L'Initial

Rating: 13.5
Author: Gault&Millau

9 Rue de Bièvre, 75005 Paris, France

13.5/20
Chef's Restaurant

Chef: Kazuyuki Fujinuma
Cooking: French | Signature cuisine
Style: Casual | Romantic

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

43 to 68

Gault&Millau's review 2026

French tradition reimagined by a highly trained Japanese chef, Kazuyuki Fujinuma, who clearly masters cooking techniques and sauces at his elegant restaurant on Rue de Bièvre. High-quality ingredients, fairly set menus with limited choices, impeccably presented dishes: scallops with bergamot and persimmon, line-caught sea bass confit in olive oil, veal sweetbreads, duck en croûte…