Restaurants
52 restaurants, flaws included
Bouillons, bistros, world food, hidden bars, bakeries: every address was picked one by one. Here: what to eat, and what it costs.
52 addresses
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- €€€1er
A Casaluna
35–75 €/person
Seasonal Corsican cuisine by chef Jean Costantini, trained at Joël Robuchon's Atelier, who interprets rather than reproduces the island's recipes: figatellu, brocciu, charcuterie, chestnut flour and authentic island products.
6 rue de Beaujolais, 1er
- €1er
Higuma
10–17 €/person
A Japanese canteen on rue Sainte-Anne, Paris's 'little Tokyo', specialising in steaming ramen and golden gyoza griddled on the plancha.
32 bis rue Sainte-Anne, 1er
- €€€1er
Loulou
40–110 €/person
Italian and Mediterranean cuisine from chef Benoît Dargère (the Monsieur Bleu team): homemade pasta, risotto of the day, lemon veal piccata, grilled octopus and truffle pizzas.
107 rue de Rivoli, 1er
- €€€1er
Siena
60–140 €/person
Upscale Tuscan-inspired Italian cuisine: homemade pasta, risottos and antipasti made with seasonal produce from small Italian farms. The wine list showcases Italian labels.
35 place du Marché Saint-Honoré, 1er
- €€2e
Babylone Bis
25–60 €/person
Afro-Caribbean cooking served right through the night: cod fritters, Creole black pudding and stuffed crab to start, then the dishes in sauce — beef or chicken mafé, chicken in coconut milk, colombo curry…
34 rue Tiquetonne, 2e
- €€2e
Brasserie Dubillot
25–40 €/person
The French brasserie brought up to date without being betrayed.
222 rue Saint-Denis, 2e
- €€2e
Rosario
25–50 €/person
Contemporary Spanish cooking from Basque chef José María Goñi Martínez: tapas, croquetas, pan con tomate, Iberian charcuterie and one of the best tortillas in Paris. You eat the Spanish way, sharing plates.
96 rue de Richelieu, 2e
- €€€3e
Au Top
60–120 €/person
A rooftop perched on the top floor of a Marais building, specialising in meat and fish grilled over a wood fire.
93 rue Vieille du Temple, 3e
- €€€4e
Bonnie
75–130 €/person
Contemporary French cuisine in a chic-brasserie spirit, with a menu that embraces generous classics: fish, seafood, fine cuts of meat and showstopper signatures like sea bass in truffled beurre blanc.
10 rue Agrippa d'Aubigné, 4e
- €4e
Café Med
15–25 €/person
Home cooking from the south of France, made on the premises, five minutes' walk from Notre-Dame.
77 rue Saint-Louis en l'Île, 4e
- €4e
L'As du Fallafel
10–30 €/person
The star falafel of the Marais: a pita overflowing with crisp chickpea balls, fried aubergine, hummus, red cabbage, salad and tahini sauce, with a dab of harissa if you dare.
34 rue des Rosiers, 4e
- €4e
Land&Monkeys Turenne
€2–9 apiece
A wholly plant-based bakery: no butter, no milk, no eggs — and yet the sourdough baguette, the croissant, the pain au chocolat and the cookie are all there, built on plant fats.
2 rue de Turenne, 4e
- €€€5e
Bibie Paris
30–80 €/person
Contemporary seasonal French cuisine, product-driven, both wholesome and generous.
7 rue Lacépède, 5e
- €€5e
Signorvino
20–50 €/person
Traditional Italian cooking (antipasti, fresh pasta, charcuterie and cheese boards) paired with a wine cellar of over 2,000 Italian labels, from Piedmont to Sicily.
5 place Saint-Michel, 5e
- €6e
Bistro des Poèmes
20–40 €/person
A literary bistro facing the Théâtre de l'Odéon, little brother to the Bistro des Lettres: seasonal French cooking, with dishes named after poems — « L'Ode à la Bouillabaisse », « Le Ragoût de Baudelaire », «…
7 rue Corneille, 6e
- €6e
Poilâne
€2–9 a portion
The wood-fired sourdough miche, sold by the quarter, the half or whole, and the punitions, small butter shortbreads sold by the bag. Alongside: apple tart, savoury tartlets and walnut bread.
8 rue du Cherche-Midi, 6e
- €€7e
Rosa Bonheur sur Seine
12–16 €/cocktail
A floating guinguette moored on the Seine at the foot of the Pont Alexandre III: you come first for the aperitif and the cocktails (house sangria, spritz, seasonal creations), served with charcuterie boards, tapas and flammekueches to share.
