
Le Coquillage - Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
An impressive variety of seafood dishes, often featuring ingredients from the local bay and the restaurant’s farm. Unfortunately, the flavor intensity was dialed way down for most of our dinner

Le Gabriel - Paris
A tasting menu inspired by the chef’s native Brittany had some good seafood dishes and an truly outstanding chicken. Overall though, this was among the weaker of Paris’ three-starred restaurants

La Table du Castellet - Le Castellet
Two seasonal tasting menus, one based on vegetables, one based on seafood, are both very well designed - a great choice for vegetarians and pescatarians. Dishes were generally lovely, but only a single dish was solidly in three-star territory

La Marine - L'Herbaudière
Seasonal seafood and vegetables star in a tasting menu with many fantastic dishes. Maybe a bit repetitive overall, but that might be due to the season

La Villa Madie - Cassis
Phenomenal seafood meets lackluster non-seafood dishes in this three-star restaurant located right on the Mediterranean sea. The successes alone make this worth the trip

L'Ambroisie - Paris
Classic French cuisine, a la carte only. Desserts were uniformly excellent, but the rest of the dishes varied widely from one to three-star levels - good luck in ordering “right” plays a big role in one’s experience

Arpège - Paris
Amazing mostly vegetarian French cuisine, creatively reinterpreting classic dishes. Ironically, the single non-vegetarian dish was the high-point of an excellent lunch

Plénitude - Paris
Enjoyable Mediterranean-inspired French cuisine with a focus on unique sauces, only marred by a rushed service more appropriate for a speed-eating competition

Le Pré Catelan - Paris
French cuisine with bold flavors and many excellent dishes. Add to that a beautiful park setting in the middle of Paris and you have a trip worth taking

Kei - Paris
French cuisine with Japanese touches. Seafood and meat cooked superbly, desserts amazing, but most savory courses ended up being just “ok”

Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen - Paris
A beautiful setting in the middle of Paris with solid modern French cuisine that occasionally is a bit heavy

Christopher Coutanceau - La Rochelle
Stellar French seafood cuisine in a beautiful setting. Some audacious flavor combinations, great service and an excellent wine pairing - a true three star meal

Les Prés d'Eugénie - Eugénie-les-Bains
Seasonal, light, expertly prepared French cusine in a palatial setting with wonderful service

Auberge du Vieux Puits - Fontjoncouse
Beautifully presented, delicious dishes in the Languedoc region of France: works of culinary and visual art

L'Oustau de Baumanière - Les Baux-de-Provence
Lovely cuisine inspired by Provence. Some dishes superb, most pretty good

AM par Alexandre Mazzia - Marseille
A firework of spices and flavors, but also uneven and an overwhelming number of dishes. Not your typical French fine-dining restaurant

Clos des Sens - Annecy
Technically amazing and clever tasting menu - several dishes made out of just one or two ingredients

René et Maxime Meilleur - Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
Rustic mountain hut cooking, turned up to 11. Deceptively simple, but very delicious

Flocons de Sel - Megève
Cooking inspired by the beautiful mountain setting, but thoroughly novel

Le 1947 à Cheval Blanc - Courchevel
Highest three-star Michelin restaurant, only open four months per year. Gourmet versions of alpine food