Best Seafood Restaurants in Paris

Last updated: October 18, 2026

Best For

• Wild fish cooked simply: Helen, a Michelin-starred room near the Champs-Élysées
• Creative seafood tasting menus: Zostera in the 16th arrondissement
• A shellfish platter in a classic brasserie: Dessirier or Le Dôme
• A relaxed, modern seafood meal: Clamato in the 11th, no reservations needed

Paris sits a few hours from the Atlantic, the Channel and the Mediterranean, and its best seafood restaurants show it. Fish from small boats in Brittany and Normandy reaches the city's kitchens within a day. The styles range from grand old institutions with wood-paneled dining rooms to modern counters serving raw fish and natural wine.

This guide covers 11 seafood restaurants, grouped by style, with what to order, what to budget and how to book.

How We Chose These Restaurants

This is an editorial selection, not a scientific or absolute ranking. We started from the MICHELIN Guide's Paris seafood listings and other published guides, checked each restaurant's own menus and booking information, and chose places with different styles and budgets. The restaurants appear by style, not in order of preference.

The guide is compiled from published sources, not from personal visits. Seafood menus change with the catch and the season, so check current dishes and prices before you book.

Paris Seafood Restaurants at a Glance

Price symbols follow the MICHELIN Guide where it lists the restaurant. Figures are per person, before drinks, from 2025–2026 menus and guide listings. Whole fish and lobster are often priced by weight, so the bill depends on what you order. Service is included in French menu prices.

Michelin-Starred Seafood

Helen

Address: 3 Rue Berryer, 75008 Paris

Helen has focused on wild fish since 2012, buying from small day boats and keeping the cooking deliberately simple. Fish arrives raw, grilled, cooked on the plancha or steamed, and is often filleted at the table. Chef Sébastien Carmona-Porto changes the menu with each delivery, and the dessert trolley from pastry chef Marc Boisaubert is a reason to save room. The MICHELIN Guide awards it one star and rates it €€€€.

Practical details: 2026 listings put lunch at around €55 per person, with dinner à la carte costing considerably more. Michelin lists lunch Tuesday to Friday and dinner Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday. Diners often describe the room as calm and elegant. Bookable through OpenTable.

Zostera

Address: 40 Rue Pergolèse, 75116 Paris

Chef Julien Dumas, formerly of Lucas Carton and Bellefeuille at the Saint James Paris, opened Zostera in the former Le Pergolèse and named it after a seagrass. It earned its first Michelin star in 2026. The cooking centers on Atlantic seafood and seasonal vegetables, with precise seasoning and refined sauces. Michelin mentions Arctic char with tansy butter and hand-dived scallops.

Price and booking: 2026 listings put the lunch menu at around €50 to €55 and tasting menus from roughly €90 to €99, rising for longer menus. Wines are priced in clear fixed bands. Valet parking is available. Choose Zostera for a creative, modern seafood meal away from the tourist center.

Gaya par Pierre Gagnaire

Address: 6 Rue de Saint-Simon, 75007 Paris

Gaya is Pierre Gagnaire's seafood restaurant in Saint-Germain, a chic brasserie behind a bright blue façade. It holds one Michelin star, and Michelin rates it €€€. Dishes it highlights include sea bream carpaccio with oyster ice cream and line-caught turbot with Breton butter, alongside a seafood platter and the house apple tart. The menu also offers a few meat dishes.

Price and booking: a 2026 guide listing put the lunch menu at €69, with à la carte dinners costing more. Michelin lists service Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday. It is a good choice for a stylish Left Bank lunch with starred cooking at a lower price than a tasting-menu restaurant.

Paris Seafood Institutions

Le Duc

Address: 243 Boulevard Raspail, 75014 Paris

Opened in 1967, Le Duc helped change how Paris eats fish, serving it barely cooked or raw at a time when that was unusual. The wood-paneled room feels like a yacht cabin, and the fish still comes from small boats. Michelin lists it as an iconic address and highlights langoustines with shiso and sea urchin cream, lobster with orange and sole meunière. Whole fish is billed by weight.

Practical details: a set lunch was reported at €55 in 2025, while à la carte dinners with sole or lobster cost far more. Michelin lists lunch and dinner Monday to Saturday, closed Sunday. Choose Le Duc for classic French fish cooking without frills.

Le Dôme

Address: 108 Boulevard du Montparnasse, 75014 Paris

Le Dôme has been a Montparnasse landmark since 1898, once a meeting place for artists and writers and now a seafood brasserie with a polished, old-fashioned dining room. Chef Yoshihiko Miura cooks oysters, sole meunière, bouillabaisse and grilled fish with beurre blanc, and the vanilla mille-feuille is a long-standing favorite for dessert.

Price and booking: listings put à la carte meals at roughly €70 to €120 per person, before wine. It is open every day for lunch and dinner. Choose Le Dôme for a classic Paris brasserie experience with seafood at the center.

Marius et Janette

Address: 4 Avenue George V, 75008 Paris

A short walk from the Place de l'Alma, Marius et Janette has a yacht-style dining room with fishing rods, nets and copper portholes, plus a front terrace. The menu changes daily with the catch. Michelin mentions salmon carpaccio, grilled sea bass to share and the house lobster linguine, and rates it €€€€.

Price and booking: a weekday lunch formula at €68 includes a starter and main or main and dessert, plus a glass of wine, water and coffee. À la carte meals run roughly €95 to €150, and a shellfish platter to share is listed at €165. Michelin lists it as open every day, and it handles its own bookings.

