Restaurants and cafés
The best food and drink in Paris, reviewed anonymously by experts
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Paris's best cheap eats
The best restaurants in Paris for those with big appetites but small budgets
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Huîtrerie Régis
Oysters straight from Marennes on the west coast - you can't say fresher than that!
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Bofinger
This legendary Parisian institution draws big crowds for its authentic art nouveau setting and its brasserie atmosphere...
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Le Meurice
With its extravagant Louis XVI decor and modish restyling by Philippe Starck, Le Meurice is looking grander than ever...
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La Ferrandaise
- Rated as: 5/5
- Critics choice
This bistro has quickly established a faithful following. In the modern bistro tradition, the young, northern French chef serves solid, classic food with a twist. A platter of excellent ham, sausage and terrine arrives as you study the blackboard menu,and the bread is crisp-crusted, thickly sliced sourdough. Two specialities are the potato stuffed with escargots in a camembert sauce, and a wonderfully flavoured, slightly rosé slice of veal. Desserts might include intense chocolate with rum-soaked bananas and a layered glass of mango and meringue. Wines start at €14.
- 8 rue de Vaugirard, 6e, Paris, France
A la Bière
- Rated as: 4/5
A la Bière looks like one of those nondescript corner brasseries, but what makes it stand out is an amazingly good-value €14.50 prix fixefull of fine bistro favourites. White tablecloths and fine kirs set the tone; starters of thinly sliced pig's cheek with a nice French dressing on the salad, and a home-made rabbit terrine exceed expectations. The mains live up to what's served before: charcoal-grilled entrecôte with hand-cut chips, and juicy Lyonnais sausages with potatoes drenched in olive oil, garlic and parsley. This is one of the few bargains left in Paris.
- 104 avenue Simon Bolivar, 19e, Paris, France
Le Bistrot Paul Bert
- Critics choice
This heart-warming bistro gets it right almost down to the last crumb. A starter salad of ris de veau illustrates the point, with lightly browned veal sweetbreads perched on a bed of green beans and baby carrots with a sauce of sherry vinegar and deglazed cooking juices. A roast shoulder of suckling pig and a thick steak with a raft of golden, thick-cut frites look inviting indeed. Desserts are superb too, including what may well be the best île flottante in Paris. If you're in the area at lunchtime, bear in mind that the prix fixe menu is remarkable value.
- 18 rue Paul Bert, 11e, Paris
Breizh Café
- Rated as: 5/5
- Critics choice
With its modern interior of pale wood and its choice of 15 artisanal ciders, this outpost of a restaurant in Cancale, Brittany, is a world away from the average crêperie. For the complete faux-seaside experience, you might start with a plate of creuse oysters from Cancale before indulging in an inventive buckwheat galette such as the Cancalaise, made with potato, smoked herring from Brittany and herring roe. The choice of fillings is fairly limited, but the ingredients are of high quality - including the use of Valrhona chocolate with 70% cocoa solids in the dessert crêpes.
- 109 rue Vieille du Temple, 3e, Paris, France
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