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A Parisian New Year’s Eve: Three Menus, Three Worlds, One Magical Night

A Parisian New Year’s Eve: Three Menus, Three Worlds, One Magical Night December 22, 2025Gourmet, ParisOff

Where to Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Paris?

Three Exquisite Tables for a December 31st to Remember

Paris never shines brighter than on New Year’s Eve – a night when the city’s restaurants transform into intimate stages of celebration, gastronomy, and quiet indulgence. This year, three addresses invite you to step into 2025 with style, offering festive menus imagined as experiences in their own right: L’Esplanade, Ojii, and Omi.

Each table offers its own universe. Three moods, three culinary identities — but one shared promise: a New Year’s Eve crafted with elegance.

Café de l’Esplanade

A Celebration Built on Noble Ingredients**

For those who imagine New Year’s Eve as a grand, glowing feast, L’Esplanade sets the tone with a menu that reads like a love letter to exceptional produce.

The opening chapter is pure opulence:

Tarbouriech oysters
Scallop carpaccio crowned with caviar
King crab
Crispy gambas
Smoked salmon heart
Giant escargots
Foie gras
Oscietra Petrossian

The mains honor the brasserie’s iconic classics:

Truffle risotto
Morel macaroni
Lobster & fries
Golden seared scallops
Sea bass tom yam
Sole
Château filet Rossini
The famous “elephant ear” veal cutlet

And dessert is a world of comfort and indulgence:

Cheesecake
Pavlova
Thin apple tart
Salted butter caramel brioche
Chocolate fondant
Profiterole
Pistachio–caramel sundae
Vanilla ice cream

Prices: starters from €34, mains from €48 to €89, desserts from €18.
Address: 52 rue Fabert, Paris 7e

Ojii

A Japanese New Year’s Eve with High Gastronomy Flair**

For those drawn to refinement with a contemporary edge, Ojii proposes a festive menu that celebrates the purity of Japanese cuisine through its most noble ingredients — caviar, truffle, wagyu, uni.

Entrées elevated by caviar:

Toro tartare with caviar
Yellowtail carpaccio with caviar

Nigiris as jewels of the night:

Toro caviar nigiri
Gunkan toro ikura
Yellowtail truffle nigiri
Eel with truffle

Plates with decadent depth:

Wagyu sukiyaki with truffle
Soba with uni and truffle, or soba with caviar

Desserts with a signature Ojii twist:

Ojii cheesecake
Chocolate mousse with truffle & sobacha

A refined beverage pairing:

A glass of Drappier champagne
One cocktail
Umeshu to conclude the evening

Price: €250 per person
Address: 6 rue Perronet, Paris 7e

Bar Omi

A New Year’s Eve Menu for Two — Crafted as a Shared Experience**

Designed as a duo’s celebration, Omi offers a menu formulated entirely for two people — intimate, playful, and deliciously indulgent.

Starters shaped as a shared journey:

Spicy cucumber with togarashi
Miso soup or lobster bisque
Toro & akami sashimi with caviar
Selection of sashimis and ikura

Nigiris (one per person), like a tasting choreography:

Salmon sushi
Sea bass with shiso
Hamachi with truffle
Eel with truffle
Aburi toro with toro tartare
Braised wagyu with truffle
Wagyu caviar temaki

Warm dishes filled with comfort and depth:

Lobster ramen with miso broth
Wagyu ramen with truffle

Desserts revisiting Japanese classics:

House-made mochi
Black sesame ice cream with kinako
Signature matcha cheesecake

Beverage trio to celebrate properly:

Champagne
Sake
Yuzushu shot to close the night

Price: €190 per person (menu for two)
Address: 6 rue du Marché Saint-Honoré, Paris 1er

Three Tables, Three Worlds, One Parisian Night to Remember

Whether you dream of a classic French feast, a Japanese haute-cuisine celebration, or an intimate two-person journey, Paris offers a stage worthy of the last night of the year.
With menus built on excellence, creativity, and the art of hosting, L’Esplanade, Ojii, and Omi each promise a memorable entrée into 2025.

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