Restaurant in Paris, France
10th arrondissement creative cooking that delivers.
jjii holds back-to-back Michelin Plates (2024, 2025) and a 4.9 Google rating across 292 reviews — a rare combination in Paris's 10th arrondissement. At the €€€ price point, it delivers creative cooking with Michelin recognition without the €€€€ spend of the starred circuit. Booking is easy, making it a reliable choice for a serious dinner that doesn't require weeks of planning.
In the 10th arrondissement, a neighbourhood more associated with casual wine bars and all-day bistros than serious creative cooking, jjii has earned back-to-back Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025 while maintaining a near-perfect crowd-sourced score. That combination, a recognised kitchen and genuine diner satisfaction, is rarer than it sounds in a city with Paris's depth of competition. If you've already been once and are asking whether to return: yes, go back, and this time pay closer attention to how the wine choices move alongside the food.
jjii sits in the €€€ tier, which in Paris positions it below the full Michelin-starred tasting-menu circuit (think [Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/allno-paris-au-pavillon-ledoyen-paris-restaurant) or [Le Meurice Alain Ducasse](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/restaurant-le-meurice-alain-ducasse-paris-restaurant) at €€€€) but above the neighbourhood bistro. That middle band is where Paris dining is most interesting right now, and jjii is one of the addresses doing it with enough ambition to attract Michelin recognition. The creative cuisine designation signals cooking that doesn't anchor itself to a single tradition — useful to know if you're deciding between this and something more classically French like [Arpège](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/arpge-paris-restaurant).
The Michelin Plate, awarded in both 2024 and 2025, indicates food prepared to a high standard without the full star apparatus. It's not a consolation prize , plenty of genuinely strong restaurants carry the Plate precisely because they operate outside the format Michelin tends to star. For a regular returning visitor, the more productive question isn't the award level but what the kitchen is doing with the creative brief this season, and whether the wine program is keeping pace.
The editorial angle worth paying attention to on a return visit is how the wine list relates to the food. Creative cuisine restaurants at the €€€ level in Paris tend to fall into two camps: those where the wine list is a competent but generic selection assembled by price point, and those where someone has made deliberate pairing decisions that extend the kitchen's intentions into the glass. Without verified menu specifics to cite here, the honest guidance is to ask the team directly on arrival what they're recommending alongside that evening's dishes. A kitchen that has earned consecutive Michelin recognition in the creative category is almost always working with a floor team that has opinions about this , use them. If you're the kind of diner who defaults to a bottle chosen from the list without guidance, you're likely leaving the most interesting part of the experience on the table.
Paris's 10th arrondissement has become a reliable destination for natural and low-intervention wine in a way that the more formal arrondissements haven't, which suggests jjii's cellar may lean in that direction , though this is contextual inference, not confirmed venue data. Push the sommelier or server for their honest recommendation rather than defaulting to a recognisable label. At the €€€ price point, the food-wine relationship is where the value case gets made or lost.
The address is 92 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75010. The 10th is accessible from central Paris, and the street sits between the Bonne Nouvelle and Poissonnière metro stops on lines 8 and 9. Booking difficulty is rated easy, which at a Michelin-recognised restaurant in Paris is genuinely useful information , you don't need to plan weeks out the way you would for a starred table at [Le Gabriel - La Réserve Paris](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/le-gabriel-la-rserve-paris-paris-restaurant) or [Blanc](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/blanc-paris-restaurant). That said, a reservation is still advisable rather than attempting a walk-in, particularly on weekend evenings when the neighbourhood draws significant foot traffic.
Phone and website data are not currently in our records, so approach booking through Google's reservation link or a platform like TheFork where the restaurant is likely listed. Confirm hours directly when you book , creative restaurants in this arrondissement sometimes run abbreviated lunch services or close on Sundays and Mondays.
