If there’s one thing to know about most good places to eat in Paris, it's that planning and booking are necessary. Pourquoi? Because for one, restaurants are small and tend to have very short windows of operation: 12pm-2:30pm for lunch and 7pm-10:30pm for dinner. But also, unless it’s an all-day brasserie, they generally do one, maybe two seatings, and restaurants don’t really care about making another portion of steak tartare for you if it’s 10 minutes before closing time.
You, however, want to eat well—especially if you haven’t been to the city in a while. Thankfully, Paris is ready for you and this guide proves it. Be it an old standby with an impossible-to-reserve reputation or a new Italian wine bar with a secret off-menu pasta, you’re going to want to bookmark—and probably actually book— these restaurants (and a hotel) for your next trip. Mangez bien, friends.