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Best Seafood Restaurants in Paris 2026
Seafood · Paris · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026
Montparnasse fills with oysters every winter because the trains from Brittany still terminate at its station, and the grand brasseries that grew up around the tracks have been building towers of shellfish since the 1920s. That is the heart of Paris seafood — a brasserie culture of oysters, plateaux and a cold glass of Muscadet — but the city also keeps a Michelin-starred temple near Les Invalides and a century-old caviar house off Avenue Victor Hugo. These are the six Paris seafood restaurants worth booking in 2026, ranked on the cooking, the room and what the bill buys, with the dish to order and how to get a table at each.
1.Le Divellec
The most serious seafood kitchen in Paris, one star near Les Invalides — book Le Divellec for classic French fish cookery at its most precise.
Le Divellec, near Les Invalides in the 7th, is the most technically serious seafood restaurant in the city, holding a Michelin star under chef Mathieu Pacaud since 2017. It carries forward the legacy of Jacques Le Divellec, the Atlantic-born chef who turned the original room into a temple of French seafood, and the kitchen still cooks in that grand classic register — lobster pressed tableside, line-caught fish in refined sauces, the luxury end of the French repertoire. The room is sober and elegant, made for a quiet special occasion rather than a brasserie buzz. Expect around €120 to €180 a head before wine. For the most precise seafood cooking in Paris, book the dining room a few days to a week ahead.
Reserve direct; the pressed lobster, the line-caught fish of the day, and a white Burgundy from the list.
2.Prunier
The century-old Art Deco caviar house now overseen by Yannick Alléno — book Prunier for caviar, smoked salmon and old-Paris glamour.
Prunier, on Avenue Victor Hugo in the 16th, is the grand old caviar house of Paris, an Art Deco landmark from 1925 with a black-and-gold mosaic façade and its own caviar production behind it. Today it is overseen by the Michelin three-star chef Yannick Alléno, and the menu still revolves around the house caviar, smoked salmon, oysters and classic luxury seafood served in a jewel-box of a dining room. It is more about glamour and history than cutting-edge cooking, and on the right night that is exactly the appeal. Expect around €100 to €180 a head before wine, far more if you lean into the caviar. For caviar and old-Paris elegance, book a week ahead.
Reserve direct; the house caviar, the smoked salmon Balik, and a coupe of Champagne to start.
3.Le Dôme Montparnasse
The serious fish brasserie of Montparnasse, sole meunière and bouillabaisse done right — book Le Dôme for the classic Paris seafood dinner.
Le Dôme, on Boulevard du Montparnasse, is the most serious of the district's historic seafood brasseries — a former artists' café turned white-tablecloth fish house, where the cooking is a cut above the grand tourist brasseries around it. The plateaux de fruits de mer are immaculate, but the real reason to come is the cooked fish: sole meunière deboned at the table, a proper bouillabaisse, turbot and whole grilled fish handled by a kitchen that takes them seriously. It is grown-up, classic and a little formal. Expect around €80 to €130 a head with a few drinks. For the definitive classic Paris seafood dinner, book a few days ahead and order the sole.
Reserve direct; the sole meunière, a half-dozen oysters, and the bouillabaisse if two of you share.
4.La Coupole
The vast 1927 Art Deco brasserie and its tiered shellfish towers — book La Coupole for oysters and theatre under the painted pillars.
La Coupole, a few doors from Le Dôme, is the great Art Deco brasserie of Montparnasse — a cavernous 1927 room with painted pillars where, in its heyday, the whole of bohemian Paris ate. It is more spectacle than gastronomy, but the seafood is the reason to come: tiered plateaux de fruits de mer, oysters shucked at the front bar, and the brasserie classics around them, all delivered with the energy of a room that seats hundreds. It is loud, grand and quintessentially Parisian. Expect around €50 to €90 a head with drinks. For oysters and old-Paris theatre, book a table or sit at the seafood bar and order a tower.
Reserve direct; a tier of the plateau de fruits de mer, a dozen oysters, and a carafe of Muscadet.
5.Clamato
Septime's no-reservations seafood bar in the 11th, oysters and natural wine — go to Clamato for the city's best modern seafood for the money.
Clamato, on rue de Charonne in the 11th, is the seafood sibling of the celebrated Septime, Bertrand Grébaut's restaurant next door, and it has become one of the most loved seafood spots in Paris. The format is deliberately casual — no reservations, write your name on the chalkboard, wait at the bar with a glass of natural wine — and the menu is a short, daily list of oysters, marinated and raw fish, crab fritters and seasonal plates done with real skill. It is the modern, value-led answer to the grand brasseries. Expect around €40 to €70 a head. For the best modern Paris seafood without the markup, go early or off-peak and be ready to queue.
Walk in early; the oysters, the marinated fish of the day, and the crab accras with a glass of natural white.
6.Bofinger
The 1864 Art Nouveau brasserie by the Bastille, shellfish under a stained-glass dome — book Bofinger for oysters and old-Paris atmosphere.
