Le Pré Catelan is a three-MICHELIN-star restaurant by chef Frédéric Anton, set in a 1905 Belle Époque pavilion in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris 75016. It serves four days a week only, Wednesday to Saturday, and is closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Menus are fixed: €195 for the weekday lunch menu, €380 for the Orsay menu and €450 for the Menu du Pré, all net of service. The dress code is enforced rather than suggested — shorts and sportswear are refused and men are asked to wear a jacket. Book on +33 (0)1 44 14 41 14. If those prices are out of range, the same chef runs La Ferme du Pré, a bistro on the same site.
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Le Pré Catelan at a glance
Full name | Restaurant Le Pré Catelan |
Chef | Frédéric Anton, at the helm since 1997; Meilleur Ouvrier de France |
MICHELIN stars | Three, in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France; three stars held since 2007 |
Address | Le Pré Catelan, Bois de Boulogne, 75016 Paris (see the address note below) |
Coordinates | 48.8640, 2.2508 (Plus Code V772+H8 Paris) |
Phone | +33 (0)1 44 14 41 14 |
Open | Wednesday to Saturday only |
Closed | Sunday, Monday, Tuesday |
Lunch menu | €195 (€270 with wine pairing); not served Saturdays or public holidays |
Tasting menus | Orsay €380; Menu du Pré €450 |
Dress code | Enforced. No shorts, no sportswear; jacket requested for men |
Dogs | Allowed |
Parking | On-site public parking, EV charging, bicycle parking, valet service |
Nearest metro | Porte Maillot (line 1), then bus 244 to Bagatelle – Pré Catelan |
Owner | Maison Lenôtre / Groupe Lenôtre, since 1976 |
Bistro alternative | La Ferme du Pré, same site, +33 (0)1 44 14 41 40 |
How much does it cost to eat at Le Pré Catelan?
The cheapest way in is the weekday lunch menu at €195 per person, service included. Dinner means one of two tasting menus, €380 or €450. There is no French cuisine tasting here for under €195, and there is no separate main-course-only option published.
Menu | Courses | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
A Luncheon at Le Pré Catelan | 5 | €195 | Net price, service included. Not available Saturdays or public holidays. |
A Luncheon, with wine | 5 | €270 | Same menu with a wine selection chosen by head sommelier Boris Thuillier |
Orsay Menu | 9 | €380 | Net price, service included |
Menu du Pré | 12 | €450 | Taxes and service included; the full tasting menu |
Two things about that lunch menu catch people out. It is not served on Saturdays, which is the day most visitors assume a weekend lunch is possible, and the restaurant is shut on Sunday anyway. That leaves Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as the only days the €195 menu can be booked. Google’s price band for the restaurant reads simply €100+ and TripAdvisor files it as $$$$; neither figure is granular enough to plan around, which is why the published menu prices above matter.
What is the dress code at Le Pré Catelan?
The dress code is enforced, not advisory. The restaurant’s own FAQ states that shorts and sportswear are not permitted, that gentlemen are requested to wear a jacket, and that management reserves the right to refuse admission if the dress code is not adhered to. That last clause is the one worth reading twice: turning up in smart casual is a real risk of being turned away after an hour’s journey to the Bois de Boulogne.
An earlier version of this page told readers there was no strict dress code and that smart casual was normal. That was wrong, and it has been corrected against the operator’s published rule. Plan on a jacket for men and the equivalent formality for women, and leave trainers and denim shorts at the hotel.
When is Le Pré Catelan open, and which days is it closed?
Le Pré Catelan opens Wednesday to Saturday and is closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. That is four service days a week, and it is the single most common reason a trip out here fails.
