Restaurant in Paris, France
Celebratory seafood with a serious address.
Marius et Janette is a grand Paris seafood address on Avenue George V, earning Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 under chef Laurent Audiot. At €€€€ pricing, it is best justified for group occasions and business dinners where the room earns its keep. Booking is straightforward, and weekday lunch offers the strongest value in the building.
Picture the dining room on Avenue George V: a space that reads more like the interior of a gleaming yacht than a conventional Parisian restaurant, all nautical timber, ropes, and brass fittings, with the kind of formality that signals serious money and serious fish. The scene-setting matters here because Marius et Janette is not a quiet neighbourhood seafood spot — it is a grand, old-school Parisian institution that has held its ground in one of the most expensive postal codes in Europe. Under chef Laurent Audiot, it has maintained a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, which tells you the kitchen is credible without placing it in the conversation for starred dining. Book it if you want classic French seafood executed with precision, a room with genuine personality, and the kind of service that suits a long, celebratory lunch or a business dinner where impressions matter.
The spatial identity of Marius et Janette is one of the clearest arguments for booking it. The dining room is theatrical without being chaotic: the nautical concept is committed and consistent, and the scale of the space on Avenue George V allows for a layout that feels generous rather than cramped. For a seafood restaurant at this price tier in Paris, where many comparable addresses trade on intimacy at the cost of comfort, the breathing room here is a genuine advantage. Tables are well-separated, which matters enormously if you are entertaining clients or hosting a group that needs to hold a proper conversation across the table.
The private dining and group angle is worth addressing directly. At €€€€ pricing on a street that counts the Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V among its neighbours, Marius et Janette positions itself as a destination for occasions where the room needs to match the meal. If you are organising a group dinner and want a Paris seafood address that feels considered rather than casual, this is a more coherent choice than, say, Clamato, which is excellent but built for sharing plates in a tight, informal setting. The formality and scale of Marius et Janette make it the more practical choice when the guest list is larger or the event is professional.
For solo diners or pairs at the counter, the venue is less obviously optimised. The restaurant's character is leading expressed when the room is full and the occasion justifies the spend. A solo lunch here is entirely feasible — the service is professional enough to make a single diner feel attended to rather than overlooked , but the value calculation changes when you are not splitting a long, wine-matched meal across several people.
The consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions in 2024 and 2025 under Laurent Audiot suggest the kitchen has settled into a consistent register rather than undergoing dramatic reinvention. A Michelin Plate is not a star , it signals that the food is good and the cooking is honest, not that it is at the creative frontier. For diners who want technical ambition and avant-garde menus, Marius et Janette is not the right address. For diners who want classical French seafood handled with care in a room that takes the occasion seriously, those Plates are meaningful reassurance. The 4.2 Google rating across 631 reviews reinforces the picture: this is a venue with a solid, largely satisfied audience rather than a polarising one.
Among Paris's wider seafood options, it sits above the brasserie tier represented by Brasserie Lutetia and below the creative register of venues like Gambero Rosso or Alici on the Amalfi Coast. Within Paris, if you are comparing it to other serious seafood addresses, Dessirier and La Cagouille offer different propositions: La Cagouille is leaner in ambiance but deeply focused on Atlantic fish, and Dessirier trades on a more traditional brasserie register. Marius et Janette beats both on room presence and occasion suitability, but neither on price efficiency.
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Marius et Janette is the right call for a celebratory group lunch, a client dinner where the address on Avenue George V carries symbolic weight, or a long Saturday evening when you want a room with character and a kitchen that will not let you down on the fundamentals of French seafood. Lunch on weekdays runs until 15:00, which is enough time for a proper two-hour meal without rushing. Saturday dinner extends to 23:30, making it one of the few addresses in this tier that suits a later start. Booking difficulty is low , this is not a venue where you need to plan months ahead, though for larger groups or a specific table preference, advance notice is sensible.
The €€€€ price point is real, and the spend is justified more easily when the occasion demands the room than when you are looking for the most technically ambitious plate of fish in Paris. For the latter, Mirazur in Menton or the creative work coming out of addresses like Flocons de Sel in Megève will satisfy more. But for Paris, on George V, with a group that needs a room that earns its keep , Marius et Janette delivers.
