L'Oiseau Blanc

About L'Oiseau Blanc

L'Oiseau Blanc occupies the sixth-floor rooftop of the Peninsula Paris, built around the silhouette of the biplane that gives the restaurant its name, wings fixed to the exterior facade as if mid-departure toward New York. Chef de cuisine's kitchen runs a tight, produce-led French menu that leans on Brittany langoustine, Bresse poultry, and whatever the market stalls at Rungis yield that morning, plated with a restraint that lets a single reduction or a shaving of black truffle carry the dish rather than crowd it. The room itself does something few two-star tables attempt: it puts the Eiffel Tower directly in the sightline of nearly every table, close enough at night that the hourly light show reflects off the wine glasses. Service is precise without being stiff, paced to the view as much as to the courses.

Menu highlights

• Brittany blue lobster, yellow wine sauce, smoked butter €165 Poached to order, sauce built on a 12-year Jura vin jaune reduction
• Bresse chicken breast, black truffle under the skin, morel jus €145 Roasted whole tableside, carved in the dining room
• Baba 'Oiseau Blanc', aged rum, Tahitian vanilla chantilly €38 Rum poured tableside from a hand-labeled bottle

Editorial rating breakdown

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1. ★★★★★ 5.0

   Editorial sample

   We asked for the table nearest the tower for an anniversary and the maître d' remembered the request from a call three weeks earlier. The langoustine dish alone justified the taxi fare across the city.

   Response from L'Oiseau Blanc

   Thank you, Amandine — we're delighted the table (and the langoustine) lived up to the occasion. We look forward to your next visit.

2. ★★★★☆ 4.0

   Editorial sample

   Extraordinary view, the chicken with truffle under the skin was the best thing I ate in Paris this year, but the tasting menu pacing dragged near the cheese course on a busy Saturday.

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