New addition to the 1st arrondissement, Lotta has opened at 8 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, pairing Mediterranean cooking with meticulous design. Led by Charlotte Bereaud, this Tuesday-to-Saturday lunch-and-dinner spot positions itself as a personal project rooted in her time at several landmark houses, notably Prunier during the Yannick Alléno era and Baccarat.
For lunch, Lotta serves a wallet-friendly formule, especially in this part of town: €28 for starter/main or main/dessert, €35 for starter/main/dessert. In the evening, the venue sticks to its culinary approach while adding an ambiance that evolves throughout the service, notably through DJ sets.
On the culinary side, the menu leans toward the Mediterranean, drawing on influences from the south of France, Italy, and Spain. The whole concept was imagined by Charlotte Bereaud and the chef Zoumana Meité, whose international career includes experiences in Switzerland, Saint-Barthélemy and New York.
Short but focused, the menu places pasta at the center: pasta has pride of place with trofie with beef cheek and seasonal pasta featuring the first asparagus and citrus, while escabèche mussels sit alongside a pissaladière revisited as flatbread, a half-poussin served with crunchy peas, and a affogato—coffee ice cream with hay-cream for dessert.
With a carefully crafted decor, the restaurant was conceived with architect Juliette Rubel in an unconventional layout that spans three levels: a first dining room on the ground floor with a terrace, an open kitchen facing a large communal table on the intermediate level, and upstairs a mezzanine housing a bar clad in mirrors and a second dining room. A charming restaurant whose design nods to the architecture of Milanese building lobbies from the 1960s and 1970s.
Location
8 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
75001 Paris 1
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