Seafood Brasseries and Platters

Dessirier

Address: 9 Place du Maréchal Juin, 75017 Paris

Founded in 1883 and run by the Rostang family since 1996, Dessirier is an elegant seafood brasserie with an oyster bar. Chef Olivier Fontaine cooks a mix of classics and daily specials. Michelin highlights bouillabaisse, cod aïoli and a traditional chocolate soufflé, and counts it among its favorite addresses. The lobster and macaroni gratin is a long-standing house recipe.

Price and booking: listings put à la carte meals at roughly €55 to €125 per person. Shellfish platters are the signature order. Michelin lists it as open every day, and the oyster bar also sells to take away. Choose Dessirier for a lively, classic brasserie meal outside the busiest tourist areas.

VIVE, Maison Mer

Address: 62 Avenue des Ternes, 75017 Paris

This address opened as the seafood restaurant Rech in 1925 and was later run by Alain Ducasse. Chef David Le Quellec and Stéphanie Le Quellec now run it as VIVE, Maison Mer, with a large bar, an upstairs dining room and long banquettes. The menu is built for sharing, using fish from French ports. Michelin singles out a sea bream ceviche with coconut milk and lime, and dishes made with fish aged on site in a maturing cellar.

Practical details: Michelin rates it €€€, a mid-to-high budget for Paris seafood. Opening days have varied in published listings, so check before you go. It suits a group that wants to share plates in a grand setting.

Romantic and Riverside

Le Vent d'Armor

Address: 25 Quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris

This small, elegant restaurant sits on the Left Bank of the Seine, facing the Île Saint-Louis. Chef Nicolas Tribet spent 14 years at the old Le Divellec before opening here with sommelier Olivier Friant, also a Divellec alumnus. The menu follows Breton catches. Recent dishes include razor clams gratinéed with garlic butter, roasted John Dory with cockles and skate wing meunière with capers.

Price and booking: 2026 listings put meals at roughly €42 to €90 per person before drinks, good value for this quality. The white wine list by the glass is a strength. Book ahead, especially for dinner. Choose it for a quiet, romantic evening by the river.

Caviar and Luxury

Petrossian

Address: 13 Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg, 75007 Paris

The Petrossian brothers began importing caviar to Paris in 1920, and the family's restaurant now sits opposite its historic shop near Les Invalides. Chef Renaud Ramamourty serves classic caviar tastings alongside dishes where caviar appears pressed, dried, aged or in sauces, plus smoked salmon, crab and koulibiak. Michelin lists it as an iconic address and rates it €€€.

Price and booking: 2026 guide listings put a meal from about €45 per person before drinks, with caviar priced by weight and adding significantly to the bill. It is open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Choose it for a luxurious, caviar-focused meal.

Casual and Modern

Clamato

Address: 80 Rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris

Clamato is the seafood bar from the team behind Septime, on the same street in the 11th. The menu is a chalkboard of small plates that changes with deliveries from French ports and artisanal fishing: oysters, raw fish, ceviche, seasonal vegetables and natural wines. It has held a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand, the guide's distinction for good value.

Practical details: Clamato does not take reservations. Arrive at opening to avoid a wait, especially on weekends; if it is full, you can usually leave your number and wait nearby. Hours have varied in published listings, so check before you go. Ordering several small plates keeps the bill moderate. Choose it for a lively, informal seafood meal.

Also Worth Knowing

Divellec, the historic seafood restaurant facing the Esplanade des Invalides at 18 Rue Fabert, closed in May 2026 for a full redesign. Its reopening was announced for September 2026, so check its status before planning a visit.

How to Choose

• For the best fish, simply cooked: Helen or Le Duc.
• For a creative tasting menu: Zostera.
• For a shellfish platter: Dessirier, Le Dôme or Marius et Janette.
• For a romantic dinner: Le Vent d'Armor on the Seine.
• For a lower bill: Clamato, or lunch at Gaya, Le Duc or Helen.
• For caviar: Petrossian.

Practical Tips

• Ask about prices by weight. Sole, turbot and lobster are often billed by the kilo, so ask the price before you order.
• Follow the seasons. Scallops are best roughly from autumn to spring, and many restaurants only serve them then.
• Lunch is better value. Several restaurants here offer set lunches for a fraction of the dinner bill.
• Check closing days. Many seafood restaurants close on Sundays, Mondays or both.
• Service is included. Tipping in France is optional.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which seafood restaurants in Paris have a Michelin star?

Among the restaurants in this guide, Helen, Zostera and Gaya par Pierre Gagnaire each hold one Michelin star.

Where can I get a seafood platter in Paris?

Dessirier, Le Dôme and Marius et Janette are known for shellfish platters, and Gaya also serves one.

Is there a seafood restaurant in Paris that does not take reservations?

Yes. Clamato in the 11th works on a walk-in basis, so arrive early.

What is the best time of year for seafood in Paris?

Oysters and scallops are at their best in the colder months, roughly October to April, while menus change year-round with the catch.

Where can I eat caviar in Paris?

Petrossian near Les Invalides specializes in caviar, served on its own or in cooked dishes.

How much does a seafood dinner cost in Paris?

Expect roughly €40 to €90 per person at Clamato or Le Vent d'Armor, and €100 or more at the high-end restaurants, especially with whole fish, lobster or wine.

More Paris Dining Guides

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