2 port des Invalides, 7e
- €€8e
Hadramaout
25–40 €/person
Yemeni cooking served as large sharing dishes, much of it out of the clay oven: hanid lamb roasted in the tandoor, mandi steamed over its spiced basmati rice, madfoune smothered with potatoes and onions, veal…
5 rue de Berri, 8e
- €€€8e
Magdalena
45–90 €/person
A chic, bistronomic brasserie that reinterprets the great classics of French bourgeois cooking: pâté en croûte, eggs meurette, crispy sweetbreads, sole meunière and scallops, up to lobster and caviar for the more indulgent.
16 place de la Madeleine, 8e
- €€€8e
Mun
90–180 €/person
Upscale Asian sharing plates from the Paris Society group: sushi, sashimi, grilled yakitori, miso black cod, King crab and wagyu.
52 avenue des Champs-Élysées, 8e
- €€9e
Ardent Paris
25–75 €/person
Fire and ember cooking: everything goes through the grill set in the middle of the room, from French meats to fish, vegetables and even fruit.
40 rue Richer, 9e
- €€€9e
BeauCoCo
55–100 €/person
French cuisine with Mediterranean and international touches, by the Paris Society group: carpaccios, fish, meats and revisited classics, plus a very popular weekend brunch.
1 place Jacques Rouché, 9e
- €9e
Bouillon Chartier
15–25 €/person
Traditional, no-frills French cooking in a historic Parisian bouillon opened in 1896: egg mayonnaise, leeks vinaigrette, pot-au-feu, beef bourguignon, steak-frites and the famous profiteroles under warm chocolate.
7 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, 9e
- €€€9e
Café de la Paix
55–130 €/person
Classic French brasserie cuisine: famous gratinéed onion soup, house foie gras, sole, plus oysters and seafood at the oyster bar. The menu reworks the great classics with a refined twist.
5 place de l'Opéra, 9e
- €9e
Clubber
10–18 €/person
The club sandwich taken seriously and made from scratch.
10 rue Condorcet, 9e
- €€9e
Le Caméo
25–40 €/person
A contemporary Parisian bistro that opened in late 2025, built around seasonal sharing plates and house cocktails.
80 rue de Maubeuge, 9e
- €9e
Les Bariolés de Maud
€13.50 for the lunch set, €27–29 for brunch
The bariolé, a house invention born here in 2015: a dough of French flour, olive oil, water and salt, coloured with nothing but food — spirulina, turmeric, beetroot, squid ink — generously filled, folded, baked, then cut into crisp triangles.
12 rue Buffault, 9e
- €9e
Ma!
15–30 €/person
Paris's first Italian bouillon, on the boulevard des Italiens — the address is almost too good to be true.
26-28 boulevard des Italiens, 9e
- €€9e
Mumbai Café
20–45 €/person
Contemporary Indian cooking that showcases specialties rarely seen in Paris: keema pav (chicken curry in buttered buns), the Bombay sandwich with cheddar and chutneys, salli boti (lamb curry with caramelized…
6 rue de Trévise, 9e
- €€9e
Paris Boca
20–30 €/person
Paris's first 100% Argentine pizzeria, specializing in porteño-style pizza with a thick, fluffy crust (closer to a focaccia than to a Neapolitan) baked in two stages in molds brought over from Buenos Aires and overflowing with cheese.
32 rue Pierre Fontaine, 9e
- €€9e
Pink Mamma
25–60 €/person
An Italian trattoria from the Big Mamma group, specializing in large cuts of grilled meat to share, including the Fiorentina (matured beef T-bone).
20 bis rue de Douai, 9e
- €€€10e
Arbela 10
40–60 €/person
A Basque-inspired wine bar and tapas spot by chef Juan Arbelaez: small shareable plates, seafood and produce from the land, in the spirit of a Basque tavern.
49 rue de l'Échiquier, 10e
- €10e
Du Pain et des Idées
€2–8 apiece
The pain des amis, a thick-crusted sourdough loaf sold by the piece, and the escargot pistache-chocolat, a spiral of puff pastry filled with cream.
34 rue Yves Toudic, 10e
- €€€10e
Early June
35–65 €/person
A neighbourhood wine bar and kitchen beside the Canal Saint-Martin that runs on residencies: cooks from all over the world take over the stoves for a few weeks or a few months, so the menu changes completely from one visit to the next.
19 rue Jean Poulmarch, 10e
- €€10e
Khayma Rooftop
12–14 €/cocktail
A cocktail bar on the ninth floor of the Generator hostel, open to everyone and not just to those sleeping there.
