This was one of the nicest places I went to while I was in Paris and what a cool place and concept! Good: - All the dishes were impeccable - so good and so tasty and the presentation was incredible too - Loved the sweet potato noodles - Loved that everything was a surprise, no menu and it felt like there was a great variety in each dish so we really didn't know what was coming up - The tea pairing felt super worth it as well and each tea was super unique as well and the combo of dish and teas was great and the server was super nice - Clean upscale interior with Asian inspired decoration Bad: - Felt almost too long of a meal - we were there for almost 3 hours total and it took forever for us to get the check Overall this was a really memorable and special meal so I recommend it read more

I have been to Yam'TCha twice, once before the pandemic with my sister and her husband for dinner (November 2019), and once in December 2023 for lunch. Yam'TCha is definitely one of my go-to restaurants in Paris, not overly expensive, but completely worth every penny. Beautiful and delicious meal, beautiful space, friendly and accommodating service. There is a lot of amazing food in Paris, but Yam'TCha deserves to be on your top 5 list. read more

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I've been to quite a few award-winning restaurants in my lifetime, and I knew going to the food capital of the world was going to warrant some Michelin-starred ones. I carefully picked a 1-Star Michelin and a 3-star Michelin, with the 1-star being Yam'Tcha. We dined at the 3-star first and can confidently say that Yam'Tcha blew it out of the water. Why you may (or may not) ask? - The atmosphere is not stuffy at all! At the 3-star, I constantly felt like I was being watched by the staff and had to eat/act a certain way during the entire dining experience. The vibes here were an upscale casual, and I felt so relaxed. - The service felt more personal - probably because of the above bullet point. - All the food was innovative, including the concept of serving tea with your meal, instead of just wine. Nothing is more boring than chefs who are afraid to tread outside the box. - The concept of French and Chinese (specifically Cantonese) fusion food was enticing, and it was done so well here. I'm not one to run towards fusion cuisine, as my previous experiences have left me dissatisfied. I was utterly impressed with how Chef Adeline was able to do it so flawlessly and effortlessly without a single ingredient out of place. Because the menu changes daily, due to the availability of ingredients, it is a prix-fixe menu, with a complete omakase (chef's choice) experience - the chef serves you one dish per course. I absolutely loved this because I didn't have to decide between dishes, and it's a surprise as each one sits in front of you. I did opt for the tea pairing, while my husband did tea and wine pairing. I highly recommend going the tea route because you will not find this anywhere else, and it's so perfectly curated. I did see Chef Adeline Grattard's husband (who curates the teas), Chi Wah, dining with their daughter at a nearby table. I will say that I got a little giddy because I was starstruck and kept looking over at them. I was able to get a photo with both Adeline and Chi Wah at the end of the meal, and also conversed with Chi Wah in Cantonese. This experience alone was probably one of the highlights of my Paris elopement/honeymoon. They were so nice and down-to-earth. Not stuck-up like some other chefs. Their other establishment was closed when I tried to go later in the week, so that was sad, as I wanted to taste their delicious food once more. When I return to Paris, you can be sure that Yam'Tcha will be on my food itinerary. Overall: 5/5 Food: 5/5 Service: 5/5 Atmosphere: 5/5 read more

One star for restaurant inflexibility. Made reservation in advance and knew it was uncancellable. My wife got sick 20 min before reservation time. I arrived st restaurant and was seated. I requested to speak to manager. And explained that wife was ill- can i re schedule or cancel. He said 'no' and that they were booked full for next 4 weeks and that i would be charged foe the full amount ( 2 people deposit) non refundable I stayed and had my meal but did not enjoy it due to their inflexibility given the circumstances. read more

Amazing! Two things that made our evening: 1. Tea pairing and 2. Service One of my girlfriends made reservations for dinner at Yam'Tcha about a month before our trip after seeing the episode of Chef's Table France on Netflix and we were impressed! We all went with the six course for dinner and tea pairing. The food was a delicious fusion of Asian and French flavors and the tea pairing was unlike anything we've had before. Each dish was paired with tea from all over Asia and we had each dish and tea personally explained to us by Chi Wah. Overall, we loved dining at Yam'Tcha and hope to come back with our families next time! read more

