For all gourmet food addicts, fans of festive meals or brasserie lovers, no longer ask yourself the question, "but where are we going to spend New Year's Eve?" Paris is full of places where 2021 is dressed up!
Here are best addresses selected to celebrate New Year's Eve in Paris...
If you are addicted to gourmet restaurants...
Le YAKUZA restaurant in Paris, Maison Albar Hotels – Le Vendome: for trendy gastronomy with a high-end Japanese style
The group Maison Albar Hotels partnered with the chef Olivier da Costa to offer you a culinary journey in a unique atmosphere.
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Celebrate New Year's Eve At Odette's, an urban hostel located at 23-25 rue du Pont Neuf in the 1er borough
Named Odette in homage to Céline Falco's grandmother, née Albar, this new address is a beautiful story of family and tradition.
Le Chef Remi Hénaux offers you a simple and contemporary menu for authentic gastronomy, “homemade” and local dishes, “just like at home”, while respecting the seasons and fresh products from Ile de France.
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The Scene** is at the heart of the 8e arrondissement, at 32 Avenue Matignon. For New Year's Eve, Chef Stéphanie Le Quellec choreographs a bold and generous menu. The two-star chef ingeniously crafts creative cuisine with respect for carefully selected products, sourced as closely as possible from producers and breeders.
The evening's menu unfolds as follows: crystal caviar, half-French half-soufflé bread, Pompadour apple; sea bass, soft quenelle "under black truffle" or French game venison, roast fillet with sloe gin, pear and juniper..
Scene – 32 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris – Menu at 395 euros per person (excluding drinks) or à la carte – Reservations by telephone: 01 42 65 05 61
Granite, we are here in the heart of the 1er arrondissement for the very first and new table of the young Chef Tom Meyer. It is in this setting imbued with sobriety, warmth and modernity, that the former right-hand man of Anne Sophie Pic works.
He's concocted a high-flying 10-course dinner for us to welcome 2022 in style... poached foie gras, artichoke, aged parmesan, black truffle and coffee; gnocchi, runny heart with caviar and shellfish; or Racan chicken, Pontoise cabbage, supreme geranium sauce.
Granite – 6 rue de Bailleul, 75001 Paris – Single 10-course menu – 250 euros per person – Reservations on the website: https://granite.paris/ Or by phone: 01 40 13 64 06
Bellefeuille at Saint James celebrates New Year's Eve with a menu featuring moments captured in nature. The dinner is punctuated by the sounds of a pianist and a jazz singer.
Chef Julien Dumas has composed his score as follows… “En plein terre” features black truffles and Jerusalem artichokes, “En plonge, dans les eaux de la baie de Cancale” features scallops and seaweed, “Les Bassins d'Aquitaine” features Breton lobster and sea apples, and “Retour par les terres de Touraine” which pays homage to chicken, hay, and black truffles..
Bellefeuille, Chef Julien Dumas, Hôtel Saint-James Paris – 5 Pl. du Chancelier Adenauer, 75116 Paris – Single 7-course menu – 290 euros excluding drinks – Reservations on the website: www.saint-james-paris.com or by phone: +01-44-05-81
The Baudelaire* at Burgundy, a Michelin star, its Chef Guillaume Goupil and his teams offer the great revisited classics of French gastronomy, for a typically Parisian table.
A dialogue between winter vegetables and the finest holiday produce... "Oyster No. 1" is eaten with Jerusalem artichoke, "Coquille Saint-Jacques" with cauliflower, "Le Pigeon" cooked in two ways with truffle...
The Baudelaire, Hôtel Burgundy Paris, 6-8 Rue Duphot, 75001 Paris – Single 8-course menu 420 euros / person excluding drinks – 540 euros / person with food and wine pairing – Reservations by email: hotesse@leburgundy.com or by telephone: 01 71 19 49 11
Tower of money Time stands still on the banks of the Seine. Chef Yannick Franque, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman of France), transcends the essentials of French gastronomy.
A unique seven-course menu… langoustine sprinkled with Tour d'Argent caviar pearls, scallops or turbot, grated with Alba truffle.
Tower of money – 15-17 Quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris Single 7-course menu – 780 euros per person – www.tourdargent.com – Reservations by telephone: 01 43 54 23 31
If you are a fan of festive tables...
Coya Paris chooses to see things in gold! The restaurant is adorned with gold and becomes a temple of celebration and a trendy table with Peruvian inspiration. A DJ evening to go until the early hours and for the biggest party animals, a brunch from 1er January to close the show.
A unique festive menu to discover…: crab tostada, jack tiradito and winter black truffle, Oscietra caviar or even spicy Wagyu beef fillet and foie gras, not forgetting a selection of signature desserts.
Coya Paris – 83-85 Rue du Bac, 75007 Paris – Menu 1: 160 euros per person – Menu 2: 280 euros per person DJ evening – Menu available on the website: www.coyarestaurant.com – Reservations by telephone: 01 43 22 00 65
The dome gets into the rhythm of the Roaring Twenties to liven up New Year's Eve... artistic and musical highlights at the Dancing de La Coupole.
On the program for the Immersive Folies night: DJ sets, jazz bands, artistic happenings among dancers, dandies and other pin-ups.
The dome – 102 Bd du Montparnasse, 75014 Paris – Classic Menu 1erservice: 195 euros per person 2e service: 250 euros per person – Seafood Menu 1er service: 195 euros per person 2e service: 250 euros per person – DJ evening at the Dancing de La Coupole – Reservations by telephone: 01 43 20 14 20
Sir Winston, with Anglo-Indian decor designed by Laura Gonzalez, the oldest pub in Paris is preparing a New Year's Eve to the rhythm of spices, a DJ evening until the early hours with a privileged place to contemplate the fireworks.