9-11 place du Colonel Fabien, 10e
- €10e
Le Petit Cambodge
15–30 €/person
Fresh, fragrant Cambodian cooking near the Canal Saint-Martin: the famous bo bun, noodle bowls and Phnom Penh soups, crisp nems, spring rolls and curries, brightened with lemongrass, mint and coriander.
20 rue Alibert, 10e
- €€€11e
Biondi
25–90 €/person
A Franco-Argentine restaurant built around charcoal-grilled meat: churrasco (Angus rib steak), bife de lomo (tenderloin) and empanadas, with carefully sourced beef.
118 rue Amelot, 11e
- €€11e
Black Angus République
30–50 €/person
A steakhouse devoted to Angus beef, the Scottish breed known for its marbling and tenderness.
8 place de la République, 11e
- €11e
Boulangerie Utopie
€2–9 apiece
Breads with character — charcoal, black sesame, buckwheat — and a pastry counter that keeps changing: vanilla flan, cookies, babka. At midday, sandwiches and slices of quiche made on site.
20 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 11e
- €11e
Double Dragon
25–40 €/person
Mixed cooking with Filipino leanings, served as small plates to share, with the barbecue at the heart of the menu: the fried bao with Comté and XO sauce, alongside an XO mayonnaise, is the signature; then come…
52 rue Saint-Maur, 11e
- €€11e
P'tit Deux
20–40 €/person
A chefs' counter and wine bar run by Tiphaine Mollard and Romain Casas, right across the street from their first restaurant.
57 rue de la Fontaine au Roi, 11e
- €11e
Terre
€20 at lunch, €45–55 in the evening
A neighbourhood bistro run by Aude and Hugo, opened in 2020 on the rue de Montreuil; in the kitchen, Hugo Richier, who trained at Daniel Rose's La Bourse et la Vie.
23 rue de Montreuil, 11e
- €€11e
Waly-Fay
25–50 €/person
West African and Creole cooking, served for over twenty years a short walk from the rue de Charonne: accras and Creole black pudding to start, then the continent's great classics — peanut mafé, yassa chicken…
6 rue Godefroy Cavaignac, 11e
- €€11e
Yoru
20–50 €/person
Modern Japanese cooking somewhere between a convivial izakaya and a fine-dining table: sushi, sashimi, ramen with long-simmered broths, and Japanese tapas to share (ceviche, tataki, signature rolls).
62 rue de la Roquette, 11e
- €12e
Blé Sucré
€1.50–8 apiece
The croissant and the glazed madeleine, two classics in the hands of a former palace-hotel pastry chef. The rest of the window keeps up: kouign-amann, lemon tart, and sandwiches made up for midday.
7 rue Antoine Vollon, 12e
- €€€12e
Le Train Bleu
60–130 €/person
Classic French and regional cuisine served in a historic railway-station setting, created in collaboration with the two-Michelin-star Michel Rostang house and inspired by the old PLM line.
place Louis-Armand, 12e
- €13e
Chez Gladines
15–25 €/person
Basque and South-West French cooking at gentle prices: the famous giant salads served in a bowl (the béarnaise with sautéed potatoes, bacon, gizzards and ewe's-milk cheese), plus piperade, duck magret, axoa and confit.
30 rue des Cinq Diamants, 13e
- €13e
Crazy Noodles
10–20 €/person
Noodles from northern China, under a Chinese sign that says it plainly — 西北疯, literally “Northwest crazy” — served in big bowls, with fresh noodles prepared every day.
207 avenue de Choisy, 13e
- €€16e
Bistro Blandine
35–55 €/person
A traditional French bistro created by restaurateur Michel Puech, where chef Paul-Alexandre Laumont revisits the great classics of bistro cooking.
45 avenue Kléber, 16e
- €18e
Le Grenier à Pain Abbesses
€1.50–8 apiece
The baguette de tradition, crowned best in Paris, and a range of all-butter pastries. At midday, sandwiches built on that same baguette, slices of tart and bags of chouquettes.
38 rue des Abbesses, 18e
- €€€18e
Le Très Particulier
18 €/cocktail
A hidden speakeasy-style cocktail bar inside the Hôtel Particulier Montmartre, where a head bartender crafts intricate signature creations named after film references.
23 avenue Junot, 18e
- €€20e
Bang Bang
30–55 €/person
An unabashedly spicy Asian table: South-East Asia, Thai above all, crossed with Latin America by a Danish and Colombian chef duo — green papaya salad, mung bean noodles (liang fen), tofu croquettes, orange…
9 rue du Liban, 20e
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