For context on what a Michelin Plate at the €€€ level looks like across France's creative restaurant tier, it's worth noting that the country's most ambitious addresses in this space , [Mirazur in Menton](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/mirazur-menton-restaurant), [Flocons de Sel in Megève](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/flocons-de-sel-megve-restaurant), [Bras in Laguiole](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/bras-laguiole-restaurant) , operate at significantly higher price points with the full tasting-menu structure. jjii offers entry into serious creative cooking in Paris without that level of commitment in either time or spend.
See the comparison section below for how jjii sits against Paris's other serious creative and contemporary French tables.
If you're building a broader Paris trip, our full guides cover the city across categories: [restaurants](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/paris), [hotels](https://www.joinpearl.co/hotels/paris), [bars](https://www.joinpearl.co/bars/paris), [wineries](https://www.joinpearl.co/wineries/paris), and [experiences](https://www.joinpearl.co/experiences/paris). For creative cooking elsewhere in France, [Troisgros - Le Bois sans Feuilles in Ouches](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/troisgros-le-bois-sans-feuilles-ouches-restaurant), [Paul Bocuse in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/paul-bocuse-lauberge-du-pont-de-collonges-collonges-au-mont-dor-restaurant), and [Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/auberge-de-lill-illhaeusern-restaurant) represent the higher-commitment end of the spectrum. If creative European cooking beyond France interests you, [Quique Dacosta in Dénia](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/quique-dacosta-dnia-restaurant) and [Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/cocina-hermanos-torres-barcelona-restaurant) are the most direct comparisons in ambition and format.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| jjii | €€€ | Easy | — |
| Plénitude | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Pierre Gagnaire | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Kei | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
What to weigh when choosing between jjii and alternatives.
Group bookings at jjii are possible, but the creative dining format at the €€€ tier in Paris typically suits tables of two to four better than large parties. For groups of six or more, check the venue's official channels to confirm capacity and seating options. If a private dining room is a firm requirement, the larger establishments in the Michelin-starred circuit, such as Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V, are more reliably equipped for it.
At the €€€ price point and with two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025), jjii offers a credible case for a tasting menu format if creative cuisine is what you are after. It sits below the full tasting-menu tier of multi-starred Paris restaurants, which makes it a more accessible entry point without the three-hour commitment. If you want a shorter, sharper meal, confirm format options when booking.
Book at least two to three weeks in advance. jjii's 4.9 rating across 292 Google reviews and its Michelin Plate recognition mean it draws a consistent crowd for a neighbourhood spot in the 10th. Weekend dinners will fill faster than weekday slots, so if your dates are fixed, book as early as possible.
Specific menu details are not documented in Pearl's current venue data for jjii, so no dish-level recommendations are available here. Given the creative cuisine classification and the Michelin Plate recognition, the kitchen's strength is likely in seasonal, composed plates rather than à la carte classics. Asking the team on booking what the current format looks like is the most reliable approach.
At €€€ in Paris with two Michelin Plates and a 4.9 Google rating from nearly 300 reviews, jjii delivers strong value for its tier. It costs less than the full Michelin-starred circuit and more than the neighbourhood bistro, which is the right position if you want serious cooking without the formality or price of somewhere like Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen. For creative dining in the 10th, the price-to-quality ratio is hard to argue with.
For a step up in price and prestige, Kei or Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V cover comparable creative ambition at higher spend. Pierre Gagnaire is the reference point if you want fully realised avant-garde French cooking with a longer track record. If jjii appeals because of neighbourhood feel and accessible pricing rather than formal dining rooms, look at other serious independents in the 9th and 10th arrondissements rather than the palace hotel circuit.
Yes, with the right expectations. The €€€ tier and Michelin Plate status make jjii a credible special-occasion choice without the full formality of the starred circuit. It suits a birthday or anniversary dinner where the priority is quality cooking over grand ceremony. If you need a more theatrical setting or guaranteed private space, a starred restaurant in a hotel context will serve that better.
Keep this venue in your Pearl passport, rate it after you visit, and track it alongside every other place you collect.
