Le Jardinier offers a kind of luxury that’s becoming rare: elegant and restrained. From the bar to the back table, the experience is curated without being stiff. It’s the kind of restaurant that respects your time while also earning it. Go for the chocolate & return for the calm.

The food alone earns the Exceptional tier. Were the service warmer, this would edge into the territory of the unforgettable. Still, Le Bernardin remains one of the few places where the term “fine dining” feels not just appropriate, but absolutely necessary.

Le Coucou is not just a restaurant. It’s where you take someone you love, or someone who loves food the way you do. And if you order the quenelle, it might just change something in you like it did for me.