with bisque pasta, beef Wellington, chocolate mousse, peach crumble with rosemary...
6, rue de Belzunce 75010 Paris - 01 48 78 28 80
I adore this bakery where you can sit down. the owner is a native of Bordeaux who succeeded in New York, in prestigious establishments, before returning to his homeland. hat should you order here? Pretty much everything, whether it's the fine apple tart, the addictive cinnamon rolls or chocolate rolls, the ham croissant, the well-constructed sandwiches, the very runny Basque cheesecake or the pistachio cot cake. A sure bet.
96, rue de Lévis 75017 Paris - 01 42 27 28 27
A very small café-grocery-restaurant but well worth the diversions, if only for the very friendly owner, Thomas Lehoux. n Saturdays, the place opens at 8.30am and you start off with well-made drinks - the owner, again, is the founder of la Brûlerie de Belleville, so he knows a thing or two about coffee - before getting down to more serious matters: well-stocked sandwiches with schnitzel Milanaise, roast beef or peanut butter and homemade jam.
57, rue Saint-Maur, 75011 Paris - 01 81 69 67 05
At first glance, le Floréal is a café like any other. But that's only at first glance, because at this HQ for many inhabitants of this side of the 20th arrondissement, the food is good. Ask for the deep canapés and settle in for brunch on Sundays from midday. he formula is more than interesting: 24 euros, and includes a savoury dish. he day I was there, it was crispy meat keftas with two runny half-eggs, well-seasoned vegetables and yoghurt to wrap it all up. On top of that, the croissant and granola were also in top form. This is a café that makes you want to move to the neighbourhood!
43, rue des Couronnes, 75020 Paris - 01 43 61 94 66
A stone's throw from the Gare de Lyon, this brunch mecca, which attracts miles of customers at weekends, is a very pleasant place to eat - unless you plan to work, as computers are banned. he chef is Italian, which means you don't have to pray for good pasta. t they are very good, as was the case with our rigatoni Norma (tomato sauce, aubergines and pecorino). ut the star of the place is undoubtedly the bagel, topped with cream cheese to which you can add avocado, salmon, cheddar, bacon, truffle gouda, fried eggs... In short, an excellent bagel is hard to come by and you can make it up as you please.
07, avenue Ledru Rollin 75011 Paris
In the hierarchy of Parisian brunches, Polichinelle is well, very well placed. It's not because of its pantagruesome 100% vegetarian buffet in a place that isn't exactly central - but the interior is glamorous for the neighbourhood. P However, the all-you-can-eat buffet makes up for everything with its sublime woven and flaky brioches, fine fritters, vegetable gratins and risottos, handmade pasta with toasted almond pesto and desserts created by the king of pastry Christophe Michalak. V Would you like some more of the chocolate mousse that makes all the customers salivate?
51/53, quai de Grenelle RDC de l'Hotel Yooma 75015 Paris - 01 87 44 69 14
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This discreet tea room is nevertheless one of the best places to eat on this side of Paris: insider sweet-tooths know it, and not just because Colorova is next door to l'école Ferrandi, a prestigious cookery school. L Sunday brunch is €39. A A few numbers from there, the address has created a little brother, Gido, with a great range of pastries and coffee, but the place is only open on weekdays.
7, rue de l'Abbé Grégoire 75006 Paris - 01 45 44 67 56
It's good to be alive in this Brazilian cafe-shop where brunch - at 24 euros - is available every day the restaurant is open. G Try the country's famous pains au fromage, but also the galettes de tapioca accompanied by a seasoned salad - a savoury version - or sweet treats such as brigadeiro, a chocolate preparation that Brazilians love, especially for birthdays.
1, rue des Batignolles 75017 Paris
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An oasis in Paris, welcome to The Hoxton. U place as classy as London. L s Saturdays and Sundays, it's brunch time with a homemade bun filled with scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, bacon and mushrooms, or a very comforting waffle made with chocolate, banana, cocoa and raspberry ganache and French toast...
30-32, rue du Sentier 75002 Paris - 01 85 65 75 00
Sundoubtedly one of the capital's most charming family-run hotel restaurants. N Not only do you eat well here, but you can have breakfast from early in the morning until late in the evening! G And don't forget the savoury delights, even in the middle of the afternoon, such as the ham and cheese and potato omelette, or the pommes dauphines and homemade Béarnaise sauce.
8, rue du Caire 75002 Paris - 01 86 54 12 12
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Brunch at the Ritz is a splurge at 205 euros. H Fortunately, there is an alternative: brunch in the boutique opened to showcase the talent of the hotel's pastry chef, François Perret. A -As well as the ultra-aesthetic viennoiseries, there are also some very stylish sandwiches, such as the Caesar salad with flaky bread or another version, with salmon, in homemade buckwheat bread. L The sweet side is obviously the main attraction, with trompe-l'œil pastries, a collection of madeleines and even a strawberry tart... to sip through a straw, in drink format.
8, rue Cambon 75001 Paris - 01 43 16 30 26