Day | Le Pré Catelan (restaurant) | La Ferme du Pré (bistro) |
|---|---|---|
Monday | Closed | Closed |
Tuesday | Closed | Closed |
Wednesday | Lunch and dinner | 12:00–14:00, 19:00–21:30 |
Thursday | Lunch and dinner | 12:00–14:00, 19:00–21:30 |
Friday | Lunch and dinner | 12:00–14:00, 19:00–21:30 |
Saturday | Lunch and dinner (no €195 lunch menu) | 12:00–14:00, 19:00–21:30 |
Sunday | Closed | 12:00–14:00, 19:00–21:30 |
The two published sources disagree on the exact service windows, so here is who says what. The restaurant’s own Practical Information page gives 12:00 to 14:00 and 19:00 to 20:15. Its Google Business Profile gives 12:00 to 12:45 and 19:00 to 20:45. Both agree on Wednesday to Saturday. The narrower Google windows read like last-seating times rather than the length of service, and a tasting menu at this level runs three hours or more from the moment you sit down. Book the earliest slot offered and treat the later figures as the last moment you can be seated, not the moment the meal ends.
Note that the bistro is open on Sunday when the gastronomic restaurant is not. If your only free day in Paris is a Sunday, that is the version of Anton’s cooking available to you.
How many MICHELIN stars does Le Pré Catelan have?
Three. Le Pré Catelan holds three MICHELIN stars in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France, and has held three continuously since 2007, when Frédéric Anton was awarded the third at the age of 43. Three stars is the guide’s top tier, defined as cuisine worth a special journey. Given that the restaurant sits inside a park on the western edge of the city, that phrase is close to literal here.
Paris has a large field of starred kitchens and it is easy to conflate them. For comparison, Epicure at Le Bristol and La Tour d’Argent occupy the same conversation but very different rooms, and our list of the best places to eat in Paris sets the wider context.
Who is Frédéric Anton?
Frédéric Anton has run the kitchen at Le Pré Catelan since 1997, close to thirty years in one house, which is unusual at this level. He is a Meilleur Ouvrier de France, the state-awarded craft title recognised by the tricolour collar, and he trained under Joël Robuchon at Jamin. He took the third star in 2007 and has held it since.
Anton also runs La Ferme du Pré, the bistro on the same site, which means a single chef signs both the €450 tasting menu and the à la carte bistro plates a few steps away. The restaurant describes his cooking as refined and generous; the MICHELIN Guide’s own note calls the tasting menu a masterclass in understatement and precision.
Where exactly is Le Pré Catelan, and how do you get there?
The restaurant is inside the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement, on the western edge of Paris. There is no metro station in the park, so every route involves a bus, a taxi or a car.
How | Detail |
|---|---|
Metro | Line 1 to Porte Maillot, then bus |
Bus | Route 244, stop Bagatelle – Pré Catelan |
Car | On-site public parking, plus electric-vehicle charging points |
Valet | Valet parking is offered for the gastronomic restaurant |
Bicycle | Dedicated bicycle parking on site |
GPS | Set the destination to the Grande Cascade road, or the coordinates 48.8640, 2.2508 |
Accessibility | Wheelchair-accessible entrance listed on the Google Business Profile |
The address is genuinely inconsistent across sources, and it is worth knowing before you set a satnav. The restaurant’s own Practical Information page gives the postal address as simply Le Pré Catelan, Bois de Boulogne 75016 Paris, and gives the GPS destination as the Grande Cascade road. TripAdvisor, Yelp and most directory listings give route de Suresnes, Bois de Boulogne. Both refer to the same building; the park’s roads ring the site and different databases picked different approaches. Use the coordinates or the Plus Code V772+H8 Paris and the ambiguity disappears.
The menus are fixed and change with the season, so the dishes below are the ones the restaurant is publishing for the current service rather than a permanent carte. The house repeats a small number of signatures across all three menus, which is a useful tell: the eggplant with caviar, the langoustine ravioli with duck foie gras, the poached squab with dates, and the Pollen dessert appear on every menu published right now.
- Eggplant — crisped, prepared with caviar, avocado cream and curry. On all three menus.
- Langoustine — ravioli with duck foie gras and a thin gold jelly. On all three menus.
- Crab — dashi, hot jelly, fennel cream. On the Orsay and du Pré menus; the lunch menu carries the dashi course without the crab.
- Cod — simply cooked with seaweed, beurre blanc and lime zest, served alongside a soft brandade.
