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Septime Menu — What to Order & Prices

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The verdict. Book Bertrand Grébaut's one-star set menu on rue de Charonne and trust the nightly choice — Paris's best-value fine dining.

Not for: menu-choosers or a big celebration. There is no a la carte, the room is small and bare, and the dinner is a fixed nightly sequence.

What the Septime Menu Actually Is

Septime opened on rue de Charonne in the 11th arrondissement in 2011, and chef Bertrand Grébaut, a former protege of Alain Passard and Joël Robuchon, built it around a single idea: serious cooking without the formal grammar. There is no long carte. Dinner is a fixed multi-course menu at around 150 euros that changes constantly, and lunch is a five-course menu at around 85 euros. Our Septime review and scores call it the most significant value in Parisian fine dining, and it has held one Michelin star since 2012.

What to Order at Septime

You do not order dishes at Septime; you take the menu and trust the kitchen. The printed sheet on any given night is a snapshot of a kitchen in continuous motion, so the specific plates rotate with the market: expect precise vegetable cooking, a fish course handled with restraint, and a meat course that reads Grébaut's Passard training. The constant is the sourcing and the natural-wine list, a biodynamic and minimal-intervention programme that rewards asking the floor. If you want seafood in the same orbit, the group's Clamato next door takes no bookings and runs a raw-bar menu, and Septime Cave around the corner pours the same cellar with sharing plates.

When to Go and How to Book

Bookings open online at 10am, three weeks ahead, and the diary fills within minutes. Our guide to booking a Septime table covers the release-time scramble and the lunch seat as the easier win. If dinner will not land, take the five-course lunch: same kitchen, lower stakes, more chance of a table.

The Smart Play

For the full statement, book dinner and add the natural-wine pairing; for the value play, take weekday lunch and a couple of glasses. It is the Paris room that reads as a first date that feels like a discovery, works for solo dining at the counter, and holds its own for impressing clients who are tired of the grand rooms. Set it against the wider French fine-dining field, and read our what to order at Le Bernardin for the opposite end of the formality scale.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What should you order at Septime?

You do not choose individual dishes at Septime; you take the set menu and trust the kitchen. The printed sheet changes constantly, so the specific plates rotate with the market, but expect precise vegetable cooking, a restrained fish course and a meat course that reads Bertrand Grébaut's Passard training. The one active choice is the natural-wine pairing, which is worth taking. For seafood, the group's Clamato next door runs a raw bar. Our Septime review scores the experience.

How much is dinner at Septime?

As of 2026 dinner at Septime is a fixed multi-course menu at around 150 euros per person before wine, and lunch is a five-course menu at around 85 euros. The natural-wine pairing and the deeper bottles add to the bill, but by the standards of a Michelin-starred Paris kitchen the pricing is unusually gentle. Lunch is both cheaper and easier to book. Our booking guide covers the release window.

Can you order a la carte at Septime?

No. Septime serves a fixed menu that changes nightly, so there is no a la carte and no choosing between dishes. Dinner is a multi-course set menu and lunch is a five-course one, both driven by what the market delivered that morning. If you want to build your own meal, the group's nearby Clamato raw bar and Septime Cave wine bar are the more flexible options. Our Paris dining guide lists other rooms with a full carte.

How hard is it to book Septime?

Very hard. Bookings open online at 10am exactly three weeks ahead, and the dinner diary fills within minutes of that moment most mornings. There is no phone workaround and no walk-in dining room. The five-course lunch is the easier seat and the smarter target for a first visit. Our full Septime booking guide walks through the release-time scramble, the lunch alternative and how to improve your odds.

Is Septime worth it?

For value in Parisian fine dining, few rooms come close. One Michelin star since 2012, a long run on The World's 50 Best list reaching as high as 22nd, and a set dinner near 150 euros make the case. The trade-off is that you give up choice and grandeur: the room is small and bare and the menu is fixed. It is a discovery-style room, wrong for a big formal celebration — see our first-date and solo-dining picks for the intent it suits.