Marais Restauransts
 

Hello,

We will be staying in the Marais area in November. Can you recommend any good bistros in this area that you liked that are not so expensive?

Kind Regards

There are a group of bistros in rue Vieille du Temple between the corners of Rue du Tresor and rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie that are quite reasonably priced and that have basically the same menu, as they are owned by the same people and apparently share a kitchen. They are Les Philosophes and La Chaise au Plafond beside it in rue du Tresor and also L'Etoile Manquante on rue V du T. The well known "Le Petit Feu a Cheval" between les Philosophes and L'Etoile Manquante is owned by the same people and I am told also has the same food, but I have not been there.

Nearby at 10 rue Ste C de la B is Au Rendezvous des Amis, a nice little bistro with a cosy atmosphere. A decent warm goat's cheese salad is 9 Euros and the lunch fixed price menu is one of the 3 or 4 mains of the day (on blackboard only) plus a drink (wine, beer or mineral water) plus a cup of coffee or tea. The finches in the central window cage are real and they occasionally start to sing.

The patisserie just off rue V du T in rue des Rosiers has decent meals for lunch at good prices as well as very good almond croissants. For a very filling and cheap meal, go to L'As du Falafel in the same street for a falafel or chicken and salad in pitta bread, which is more expensive (8 Euros I think) to eat in than to take away.

thank you so Much- this sounds wonderful-I will check them out

I highly reccommend you try Chez Janou. It is a loud, somewhat hectic bistro in the Marais, full of Parisians, and we found the food to be wonderful. Quite reasonable also

La Dome De Marais, La Guirlande de Julie
were my two favorites in the Marais. La Tartine is a wine bar that specializes in tartines, open-faced sandwiches I also ate at:
Le Coude Fou
Le Bourguignon
Café du Tresor

Au Bascou,
Un Piano Sur le Trottoir,

Close by the rue Bastille, I tried both Le Petite Bofinger and Bofinger.

I spent 15 days on rue vielle du Temple.

In that area is "The Studio". Click on the page jaunes and find it's location.

This is a Tex-Mex restaurant but the location is great. Like they say, location, location, and location. The Studio is full of location.

Blackduff

P.S. Checked my notes I forgot to mention Le Fous d'en Face where I dined the first night and later invited to sit with some locals for the sing-a-long. The accordianist hands out sheets of paper with the lyrics. This was a Saturday night. I also dined but didn't like the food at 7Lézards but later downstairs, was a good jazz group..

The restaurant we enjoyed in the Marais was Le Petit Marche 9, Rue de Bearn. The staff were charming .It is on a street off Rue Saint Gilles near Place des Vosges.

Le Petit Bofinger, on the Rue de la Bastille across from the much more expensive Bofinger serves a decent prix fixe meal in a cosy atmosphere. I have eaten there a few times over the years and have always been pleased. Zagat gives them a good review.

thanks again and again - very excited to read your wonderful recommencations -I will check out the restaurants while I am there

you are the best !!!

Auberge Jarente on rue du Jarente and Le Pamphlette (spelling?) are both in the Marais.

Also heard good things about the wine bar Le Coude Fou.

Don't forget to post back here when you return!

We liked Taxi Jaune and "404" from our last stay in Paris

Cy1- Not to far along from Musee` Carnavalet at 29 Rue Francs Bourgeois you will find L'Oree Du Marais.
I had the Suggestion Du Chef which happened to be the most delicious Boeuf Bourguignonne served with a side of taglietelle. I had a 14cl of Muscadet with my meal and a coffee to finish, all for 19.50euros.

It would help a lot if everyone might estimate the cost of their meal in Euros (as some are doing) since "reasonably priced" is such a relative term. thanks for the tips.

Cy1:

I'm with Tod, above...we loved the Carnavalet Museum, and also spotted the L'Oree du Marais...great choice for lunch and , yes, in the vicinty of 20e's. Also, you just can't beat the super-delicious falafels anywhere on Rue de Rosiers. Chez Marianne is a pretty decent restauarant in that location, too.

Stu T.

If you like Moroccan food, including tres belle couscous, check out 404 in the northern reaches of the Marais.

cy:

Also, I agree with the posters who mention Bofingers...for lunch it's more on the approx. €30 range...but the unique domed dining area is worth it. Food is very good and there are many thngs on the menu that serve two. DW and I split an enormous sea food plate and also split a creme carmel dessert for around €50 plus tip. Go just before noon for a choice of seating in aformentioned room.

Stu T.

thank you so much guys
I will try these out- Once I am back I will tell you how things were and which restaurant we tried and liked too

Thanks again for such quick response from everyone

Hi,

I wanted to post a new message after our return and say thanks again for the recommendation. We tried Le Petit Bofinger and loved it - wonderful attentive service, delicious foods- we tried a plate of Panache Fromage (Cheese plate) with a French Salad that came with Gourmet Salad Leaves, Olives, Tomatoes, Chevre Cheese and 2 toasts with some tomatoes and more cheese ( you can tell that I love cheese )
& my husband had lamb with potatoes which was delectable with sauce and interesting cooked potatoes. We also had delicous house red wine-we set on the 2 persons table against the wall, we ended up meeting a nice guy from Belgium, it was great- they greeted us by the door and pointed us to where the none smoking area is.
We also loved Paul. we loved their freshly made sandwiches. The Marais turned out to be a great place full of galleries, small boutiques and narrow streets. The real Paris I thought

cy1:

Glad you enjoyed yourself in the Marais. It is one of our favorite areas in Paris too... enjoy getting lost in their winding streets, the architecture...

Did you discover any interesting museums or galleries in particular?

Did you get to try some of the best falafel on the planet at L'As du Falafel?

Welcome back!

Betty

Cy1,

What was the price of your dinner at Le Petit Bofinger?

Been reading up on restaurants in the Marais for my trip next May and I'm hoping to keep costs down.

Thanks!

Monica ((F))

Note that 80% of the clientele in rues Sainte Croix, Vieille du Temple, Francs Bourgeois (and a number of others in the area) will be gay, in case that is an issue for you.

This is wonderful. Thanks for the post and for following up with your own experiences.

Happy travels! :-)

Le Pamphlet mentioned above is a little pricier than what you may be looking for. Also as of the beginning of October it was closed for renovation.

Le Petit Pamphlet, affiliated with Le Pamphlet, is open; I had a good meal here last month for not too much money.

Hello,

We loved our trip, we actually started out 4 nights in Amsterdam and there we saw the beautiful Van Gogh and a Marine museum. When we came to Paris and stayed in the Marais area we basically just took it all in. We walked for miles everyday and explored everywhere not only the Marais. In the Marais we saw Place Des Vosges and along there we saw a wonderful artist who sold his art work, which I thoughts was lovely, also along Rue Du Temple we saw some art galleries but we didn’t go in just browsed from the street. We loved the narrow streets with historic lamps and balconies with flowers hanging, we loved the small café shops and restaurants and we walked into many beautiful stores as windows shopping just to check it all out.

Betty,
We did walked over to the Rue Des Rosiers where all the falafel shops are,
& loved it.

Monica,

The price for our dinner at the Petit Bofinger was $77.00 – you right -it’s not cheap
But it was wonderful with lots of character and flare.
Happy travels everyone !!

cy1, thanks for the information!

Monica ((F))

cy:

Sigh... I never get tired of hearing about the Marais and Paris. My dream is to have an apartment there with those wonderful wooden beams on the ceiling, a fireplace...

me too -never get tired of it-cannot wait to go back to discover some more