Restaurants
Restaurants we tried, we like. No commercial links with us!
Garçon !
83 Rue du Cherche-MidiNice new restaurant, fresh food, in the neighbourhood.
For a couscous not too far from our place, our favorite one. Kids friendly. Nice decor, excellent food.
Perfect for a tea time and some Marrocan pastries after visiting Le Jardin des Plantes or the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution.
32 locals recommend
Restaurant La Mosquée de paris
39 Rue Geoffroy-Saint-HilaireFor a couscous not too far from our place, our favorite one. Kids friendly. Nice decor, excellent food.
Perfect for a tea time and some Marrocan pastries after visiting Le Jardin des Plantes or the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution.
Just at the street's corner. From Yves Camdeborde, very good chef, a place to get some tapas style sea food with a good glass of wine.
Avant Comptoir de la Terre
3 Carrefour de l'OdéonJust at the street's corner. From Yves Camdeborde, very good chef, a place to get some tapas style sea food with a good glass of wine.
Our discovery Fall 2019. Incredible Japonese chef proposing French cuisine revisited with Tepanyaki tradition. In a very small dining room, in a small street near Bir-Hakeim. Not too far from the Eiffel tower and Trocadero.
Booking necessary. For 2-4 people, ask to be at the Tepanyaki's table.
16 locals recommend
Le Concert de Cuisine
14 Rue NélatonOur discovery Fall 2019. Incredible Japonese chef proposing French cuisine revisited with Tepanyaki tradition. In a very small dining room, in a small street near Bir-Hakeim. Not too far from the Eiffel tower and Trocadero.
Booking necessary. For 2-4 people, ask to be at the Tepanyaki's table.
YOOM Rive Gauche
5 Rue Grégoire de ToursFor dim sum lovers.
There are plenty of pizzeria rue des canettes. My favorite one is Positano, for its freshness, the quality of the pizza puff and its antipasti. The dining room is ok.
Children friendly.
16 locals recommend
Pizzeria Positano
15 Rue des CanettesThere are plenty of pizzeria rue des canettes. My favorite one is Positano, for its freshness, the quality of the pizza puff and its antipasti. The dining room is ok.
Children friendly.
Kids' favorite creperie. Nice salted galettes and traditional sweet crepes. Perfect for lunch, dinner, but also gouter in the afternoon. To eat with a glass of Cidre.
10 locals recommend
Crêperie Little Breizh
11 Rue Grégoire de ToursKids' favorite creperie. Nice salted galettes and traditional sweet crepes. Perfect for lunch, dinner, but also gouter in the afternoon. To eat with a glass of Cidre.
Oudoor restaurant for lunch only, in the gardens of the Fashion Museum (Musee de la mode) palais Galliera. In front of the Eiffel Tower. Really nice food, exceptional place. No need to pay the museum entrance to access the restaurant. But the museum is nice as well.
Booking recommended.
Les Petites Mains
Oudoor restaurant for lunch only, in the gardens of the Fashion Museum (Musee de la mode) palais Galliera. In front of the Eiffel Tower. Really nice food, exceptional place. No need to pay the museum entrance to access the restaurant. But the museum is nice as well.
Booking recommended.
Outdoor restaurant in the garden of the Musee Carnavalet (History of Paris museum). Very good restaurant, opened for lunch and dinner, and at valuable price given the food and the place.
Highly recommended to book in advance.
Fabula
Outdoor restaurant in the garden of the Musee Carnavalet (History of Paris museum). Very good restaurant, opened for lunch and dinner, and at valuable price given the food and the place.
Highly recommended to book in advance.
Restaurant Sagan, authentic Japanese restaurant. Excellent and creative cuisine (not sushi style).
8 Rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris, France
Restaurant Sagan, authentic Japanese restaurant. Excellent and creative cuisine (not sushi style).
Restaurant in a parc, inside Hotel Particulier now cultural house for Latin America.
8 locals recommend
House of Latin America
217 Bd Saint-GermainRestaurant in a parc, inside Hotel Particulier now cultural house for Latin America.
There are various AvantComptoir, one is at Marché St Germain. These ones, Terre & Mer, are just next door. The best place to get some food when back home, or before theatre.
