My partner and I ate at Le Violon d'Ingres (spelling?) last year, as well as in Allard and l'Atelier de Joel Roubechon. Allard was nice, Joel Roubechon's place was very good - almost worth the half-hour wait in a queue (that's "standing in line", I believe, for our American friends) - but Violin d'Ingres was the highlight. I had researched all of the places you have listed and whilst all receive rave reviews, as one of the other esopondents noted, they are far more expensive. Our 3-course meal, with a glass each of manzanilla and a bottle of red wine (around 40 pounds) between us came to about 200 pounds sterling. It was well worth it. I should also say that we booked the table (for around 8.30pm) on the day we ate -a Saturday night in July. There were still a couple of free tables on the night - I think July just after (or just before) Bastille Day is quite quiet. A nice touch is that the chef (M. Constant I think his name is) comes round all of the tables at the end and asks what you thought of the meal. His English is not great so unless you speak French (which I don't) it's a short conversation, but no less nice! jh
