Smallest and most intimate restos in Paris

[John Talbott]

Menton1 has suggested we come up with our ideas about

the smallest and most intimate restos in Paris...

Reflecting on it, there are certainly places with very few covers (for example, Spring, with 16) but is it intimate? Or is an intimate place more like Les Anges that has 30 covers but where the tables are widely separated so it's more conducive to an intimate conversation.

[menton1]

Yes, I suppose "small" and "intimate" don't always go together.

I'm reminded of La Merenda in Nice, which is only about 16 seats but is hardly qualified as "intimate".

I can think of a lot of candidates in the countryside and other parts of France, but I'll await others' suggestions for Paris.

[raisab]

Small and intimate? Does that mean romantic? Or just having a conversation with the person at your table? Does the food have to be great?

How about these...Les Amognes, Le Coupe Chou, Le Petite Prince de Paris.

[Busboy]

Have never been there, but Le Timbre ("the stamp") is getting some play on this side of the Atlantic. I also quite liked Le Petite Troquet which isn't so much romatic except in the sense of perfectly capturing one's romantic image of a Paris boit.

[Carlsbad]

When I think of small and intimate, I think of Les Ormes.

[Laidback]

Small AND intimate to me usually signifies a relatively expensive place; Vin sur Vin, Cottage Marcadet, Les Ormes are a few that come to mind.