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tldr; my favorite Asian fusion restaurant One of the most wonderful meals I've experienced. Yam'tcha is truly a special restaurant. As someone who recently finished French culinary school but grew up eating Chinese dishes, Chef Adeline's work was inspiring for someone who's trying to understand the intersection of Asian and French techniques and the dishes that can be created from those techniques. I made a reservation a few weeks in advance through a concierge. My lack of French speaking ability makes it difficult for me to get reservations anywhere, so that was the easiest way for me. I came for lunch on a weekday. The restaurant was actually fairly full for lunch service. Everyone here speaks English well and is super friendly. Since I was only visiting Paris, I decided to splurge and go for the extended tasting menu and I was not disappointed at all. Chef Grattard's dishes are a beautiful harmony of both Asian and French techniques. I eat a lot of Asian fusion in the states, and even our top restaurants there just don't compare. Asian fusion shouldn't I think obfuscate either of the cultures involved. The food here does a wonderful job highlighting how both cultures can be merged to create spectacular food. We started off with a corn pudding with caviar and a egg roll with a nice dark vinegar that already reminded me of what I typically get in French restaurants served next to a traditional Chinese dish. Next came some slices of tuna on top of an exquisite seaweed based sauce that I can't even begin to describe. After that was a lobster dish served with a variation of XO sauce, fish with truffles, a nice summer tomato noodle salad, and finally, some truffles with lamb. I found the dessert here to be exquisite as well. The portions were quite large and generous, and I left feeling very stuffed but thrilled at how delicious everything was. One of my favorite parts of Yam'tcha is that this is the first restaurant that I've ever been to that does a tea pairing! It's such a wonderful concept and I hope more restaurants will consider offering teas with their meal. Each tea I had was unique and exposed me to a different area in China. All in all, one of the best meals of my life and that was only lunch! I can't wait to come back to France and try this place again. read more

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This place would have been a different adult experience had I been with buds or with wife and friends (in my imagination even better), instead I was with family; wife and two hungry and somewhat surly teenagers. Added on top of that I dragged my weary troop in at lunch, SEVERELY and somewhat embarrassingly undressed to a Michelin starred restaurant. With that as the background, our little family was treated to what was easily one of the top three meals in my life ( and my strictly meat and potatoes son, his words "the best meal, vegetables included of his life" ). The food - We got the abbreviated 3 course pre fix (I heartily recommend the extended pre fix and enjoy the next 2 hours) Each course was a delicious mix of East and West. Example standard bao with fromage - who does that? Absolutely delicious As a side note, Merci beaucoup! Mme Gattard, my son not only ate his vegetables, but loved every one The service - attentive, professional and faultlessly polite, you guys could have totally turn your noses and the barbarians that rolled in but you all were excellent The location - like most situations in the eternal city, space is a premium, it would've been easy to walk right by the understated facade on rue saint Honore, just don't , walk in and enjoy the understated elegance inside I"ll be back to enjoy your beautiful wines and teas read more

