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Septime

Paris

Super seasonal, ultra-cool modern French cooking

On the Pass

Bertrand Grébaut

Perfectly Parisian: Septime is a super-cool restaurant on an ultra-cool street run by cool people and frequented by cool customers. The food is dictated by the seasons and served without pretention.

What dishes can I expect? One of the biggest charms of this neo-industrial bistro is its fair pricing: $85 for five courses at lunch and $135 for seven courses at dinner. Chef Bertrand Grébaut’s modern French food has been luring diners from around the world since the rustic restaurant’s debut more than a decade ago. Expect thoughtful, ingredient-driven plates with global touches, such as delicate plates of cepes and girolles with peppercorn sauce, or young leeks in a mussel and pimenton butter topped with wafer-thin slices of lardo.

More on the chef: Graphic designer-turned-chef Bertrand Grébaut, formerly of Alain Passard’s iconic Arpège, helms the kitchen, while his school friend and former economist Théo Pourriat runs the dining room and selects the wines.

Plan in advance: Due to its limited number of oversubscribed seats, booking a table at Septime is not a simple task; the restaurant accepts reservations three weeks in advance, online only.

Other projects: Should you be unable to get into Septime, Grébaut and Pourriat also command a growing number of nearby restaurants: seafood-focused Clamato, natural wine bar Septime La Cave, as well as artisanal, seasonal pastry shop Tapisserie. Further afield, the duo owns a charming countryside hotel two hours’ away from Paris, called D’Une Île.

Eco credentials: Hyper-sustainable Septime was also the winner of the Sustainable Restaurant Award in 2017, and Grébaut and Pourriat recently released Septime, a book that aims to tell the everyday story of their restaurants, including inspiration, recipes and more.

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