La Poule au Pot

Rating: 14
Author: Gault&Millau

9 Rue Vauvilliers, 75001 Paris, France

14/20
Chef's Restaurant

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16 PHOTOS

Location: Paris
Chef: Jean-François Piège
Cooking: French | Traditional
Services: Delivery Service
Style: Bistro/Brasserie, With family, With friends

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

48 to 90

Gault&Millau's review 2026

14/20

Chef's Restaurant

It’s true, the (magnificent) tribute that Jean-François Piège pays daily to home-style and regional cuisine comes at a bit of a price, even if the €48 lunch menu lets you sample the master chef’s take on herring with potatoes in oil and veal head and tongue for a reasonable price. But let’s be realistic: it’s very difficult (impossible?) to find in Paris a veal blanquette of such nobility or crispy sole goujonnettes with tartar sauce capable of making you reach for your Escoffier to see if, by any chance, you might be able to try recreating these dishes in your own little home kitchen. That’s La Poule au Pot, Piège-style: they don’t invent anything here, and yet all we can do is dream of copying it, because the foie gras terrine is marvelous, the beef tartare prepared right at your table is spectacular, and the dessert cart is a spectacle in and of itself. The wine cellar is no exception—it’s varied and interesting—and the service is just right.