I just had a wonderful lunch menu with full tea service at Yam'Tcha. I accidentally got to the restaurant an hour early and the people in charge of seating didn't say anything, which says a lot about the service. They are professional, helpful and friendly. You can choose sparkling or flat water. They bring out vegetable chips. The best ones are the beet chips, although a bit greasy. 1st course: scallops, shrimp and sesame biscuit (thin), which was crunchy and then soft in the middle. The bottom part is a sort of bread crust which adds crunch. This comes with a beet salad and white grapefruit. The grapefruit wasn't very sweet (this may have been done on purpose I'm not sure), but it added a texture to that salade, which was soft with the beets. The scallops were very good. Accompanied with green oolong tea from Taiwan. 2nd dish: White tea from the Fujian province Ink fish with its (fried) vegetables. This course was a bit greasy, but tasty and served with a 'mantou', one of those white asian ball breads, which was surprisingly good, and very well presented. 3rd dish, which was my favorite: Sort of Chinese dumplings filled with pork, served on a plate with delicious miniature mushrooms and steamed white 'veggies' (I forget the name, they look like bean sprouts but are soft). Fuyu (fermented soy) sauce was served on top, which was absolutely amazing. There were also leaves of chiso leaves, which were interesting. This was served with a tea from "rocks" (roches), which makes the tea leaves vary from mineral to dry. Best tea of the meal. I was then offered cheese (if I wanted). 4th dish - dessert: quince eclair, which was delicious, also the pastry puff wasn't my favorite. There was cardamon powdered sugar, which I never had before and loved. The quince compote was delicious. The puff pastry of the eclair was not sweet, which perfectly balanced with the sweet 'crème de citron', candied orange zest and quince fruit. the 2nd desert was a vanilla, meringue and kiwi dish served in a small bowl. This was absolutely delicious. The shaved ice really tasted like kiwi, which surprised me. It really didn't taste last water at all. Accompanied were thin slices of dried yellow kiwi, adding a crunch to the dish. The cookie underneath the vanilla cream and meringue was ok but a little soft for my taste. It would have been good crunchy. It contained almond flour (which I enjoyed). Had the vanilla cream contained ginger or cardamon, I think I would have preferred it, but I still enjoyed it. The meringue was very good. I enjoyed both desserts very much. The dessert came with red tea from the same region (Fujian) Finally, I was served a chinese nougat -which was a bit too greasy, the sesame seeds weren't sticking to the nougat. The sesames were not toasted, so the flavor of the seeds wasn't very pronounced- and a coconut and chili pepper guimauve. I'm not a big guimauve person, but loved this bite of sweetness, with delicious coconut flour/powder (a bit like on sticky coconut desserts in other Asian restaurants) yum! I didn't taste the chili pepper at all. Will definitely be going back to Yam'Tcha. I could hear Chef Adeline in the kitchen, while eating. The entire staff knew the dishes very well. They were attentive and professional. The kitchen also has many windows, enabling anyone passing by in the street to see the chefs cooking, as well as people dining in a part of the restaurant. read more

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Two words: Tea Pairing. Took my family to the Luxembourg Gardens on fine Sunday and what do you know, I run into the proprietor of Yamtcha. Seeing as this fine establishment has tables more difficult to get than anywhere else I've tried, we chat it up and next thing I know we have a reservation. Tea pairing is worth the hype you saw on Chef's Table. The favorite part of the meal was of course the bao. Brought the 8 year old daughter and they charged her full price for dinner. Why? Because the picky girl ate EVERYTHING which was totally worth it. Probably one of the favorite restaurants in the world. Uniqueness counts. read more

Truly a phenomenal restaurant! Everything, from the service to the wine and tea to the food, was perfect. I made a reservation a month prior to my visit, so I was anticipating this meal for a while. Each course was absolutely delicious. I have no words to describe it. I am a very picky eater, but I ate many things that I do not normally prefer to eat because they were all delicious! Their famous bun (bao zhi) with blue cheese inside was incredible. I wish I could eat it everyday! Our meal included a variety of fusion dishes from tuna to duck to asparagus to mushrooms. I will definitely be back! Everyone's reservations were either at 8:00pm or 8:30pm, and we finished around 11. As expected, it was not extremely filling, but we definitely did not leave hungry. It was great to see the combination of French cuisine with Chinese dishes (something that I eat on a daily basis). read more

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Exquisite experience thanks to a good chef friend of mine who recommended we try it. Space is very zen. Food was beautiful. One of our favorite dining experiences in Paris. Highly, highly recommend. We had the tasting menu. The ceviche with citrus and herbs was divine as was the grilled scallops with shiitakes, a four gras coulis and white wine sauce. read more

This place is incredible!!!! The food and tea servings are exquisite. It is delicious and well thought out!! The staff is extremely observant and very welcoming!! The decor is soothing and very calming. Great place to enjoy a meal! If I could give them another star I WOULD WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT!!! THANK YOU FOR YOU FOOD!! read more

After watching the Chef's Table episode about Yam'Tcha I was excited to travel to Paris to experience this restaurant in person. It was certainly not worth my time. The first courses were rushed and clumsy. The food was heavy handed and the wine pairings were simply OK. The staff appeared disinterested and did not pay attention to details. Mostly I was shocked that the meal lacked nuance. Certainly not worth the $500 price. I think Paris offers better choices. read more

