Jun 18

Jun 18 Kubaba: A World-Home of Levantine Hospitality in the Heart of Paris

A multi-level Paris restaurant where Levantine cuisine, design

and conviviality meet

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Just steps from Place du Marché Saint-Honoré, Kubaba opens as a world-home of Levantine hospitality, imagined by Benjamin Cohen and Julien Casbas, founders of Dalia Group. More than a restaurant, Kubaba is conceived as a place to be lived in — a house of sharing, celebration and connection in the very centre of Paris.

Spanning 360 sqm over three levels, the experience unfolds gradually. The ground floor hosts an open kitchen, a long marble bar and a lively dining room designed for collective energy. Upstairs, the first floor offers a more intimate dining space, where time slows and conversations linger. At the very top, a suspended khaïma creates a cocoon-like setting for a final drink, wrapped in draped fabrics and soft light.

An interior designed to be lived in

The scenography, designed by Laleh Amir Assefi, former collaborator of Jacques Garcia, blends Oriental references with a contemporary sensibility. Rich tapestries, flowing curtains, patterned rugs and travel-inspired artworks shape a décor conceived to be walked through, inhabited and experienced. Kubaba feels less like a set and more like an inhabited stage, animated by movement, service and ritual.

Levantine cuisine made for sharing

In the kitchen, Kubaba draws from festive Levantine traditions, with a deliberately concise menu designed for sharing and convivial gatherings. Warm bread opens the meal, followed by signature dishes such as olive-oil brioche, sea bass crudo with bottarga, clams flambéed with raki, a lamb kefta–inspired smash burger, seasonal vegetable pastilla, and a pistachio and mascarpone cake scented with orange blossom to finish.

Meals arrive as a rhythm rather than a sequence, encouraging long tables, celebrations and generosity.

Hospitality as a philosophy

At its core, Kubaba pays tribute to a fundamental value of the Levant: hospitality. Here, the table is central — a place that brings people together and celebrates life. With Kubaba, Cohen and Casbas offer Paris a destination designed to endure: a Levantine restaurant in Paris that feels like home, open to all, and shaped by warmth, ritual and shared pleasure.