Les 110 de Taillevent

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

A Concept Born from a Gap

The idea behind Les 110 de Taillevent was refreshingly straightforward: most Paris restaurants offered a meagre, poorly matched selection of wines by the glass. The Gardinier brothers, drawing on their experience across the high tables of French and foreign gastronomy, set out to fill that gap — not by reinventing the wheel, but by doing something nobody had done with quite this level of rigour. The result is a restaurant where every dish on the seasonal French menu is paired with four different wines by the glass, each expressing a distinct character: Revelation, Serenity, Audacity, Fullness. For the adventurous, a "secret" pairing arrives in a dark glass for a blind tasting.

The Wine List That Makes It All Possible

The number in the name is not decorative. More than 100 wines are available by the glass at any given time, drawn from French regions and beyond — from a crisp New Zealand Sauvignon to the tobacco-and-cedar depth of a great Bordeaux, or the generous fruit of an Italian Barolo. Behind this breadth sits direct access to the vast cellars of the parent house, Taillevent, one of the great institutions of French haute cuisine. A further 2,000-plus bottles are offered à la carte. The sommelier team, trained at Taillevent and at other landmarks of international gastronomy, manages both the selection and the precision of each food-and-wine marriage. Wine Spectator recognised this commitment with its Best of Award of Excellence — a fitting acknowledgement of a list that is genuinely built around the table, not alongside it.

The Kitchen: Bourgeois and Generous

The cuisine is described by the restaurant itself as "bourgeois and gourmet," and the menu bears that out. Puffs and crusts take pride of place: a pâté en croûte, the house's closely guarded recipe, sits at the top of the list, while the vol-au-vent — the signature dish — rotates with the seasons. Alongside these are terrines, slowly prepared stews with comforting depth, and a section of timeless classics executed with care and precision. It is traditional French cooking taken seriously, without pretension.

The Setting

At 195 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, on the edge of Paris's golden triangle, the room immerses guests in what the restaurant calls "the refined and noble world of oenology." The space can be fully privatised for up to 50 guests for a seated meal, or up to 100 for a cocktail dinner. Semi-private arrangements are available for groups of 8 to 50, making it a considered choice for business lunches and private celebrations alike.