It works for solo dining, but it is not where the venue shines. Marius et Janette is built for occasions , the room, the price point, and the service register all make more sense when shared. A solo lunch is perfectly comfortable from a service standpoint, but at €€€€ you will get more value out of the experience as part of a group or a pair. For solo seafood dining in Paris at a lower spend, Clamato or La Méditerranée are worth considering instead.
As a dedicated seafood restaurant, Marius et Janette is naturally strong for pescatarians and fish-focused diners. Specific dietary accommodation details are not confirmed in the available data , contact the restaurant directly before booking if you have specific requirements beyond seafood. The kitchen's classical French register means it is unlikely to be set up for highly restricted menus without advance notice.
Lunch is the stronger choice for value and atmosphere. The midday service on weekdays tends to be less pressured, the room fills with a professional crowd that suits the setting, and you get the full kitchen without the evening premium on energy and pacing. Saturday dinner is the leading option if you want a longer evening , the kitchen runs until 23:30, which is later than most comparable Paris addresses. For a first visit, a weekday lunch is the practical recommendation.
Three things: the room is the main event before the food arrives, so arrive without rushing and take it in. The price point is genuinely €€€€ , budget accordingly for a full meal with wine. And the Michelin Plate tells you the kitchen is consistent and credible, not that it is pushing creative boundaries. Come expecting classical French seafood done well in an address that carries real weight on Avenue George V, and you will leave satisfied. For broader context on dining in this tier in Paris, see our full Paris restaurants guide.
Bar seating availability is not confirmed in the available data for Marius et Janette. It is worth asking when you book, particularly if you are dining solo or as a pair and want a more informal perch. If bar dining at a Paris seafood address is a priority, Clamato is explicitly designed around that format and is the stronger choice for that experience.
A confirmed dress code is not listed in the available data, but the context makes the expectation clear: Avenue George V, €€€€ pricing, and a room that neighbours the Four Seasons George V all point toward smart dress as the default. Business casual at minimum; smart-casual or formal for evening. Arriving underdressed will not likely get you turned away, but you will feel it in a room where most tables are dressed for an occasion. For comparison, nearby Le Cinq enforces a formal dress code , Marius et Janette sits one step below that register.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marius et Janette | Seafood | Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | Easy | — |
| Plénitude | Contemporary French | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Pierre Gagnaire | French, Creative | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | Creative | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Kei | Contemporary French, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | French, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Possible, but not the natural fit. At €€€€ pricing, solo diners will pay a premium for atmosphere that is built around tables of two or more. The theatrical dining room on Avenue George V rewards shared occasions rather than quiet solo meals. If you are dining alone in Paris 8 at this price point, a counter-format restaurant will give you more engagement for the spend.
A seafood-focused kitchen at this price level should be equipped to handle most adjustments with advance notice, but specific dietary accommodation policies are not documented in available venue data. check the venue's official channels before booking if restrictions are a deciding factor — at €€€€, you should not be guessing on arrival.
Lunch is the stronger practical case here. The Avenue George V address and the yacht-like dining room read well in daylight, and a weekday lunch typically runs at a more manageable pace for business or celebratory meals. Dinner runs later on Saturdays (until 23:30), which suits groups who want the full evening format. Both services operate daily.
This is a €€€€ seafood restaurant with consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 under chef Laurent Audiot, on one of Paris's most formally weighted addresses. The room is the experience as much as the food — expect a theatrical, yacht-inflected interior rather than a classic Parisian brasserie feel. Book ahead; walk-in availability at this address and price tier is not something to count on.
Bar seating or counter dining options are not confirmed in the venue data. At a €€€€ destination restaurant on Avenue George V, the format is almost certainly table-service focused. If a bar option matters to your visit, verify directly with the restaurant before arriving.
A €€€€ restaurant on Avenue George V in Paris 8 carries implicit expectations: dressed-up, not casual. Think business dinner attire or above — the address alone signals the standard. No specific dress code is listed in the venue data, but turning up in jeans and trainers would read as a mismatch with the room and the clientele.
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