Paris — Places to eat
Walk along the Seine and the smell of bread follows you.
- Bouillon Chartier, Grands Boulevards — Old-school French plates for about €10, in an 1896 dining hall
- Le Relais de l'Entrecôte, Saint-Benoît — One dish only: steak in secret sauce, fries refilled
- Au Pied de Cochon — Onion soup until 5am, the old Les Halles market's night meal
- Les Antiquaires — Bourguignon and snails at a bistro beside the Orsay
- Chez Janou — Provençal bistro in the Marais: duck breast, chocolate mousse
- L'As du Fallafel — The falafel queue on the Marais' old Jewish street
- Breizh Café, Le Marais — Buckwheat galettes and cider at the chain's original Paris shop
- Pink Mamma — Truffle pasta under the glass roof of a pink building
- 20 Eiffel — Michelin Bib Gourmand French cooking, 200 m from the tower
- Kodawari Ramen Yokochō — Michelin Bib ramen in a mock Tokyo alley, for soup cravings
- Bouillon Pigalle — A 300-seat bouillon below Montmartre, egg mayo from €2.50
- Café de Flore — Sartre's old café; €10.50 hot chocolate on the terrace
- Angelina, Rue de Rivoli — 1903 tearoom: thick hot chocolate, chestnut Mont-Blanc
- Ladurée, Champs-Élysées — The macaron house in pale-green boxes, on the Champs-Élysées
- Du Pain et des Idées — Pistachio-chocolate escargot from a listed old bakery
- Bistrot Paul Bert — A long-running bistro known for steak with pepper sauce.
- Septime — Modern French tasting menus led by the seasons.
- Clamato — Septime's seafood room for oysters and shared plates.
- Le Baratin — Raquel Carena's Belleville bistro.
- Auberge Pyrénées Cévennes — French comfort food at a century-old restaurant
- Chez Michel — Traditional bistro cooking with Breton dishes near Gare du Nord
- Le Comptoir du Relais — Seasonal bistro cooking at the Odéon crossroads.
- L'Ami Jean — Big-flavoured bistro cooking with a Basque accent.
- Frenchie — Polished modern French tasting menus on rue du Nil.
- Urfa Dürüm — Kurdish-Turkish dürüm baked to order.
- Miznon Marais — Israeli pitas and its signature whole cauliflower.
- Bouillon République — Classic bouillon dishes near République.
- Stohrer — Historic pâtisserie associated with baba au rhum.
- Berthillon — Paris ice cream on Île Saint-Louis.
- Cédric Grolet Opéra — Flower-shaped pastries and viennoiseries at the Opéra shop
- Pierre Hermé Cambon — A macaron and chocolate boutique near Vendôme and the Tuileries
- La Maison du Mochi — Handmade daifuku with bean paste and seasonal fruit.
- Bar Hemingway — A compact classic-cocktail bar inside Ritz Paris.
- Le Petit Vendôme — A Capucines bistro for onion soup and ham sandwiches.
- Le Servan — A sisters-run bistro blending French cooking with Asian accents.
- Le Train Bleu — Classic French under the gilded ceilings of a 1900 station
- Bouillon Julien — French classics for about €10 in an Art Nouveau hall
- Le Savarin — A Bib Gourmand bistro: pâté en croûte, tartare, tripe
- Jip — Korean-French bistro with a roughly €35 set menu
- Épopée — Seasonal bistro by a Japanese chef, Bib Gourmand
- Lissit — Old-school charcuterie plates at a natural wine bar
- Pho Tai — Fast Vietnamese pho in the 13th, with a queue
- Le Grand Véfour — 18th-century grand dining room under the Palais-Royal
- Le Chardenoux — Traditional French bistro in a Belle Époque room
- Farouche — 2026 Bib Gourmand, modern seasonal cooking
- Shakespeare and Company Café — Bookshop café with Notre-Dame out the window
- Café Kitsuné Palais-Royal — Fox-logo coffee under the Palais-Royal arcades
- Café de la Paix — Classic terrace opposite the Opéra Garnier
- Les Deux Magots — Writers' terrace, known for its hot chocolate