L’Avant Comptoir de la Mer
There are various AvantComptoir, one is at Marché St Germain. These ones, Terre & Mer, are just next door. The best place to get some food when back home, or before theatre.
Food shopping
Not for everyday...
But for privileged moments, or to bring some French food back home.
Magnificent food court at the Bon Marché department store. Excellent selection of brands and products. to buy to eat in Paris or to bring back home.
383 locals recommend
La Grande Epicerie de Paris
38 Rue de SèvresMagnificent food court at the Bon Marché department store. Excellent selection of brands and products. to buy to eat in Paris or to bring back home.
Very well known pastry. The emblematic cake is the Ispahan and the Rose Macaron. But so many other nice things...
There is a new shop Pierre Hermé just in front our building Bd St Germain, not yet registered for this guide.
160 locals recommend
Pierre Herme
58 Av. Paul DoumerVery well known pastry. The emblematic cake is the Ispahan and the Rose Macaron. But so many other nice things...
There is a new shop Pierre Hermé just in front our building Bd St Germain, not yet registered for this guide.
Many chocolate houses in Paris... Pierre Marcolini is not my favorite, but in my top 5. The best for fruit chocolates.
PIERRE MARCOLINI Paris Seine Store
89 Rue de SeineMany chocolate houses in Paris... Pierre Marcolini is not my favorite, but in my top 5. The best for fruit chocolates.
My favorite chocolate maker. Jacques Genin is most of all a grand chef, who turned his creativity towards chocolate.
Everything is perfectly composed, every creation is incredibly elegant.
But also enjoy the "pâtes de fruits" , they are completely different from every other ones you could have experienced in your life. Try the vegetable ones (beetroot in particular). They are more difficult to appreciate, but let's try!
Genin's pastries are also wonderful, but have to be ordered.
88 locals recommend
Jacques Genin
133 Rue de TurenneMy favorite chocolate maker. Jacques Genin is most of all a grand chef, who turned his creativity towards chocolate.
Everything is perfectly composed, every creation is incredibly elegant.
But also enjoy the "pâtes de fruits" , they are completely different from every other ones you could have experienced in your life. Try the vegetable ones (beetroot in particular). They are more difficult to appreciate, but let's try!
Genin's pastries are also wonderful, but have to be ordered.
Fromagerie Quatrehomme
62 Rue de SèvresEmblematic cheese shop in the area.
Laurent Dubois is the equivalent to great chef for cheese. He selects the best producers, he creates nice mixes. He is specialized in goat cheese. Incredible experience to taste.
84 locals recommend
Fromagerie Laurent Dubois
47Ter Bd Saint-GermainLaurent Dubois is the equivalent to great chef for cheese. He selects the best producers, he creates nice mixes. He is specialized in goat cheese. Incredible experience to taste.
Eric Kayser
14 Rue MongeExcellent baguette!
If you like sardines à l'huile, small cans with Atun or sardine prepared with creative recipes, to prepare aperitive toasts, or bring them back...
Conserverie la belle-iloise
7 Rue de l'Ancienne ComédieIf you like sardines à l'huile, small cans with Atun or sardine prepared with creative recipes, to prepare aperitive toasts, or bring them back...
So lucky to get this shop nearby! We stop at the Coopérative laitière du Beaufortain in Bourg Saint Maurice when we go down back to Paris from Val d'Isère or Les Arcs to buy Beaufort, the finest Alpine cheese (other cheeses that you can find there are very good too, but Beaufort is definitely our favorite one). When we are nostalgic from the Alps, we come here...
Coopérative laitière du Beaufortain
9 Rue CorneilleSo lucky to get this shop nearby! We stop at the Coopérative laitière du Beaufortain in Bourg Saint Maurice when we go down back to Paris from Val d'Isère or Les Arcs to buy Beaufort, the finest Alpine cheese (other cheeses that you can find there are very good too, but Beaufort is definitely our favorite one). When we are nostalgic from the Alps, we come here...
Marche St. Germain
4-6 Rue LobineauIndoor market place, restaurants all around are also nice.
Lieux emblématiques
Just to walk, for early morning run, to seat on a bench and read, to get kids outdoor...
At 5 minutes walk. Traditional kids playground; our kids were fans of the small wooden boats that you can rent, in the central bassin. Bees houses at the Vaugirard corner.
Avoid on windy days.
