SEPTIME

What SEPTIME does

Septime is a single-location fine dining restaurant located at 80 rue de Charonne in Paris's 11th arrondissement, operating as a neo-industrial bistro founded and led by Chef Bertrand Grébaut, who trained at Alain Passard's L'Arpege. The restaurant serves a fixed Carte Blanche tasting menu — five courses at lunch (€85) and seven courses at dinner (€135) — with optional wine pairings (€60 and €75 respectively). Service runs Monday through Friday only, with both lunch and dinner seatings, and the restaurant is closed on weekends.

The business model is a reservations-only, direct-to-consumer dining operation. Reservations open daily at 10:00 AM through the ZenChef platform for the next 21 days (J+21), creating a structured scarcity-driven demand model. There is no third-party delivery, takeout, or off-premise dining; all revenue is generated on-premise through menu sales and wine pairings. A small but growing digital revenue layer exists via gift cards and a Septime Family online boutique.

Septime operates as the anchor concept of the broader Septime Family restaurant group, which includes sister establishments Clamato (seafood), Septime La Cave (wine bar), Tapisserie (pastry shop), and d'une île (restaurant). The curated natural wine program — Les Vignerons — features over 40 biodynamic and natural wine producers and is treated as a brand-defining asset. The restaurant employs between 1 and 10 people per disclosed firmographics and has received earned media coverage including profiling by The Economic Times.

Name

SEPTIME

Legal name

Septime

Website

https://septime-charonne.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Septime is a single-location, neo-industrial fine dining bistro in Paris's 11th arrondissement, founded by Chef Bertrand Grébaut, serving fixed 5- and 7-course tasting menus with curated natural wine pairings to discerning diners via a reservations-only model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

Keywords

• Fine dining restaurant
• Tasting menu
• Natural wine
• Seasonal French cuisine
• Neo-industrial bistro

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fine Dining Tasting Menus: Revenue generated from fixed-price tasting menus served during lunch and dinner service. Lunch offers a 5-course 'carte blanche' menu at 85 euros; dinner serves a 7-course 'carte blanche' menu at 135 euros. Additional revenue from optional wine pairings (60 euros lunch, 75 euros dinner) and gift card sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Septime is a fine dining neo-industrial bistro located at 80 rue de Charonne in Paris's 11th arrondissement, offering seasonal French cuisine through fixed-price tasting menus: a 5-course 'carte blanche' lunch menu at 85 euros and a 7-course 'carte blanche' dinner menu at 135 euros. Optional wine pairings (60 euros for lunch, 75 euros for dinner) draw from a curated list of over 40 natural and biodynamic winemakers (Les Vignerons). All dining is by advance reservation only, booked through the ZenChef online platform.

Product overview

Septime is a single-location fine dining restaurant operated as part of the Septime Family group. The restaurant offers two main tasting menu experiences: a 5-course lunch menu (85 euros) and a 7-course dinner menu (135 euros), both with optional wine pairings. Septime operates as a neo-industrial bistro emphasizing seasonality, restraint, and characterful ingredients. The restaurant is complemented by its natural wine program (Les Vignerons) featuring natural wines from independent winemakers. The Septime Family group includes several related establishments: Clamato (seafood-focused), Septime La Cave (wine bar), Tapisserie (pastry shop), and d'une île (restaurant).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Septime Family: Restaurant group comprising Septime and its sister establishments
• Clamato
• Septime La Cave
• Tapisserie
• d'une île

Products and services

• Menu Carte Blanche Lunch (5-course tasting menu)
• Menu Carte Blanche Dinner (7-course tasting menu)
• Wine Pairing (Lunch and Dinner)
• Les Vignerons Natural Wine Selection

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ClamatominorOthersRelated restaurant concept under the same ownership/family group. Located at clamato-charonne.fr. Part of the Septime restaurant family including Septime La Cave, Tapisserie, and d'une île.
• Septime La CaveminorOthersRelated wine-focused establishment under the same ownership group. Website at septime-lacave.fr. Part of the Septime family of restaurants.
• TapisserieminorOthersRelated pastry shop concept under the same ownership. Website at tapisserie-patisserie.fr. Part of the Septime restaurant family.
• d'une îleminorOthersRelated restaurant concept under the same ownership. Website at duneile.com. Part of the Septime family of restaurants.
• Les Vignerons (Natural Wine Producers)coreOthersCollection of over 40 natural and biodynamic wine producers supplying the restaurant. Includes Ganevat, Pfifferling, Houillon, Belluard, Mosse, Riss, Capriades, La Tournelle, Peron, and others. These producers provide the curated natural wine selection featured at Septime.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• L'Arpège: Chef Alain Passard's three-Michelin-star Paris restaurant where Septime's founder trained; operates at a higher price tier and formality level but defines the culinary tradition Septime descends from.

Direct peers

• Le Comptoir du Relais: Yves Camdeborde's Parisian bistro offering seasonal French cuisine with natural wine focus; serves a similar diner profile in a comparable price and format bracket.
• d'une île: Another restaurant concept within the Septime Family group; extends the brand's neo-bistro philosophy and shares operational and supplier infrastructure.
• Frenchie: Paris neo-bistro in the 2nd arrondissement offering seasonal tasting menus and natural wines; widely considered the most direct stylistic and operational parallel to Septime.
• Restaurant AT: Aulis Devine's small chef's-counter concept in Paris focused on seasonality and natural wines; offers a comparable intimate tasting-menu format at a similar price tier.
• Spring: Chef Daniel Rose's Paris restaurant offering seasonal, ingredient-driven tasting menus with a natural wine program; conceptually very close to Septime's neo-bistro model.
• Septime La Cave: Wine-focused sister concept under the Septime Family group; offers a comparable natural-wine experience and shares brand, suppliers, and customers with Septime.
• Le Servan: Seasonal French neo-bistro in Paris's 11th/12th arrondissement serving creative fixed menus with a comparable price point and clientele to Septime.
• Bones: Paris neo-bistro with a similar ingredient-led, minimal-intervention philosophy and natural wine list; directly competes for the same chef-driven fine-dining crowd.
• Clamato: Sister restaurant of Septime under the same ownership group; seafood-focused small-plates concept on rue de Charonne and the closest direct operating peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/septimeparis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/septime-charonne

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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