Pétrelle, Boule Rouge and Clarance for a charming dinner

Very chic and even a little twilight, as Parisians like it so much, is a dinner at La Boule Rouge amidst antique wood panelling, starched tablecloths, and bedecked waiters: chef Simon Andraca's cuisine is very eclectic with duck skewers on a red wine reduction, tapas and sauces. Dining at Le Clarence is like taking a felicitous leap back in time to the days of Napoleon III: this private mansion is decorated with truly opulent furniture and antiques, it is rich in marble, while the land and sea dishes are just as elegant in their contemporary feel. For lovers of gourmand vegan cuisine, Vivide in the northeast of the city is in vogue both for its interior design that features an open kitchen in the centre of the dining room, polished concrete floors and soft lighting, and for its unpredictable menu in which the imagination and consistency of the vegetarian dishes win over even meat lovers. Pétrelle is also a classy, romantic, and at the same time very glamorous place - Madonna has often come here with her boyfriend - between trompe-l'œil and low lighting, the reinterpretations of French cuisine classics by chef Lucie Boursier-Mougenot really tug at the heartstrings. A night of love can then be spent at Maison Souquet , a Belle Époque-style 'alcove' in whose rooms one smiles at the furnishings that wink at the Parisian brothels of yesteryear: this former pleasure house opened in 1905, in fact, located on Rue de Bruxelles, the street where Emile Zola also lived for a while, is truly a hotel full of enchantment.