Our Guide to Paris: Izakaya Issé
Issé has changed formats a few times over the years, and now it’s a “bistro à sake”, offering a menu of izakaya — small plates — for grazing while sipping something from the serious selection of sake.
Practical information
Address: 45 rue de Richelieu, 75001
Nearest transport: Pyramides (7, 14)
Hours: Closed Saturday and Sunday
Reservations: Book a few days in advance
Telephone: 01 42 96 26 60
Website
View a map of all of our restaurants here.
Average price for lunch: 20-34€
Average price for dinner: 35-49€
Style of Cuisine: Japanese
Special attributes: small plates, open Monday
Type of crowd: foodies, neighborhood locals, style hounds
Interior: polished & modern
Atmosphere: casual
Trusted reviews
- Patricia Wells (2011) “I walked into Izakaya Issé on the rue de Richelieu, hoping for a quick, flavorful, inexpensive and light lunch. And that’s just what I got, in the name of domburi, the Japanese bowl of rice covered with a diverse assortment of fish, shellfish, meat or poultry.”
- François Simon – Le Figaro (2011) “…aubergines mijotées, joues de bœuf au miso, couteaux sautés à l’ail, brochettes de porc avec légumes frits, fritures de pommes de terre et oignons… C’est plaisant, sans prise de chou, agréable à picorer, charmant pour tout dire.”
- Gilles Pudlowski (2011) “Au programme: les « domburi », ces grands bols de riz recouverts de viandes ou poissons qu’on goûte à la régalade pour se sustenter rapidement. Mais l’ardoise, avec soupe aux ravioles de porc extra-fines ou le joli gratin de crabe, les idées du soir, comme les sashimi de saumon, thon…Le « plus » de la demeure: c’est évidemment le choix de sakés…”
- John Talbott (2009) “…a place all the critics have been falling all over themselves about…Occasionally the big boys, when they haven’t been outside Paris for a while, fall in love with a chimera.”
- Caroline Mignot (2009) “…je me régale tous les samedis, presque à en devenir monomaniaque…”
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