Restaurants, hotels and bars across France and Belgium

Wine bar / Cave à manger

Nabu & Jéro

Jan 3, 2025
Marseille has a new spot that’s been aged to perfection in the form of Nabu(chodonosor) and Jéro(boam) near Place Notre-Dame-du-Mont, where Alexis Couët (a former manager at Le Vivier) and Hugues-Emmanuel Le Quéré (who we’d previously noticed working front-of-house at Elmer in Paris) popped open a briny cave à manger! The duo have put together a blackboard menu that’s heavily focused...

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Finger-lickin' good

Artefact

Dec 19, 2024
Comme un air de nouvelle Nouvelle Vague dans le vieux centre de Rouen, où, au rez-de-chaussée d’une maison médiéva...

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Neo-bistro

La Virée

Dec 17, 2024
Dans un Lyon un poêle ronflant depuis quelque temps, la paire d’enfer Mathias Beguin (ex-Aux Deux Amis, à Paris, e...

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Bistro

Melon

Dec 12, 2024
Nantes a le Melon ! Sauf que les seuls qui se la pètent chez Julia Custodio (ex-Aulis et Roganic à Londres) et Pie...

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Original chef's menu

Au Trou Gascon

Dec 10, 2024
Shazam ! Pour réenchanter cette ambassade du fricot bourgeois, Jean-Félix Frichot (ex-Tonka à Melbourne) et Grégor...

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AWARDS OF 2025

The best restaurant, the biggest crush, the best pizza, the Fooding’s biggest crush...

Le Guide France’s best sophisticated bistro of 2025

Dandelion

Paris
Le Guide France’s best sophisticated bistro of 2025

19 Saint Roch

Paris
Le Guide France’s best market cooking of 2025

Bistrot des Rosiers

Strasbourg
Le Guide France’s best free-flowing bistro of 2025

Blossom

Vernon
Le Guide France’s best team spirit of 2025

Café Belardi

Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Le Guide France’s best neighborhood café of 2025

Café Enez

Douarnenez
Le Guide France’s best Basco-Saxon of 2025

Elizaberriko Etxeberria

Hasparren
Le Guide France’s best comfort food spot of 2025

Glaz

Pont-Croix
Le Guide France’s best staff (stylish bedrooms) of 2025

Hôtel du Couvent

Nice
Le Guide France’s best caviste of 2025

Juste une Lichette

Brioude
Le Guide France’s best little luxury of 2025

L'Arpaon

Paris
Le Guide France’s best bar à délices of 2025

La Turlutte

Lège-Cap-Ferret
Le Guide France’s biggest crush of 2025

Le Flores

Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan
Le Guide France’s best pizza of 2025

Oobatz

Paris
Le Guide France’s Fooding d’honneur recipient of 2025

Petit Grill Basque

Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Le Guide France’s best bar d’auteur of 2025

Povera

Nice
Le Guide France’s best new wave joint of 2025

Rivage

Saint-Pierre-Quiberon

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Neo-bistro

La Virée

21 Rue Jean Larrivé
Lyon (69003)
Original chef's menu

Au Trou Gascon

40 Rue Taine
Paris (75012)

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Neo-bistro

Argile

4 Rue de Milan
Paris (75009)

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Original chef's menu

Auberge de Bellevie

14 Rue du Bourg-Bas
Grozon (39800)

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Recipes

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Toquéra

Quesadilla with falafel, Gouda cheese, miso yogurt, pickled carrots

Oct 4, 2024
A recipe by chef Jakub Blogowski (Soixante, Antwerp) crafted with Delhaize products, the main partner of Fooding B...

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Toquéra 517

Pissaladière

Jul 28, 2024
Une recette de Harry Cummins, chef de La Mercerie à Marseille ...

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Toquéra 489

Aligot au potimarron

Nov 5, 2023
Une recette de Sébastien Bras, chef du Restaurant Bras à Laguiole...

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Staff Meal

Naan soubressade, poireau, ricotta, miel ail-piment et herbes fraîches

Apr 9, 2023
A recipe by Caroline Mas, social media manager

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Wine bar / Cave à manger

Nabu & Jéro

13006 — €16 to €35
Finger-lickin' good

Artefact

76000 — €16 to €35
Bistro

Melon

44000 — €16 to €35
Bistro

Coppia

34000 — €16 to €35
Neo-bistro

Fugue

75010 — More than €51
Pizza

La Testa Dura

33000 — €16 to €35
Bistro

L'Orillon

75011 — €16 to €35
Asian

Monsieur Kim

69005 — €16 to €35
Neo-bistro

Oktobre

75006 — €36 to €50
Bistro

Ahoa

64122 — €16 to €35
Original chef's menu

L'Archeste

75116 — More than €51
Wine bar / Cave à manger

Furia

75011 — €16 to €35

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Their favorite restaurants

Yelle, Liana Finck, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Waters... Discover all the places your favorite artists are considered regulars!

