Restaurant in Paris, France
Michelin-recognised neighbourhood cooking at €€ prices
A Michelin Plate address (2024, 2025) in Boulogne-Billancourt delivering modern French cooking at €€ prices — well below what comparable quality costs inside Paris. Chef Cybele Idelot's seasonal, produce-led approach makes it a strong lunch choice or intimate occasion dinner. Easy to book; worth the short trip from central Paris.
Picture yourself crossing the périphérique not for a destination meal, but for the kind of quietly accomplished neighbourhood cooking that Paris proper often prices out of reach. La Table de Cybèle, on Rue de Meudon in Boulogne-Billancourt, is exactly that: a €€ restaurant holding two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) and a 4.5-star Google rating across 702 reviews. If you want modern French cooking grounded in seasonal produce, executed with real technique, at a price point well below the city's starred circuit, book here. If you need a central arrondissement address or a grand room for a big-number birthday dinner, look elsewhere.
Chef Cybele Idelot brings an American perspective to a French culinary foundation — a combination that, at its leading, produces cooking that respects classical structure while staying genuinely curious about vegetables and seasonal fruit as primary players rather than supporting cast. The Michelin Plate, awarded in both 2024 and 2025, signals food worth eating rather than a room worth photographing: this is a quality credential without the ceremony or the spend that Michelin stars typically require. For diners who want evidence of kitchen seriousness without committing to a €200-per-head tasting marathon, the Plate recognition is a useful filter. At the €€ price tier, it positions La Table de Cybèle alongside mid-range Paris addresses like Accents Table Bourse and Anona, both of which operate in a similar register of modern, produce-led cooking.
This is the most practically useful question you can ask about La Table de Cybèle. At a Michelin Plate address in the €€ tier, lunch is almost always the sharper proposition. French kitchens at this level routinely offer a formule at midday that delivers the same cooking — same chef, same sourcing , at a meaningfully lower price than dinner carte service. If you are deciding between a lunch visit and an evening booking, lunch is the recommendation unless you have a specific reason to eat at night (a post-theatre occasion, a dinner date where atmosphere matters more than economy). The evening service at a room like this, outside the grand brasserie or starred format, tends toward a quieter, more intimate register , better for conversation and focused eating, but without the added ritual of a multi-hour tasting. Neither experience is wrong; they serve different purposes. Lunch is the value move. Dinner is the occasion move.
For a celebration meal on a budget that does not extend to the €€€€ tier, La Table de Cybèle works well. The Michelin recognition gives the booking a credible story to tell your guest; the cooking, anchored in seasonal French technique with produce at the centre, suits the kind of attentive, unhurried eating that marks a good occasion meal. It is not a grand room , Boulogne-Billancourt is a residential suburb, and the setting reflects that , but controlled intimacy often serves a date or a small dinner better than a large Parisian dining room. For a business lunch where you need a serious address without the paralysing wine list of a four-course starred experience, this is a practical choice. For a landmark anniversary requiring ceremony and spectacle, Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V or Plénitude will serve you better.
The address , 38 Rue de Meudon, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt , is in the inner suburbs, a short RER or metro ride from central Paris. Booking difficulty is rated Easy, which means you are unlikely to need more than a week's notice for most services. That said, Friday and Saturday evenings at a well-reviewed neighbourhood address fill faster than midweek slots, so earlier is always safer. Reservations: Easy to secure; book online or by phone when details are available. Dress: Smart casual is appropriate for a Michelin Plate address at this price tier; no strict code expected. Budget: €€ tier , expect to spend meaningfully less per head than at Paris's starred addresses, making it one of the more accessible quality options in the greater Paris area. Group size: Leading suited to tables of two to four; confirm capacity for larger groups when booking.
If La Table de Cybèle appeals but you are building a longer France itinerary, the following addresses operate in adjacent registers of serious modern cooking: Flocons de Sel in Megève, Maison Lameloise in Chagny, and Bras in Laguiole each represent the produce-led, regionally anchored French cooking that informs what Idelot is doing in Boulogne-Billancourt. For a point of comparison at the very leading of the French canon, Troisgros in Ouches, Mirazur in Menton, Paul Bocuse in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, and Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern cover the full range of what French fine dining looks like when the budget extends further. Within Paris itself, 114, Faubourg, Amâlia, and Auberge de Montfleury are worth cross-referencing for occasion dining in a similar price range. For the full picture of what Paris offers, see our full Paris restaurants guide, alongside our guides to Paris hotels, Paris bars, Paris wineries, and Paris experiences.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Table de Cybèle | Chef Cybele Idelot is an American who has found her happiness in France. The richness of French cuisine is the breeding ground for her daily inspiration. A style that can be considered rather classic, but in which fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits have their place in a beautiful and delicious way.; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€ | — |
| Plénitude | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Pierre Gagnaire | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Kei | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
The kitchen's emphasis on fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits suggests genuine flexibility with plant-forward requests, though specific dietary accommodation policies are not documented. check the venue's official channels at 38 Rue de Meudon before booking if restrictions are non-negotiable. At a Michelin Plate address in the €€ tier, kitchens of this calibre typically accommodate reasonable requests with notice.
Book at least one to two weeks ahead for dinner; lunch may have more flexibility but should not be left to the day-of. A Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 keeps the dining room consistently occupied, and the Boulogne-Billancourt location draws a loyal local crowd rather than pure tourist walk-ins. For weekend evenings, two weeks minimum is the safer window.
Specific menu items are not available in current data, so ordering blind is the risk here. Chef Cybele Idelot's style skews classic French with a strong seasonal vegetable focus, so dishes built around market produce are the calling card. Ask the room what's leading that week rather than defaulting to the most familiar-sounding option.
Current menu formats and tasting menu pricing are not documented, so a definitive call on value-per-course isn't possible here. At the €€ price tier with Michelin Plate recognition, the overall cost ceiling is moderate by Paris standards, which generally makes multi-course formats reasonable if they're offered. Confirm the format and price directly when booking.
Yes, for what it is. A Michelin Plate address in the €€ tier is a strong value proposition in the Paris area — you're getting recognised kitchen quality without the €€€ price floor of central Paris destinations. The Boulogne-Billancourt address is a 15-20 minute transit ride from central Paris, which is the only real cost to factor in. If you want comparable cooking without the detour, you'll pay more for it inside the périphérique.
Yes, with the right expectations. The Michelin recognition gives the booking credibility and the €€ pricing means you can mark an occasion without a €€€€ outlay. This isn't a grand room with ceremony — it's a neighbourhood address that happens to cook at a recognised level. Good for birthdays and anniversaries where the food matters more than the spectacle.
For more serious occasion dining with bigger production, Kei or Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V operate at higher price points but bring more ceremony. Pierre Gagnaire and Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen are multi-star destinations for when the budget is open-ended. Plénitude is the current reference point for modern French cooking at the top of the market. La Table de Cybèle's actual competition is the mid-tier Paris bistro with Michelin recognition — it typically wins that comparison on seasonal produce focus and value.
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