La Lorraine

Brasserie La Lorraine restaurant right on Paris’ Place des Ternes near the Etoile offers a visit to another era, an elegant, superbly stylish one at that. Since the 1930s Brasserie La Lorraine has been one of the capital’s landmarks, and it retains its fabulous Art Nouveau interior with hundred year-old mosaics, crystal chandeliers, sleekly styled seating and detailing (think ocean liner of the Noel Coward era and you won’t be far off). The classic brasserie menu features fine ingredients in dishes like fresh oysters, grilled entrecote with béarnaise and pommes frites, and babas au rhum, though the seafood is renowned for its excellence. There’s a terrace and everything is service with the personal touch.