Le Clarence

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Le Clarence Paris: French Fine Dining with Two Michelin Stars

Le Clarence is a French restaurant at 31, avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75008 Paris, in a nineteenth-century hôtel particulier in the Golden Triangle. It holds two Michelin stars (2026) for excellent cooking, and its kitchen works in a modern register built on classic French and Italian foundations.

A kitchen led by Andrea Capasso

Italian-born chef Andrea Capasso began cooking at fourteen, training at the ALMA school founded by Gualtiero Marchesi. He later worked under Riccardo Camanini before moving to France. After six years at the restaurant, he rose from chef de cuisine to executive chef. His cooking favors precise textures and a balance between land and sea.

Seasonal plates

There is no fixed menu, only variations built around seasonal ingredients. Recent listings include blue lobster cooked over barbecue with kabocha squash, venison in the Rossini style with Périgord black truffle, and red mullet with squid ink lentil risotto and Brittany sea urchin. Desserts run from buckwheat namelaka with cider to a chocolate-leaning ice cream with smoked tea gel.

Rooms, wine and private dining

The mansion has a grand lounge, a bar and three private salons on the third floor, equipped for business lunches, seminars and private dinners. The cellar holds around 1,500 references from more than 500 French winegrowers, and the sommeliers design pairings for the menus each day. The wine list earned a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence (2025).