2 Best Restaurants in Around the Louvre, Paris

This fine-dining restaurant located steps from Palais Royal breaks from tradition in more ways than one. In a converted stone cellar, just one massive dining table awaits guests who take their seats alongside strangers to embark on a nine-course culinary voyage from chef Matan Zaken. The menu embraces influences and ingredients from France and beyond, often playfully toeing the line between sweet and savory.

Omar Dhiab’s eponymous restaurant breaks with fine-dining codes from the get-go: open the door to the restaurant, and you'll immediately come upon the open kitchen, where the young chef presides in jeans under his pressed chef's jacket. The laid-back ambience pervades in the plain, bright dining room, where Dhaib's mastery of balancing bitter and sour is center stage. Expect clever winks at Dhiab's Egyptian heritage and French childhood classics, like his signature sweetbread croque monsieur or his grandmother's semolina pudding served family-style for dessert.