Restaurant Le Meurice Alain DucassevsLe Cinq
Le Cinq and Le Meurice Alain Ducasse are both highly recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Le Meurice Alain Ducasse scores slightly better than Le Cinq. Le Meurice Alain Ducasse has a TripExpert Score of 90 with endorsements from 12 reviews including Insight Guides, Gayot and BlackBook.
Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse
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228 rue de Rivoli-Hotel Meurice, 75001 Paris
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Insight Guides "The very best ingredients cooked in a subtle and understated way by chef Yannick Alléno. Some of the finest cooking in Paris."
Zagat4.7
""This is what heaven must be" enthuse the admirers of these "sublime", "highly exciting" Haute Cuisine dishes." Full review
BlackBook "When Restaurant Magazine named le Meurice among the "World's 50 Best Restaurants" they described the place as "classic, timeless, shameless"."
Gayot17.0
"As for the dining room, it remains the same, one of the most beautiful in Paris (not to say the world), facing the Tuileries garden and decked out with marble." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Yannick Alleno has established himself as one of the finest chefs in Paris, and a meal here is as carefully orchestrated as a ballet."
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"Head chef Yannick Alleno's cuisine reveals a brilliant alliance of classicism and inventiveness, where even the simplest ingredients are transformed into the most extravagant flavours."
Rough Guide "You might start with foie gras "iodized" in sugar bread, followed by veal sweetbreads with chestnuts, and finish with melted meringue with pink grapefruit and green apple jelly."
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Head chef Yannick Alleno's cuisine reveals a brilliant alliance of classicism and inventiveness, where even the simplest ingredients are transformed into the most extravagant flavours." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Philippe Starck’s redo of this Paris institution, including its Michelin three-starred restaurant, features some surreal touches, from table legs shod in fancy footwear to a frosted mirror." Full review
Not For Tourists "Food by Yannick Alléno, design by Starck, a starry combination."
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31 avenue George V, Four Seasons Hotel George V, 75008 Paris
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Fodor's "Eric Briffard is not the most famous chef in Paris but he is one of the best, as proved by his smooth transition into the role of head chef in one of the city's most deluxe dining rooms." Full review
Frommer's "Critics have been lavishing Chef Eric Briffard with praise, saying that he's a shoe-in to regain the restaurant's third Michelin star." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Offers a seasonal menu of French cuisine prepared using traditional French methods with an element of modernity in the execution." Full review
DK Eyewitness "For a rare splurge, it is hard to do better than this sumptuous restaurant in the George V."
Departures "Five hundred hours are spent each year in research and development in the Le Cinq kitchen and they’ve resulted in innovative dishes like turbot with a truffle fingerling potato emulsion." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"The superb dining room, a majestic evocation of the Grand Trianon, opens onto a delightful interior garden. Impressive wine list and top-notch cuisine." Full review
Gayot "Chef Christian Le Squer sprinkles a palace menu with contained audacity." Full review
Eater "After more than 10 years at the helm of the Four Seasons George V's three-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Cinq, chef Christian Le Squer has managed to maintain both its relevance and its..."
Afar Magazine "Three-Michelin-starred Le Cinq is set in a luminous 19th-century winter garden, creating the perfect ambience for indulging in Chef Christian Le Squer’s cuisine, which he defines as..."
Condé Nast Traveler "Le Cinq is the hottest table to secure with three Michelin stars—Parisians book months in advance to taste chef Christian Le Squer’s “foie gras like a pebble,” a truly beautiful trio of..."