Bofinger, just off the Place de la Bastille, is one of the oldest and most beautiful brasseries in Paris, an 1864 institution famous for its stained-glass dome and brass-and-leather rooms. It is best known for two things — Alsatian choucroute and, just as much, seafood — and the front-of-house shucker turns out plateaux de fruits de mer and oysters to order all winter. The cooking is classic brasserie rather than fine dining, but the room is a genuine piece of Paris history and the shellfish is reliably good. Expect around €50 to €90 a head with drinks. For oysters under a belle-époque dome, book the ground-floor room beneath the cupola a few days ahead.
Reserve direct, under the dome; a plateau de fruits de mer, a dozen oysters, and a glass of Riesling.
How Paris eats seafood
Paris is hundreds of kilometres from the sea, but it eats seafood like a coastal city because the rail lines made it one: oysters and fish from Brittany and the Atlantic have arrived daily at Gare Montparnasse for over a century, which is why the great seafood brasseries cluster there. The city's seafood tradition is therefore a brasserie tradition — the plateau de fruits de mer, the oyster by the dozen, the cold Muscadet — rather than a chef-driven one, and only a handful of rooms, led by Le Divellec, push it into fine dining. The newer wave, embodied by Clamato, keeps the raw material front and centre but strips away the white tablecloth.
A few practical notes. The brasseries are easiest — Le Dôme, La Coupole and Bofinger take bookings and walk-ins, and the front oyster bar is the value perch — while Le Divellec and Prunier want a reservation a few days to a week out. Clamato takes no bookings at all, so arrive early. Oysters and seafood platters are priced by the dozen or by tier, so confirm before you order a tower. Seafood is at its best in the colder "R" months. Service is included in France by law, with a small round-up the norm. For the wider city, use the full Paris dining guide.
Where not to look for it
Skip these for a serious Paris seafood meal
The tourist-strip brasseries around the big sights, for the shellfish. The brasseries lining the Champs-Élysées and the streets around Notre-Dame put a seafood tower in the window to draw a crowd, but the oysters can be tired and the prices steep. For genuine plateaux, head to the Montparnasse rooms or Bofinger, where the turnover is high and the shucker knows what he is doing.
Le Divellec, if you want a casual, lively dinner. It is the best seafood kitchen in the city, but it is a formal, expensive fine-dining room. If you want oysters and a buzz, that is La Coupole or Clamato, not a hushed dining room near Les Invalides. Save Le Divellec for the night you want the occasion.
Frequently asked
What is the best seafood restaurant in Paris?
Le Divellec is the best, the most technically serious seafood kitchen in the city, holding a Michelin star under chef Mathieu Pacaud near Les Invalides in the 7th. It cooks classic French seafood — lobster, line-caught fish, a famous pressed lobster — with fine-dining precision. For the grandest sense of occasion, the century-old caviar house Prunier on Avenue Victor Hugo, now overseen by Yannick Alléno, is the other special-occasion choice. Book Le Divellec for serious cooking, Prunier for caviar and history.
Where are the best oysters in Paris?
The grand Montparnasse brasseries are the classic answer, because the district's station has long received the trains from Brittany and its oyster culture grew around them. Le Dôme and La Coupole, both on Boulevard du Montparnasse, build towering plateaux de fruits de mer and serve oysters by the dozen, as does the Art Nouveau brasserie Bofinger near the Bastille. For something more modern, Clamato — the no-reservations seafood bar from the Septime team — serves some of the best oysters and marinated fish in the east of the city. All shuck to order.
How much does a seafood meal in Paris cost?
Le Divellec and Prunier are the splurges, generally €100 to €180 a head before wine, more if you take caviar or a whole lobster. The grand brasseries — Le Dôme, La Coupole and Bofinger — run roughly €50 to €130 depending on whether you order a shellfish platter, which is priced by size. Clamato, the Septime seafood bar, is the value pick at around €40 to €70 a head for small plates. Oysters and seafood platters are almost always priced by the dozen or by tier, so check before you order a tower.
What is Le Divellec known for?
Le Divellec, near Les Invalides in the 7th arrondissement, is known as the most serious seafood restaurant in Paris, holding a Michelin star under chef Mathieu Pacaud since 2017. It carries on the legacy of Jacques Le Divellec, the Atlantic-born chef who made the original restaurant a temple of French seafood cookery, and the kitchen is famous for classic luxury dishes like lobster pressed tableside, line-caught fish and refined sauces. It is a special-occasion restaurant; book the dining room a few days to a week ahead.
Where is the best-value seafood in Paris?
Clamato, on rue de Charonne in the 11th, is the best-value serious seafood in Paris — the no-reservations seafood bar from Bertrand Grébaut's Septime team, where oysters, marinated fish, crab fritters and natural wine come without the grand-brasserie markup. You write your name on the board and wait at the bar with a glass of wine. For a classic cheaper option, the brasseries serve a good-value oyster and a glass of Muscadet at the bar. Both let you eat excellent Paris seafood for well under €80 a head.
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