Arpège

Why it is on the list

Arpège has held three Michelin stars since 1996, and holds three in the 2026 guide.¹² Since 21 July 2025 the kitchen cooks only from the plant world: vegetables, fruit, herbs, flowers and honey from the restaurant's own hives.³ The vegetables come from two gardens worked by Sylvain Picard and nine gardeners: more than 4 hectares of clay at the Domaine du Bois Giroult, between Dreux and Évreux in Normandy, and more than 3 hectares of sandy ground and greenhouses at the Château du Gros Chesnay, south of Le Mans.⁴ The menus change with what the gardeners harvest.⁵

It is the wrong table for anyone who wants meat or fish, and for a weekend: the restaurant opens Monday to Friday only.³ For those, look at Kei or Alléno Paris.

How to get it

Book online through the restaurant's booking page, or call +33 1 47 05 09 06 or write to restaurant@alain-passard.com; the reception desk answers Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00.⁶ An online booking is a request until the restaurant confirms it by email or text, and it takes a card number; the card is not charged at booking.⁷ Changes are possible up to two working days before; a cancellation inside two days, or a no-show, costs EUR 200 a guest at lunch and EUR 400 a guest at dinner, and each missing guest costs EUR 200.⁷

Lunch is a menu at EUR 260 and dinner a menu at EUR 380, net, service included.⁸⁵ Dishes are also served à la carte, from EUR 75 to EUR 130.⁹ Lunch and dinner are served Monday to Friday.³

Discretion

There is no valet service at the door.³ Requests meant for Alain Passard himself, and press, go to his office at bureau@alain-passard.com rather than to reservations.⁶