- Lobster — roasted with rosemary butter.
- Squab — poached, with dates and a crunchy semolina. On all three menus.
- Cheese — a steamed soufflé with Comté cream, on the two dinner menus.
- Le Pollen — a sablé with honey ice cream. The dessert that closes every menu.
- Chocolate — bitter cacao pie with vanilla ice cream, on the two dinner menus.
- Caviar — served with a champagne sorbet, on the twelve-course Menu du Pré only.
Two corrections to what this page used to say. It described l’os à moelle, a bone marrow dish from Anton’s Robuchon training, as a current signature; it is not on any of the three menus the restaurant currently publishes, and it is better understood as part of his history. And it claimed the menu caters to vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diners. No vegetarian or vegan menu is published. The restaurant does state that it tailors menus to allergies and dietary requirements for private events, and it offers a children’s menu for under-11s in that setting, so the honest advice is to phone ahead and ask rather than to assume.
Read also: 24 Le Restaurant and Sourire, two smaller Paris dining rooms in a different price bracket.
Who owns Le Pré Catelan?
The restaurant has belonged to Maison Lenôtre since 1976, when Colette and Gaston Lenôtre took it on. It still trades as part of Groupe Lenôtre, which is why the site’s catering, its lounges and its gift boxes all run through the Lenôtre name. That ownership is a fact this page previously omitted entirely, and it explains the structure of the whole site: a three-star restaurant, a bistro, and a set of event lounges, all under one house.
Why is it called the Pré Catelan?
There are two competing accounts and no settled answer, so here are both. The first attributes the name to Théophile Catelan, captain of the hunts of the Bois under Louis XIV. The second is a legend attaching it to Arnault Catelan, a troubadour in the service of Queen Jeanne of Navarre, said to have been killed in the forest of Rouvray, the woodland that the Bois de Boulogne is a surviving fragment of, with a stone cross raised where his body was found.
The name attaches to the wider Pré-Catelan garden, roughly 81,500 square metres inside the Bois, not only to the restaurant. Anyone walking here will pass the garden long before reaching the building.
What is the building, and who designed the interior?
The building you eat in dates from 1905. The earlier pleasure grounds on the site were destroyed in the fighting of 1870 and left derelict until the City of Paris commissioned the architect Guillaume Tronchet to build a grand casino-restaurant, drawing on eighteenth-century folies and executed as a Belle Époque pavilion in the Napoléon III style. Its decor is now protected.
That distinction is worth stating plainly, because it is blurred almost everywhere. The restaurant’s own site calls the site a former royal hunting lodge and the MICHELIN Guide calls the building a Napoleon III lodge. The structure standing today is a 1905 building in the Napoléon III style, not a surviving royal lodge and not a Second Empire original. The hunting-lodge story belongs to the ground, not to the walls.
The interior was refurbished by the designer Pierre-Yves Rochon, working in a palette of green, black, white and silver. Green picks up the park outside, the other three picking out pilasters, appliques, cartouches and bas-reliefs. That is the room in the photographs, and it is the reason so many reviews mention the setting before the food.
How do you book, and what should you know first?
Book by phone on +33 (0)1 44 14 41 14 or through the online booking system linked from the restaurant’s website. Reservations are accepted, and given four service days a week and a single dining room, the practical advice is to book well ahead for any specific date.
Three things to settle when you call. First, confirm the day, because Wednesday to Saturday is a narrow window and the €195 lunch narrows it further to three days. Second, state the party size; there is no published maximum for the restaurant, but the private lounges have no minimum and are the route for a larger group. Third, mention dietary requirements at the time of booking rather than on arrival, since the menus are fixed. Card payment, debit cards and contactless are all accepted.
What is the wine list like?
The cellar runs to more than a thousand wines and champagnes, presented by head sommelier Boris Thuillier. Thuillier also chooses the pairing on the €270 version of the lunch menu, which is the cheapest way to drink from that list with guidance rather than guesswork, at €75 above the food-only price for a matched selection across five courses.