Amazing blend of French and Chinese food. After eating at Astrance you can feel the influences throughout the meal. Impeccable service and a great price. Wine pairings were spot. Tea pairing didn't do anything for me, I would skip in the future. The 6 course menu was thoughtful, I loved each dish. My only complaint was I wish there was more of a bao presence besides the cheese course. Blue cheese bao is ungodly great. read more

I will admit - I sought out Yam'Tcha because of Netflix. Normally, I'm wary of anything that even has a hint of fusion, but after seeing how chef Adeline Grattard trained formally in Hong Kong, I was intrigued. For dinner, it's one tasting menu for €150. Wine pairings are €70 for 6 glasses, but there's also a tea pairing, which seemed interesting. There's also a wine + tea pairing (3 of each) for €55, so we did one full wine pairing and one tea + wine pairing since we had seen how Chef Adeline's husband, Chi Wah, is meticulous about choosing and brewing the teas. We started with a large warm gougere and oolong tea from Taiwan. Onto the tasting: 1. To start: served with a dry Riesling - Spring roll: the outside was thin, and it had distinct flavors of the tofu skin dim sum dish with a bit of smokiness and wood ear mushrooms - definitely the most refined spring roll I've had. - Vegetable shrimp dumpling: the dumpling (har gow) had shrimp but also vegetables and was very clean tasting (unlike the traditional kind which I'm pretty sure used lard). - Green bean salad with foie gras: thinly sliced tender green beans with a foie gras sauce 2. Octopus, cockles, onion soubise, potatoes, dehydrated egg yolk, and a lemon sabayon with a steamed mantou on the side. I was surprised by the steamed bun, and it was definitely a unique accompaniment to dish. 3. Sweetbread benign over spinach and a fermented bean curd sauce. The beignet was all sweetbread - I'm not a huge fan, so I felt bad not being able to finish it, but it was a generous portion. The spinach was super tender and had the very distinct flavor of Chinese wok sautéed garlic greens. Normally, I found the fermented bean curd overpowering, but this sauce was more subtle and held up well to the sweetbread. 4. Sea bass: with braised eggplant and a mushroom five spice emulsion. The eggplant had a nice char on the outside, and the five spice was subtle but really interesting with the mushroom 5. Pork: with shiitakes and shaoxing wine sauce. This was paired with a Jura, which had surprisingly similar characteristics to the shaoxing wine 6. Steamed bun with Amarena cherry and stilton: way more interesting than your usual cheese course. The port paired with this was perfect for the stilton 7. Apple verbena cake, and a dish of citrus, almond cake, and figs on the side. This was a nice, light, fruit centered dessert that wasn't too sweet. I don't usually like ciders, but the cider it was paired with was pretty perfect for it To finish: Coconut sorbet with cacao nibs The tea pairings were interesting, but I think my palate for tea isn't refined enough to get all the subtleties. I wish there had been at least one red wine in the wine pairing, but the dishes really were better with white wines, and I liked the interesting variety of whites we tried. There was an interesting Italian that was a white but had skin contact and was a deeper color with hints of red wine in flavor. The food was French but with some very on point hints of Chinese flavors (ex the spinach, the shaoxing wine sauce, the tofu skin flavor in the spring roll, etc). It wasn't like American fusion where it's just soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil. Chef Adeline had legit technique and integrated the two types of cuisine really well. I'm glad I saw the Chef's Table episode just in time! Reservations are hard to come by - by phone only, and instructions on the opening dates for reservations are on the website. Dinner is served only Wednesday to Saturday, but they have a lunch service, as well. read more

My girlfriend and I ate the prix fix dinner menu. Two days later, we literally almost died of food poisoning. So sick for hours and hours violently vomiting and diarrhea. Might've been the raw scallops, other seafood, who knows. It was the only thing we both ate the same while in Paris. It wasn't that good anyway - and certainly not worth the foodborne illness. Stay away. If they would refund my 450 euro I'd take this down. So sick, I wanted to die. read more

An excellent meal spoiled by what might be generously called a misunderstanding or could have been an attempt to be disingenuous. My tasting menu which promised wines, only offered one, small pour. Also, I was charged for a bao and a carafe of water. A little chintzy and unexpected. read more