Practical information
Address: Ave. Winston Churchill, in The Grand Palais, 75008
Nearest transport: Champs-Elysées Clemenceau (1, 13)
Hours: Open every day
Reservations: Last minute booking usually OK
Telephone: 01 42 56 42 42
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Average price for lunch: 20-34€
Average price for dinner: 35-49€
Style of cuisine: Modern French
Special attributes: prix-fixe, renowned chef, vegetarian options, outdoor dining, good for groups, good for solo dining, continuous all-day service, open Sunday, open Monday, valet parking
Type of crowd: suits, foodies, style hounds
Interior: Polished and modern
Atmosphere: casual
Reviews of interest
- Gilles Pudlowski (2012) “Du sans faute, du bien fait, avec un service prompt et une ambiance relax: voilà ce qu’on trouve au Mini-Palais.”
- Patricia Wells (2011) “a Paris restaurant with a welcoming outdoor terrace, open non-stop seven days a week from 10 am to midnight, service that’s polite (if a bit slow) and food that is utterly modern, fresh and seasonal. I’d call it Grand Slam.”
- Thierry Richard (2011) “…sans aucun doute une des terrasses les plus agréables…Une table gentiment fusion…C’est joliment fait et de très bonne tenue pour une salle transatlantique qui défile les couverts par dizaines.”
- François Simon (2011) “Du coup, au dessus de ces plats (petitement) grammés (et pas donné?: 25€), pilotés de loin, c’est le service qui donne la dimension humaine.”
- François Simon (2011) “Le lieu est magnifique, surtout aux beaux jours…Parfait pour une clientèle choisie de se retrouver autour d’assiettes jouant pianissimo mais non sans efficacité…”
- John Talbott (2010) “..inside it was gorgeous, stunning, beautiful and I breathed freely. Before ordering they served an amuse bouche of a mini-brioche…Then I decided to have the formula (28 E for two dishes) and he two entrees with dessert (32 E); not bad eh for three-star grub?”
- Alexander Lobrano (2010) “Handsome though this room might be, I’d never be tempted if the food weren’t good, and happily it’s very good…Dining with friends, we loved the brilliant clafoutis of ceps mushrooms, squid with pil-pil sauce…and all of us eyeballed a gorgeous looking rock-lobster club sandwich as it went by on a waiter’s tray, too…”
- Barbra Austin via Girls’ Guide to Paris (2010) “In the spirit of a brasserie, Le Mini Palais is open every day with continuous service, which makes it an elegant choice for a late lunch, a snack, an afternoon tea or an apéro.”
- Pudlo (2010) “Au programme: vitello tonnato, câpres et parmesan, escargots dans leurs petites coques de tomate cerise gratinées au beurre d’amande…ou bien encore clafoutis aux cèpes légèrement fumés. C’est vif, fin, frais, net, sans bavure…le tout dans un cadre somptueux.”
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Just returned from an annual week in Paris. Enjoyed going to the Mini-Palais on a beautiful evening that allowed us to have a table on the splendid terrasse amid the extraordinary sculptural décor, with a view of the Petit Palais across the way. On the evening that we dined there the service was quite poor, of the condescending, snobby type that Americans sometimes encounter: a.) French is a second language for me and though I spoke to everyone in French they responded curtly in English; b.) my husband is a serious wine collector and a member of several significant wine societies, which he feels no need to reveal, and as he was looking over the carte des vins and deciding, the server kept trying to aggressively push certain and quite expensive wines kind of assuming that the guest didn’t know what he was doing. The food was good, certainly not great. Feel neutral about the interior décor. Our sole reason for returning would be to take advantage of the marvelous setting on a lovely evening.
I think you should modify your comment that last minute booking is “usually” OK. It certainly wasn’t today, when I was told there was nowhere for me to either eat or drink except for a drink at the bar. I asked if I could have a drink and get a table an hour later, the answer was absolutely not.
This restaurant was a total surprise, a very chic interior, good attentive staff and ….. the food was simply sublime! We were guests of some Parisian colleagues (who are definite foodies) we were not disappointed! Beautiful venue and we will be recommending it to all our South of France friends. Thank you Mini Palais for a fun gastronomic treat! Oh how we wish you had a similar restaurant in Monaco!