Mori Venice Bar: A taste of Veneto

For many, this is the best Italian restaurant in Paris. One of the most elegant too, especially after Philippe Starck's successful facelift, which revitalised the decor with ultra-chic furniture and splendid lighting effects.

On the plate, precision is always the rule, with pasta cooked to the millimetre - the linguine alle vongole is one of the best in the capital - and some top Venetian specialities, such as the exquisite seppie nere con polenta - the famous cuttlefish in ink with polenta. Better still, since this summer the chef has been offering delicious cicchetti, Italian-style tapas that can be enjoyed here as in all the traditional bars of Venice, accompanied by an ombra, a glass of chilled white wine. Black pig's ham and chanterelle mushrooms, sarde in sor - sweet and sour sardines -, swordfish carpaccio... It's hard not to order them all!

Mori Venice Bar.

2, rue du 4 septembre, 75002. Paris.

Tel: 01 44 55 51 55.

Menu €40, à la carte around €70.