How to book Le Cheval d'Or

Le Cheval d'Or is a Chinese-French restaurant at 21 rue de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, close to the Jourdain metro station, serving dinner from Monday to Friday^1,3. Le Fooding reported in 2023 that a new team had taken it over: Hanz Gueco and Luis Andrade in the kitchen, Crislaine Medina in charge of wine and Nadim Smair as partner, with the decor left as it was under Florent Ciccoli and Taku Sekine⁵. Paris by Mouth says Gueco leads the kitchen and that he and his partners took over in September 2023⁶.

The Michelin Guide notes the red facade and lists a notable sake list⁴. Le Fooding describes a narrow room with raw plaster walls lined with tables and an open kitchen⁵, and Paris by Mouth calls it small and intimate⁶.

Paris by Mouth says Gueco builds French and Italian dishes out of Chinese ones, such as tortellini in a mapo sauce and a "hargow-lotti" that crosses Cantonese har gow with Piedmontese agnolotti⁶. The menu was à la carte in 2023⁵; today there are two menus for sharing: Cuivre at 98 euros a person, with four starters, a main and a dessert, and Or at 118 euros, a nine-course carte blanche. Groups of five or more get a set menu^2,3. Tables open online two weeks ahead, at 16:00 each day³. A September 2026 revisit by Paris by Mouth still found the food good but criticised the wine list, where nothing costs under 67 euros a bottle⁶.