Top Best French Restaurants in Long Beach

"Restaurants Cafés Little Italy. Michelin-starred chef Armand Arnal (France's La Chassagnette) brings Southern France to Soho with this pint-sized French café, awash in country charm, with reclaimed farmer's tables, vintage colander chandeliers and spindle-leg stools parked at window counters. Partnering with Experimental Cocktail Club co-founder Benjamin Sormonte and baker-event planner Elisa Marshall, classically trained Arnal pulls recipes from the trio's respective families and honors his own Montpellier childhood with dishes like quiche lorraine, chickpea galettes and Nice's take on pizza, focaccia pissaladière."

"Founded by Michelin-starred chef Armand Arnal, Maman specializes in high-quality French cuisine at a bakery level price point. The cookies are made with sea salt, French chocolate, macadamias, almonds, and walnuts for a sweet and gooey treat you won't want to miss. Be sure to bring your camera to capture the aesthetics of this cute open air cafe."

"Maman is an idyllic Fench Cafe and bakery serving breakfast with eight locations around NYC. Tribeca has the most spacious location with plenty of seating. Enjoy soup, salads, and sandwiches along with other brunch and breakfast favorites in a gorgeous heated outdoor setting."

"American chef Daniel Rose broke significant boundaries in 2006 when he took Paris, the home of fine dining, by storm with his tiny 16-seat restaurant Spring. His modern approach to classic French techniques was a huge hit and he returned to the US and opened Le Coucou where he has brought a once stale cuisine back into the limelight. There is a significant difference between Spring and Le Coucou."

"French food is romance, and Le Coucou does it up decadently. The restaurant itself is dim and hushed -- ideal for declarations of love. With candles on the tables and caviar in Champagne beurre blanc, it’s the place to pick for celebrating, apologizing, or just showing off."

"The gist: After hibernating in the winter and reopening this spring, this highly acclaimed Williamsburg restaurant (from the same team behind nearby Chez Ma Tante) is back to hold its place as one of NYC’s best brasseries. At Le Crocodile, chefs Jake Leiber and Aidan O’Neal serve French fare inspired by their favorite haunts in both Paris and NYC, and offer a dining experience that distinguishes it as one of the area’s must-try culinary destinations that feels grown up, fancy, and sophisticated in a neighborhood crowded with basic food spots.The food: French brasserie with an expansive menu of classics and more. Seafood starters include oysters; jonah crab with avocado and yuzu koshu; and pickled mussels with carrot, fennel, and coriander."

"If you're looking for a cool outdoor eating experience in the unabashedly hippest corner of Brooklyn, perhaps you'll enjoy French fare in a stunning "secret garden" at Le Crocodile, which boasts plenty of outdoor heaters to keep you warm while you dine. While its dinner fare may be too high brow for some petite New Yorkers, its breakfast and lunch menus are more approachable."

"This Williamsburg restaurant, located inside the Wythe Hotel, has good food with an epic view of the Manhattan skyline from the rooftop bar. Reynard’s brunch of pastries and coffee in the morning, with all the morning light, can’t be missed. In the colder months, the dimly lit, tall-ceilinged dining room with brick walls and large windows is comfortable and nice too."

"Continually being praised by critics, Daniel has become a standard-bearer for quality and excellence in food, atmosphere and service. Chef Daniel Boulud leads more than 30 meticulously trained cooks to prepare beautifully served seasonal cuisine. Daniel offers a variety of experiences from the tasting menu in the grand dining room, delectable cocktails in the intimate bar as well as made-to-measure events in the private dining room."

"Manhattan’s award-winning Daniel restaurant specializes in seasonally-inspired, contemporary French cuisine. Explore a range of dishes such as Cochon de Lait (Suckling Pig Mustard-Crusted Chop and Pickled Daikon Crispy Belly) or Saint Pierre (John Dory Baked “en Papillote” Black Truffle Velouté). A tasting menu and a vegetarian menu are also available."

