Finding some great authentic Parisian bistrot where french people go to eat can be tricky. This is why I’ve been working hard on making a list of my favourite places to eat out around Paris, have a look and take your pick:
Near the Panthéon (walking distance)
Café de la nouvelle Mairie (€€) tasty food – busy bustling parisian café – 19 Rue des Fossés Saint-Jacques
Les Pipos affordable – friendly staff – 2 rue de l’Ecole Polytechnique
Le Berthoux : (€€) nice terrasse – 1 rue Valette
La Crêperie: tasty – affordable crêpes – rue soufflot / rue St Jacques
The Marais:
Le Temps des Cerises – (€€) – authentic décor – family held restaurant (off blvrd Henri IV – closest metro Sully Morland) 31 rue de la Cerisaie
Chez Camille : in the heart of the marais – typical parisian brasserie – always busy – 24 rue des Francs Bourgeois
Le Fumoir – €€€ – (closer to the Louvre) refined, stylish, trendy
Café Zimmer (place du Chatelet) – brasserie
Café Sarah Bernardt (place du Chatelet) – brasserie
Near Bastille:
Le Tabarin: (€) Parisian Bistrot – tasty French food – friendly staff (3, rue du Pasteur Wagner – off boulevard Beaumarchais)
Café de l’Industrie – French café – rustic french decors – vibrant atmosphere
Bottom of Rue Mouffetard/Gobelins (5th & 13th)
Cave La Bourgogne (€€) French Brasserie – tasty classic French recipes
Le Café de l’arbalète – quiet little square off rue Mouffetard – friendly staff – local atmosphere – 2 Rue de l’Arbalète
14th and 15th:
Le Verre Siffleur rue d’Alésia : great food, vibrant atmosphere
Le Commerce – (€€€) elegant luxurious classical décors (rue du commerce 15e)
La Coupole – (€€€) famous French brasserie where a lot of the artists from the 30’s used to go to
In the 19th – in the quartier of Jourdain/Buttes Chaumont:
L’Escargot Bar – French cuisine – local atmosphere – friendly staff – 50 rue de la Villette 19ème – close to Jourdain
Chez Eva Pritsky – café brocante
In the 13th
Le temps des Cerises – Buttes aux cailles – cooperative – French food
Chez Gladines – (€) Buttes aux cailles – rue des Cinq Diamants – cheap; big portions, French food
In the 10ème:
La petite rose des sables (€) – 6 rue de Lancry
Brasserie Julien – (€€€) – classic brasserie decoration – traditional French food – 16 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis
Squares with nice restaurants
Place St Catherine
Rue St Marthe (11th)
Other than French Food
Italian: Pasta y Fagioli
Fuxia
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