Restaurant in Paris, France
Accessible booking, serious modern French kitchen.
Anne at the Pavillon de la Reine brings Mathieu Pacaud's modern French cooking to one of Paris's most storied addresses on Place des Vosges. Michelin-recognised and rated 4.8 across 429 reviews, it earns its €€€€ price through consistent technique and a setting that few Paris restaurants can match. Book Sunday lunch for the courtyard and the best value; reservations are easier to secure than most peers at this tier.
At €€€€ pricing, Anne asks you to spend seriously. What you get in return is modern French cooking overseen by Mathieu Pacaud in one of Paris's most architecturally significant settings: the Pavillon de la Reine, a residence on Place des Vosges named after Anne of Austria, Queen of France and wife of Louis XIII. That history is not decorative — it shapes how the room feels, how the service is pitched, and ultimately whether the meal justifies its cost. For food-focused visitors who want serious technique in a space that matches the ambition, this is a strong booking. For those who prefer a livelier room or a more experimental kitchen, look elsewhere.
The physical setup at Anne gives you a genuine choice, and it matters for how you book. The interior offers an intimate library lounge , low-lit, enclosed, the kind of room where conversation feels private and the occasion feels weighted. In warmer months, the courtyard garden opens up: a verdant, covered outdoor space that shifts the tone entirely toward something more relaxed and light-filled. If you are visiting between late spring and early autumn, request the courtyard. It is one of the more atmospheric outdoor dining settings in the Marais, tucked behind the façade of a historic hôtel particulier rather than spilling onto a busy pavement. In cooler months, the library lounge holds its own, but it is a smaller, more formal register , better suited to a two-person dinner than a larger group celebration.
This is the most practically useful question to answer before you book. Anne operates a tight schedule: Wednesday through Saturday offers both lunch (12:30 PM–2:00 PM) and dinner (7:00 PM–9:30 PM). Sunday is lunch only. Monday and Tuesday the restaurant is closed. That Sunday lunch slot is worth flagging specifically: it is the one session where the courtyard (weather permitting) gets natural light through the afternoon, and the pacing tends to be less pressured than a weekday business lunch. For a food enthusiast who wants to linger, Sunday lunch is the leading version of Anne.
Dinner books harder than lunch across the week, and the evening sessions carry a more formal atmosphere , appropriate if occasion dressing is your preference, but potentially stiff if you want to eat without ceremony. Lunch, by contrast, often runs on a shorter menu format at €€€€ venues in Paris, which can represent a more accessible entry point to Pacaud's cooking without a full evening commitment. If your primary goal is to assess the kitchen, a weekday lunch achieves that at a pace that suits a packed Paris itinerary. Save the dinner booking for when the occasion specifically calls for a longer, more theatrical evening.
Mathieu Pacaud's approach at Anne is described by Michelin , which awarded the restaurant a Remarkable designation , as reinterpreting classic dishes with skill and genuine talent, using top-quality ingredients with real flavour. That framing is useful: this is not an avant-garde kitchen chasing novelty, and it is not a conservative bistro playing it safe. It sits in the middle register of modern French fine dining, technically assured, rooted in classical foundations, and attentive to ingredient quality. Pacaud has the culinary lineage to back this up, and the 4.8 Google rating across 429 reviews suggests consistency rather than occasional brilliance.
For the explorer diner who cross-references French kitchens across the country, Anne fits into a lineage of classically grounded modern French cooking you also find at destinations like Flocons de Sel in Megève, Maison Lameloise in Chagny, or, at the more historically weighty end, Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern. It does not reach for the conceptual ambition of Mirazur in Menton or the monument status of Paul Bocuse, but it does not need to. Its proposition is precision and setting, not revolution.