"A New Orleans vibe is the inspiration behind this restaurant, which is owned by Joshua Boissy. The interior is a gorgeous salon that has green walls that have been fogged to give a lived-in look to the restaurant. The two main reasons to visit this restaurant are the oysters and the absinthe, both of which are staples in the New Orlean’s French Quarter."

"This taste of New Orleans in the middle of Brooklyn is a prime spot in the middle of Williamsburg. This is the perfect place for anyone catching a movie at the nearby Nitehawk or W..."

"Another Keith McNally institution — he is the king of the New York brasserie, after all — the Odeon prevailed as a Tribeca hotspot throughout the ’90s, when dining options were really slim in the area. The cool quotient has mellowed out some over the years, but it’s still a reliable classic decked out with recognizable red awnings and pitch-perfect brasserie interiors. The menu ranges from bistro stalwarts (steak tartare as an appetizer or entree; French onion soup gratinee; steak frites) to more new-fangled offerings like sweet corn ravioli with pecorino cheese or a vegetarian purple sticky rice bowl."

"The Odeon has been an anchor for Lower Manhattan since it opened in 1980, long before TriBeCa was a trendy neighborhood. The restaurant has weathered the ups and downs of several recessions, 9/11, Hurricane Sandy, and now a global pandemic, all while remaining a symbol of downtown cool that counts celebrities as regulars and whose interior has influenced restaurant design for decades. It is, in the truest sense of the word, timeless: providing a stylish and comfortable room to enjoy comforting bistro classics such as frisée salad and roast chicken while doing some of Manhattan’s best people watching."

"This Keith McNally (Balthazar, Minetta Tavern) institution endured throughout the ’90s as a Tribeca hotspot, back when there were very few dining options in the neighborhood. McNally is no longer involved, but it’s still a solid choice for a family meal, in a nice but not too fussy space that’s decked out with brasserie interiors and and sidewalk seating on picturesque West Broadway. Many of the classic bistro dishes are likely to satisfy youngsters, like steak frites and cheese-laden French onion soup."

"The chef and owner behind The Beatrice Inn just opened a flashy new French spot in the Greenwich Village. It’s got all the glamorous elements you’d probably expect from a brasserie downtown - oversized mirrors, massive flower bouquets, and blue velvet banquettes. Not to mention Les Trois Chevaux has a rotating menu of fancy French dishes like duck terrine, veal brain, and pigeon’s breast."

"Restaurants Sandwich shops Battery Park City. This industrial-styled French-food complex spans 30,000-square-feet, divided into a bakery-café, meat and cheese stalls, an open-air grocery shop, the sit-down brasserie Beaubourg, and cocktail den Le Bar. For the best seaside views, dine al fresco on the terrace along Battery Park City Esplanade as you sip frosé and watch yachts set sail out of North Cove Marina."

"Longstanding French bistro Chez Oskar in Bed-Stuy has set up covered dining areas with heaters right outside the restaurant. Customers will find a menu of French staples including steak frites with a peppercorn sauce and duck confit and burrata pasta, plus a temperature-sensitive happy hour where cocktail prices drop as it gets colder. View this post on Instagram"

"Chez Oskar's French cuisine is delicious and presentable in a funky vibe. Bring your well-behaved dog anytime to enjoy this hip bistro."

"***Serves meat as well** Ancolie is a 4 Star Certified Green Restaurant® and curates the perfect balance between indulgent eats and healthy meals. You don’t have to think too hard, because everything there is good for you (especially the plant-based options, if you ask me). When you eat at Ancolie, you contribute to a responsible ecosystem, because their meals are served in glass jars and not plastic."

"There is pizza and flatbread here, but the cookies and cakes by pastry chef Lindsey Bittner are the real draw. Crisp cannoli are filled to order, mini chocolate bundt cakes sparkle beneath a mirrored glaze, and cucidati, the original fig newton, are soft and dense with sticky figs. Get a couple of anise biscotti and an espresso for a quick Italian breakfast, or order a cannoli, pistachio cornetto, and jam-filled bomboloni to eat on one of the hotel lobby’s comfortable couches."