Marsan

Rating: 16
Author: Gault&Millau

75006 PARIS

16/20
Remarkable Restaurant

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8 PHOTOS

Chef: Hélène Darroze
Cooking: French | Gastronomic | Signature cuisine
Services: Access for people with disabilities | Valet parking
Style: Romantic

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

98 to 260

Gault&Millau's review 2026

The South-West is obviously omnipresent in this very chic house, with its soft lighting, harmonious shapes and spaced-out tables. You can even hear it! as soon as you pass the kitchens, when Hélène Darroze chats for a few moments with her customers, who are delighted to bump into one of the pillars of Top Chef. The South-West, however, is a melting pot, open to other cultures through the subtle combination of spices, condiments, plants and ingredients from elsewhere. Thus, the superb red tuna from Saint-Jean-de-Luz is adorned with thin slices of Spanish green melon caressed with a ponzu vinaigrette, the whole enriched, in every sense of the word, with a dollop of caviar. From the Atlantic, line hake, remarkably preserved by steaming with iodized accents, is accompanied by green beans and butter beans into which fresh cockles and seaweed slip to amplify the sea breeze. Terroir in all its splendor then takes the form of a fine squab from a Landaise farm cooked over a wood fire and, to top it all off, flambéed with Colonnata bacon using the capucin technique and highlighted with a deep liver sauce scented with marjoram. Fresh chickpeas on a socca, enlivened by gooseberries and olives, complete this smiling plate. Just before dessert, a jam of black cherries from Itxassou slips in, according to custom, alongside a Basque ewe's milk cheese. Last but not least, you can succumb to a lovely gourmet combination of chocolate and peated whisky or, for example, indulge in a summery version of baba à l'armagnac (you can choose from three bottles presented on a small cart) with apricots and lavender. Dynamic service, very much at ease with the clientele. A fine wine list, without taking any risks.