L'Attilio Paris, refined Italian cuisine in elegant surroundings

We didn't have to wait long to discover a tasty new address at 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Forget Dassaï, it's now the gleaming L'Attilio Paris restaurant that has taken the place of Joël Robuchon's former address.

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Christmas Eve 2024 menu at L'Attilio Paris
€149/person, €219 with wine pairings, €299 with wine pairings

Amuse-bouche

Scallops
Carpaccio, Galician sea urchin and citrus gel

or

Veal and sardines
in Vitello Tonnato-style escabeche

Escargot
tempura, fregola sarda and parsley garnish

Trou Normand

Paccheri di Gragnano
with blue lobster and thermidor emulsion

or

Racan poultry
Pan-fried with chestnuts, leg in cromesquis, cacciatora sauce

Christmas log

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New Year's Eve menu 2025 at L'Attilio Paris
250€/person for 6 courses, 320€/person for 8 courses
+70€ with food and wine pairings, +150€ with food and wine pairings

Amuse-bouche

Chestnut cloud
Celery root truffled with lovage, porcini mushrooms and walnut oil

or

Scallops
Tartar and quenelle duo, iodized emulsion

or

Langoustine
and its glazed raviole with thermidor sauce

Pike-perch
Poached, on a veil of truffle and beurre blanc

Trou normand

Wagyu beef
Poêlée forestière, Malabar pepper sauce

Ashen goat
Apple infused with hibiscus

La sphère
Clementine, champagne emulsion

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From its past, L'Attilio Paris has retained some of its team, such as the head waiter and head chef, Attilio Marrazzo, who worked alongside the multi-starred chef for 12 years. Now established in his own name, the Italian chef has created a menu that pays homage to his transalpine origins, but is executed according to the French precepts and savoir-faire acquired from Robuchon.

The setting is refined, representative of the chic of this corner of Paris. You enter the premises via the L'Attilio Paris grocery store, where you can take away pastries, macaroons, viennoiseries, delicatessen products and prepared dishes for a finger-licking lunch on the go. At the back, on three floors (!), the gourmet restaurant unveils its cosy decor and bar.

For total immersion, the restaurant's top floor features a fully private room with a window overlooking the ballet in the kitchen.

Prices are in line with the neighborhood average: €49 for a starter/main course or main course/dessert lunch menu, €59 for a full lunch menu. The more adventurous will dare to try the 5-course (119€), 7-course (149€) or 9-course (189€) tasting menu. Must-tries include vitello tonnato (28€), of course, finely refreshed with lemon, and Black Angus ribs croquettes (35€), a nice street-food foray.

Fresh pasta, made on site, has its own section of the menu - the tortellini stuffed with guinea fowl (€35) is a comforting treat; and on the secondi side, the pan-fried veal sweetbread (€49) on a creamy old parmesan risotto is diabolical.

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Of course, it's impossible to finish an Italian-style lunch without a tiramisu competition, and here the dessert is served by the ladle (23€), deceptively "à la bonne franquette" but in reality very refined and airy. At this address, the future is assured.