Maité Steenhoudt

Jul 22, 2024
Skateboarder

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Émilie Dequenne

Jul 15, 2024
Actress

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Joesph Mount from Metronomy

Jul 8, 2024
Singer, guitarist and founder of the band Metronomy.

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Drag Couenne

Jul 1, 2024
Drag

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France's most stylish hotels and B&Bs. Something to dream about every Wednesday night.

Auberge de Bellevie

Dec 4, 2024
THE STORY: The name says it all! Life is beautiful in the countryside, at least according to Zoé Boinet, the forme...

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Hôtel du Couvent

Jun 27, 2024
D’un ancien monastère du XVIIe à l’Hôtel du Couvent, il n’y a qu’un divin pas ! Franchi lentement mais sûrement pa...

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Papotte

Apr 17, 2024
THE STORY: In the Ouche Valley, not far from Beaune, we’ve heard rumors that a former 15th-century mill now houses...

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Moulin Moulin

Oct 25, 2023
THE STORY? Tired of life in Lille, retail designer Nicolas Marion and optician Jérémy Zitelli headed west to breat...

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Tipping American-style: take it or leave it?

Jan 23, 2023
To tip, or not to tip? That is the question when it comes time to settle the bill. But the answer doesn’t have the...

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Are restaurants going cold turkey when it comes to meat?

Nov 21, 2022
Who’s making mincemeat of filet mignon? In the US, sensationalist plant-forward announcements have been the shakin...

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Drink your apples!

Nov 15, 2022
For a long time in France, hard cider could only be found in crêperies and supermarket aisles, but a resurgence of...

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Do the French really hate British cuisine?

Jul 5, 2022
Disgusting! The eternal butt of the joke, British food is often described as the worst in the world, at least acco...

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Mixologisms

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Mixomaniac

Povera

06300
Mixomaniac

The Honey Moon

75011 — €10 to €15
Mixomaniac

Cravan rive gauche

75006 — More than €15
Mixomaniac

Bar Nouveau

75003 — €10 to €15
Bar-bar

Motto

33000 — €10 to €15
Mixomaniac

Abricot

75010 — €10 to €15
Mixomaniac

Kissproof

75020 — €10 to €15
Bar-bar

Le Céleste

75011 — Less than €10
Mixomaniac

La Plaisir

44200 — €10 to €15
Bar / club

Le Discobar

75019 — €10 to €15
Bar / club

Super5

69001 — €10 to €15
Mixomaniac

Kodama

69005 — Less than €10

+ Best of

Best of

A sharp selection of ingenious restaurants and stylish rooms. The icing on the cake, the crème de la crème, the apple of our eye… In a nutshell, it’s the very best of Le Fooding, something to satisfy all of your obsessions.

Best of

And the best restaurants of the year are…

Nov 20, 2024
The best sophisticated bistros, the best neighborhood café, the best pizza joint, the best little luxury, the best bar d’auteur, the best caviste… On November 18th, 2024 at Le George, overlooking the Parisian skyline (from atop the Centre Pompidou), the crème de la crème of French food lovers celebrated 17 incredible award winners at the launch party for the 2025 Fooding Guide.

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Our best restaurants in Paris - Sentier

Aug 2, 2024
Chinese restaurants, Neapolitan pizzerias, West Coast-style coffee shops…. There’s something for every mood in thi...

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Where to spritz in style – summertime not required!

Apr 8, 2024
Unpopular opinion, mais hautement vérifiée : les Aperol Spritz ne se boivent pas qu’en été ! S’il est préférable d...

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Nabu & Jéro

Artefact

La Virée

Melon

Au Trou Gascon

Dandelion

19 Saint Roch

Bistrot des Rosiers

Blossom

Café Belardi

Café Enez

Elizaberriko Etxeberria

Glaz

Hôtel du Couvent

Juste une Lichette

L'Arpaon

La Turlutte

Le Flores

Oobatz

Petit Grill Basque

Povera

Rivage

La Virée

Au Trou Gascon

Argile

Auberge de Bellevie

Quesadilla with falafel, Gouda cheese, miso yogurt, pickled carrots

Pissaladière

Aligot au potimarron

Naan soubressade, poireau, ricotta, miel ail-piment et herbes fraîches

Nabu & Jéro

Artefact

Melon

Coppia

Fugue

La Testa Dura

L'Orillon

Monsieur Kim

Oktobre

Ahoa

L'Archeste

Furia

Maité Steenhoudt

Émilie Dequenne

Joesph Mount from Metronomy

Drag Couenne

Auberge de Bellevie

Hôtel du Couvent

Papotte

Moulin Moulin

Tipping American-style: take it or leave it?

Are restaurants going cold turkey when it comes to meat?

Drink your apples!

Do the French really hate British cuisine?

Povera

The Honey Moon

Cravan rive gauche

Bar Nouveau

Motto

Abricot

Kissproof

Le Céleste

La Plaisir

Le Discobar

Super5

Kodama

And the best restaurants of the year are…

Our best restaurants in Paris - Sentier

Where to spritz in style – summertime not required!

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