OK...this is a little obscure. Down on the Riviera in the little village of Roquebrune there's a little hotel called the Hotel Les Deux Freres. It's up on the hill overlooking the sea and with a clear view all the way to Monaco. It's had some mixed reviews now and then, it seems mostly because Willem the manager is such a character and I guess he occasionally rubs the more snooty customer's the wrong way. But Willem treated us like family, our meal was meticulously served and delicious. And it's in the most gorgeous location you can imagine.

http://www.lesdeuxfreres.com/
There's full information on the hotel and the restaurant menu on the website. Also a nice little gallery of photos and a really cool webcam.

If you can get a table at the rail, this is what you're looking at. There were 5 of us, so we had to sit a few tables in from the rail. That's Port Hercule, Monaco in the distance.



We didn't go to any really fancy joints in Paris, but interestingly, the meal we enjoyed most was not in a French cafe but in an Alsatian restaurant. It's near the Place de Republique, called Chez Jenny. We escaped from our traveling companions for the evening and had a really nice meal, at a front window overlooking Blvd du Temple...just the two of us. It was great.