2467 locals recommend
Luxembourg Gardens
Just to walk, for early morning run, to seat on a bench and read, to get kids outdoor...
At 5 minutes walk. Traditional kids playground; our kids were fans of the small wooden boats that you can rent, in the central bassin. Bees houses at the Vaugirard corner.
Avoid on windy days.
Happy hour
My favorite bar to meet friends at happy hour, or lunch time around a plancha (the one with foie gras) and a glass of white wine. The terrasse is sunny on afternoons....
8 locals recommend
Bar de la Croix Rouge
2 Pl. Michel DebréMy favorite bar to meet friends at happy hour, or lunch time around a plancha (the one with foie gras) and a glass of white wine. The terrasse is sunny on afternoons....
Marketplace in the Marais rue de Bretagne, where you can also drink and eat during weekends, notably out of restaurants hours. My teenagers and young adults love it. But be prepared to be in a crowd, to queue, and to eat finger food.
201 locals recommend
Les Enfants Rouge Covered Market
39 Rue de BretagneMarketplace in the Marais rue de Bretagne, where you can also drink and eat during weekends, notably out of restaurants hours. My teenagers and young adults love it. But be prepared to be in a crowd, to queue, and to eat finger food.
The place to eat for young adults. Reminds me Southbank in London. Late serving. to eat and drink.
126 locals recommend
Ground Countrol
81 Rue de RambouilletThe place to eat for young adults. Reminds me Southbank in London. Late serving. to eat and drink.
I have added Rosa Bonheur but there are plenty of Guinguettes along the river where you can stop, have a dring, eat something. I haven't been yet in 2023.
It can be noisy, expensive and not good. But this is along the Seine, sunny, with a view on the most beautiful places in Paris.
251 locals recommend
Rosa Bonheur sur Seine
Quai d'OrsayI have added Rosa Bonheur but there are plenty of Guinguettes along the river where you can stop, have a dring, eat something. I haven't been yet in 2023.
It can be noisy, expensive and not good. But this is along the Seine, sunny, with a view on the most beautiful places in Paris.
Not so famous museums
No need to describe the Louvre or Musée d'Orsay. Here are some less famous museums that desserve a visit.
I am not a fan of Maillol permanent collection, but check if there are some temporary exhibitions. They are generally very good.
Charming hotel Particulier.
Spring 2023: very nice exhibition on the photographer Elliott Erwitt.
67 locals recommend
Musee Maillol
59-61 Rue de GrenelleI am not a fan of Maillol permanent collection, but check if there are some temporary exhibitions. They are generally very good.
Charming hotel Particulier.
Spring 2023: very nice exhibition on the photographer Elliott Erwitt.
My favorite museum... For Rodin's work. For the building. For the garden, where you can access just for a walk, a tea, and spend time there. So inspiring and harmonious! Don't miss it.
you can go walking from home (25 minutes).
845 locals recommend
Musee Rodin
77 Rue de VarenneMy favorite museum... For Rodin's work. For the building. For the garden, where you can access just for a walk, a tea, and spend time there. So inspiring and harmonious! Don't miss it.
you can go walking from home (25 minutes).
To know more about Paris history, how people used to live in Paris in the past, to discover the sumptuous Hotel Carnavalet, and its great art pieces, from May to November, to eat or enjoy drink at Fabula, the restaurant in the garden.
musée carnavalet
23 Rue de SévignéTo know more about Paris history, how people used to live in Paris in the past, to discover the sumptuous Hotel Carnavalet, and its great art pieces, from May to November, to eat or enjoy drink at Fabula, the restaurant in the garden.
Shopping (non-food)
wonderful traditional fragrance designer. For soaps and fragrance, but cotton little bags, towels, shirts, are also very nice. Many items for nice presents at a reasonable price and very good quality.
Fragonard
196 Bd Saint-Germainwonderful traditional fragrance designer. For soaps and fragrance, but cotton little bags, towels, shirts, are also very nice. Many items for nice presents at a reasonable price and very good quality.
Beautiful luxury department store. Wonderful food hall (La Grande Epicerie de Paris).
1186 locals recommend
Le Bon Marche Rive Gauche
24 Rue de SèvresBeautiful luxury department store. Wonderful food hall (La Grande Epicerie de Paris).