On the menu… the best of Indo-British cuisine from Chef Manoj Sharma.
Sir Winston – 5 Rue de Presbourg, 75116 Paris – A la carte dinner, DJ evening – www.sirwinston.fr – Reservations by telephone: 01 40 67 17 37
The Ambassadors Bar at the Hotel Crillon opens its doors to night owls to celebrate the New Year. An evening hosted by a guest DJ where it is advisable to reserve a table,
and enjoy… the bites of Chef Paul Pairet, all washed down with a magnum of Champagne.
Crillon Hotel, The Ambassadors Bar – 10 place de la Concorde 75008 Paris – 800 euros per table of 2 to 4 people – From 23 p.m. to 4 a.m. – Reservations by telephone: 01 44 71 15 00
Montecito at the Kimpton St Honoré takes you to California without having to take a plane, the evening is to the sound of the fiery turntables of the American West Coast until the early hours.
Chefs Nicolas Pastot and Carrie Solomon have created a very special menu for the occasion.
Montecito, Kimpton St Honoré Hotel – 27- 29 boulevard des Capucines 75002 Paris – Until 2 a.m. – Single menu at 220 euros per person – Reservations by telephone: 01 80 40 76 40
If you are a brewery lover…
Lazarus, the brasserie combines conviviality and a love of good food with its New Year's Eve menu. A special menu, designed by Chef Eric Frechon, has only one motto for New Year's Eve: conviviality.
On the menu… Burgundy snails au gratin with garlic and parsley butter, candied tomatoes, pan-fried scallops, watercress jus and gnocchi, game bird pie, duck foie gras and truffles or even Bourbon vanilla millefeuille, salted butter caramel.
Lazarus – Rue Intérieure, Parvis de la Gare Saint-Lazare, 75008 Paris - A la carte menu – 98 euros per person – Reservations on the website: www.lazare-paris.fr or by telephone: 01 44 90 80 80
The Auteuil Brasserie, on the edge of the large green belt, is organizing a big Italian-style fiesta on its famous rooftop... DJs until the end of the night for a festive New Year's Eve that rhymes with Dolce Vita.
Aperitivo to share and cocktails. Dinner à la carte.
Auteuil Brewery – 78 Rue d'Auteuil, 75016 Paris – A la carte dinner, DJ evening www.auteuil-brasserie.com – Reservations by telephone: 01 40 71 11 90
Bofinger, the brasserie in the heart of the Bastille Marais district, with its Art Nouveau decor, is preparing a festive Alsatian-style New Year's Eve party with concerts until the early hours. Warmth and conviviality are essential!
And of course… seafood sauerkraut and Riesling galore.
Bofinger – 5-7 Rue de la Bastille, 75004 Paris – Dinner à la carte, concert evening www.bofingerparis.com – Reservations by telephone: 01 42 72 87 82
THE Drugstore, the iconic restaurant on the Champs-Élysées, is pulling out all the stops. Eric Frechon, a three-star chef and Meilleur Ouvrier de France, offers a sublime, unique menu for a seven-course dinner and a colorful evening...
… caviar tarama, warm blinis, and truffle croque, scallops with yuzu or even lobster ravioli.
THE Drugstore restaurant – 133 Av. des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris – Single 7-course menu – 290 euros per person excluding drinks – Reservations by email: reservation@ledrugstore.com or by phone: 01 44 43 77 64
L'Ile, for a rustic and festive New Year, the restaurant is the favorite hotspot of Parisians, like a country house in the heart of the Parc de l'Ile Saint Germain. Warm atmosphere by the fireplace in the company of a jazz band and a DJ.
Ask for the culinary program… a unique menu that showcases regional products such as 100-day-old chickens.
L'Ile – 170 Quai de Stalingrad, Parc de l’Ile Saint-Germain, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux – Single menu – 110 euros per person – DJ evening – www.restaurant-lile.com – Reservations by telephone: 01 41 09 99 99
Flora Danica, the “new Nordic” table in Paris, upstairs with a breathtaking view of the Champs-Elysées, invites you to celebrate the New Year.
To taste… the essentials of Danish cuisine.
Flora Danica – House of Denmark – 142 Av. des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris 6-course menu – 180 euros per person – Reservations on the website: www.restaurant-copenhague-paris.fr or by phone: +01-44-13-86
The Silver Rotisserie On the banks of the Seine, the little sister of the Tour d'Argent, is the perfect place to celebrate the end of the year with style. In this vibrant and welcoming setting, Chef Sébastien Devos has created a special New Year's Eve menu.
Exceptional products… Scallop tartare with salmon eggs & nori seaweed, Ardennes red turkey stuffed with foie gras & mild spices, buttered cabbage with chestnuts or John Dory aiguillettes in a potato crust with Uchaux truffle.
The Silver Rotisserie – 15-17 Quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris – Special menu for New Year’s Eve on December 31 – Reservations on the website: www.tourdargent.com/la-rotisserie-dargent/ or by phone: 01 43 54 23 31
The Procope, the oldest café in Paris in the heart of the Saint-Germain des Prés district, takes us to live in the middle of the 17the century for a grand evening in period costume.
Six-course bourgeois menu to enjoy.
The Procope – 13 Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, 75006 Paris – Single menu – 195 euros per person DJ evening – www.procope.com – Reservations by telephone: 01 40 46 79 00
Now all you have to do is choose!
André Tirlet
