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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kei - Paris
French cuisine with Japanese touches. Seafood and meat cooked superbly, desserts amazing, but most savory courses ended up being just “ok”
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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
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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
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Les Prés d'Eugénie - Eugénie-les-Bains
Seasonal, light, expertly prepared French cusine in a palatial setting with wonderful service
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Auberge du Vieux Puits - Fontjoncouse
Beautifully presented, delicious dishes in the Languedoc region of France: works of culinary and visual art
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L'Oustau de Baumanière - Les Baux-de-Provence
Lovely cuisine inspired by Provence. Some dishes superb, most pretty good
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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
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Clos des Sens - Annecy
Technically amazing and clever tasting menu - several dishes made out of just one or two ingredients
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René et Maxime Meilleur - Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
Rustic mountain hut cooking, turned up to 11. Deceptively simple, but very delicious
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Flocons de Sel - Megève
Cooking inspired by the beautiful mountain setting, but thoroughly novel
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Le 1947 à Cheval Blanc - Courchevel
Highest three-star Michelin restaurant, only open four months per year. Gourmet versions of alpine food
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Maison Lameloise - Chagny
Great food, perfect service and excellent wine in the Burgundy region of France