If you would rather bring your own bottle, note that this is possible in the private lounges, subject to a corkage fee or a cellar-management package, and is a lounge arrangement rather than something offered in the gastronomic restaurant.
How do diners actually rate it?
Source | Rating | Volume | Read on |
|---|---|---|---|
Google | 4.6 / 5 | 1,953 reviews | 29 Aug 2026 |
TripAdvisor | 4.5 / 5 | 1,221 reviews | 29 Aug 2026 |
TripAdvisor rank | #512 of 20,471 restaurants in Paris | — | 29 Aug 2026 |
MICHELIN | Three stars | 2026 Guide France | 29 Aug 2026 |
The Google distribution is the more informative number: 1,532 five-star reviews against 50 one-star, with 87 at three stars. That is a strongly positive but not unanimous picture, and the shape of it — a small hard core of very unhappy reviews under a large majority of very happy ones, is typical of restaurants where the bill is high enough that a mediocre evening feels like a grievance.
The words reviewers use most often are revealing too. After michelin, the most repeated phrase is magnificent setting (68 mentions), ahead of tasting menu (28), caviar (26) and langoustine (16). People come away talking about the room at least as much as the plates.
An earlier version of this page cited a TripAdvisor rank of 491st of 14,272 restaurants and “over 1,100 reviews”, and flagged a Travelers’ Choice award from 2022. Those figures have moved, and the 2022 accolade is now four years old; the table above replaces them with what the platforms show today. Wider context on where the restaurant sits among Paris dining locations and a general Paris travel guide on TripAdvisor are both worth a look before you commit to the journey.
Is there a cheaper way to eat Frédéric Anton’s cooking?
Yes. La Ferme du Pré is Anton’s bistro on the same site: a contemporary room serving Parisian café classics reworked around local and seasonal produce. It opens Wednesday to Sunday, 12:00 to 14:00 and 19:00 to 21:30, a day wider than the gastronomic restaurant, and crucially it is open on Sunday. Book on +33 (0)1 44 14 41 40.
The bistro does not publish its prices as a fixed menu online, so we are not going to quote a figure we cannot verify. What is verifiable is that it is an à la carte bistro rather than a tasting-menu restaurant, which puts it in a different bracket from €195 entirely. Phone and ask before you travel.
Elsewhere in the city, Le Gabriel and Michel Rostang sit in the same starred bracket, while our round-up of affordable restaurants in Paris with a view covers the opposite end. For something in between, Chez l’Ami Louis, Je Thé… Me and Taj Mahal are all reviewed here.
What else is on the Pré Catelan site?
Beyond the restaurant and the bistro, the site runs a set of event lounges and the Clos du Pré space, both operated by Maison Lenôtre and bookable on +33 (0)1 44 14 41 00. The lounges are open every day, which makes them the only part of the site available on a Monday or Tuesday.
A few published rules for anyone considering an event here rather than a dinner. Catering is exclusively Maison Lenôtre and cannot be substituted, though other suppliers such as florists and photographers are your own choice. You cannot bring your own cake. You can bring your own wine and champagne, subject to a corkage fee or a cellar-management package. There is no minimum party size for a private room. Events must end by 4:00 AM. There is no accommodation on site.
Mistakes to avoid
- Travelling on a closed day. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are all closed for the gastronomic restaurant. The bistro covers Sunday; nothing covers Monday or Tuesday except the lounges.
- Booking the €195 lunch for a Saturday. The lunch menu is not served on Saturdays or public holidays. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are the only days it exists.
- Arriving in smart casual. The house reserves the right to refuse admission. Men should wear a jacket; shorts and sportswear are refused outright.
- Assuming there is a vegetarian menu. None is published. Raise dietary requirements when you book, not when you sit down.
- Setting a satnav to a street address you found in a directory. Listings disagree between route de Suresnes and the Grande Cascade road. Use the coordinates or the Plus Code.
- Planning a metro-only trip. There is no station in the Bois de Boulogne. Line 1 gets you to Porte Maillot; the 244 bus or a taxi covers the rest.
Who should book somewhere else?
