Restaurants in Paris: L’Office, Now Run by Charles Nikitits

If I liked this small restaurant near the Folies Bergère when it was first opened by restaurateur Charles Compagnon, I like it even better since it’s been taken over and remodelled by Charles Nikitits. Having worked at the Royal Monceau hotel in Paris, and at the Maison de la Truffe in both Paris and Bangkok, Nikitits is a seasoned hospitality professional whose greatest pleasure is sourcing the best seasonal produce possible for his restaurant, including fruit, vegetables and herbs from his family’s farm.

With a white-tiled bar, almond green and toast painted walls, oak plank floors and ’50s retro light fixtures, the restaurant is a perfection reflection of this young, creative neighbourhood in the heart of Paris that shares something with Shoreditch in London and Gowanus or Clinton Hill in Brooklyn, New York. Every detail here has been given attention, including the place settings, since Burgundian ceramicist Judith Lasry spent two months creating a dinner service that would flatter the cooking of young chef Charley Breuvart, who previously worked with Jean-François Rouquette at the Park Hyatt Paris.

L’Office. Photo: Culturefoood