Restaurant du Palais Royal

The food was fantastic, and the service was impeccable. What a wonderful time celebrating a big birthday. Thank you.

Service is impeccable. Flavors are divine. They do not skimp on the wine tasting. Most refined restaurant I have ever eaten at. Beautiful huge windows that add natural light to the quiet ambiance. If you're in the area and want a great 2 star meal, this is the place to go. Very pricey.

I recently visited Europe and had dinner at several one Michelin star restaurants, with this being the only 2 star restaurant I tried. I have to say, Restaurant du Palais Royal was my clear favorite of all those restaurants and fully deserves its 2 star rating. I would highly recommend including this restaurant on your next visit if you want incredibly creative and flavorful food coupled with a true dining "experience" that surprises you with every course.

FOOD: We were a party of 6 and had the Autumn 2022 menu since we all wanted to try different things. We also thought it might not be as filling as the longer tasting menus (but instead we might have left feeling as full if not more full than if we had gone for a tasting menu!). It's difficult for me to convey through words how spectacular each of the dishes were, and my pictures surely don't do them justice, but I'll try to summarize the overall experience.

Despite thinking we were ordering a 3 course meal, it felt like we had gotten the full tasting menu with full size (instead of tasting size) portions. First we got a bread course with incredible olive oil (and unlimited bread, though we refrained from over-indulging because we knew we had a lot of food coming).

Then we had an amuse-bouche sharing course of four different dishes, almost all of which was several bites. These were all group favorites. There was a beet dish with whipped goat cheese that also came out around this time that we didn't expect.

Afterward we had our individual appetizers (I tried all and the broccoli was my favorite) and our individual mains (I tried the lobster and veal and thought both were fantastic, with the lobster being my favorite as it also came with ravioli). The mains were large portions and almost all included a multi-step presentation/plating in front of each of us. For example, the lobster dish came out with the ravioli, then the lobster tail haves came out in corn husks that they then plated around the ravioli, and then a sauce was poured on top. Everything was beautiful and clearly fresh.

By this time we were all already stuff but there was still more to come. We got a refreshing palette cleanser before dessert that was refreshing and a bit sweet.

Then dessert came out and included 2 extra desserts on the side separate from what we ordered. Again, they plated these desserts in multi steps for us. I had an amazing, osmewhat deconstructed apple tatin but the pear dessert that my BF got was so unique and incredible so I'd also recommend that. The waitress said afterward that the rum baba is her favorite dessert here, so it seems like you'll need to try all the desserts they have!

In addition to our desserts, we got a fried dough ball filled with ice cream that was the super sweet treat I needed after a savory meal, and we also got a not-too-sweet greek yogurt + nuts glass cup that was perfect for those in the party who wanted to end the meal on something milder.

ENVIRONMENT: Beautiful and recently renovated space with a more modern and cozy feel. Lots of space and can fit a party of 6 like us in the main dining space at a large circular table.

SERVICE: Impeccable. Felt like there was always someone making sure we were always well taken care of and clearing our area when necessary.

Best way to describe it is...very interesting. A 2 Michelin star restaurant that my friend picked out to try on our trip to Paris. Sadly I took videos of most of the food so I wasn't able to showcase the entire meal.

Came for lunch and had the chefs tasting. There's a lot of flavors and textures going on not only throughout the courses but even within the individual dishes themselves. I'll look at the dish and not know what to expect at all! Food was good, however, I've come to think, perhaps fine dining like this isn't for me. Great experience but wouldn't revisit.

Great lunch overall. Service was good and it started getting much busier after an hour opening.

The portions and taste were good. They came out consistently with the right speed. Service was consistent, although the last few plates took quite a while (30 minutes to get the final plate/dessert), so the staff was pacing around waiting for the kitchen.

Felt like a great lunch spot and worth trying with the friends/loved ones.

Excelente cena con un rico maridaje de vinos y su servicio espectacular el lugar es fantástico con un edificio antiguo muy original al estilo francés .

We came here for my birthday with another couple. In summary, amazing service & even better food! We had the tasting with the wine pairing & it was definitely one of the best meals we've ever had (and we've done quite a few tasting menus/Michelin starred restaurants). I also lost count of how many dishes came out.. there was a pre-amuse bouche, an amuse bouche, 3-4 more dishes, & 2 desserts.. . In between, they are constantly bringing the bread basket by & I made the mistake of saying yes, far too many times.

Amazing food and atmosphere. Service is exactly what you would expect from a restaurant of this caliber. Absolutely deserves its 2-star rating.

Good tasting food with a unique tasting menu. Staff was very friendly and quick with service. Price is on the high end since it's a Michelin rated restaurant

Restaurant Palais Royal is located in the Palais Royal, so it's nice to be on quiet private grounds and to be able to walk around before and after your meal.

There's an a la carte option, but we did the tasting, which was 215€. As the chef is Greek, there were some Greek touches throughout the menu, which was a unique spin on fine dining in Paris.

1. "Mezze": feta with herbs, tarama, egg -
- "Greek salad": beets, grape, pickled onion, olives, with feta ice cream and a wonderful olive oil
- Brioche with lemon zest and herbs, warm, meant for dipping the leftover sauce from the Greek salad
- Tart with feta, yellow wine, herbs
- Crispy biscuit filled with a cream of codfish eggs, topped with shaved foie gras and taragon
- Fried puff of potato with egg yolk and honey

2. Bread service:
Regular bread and kalamata olive bread with olive oil from the chef's friend in Greece and a cute dish of dried oregano on the side

3. Steamed asparagus with lemon, lemon balm, vanilla oil, asparagus and lemongrass ice cream
Warm "pita" round with caviar

4. Blue lobster roasted on a corn leaf - an entire tail, perfectly seasoned and cooked. If came with al dente ravioli filled with corn and parmesan, cauliflower roasted in lemon. The sauce was corn jus with lemongrass. On the side was a lightly battered lobster fritter that was essentially all all lobster. This was one of the best lobster dishes I can recall having

5. Sole steamed with lemon and herb, mussel, confit potato, white asparagus, spinach, spring peas, saffron sauce, kaffir oil, fennel, and lemon - so many spring ingredients that went so well together with each other and the seafood

6a. Milk fed lamb roasted in oregano, with artichoke, chickpeas, and a sauce of lemon jus with oregano. Sweetbreads came on the side
6b. For my pescatarian menu, I had a very large prawn (the size of a lobster tail) seared in kombu and honey, zucchini marinated in lemon (super interesting preparation), tempura flour "zucchini," basil sauce, fried squash blossom flower. I was very happy with my substitution!

7. Lemon mascarpone sorbet with tagete, verbena

8. Strawberry, elderflower, vanilla: caramelized mille feuille with strawberry sorbet, and a side of amazing strawberries with elderflower cream

9. Mignardaises
- Fried donuts in cinnamon sugar filled with cinnamon ice cream - like a churro but better
- Greek yogurt ice cream with vanilla honey caramel

Between when we made the reservation and actually dined there, they went from 1 star to 2 Michelin stars. Service was gracious, but some courses came close together while others had a long gap, and oddly enough, both for us and the table next to us, they brought the first dessert while one person was in the restroom, then we had to get someone's attention for them to come back and explain the dish. My husband was also off put by his search for the restroom during which no one helped him.

The food was one of the best that we had on this trip, but we just expected more polished service at this level. That said, I can put the small gaps aside because again, the food was wonderful.