- Anyone whose only free evening is a Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. The restaurant will be shut.
- Vegetarians and vegans, unless a phone call confirms something the restaurant does not publish.
- Anyone who wants a short meal. A nine- or twelve-course tasting menu is an evening, not a stop between two other plans.
- Anyone unwilling to dress formally. This is a stated condition of entry, not a preference.
- Anyone on a tight budget who wants the address more than the food. The bistro on the same site gives you the setting and the chef’s name for less.
- Anyone without transport who is short on time. Budget an hour each way from central Paris.
Sources and corrections
Every fact above was checked on 29 August 2026 against the restaurant’s own website (its restaurant, practical information, FAQ and La Ferme du Pré pages), its Google Business Profile, its TripAdvisor listing and the MICHELIN Guide. Where sources disagree, we have said so rather than picking one silently.
Seven things this page previously got wrong, now corrected: the dress code was described as relaxed when the operator enforces it and reserves the right to refuse entry; the opening hours omitted that the restaurant closes three days a week and gave a dinner service of 19:30 to 22:30 rather than an evening seating that ends between 20:15 and 20:45; the lunch price was given as €260 to €330 when the published lunch menu is €195; the menu was said to include vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options, none of which the restaurant publishes; l’os à moelle was presented as a current signature dish when it is on none of the three published menus; the TripAdvisor rank and review count were four years stale; and the page carried monetised links with no affiliate disclosure. The owner, the architect, the interior designer, the sommelier, the transit route and the bistro alternative were all absent and have been added.
Last updated 29 August 2026. Prices, menus and opening days at restaurants of this kind change with the season; the menu composition in particular is explicitly seasonal, so confirm by phone before travelling.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to eat at Le Pré Catelan?
The weekday lunch menu is 195 euros per person, service included, or 270 euros with a wine pairing chosen by head sommelier Boris Thuillier. At dinner the Orsay menu is 380 euros for nine courses and the Menu du Pre is 450 euros for twelve. All prices are net of service. The lunch menu is not served on Saturdays or public holidays.
How many MICHELIN stars does Le Pré Catelan have?
Three. Le Pre Catelan holds three MICHELIN stars in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France and has held three continuously since 2007, when chef Frederic Anton was awarded the third.
What is the dress code at Le Pré Catelan?
The dress code is enforced. The restaurant states that shorts and sportswear are not permitted, that gentlemen are requested to wear a jacket, and that management reserves the right to refuse admission if the dress code is not adhered to.
Which days is Le Pré Catelan open?
Wednesday to Saturday only. The restaurant is closed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Its own site gives service as 12:00 to 14:00 and 19:00 to 20:15; its Google Business Profile gives 12:00 to 12:45 and 19:00 to 20:45. The sister bistro, La Ferme du Pre, additionally opens on Sunday.
How do I make a reservation at Le Pré Catelan?
Call +33 (0)1 44 14 41 14 or book through the online reservation system linked from the restaurant website. Because the restaurant serves only four days a week, book well ahead for a specific date, and mention any dietary requirements when you book rather than on arrival, since the menus are fixed.
Where is Le Pré Catelan, and is there a metro station nearby?
It is inside the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement, at coordinates 48.8640, 2.2508 (Plus Code V772+H8 Paris). There is no metro station in the park. Take line 1 to Porte Maillot and then bus 244 to the Bagatelle – Pre Catelan stop, or drive: there is on-site parking, EV charging and a valet service.
No vegetarian or vegan menu is published. The three current menus are built around langoustine, crab, cod, lobster, squab, foie gras and caviar. The restaurant does say it tailors menus to allergies and dietary requirements for private events, so phone ahead and ask rather than assuming.
Is there a cheaper restaurant by the same chef?
Yes. La Ferme du Pre is Frederic Anton’s bistro on the same site in the Bois de Boulogne, open Wednesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 14:00 and 19:00 to 21:30, on +33 (0)1 44 14 41 40. It is an a la carte bistro rather than a tasting-menu restaurant. It does not publish fixed menu prices online, so call to confirm.
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