Booking difficulty is rated Easy, which is notable for a Michelin-recognised €€€€ venue in Paris. That makes Anne a more accessible option than several of its peers at this price tier, where weeks-in-advance reservations and waiting lists are standard. If a Paris trip is coming together on a shorter timeline, this is a practical advantage. The address , 28 Place des Vosges, 75003 , puts you in the heart of the Marais, within walking distance of a significant concentration of Paris's leading restaurants, bars, and cultural sites. Combine the booking with a broader Marais day using our full Paris restaurants guide, our full Paris bars guide, or our full Paris hotels guide if you are structuring a longer stay.
Dress code is not confirmed in our data, but the combination of a historic hôtel particulier setting and €€€€ pricing points toward smart dress as a reasonable baseline , particularly for evening sessions. No booking method is listed, so check directly with the Pavillon de la Reine hotel, which operates the restaurant. For more Paris fine dining options at this tier, Accents Table Bourse, Anona, and Amâlia are worth considering alongside Anne when building a Paris itinerary. For a broader sweep of Michelin-level French cooking beyond Paris, Troisgros in Ouches, Bras in Laguiole, and Frantzén in Stockholm offer useful comparisons for the travelling food enthusiast calibrating what €€€€ modern fine dining looks like at different latitudes.
Book Anne if the combination of a serious modern French kitchen, a genuinely beautiful historic setting, and relatively accessible reservations at the €€€€ tier sounds right for your trip. Prioritise Sunday lunch or a warm-weather courtyard session for the leading version of the experience. Skip it if you want a more adventurous or experimental kitchen, or if you need a venue that works for groups larger than four.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne | €€€€ | Easy | — |
| Plénitude | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Pierre Gagnaire | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Kei | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Yes, and it's one of the stronger choices in Paris for this. The Michelin Remarkable designation signals consistent kitchen quality, Mathieu Pacaud's reinterpretation of classic French dishes gives the meal a sense of occasion, and the setting inside Pavillon de la Reine — a historic residence on Place des Vosges — does a lot of the atmospheric work before the food arrives. Book the library lounge for intimacy, or request the courtyard garden for warmer-weather meals with more visual impact.
Kei is worth considering if you want French technique with a Japanese sensibility at a comparable price point, and reservations are similarly manageable. For a step up in ambition and price, Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen and Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V both operate at a higher register than Anne. Pierre Gagnaire suits diners who want avant-garde cooking rather than classic reinterpretation. Plénitude is the comparison to make if you want a Seine-side setting with more contemporary tasting-menu formality.
The library lounge format works reasonably well for solo diners — it's intimate rather than cavernous, which reduces the exposure that large dining rooms can create for single covers. That said, Anne is not structured around a counter or bar experience, so solo dining here is functional rather than ideal. If solo counter dining is the priority, look elsewhere in Paris; if you're a solo traveller who simply wants a serious €€€€ meal in a historic setting, Anne is a viable option.
At €€€€ pricing with a Michelin Remarkable rating, Anne sits in a tier where value is determined by how much the full package matters to you: kitchen quality, setting, and booking ease together. The Place des Vosges address and Pavillon de la Reine context add real value beyond the plate. Compared to Paris peers at the same price level, Anne's relatively accessible reservations make it a lower-friction entry point into serious French dining, which counts in its favour.
Lunch is the stronger pick for most diners. Anne's schedule runs Wednesday through Saturday at both services, but Sunday is lunch-only, which makes the midday sitting the more flexible option across the week. Lunch at a Michelin-recognised venue at this tier in Paris also tends to offer better value relative to dinner pricing. Dinner suits those who want the evening setting of the library lounge, particularly for romantic occasions where the low-lit interior works harder.
Specific menu items are not available in our current data for Anne, so we can't point to particular dishes. What Michelin documents is that Mathieu Pacaud focuses on reinterpreting classic French dishes using high-quality ingredients, which suggests the menu follows seasonal and classical logic rather than a fixed signature-dish format. Ask the team on booking or arrival what the current menu priorities are — at €€€€, that conversation is reasonable to have.
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