There are places where the city feels close.
And then there are places where the city becomes a silent performance, light, height, atmosphere, and the quiet emotion of seeing Paris stretch into infinity beneath you.
TOO Restaurant, suspended on the 25th floor of one of Jean Nouvel’s Duo Towers, is one of those places.
A glass cube rising above the multicultural 13th arrondissement, where classic Parisian streets dissolve into modern silhouettes, it offers a panoramic view that is nothing short of breathtaking.
The Seine, Sacré-Cœur, Notre-Dame, and the Eiffel Tower unfold in every direction, as if the city itself were opening its palms.
To reach the restaurant, you ascend toward the sky, stepping into a world imagined by Philippe Starck, a blend of contemporary luxury, transparency, and that unmistakable je ne sais quoi the French do so effortlessly.
At the entrance inside the restaurant, a bar welcomes you before you are guided to your table, offering a moment to settle into the atmosphere and take in the height and horizon awaiting ahead.
The room glows with a warm golden ceiling; vast windows frame the landscape like living paintings; oversized canvases and easels enhance the feeling of being inside a gallery suspended above the City of Light. A space where the city becomes both scenery and emotion.
Inside, intimate tables for two line the windows, while larger ones invite convivial evenings with Paris as the backdrop. Everywhere, glass. Everywhere, horizon. Everywhere, that delicate sense of being held by the height and the light.
A sunset dinner with Paris at our feet.
Some moments that become special simply because they are lived slowly, with presence.
As the sky shifted from gold to deep indigo, the city began to glow.
The Eiffel Tower shimmered in the distance, always the detail that captures our hearts.
The ambience was alive, vibrant, shifting with the night and reflecting the energy of the city below.
We kept dinner simple:
Saumon rôti teriyaki with cucumber pickles, Poulet karaage with its citrus sauce, and as a garniture, the unforgettable aubergine miso, the detail we still recall whenever we think back to this evening.
Two espressos closed the experience, a small ritual before descending once more into the world below.
TOO Restaurant is not just a place to eat.
It is an ambience, a viewpoint, a suspended moment.
A quiet immersion into height, light, and the beauty of Paris unfolding beneath you. A place we hope to return to, to savour more of the Chef’s creations and the quiet elegance of dining above the city.