Au Top

Top choice in Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


Impressively unfindable unless you’re in the know, this clandestine rooftop lounge bar and restaurant – roofless and star-topped on summer nights – brazenly enjoys a 360-degree skyline view. Inventive Mediterranean cuisine, served as shared plates with drinks or a full meal, is equally compelling: oysters, spicy sea bass tartare in yuzu cream, oven-roasted Breton artichoke, various steaks grilled on a charcoal fire.

Waiting staff in white boiler suits, seating around the open kitchen or at green marble-topped tables, and an eclectic playlist by Nova rounds off the trendy, party-loving ambience. To find Au Top step through the red door at No 93, search out the lift at the far right back of the courtyard and ride it to the 5th floor.


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