Hi all, we will be in Paris for 7 nights the first week of April, and although we have lived in Paris in the past, we rarely even stop in the city these days so I am out of touch in terms of good restaurant ideas. We will be staying almost directly across the street from the Bon Marche in the 6th. I am looking for ideas for restaurants for either lunch or dinner, more mid-range pricewise. We just don't dress up anymore or care so much about starred places. As a matter of fact I would kind of like to avoid those places or other "Instagram famous" kind of places. It would be preferable of course to have places that are near enough to walk to, but since we are pretty central getting to most choices in the nearby neighborhoods should be pretty easy. We pretty much love all cuisines, so don't have to have only French food ideas

-La Grande Epicerie, right behind Le Bon Marche (7th) - pick up sandwiches, snacks, & treat yourselves to one of their showstopper desserts to bring back and enjoy at your hotel (the Lutecia?)
-Chez Josephine Dumonet, Rue Cherche Midi (6th) (Cassoulet would feed 2+ persons, delicious)
-La Fontaine de Mars - Rue St. Dominique (7th)

Restaurant Georgette 44, rue d'Assas. I ate here twice last summer, lovely staff, it was pleasant to sit outside on their little patio, food was very good. Looks like about a 7 minute walk from your location.

In fall of 2024, we really enjoyed our meal at La Marine in the 10th near Canal Saint-Martin. A few minute walk from République metro.

https://travelswithmaitaitom.com/la-...-paris-france/

Thanks all-I will add them to the list. For sure I will be haunting the Le Grande Épicerie since it has long been a favorite both for food to eat in Paris but also a great place to buy goodies to take back home as treats and gifts.

raincitygirl, just found out that a friend who be visiting Paris from Lisbon while we are there will be staying about 7 minute south of Restaurant Georgette, so that looks like it could be the perfect place right in between to meet her for the that night

That's great jpie! Enjoy!

A restaurant we have enjoyed when staying in the 6th, is Vagenende on Blvd. St. Germain between the Mabillion and Odeon metro stops. https://www.en.vagenende.com

DW and I were there in September and arrived with zero itinerary and few reservations. I found the app The Fork to be extremely helpful, including for making reservations using the gps location part of it.

Thanks all-and thanks for the tip about the fork. I have used the laptop version but not the app and the gps function sounds like it is handy!

We really liked Sétopa, Korean. The plats (at least at lunch) were very generous, so you can easily get by just ordering one of those.
https://www.setopaparis.com/

I am so glad I clicked on this thread. It's been a while since I was last in Paris and looking to take a friend next year. I recall walking into some restaurants during winter and needed to have a reservation and didn't know so got sat at the bar. My friend would not be able to do that these days and needs a real table, so thank you for posting this app.

Hungryonion.org is a food website and lots of good Paris restaurant recommendations.

Yes I posted this same request on Hungryonion but haven't received any new neighborhood responses, but I am watching the Paris restaurant posting there in general.

As I have trotted out in related past posts, our fave remains the funky-boho and markedly left-leaning 'Le Temps des Cerises', a great place for home-cooked style food in the Buttes aux Cailles 13e. *Not to be confused with the chi-chi cafe with same name up in Le Marais!
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Paris by mouth has (or used to have) restaurant recs for each arrondissement. I think they now charge you but I found this link with a list of places. We haven’t stayed on the left bank in many years so most of my faves were in the 3rd and 11th.
https://parisbymouth.com/category/by...rrondissement/

Ok, this will generate some eye-rolling but there are a few excellent restaurants in hotels or run by designer brands. The ones we frequent most often:

Armani Cafe (on blvd St. Germain, across from Deux Magots). Very good food, almost no tourists (seems to attract mostly staff from the various designer stores, plus lawyers, executives etc). Its kitchen is shared with the more formal Armani restaurant, which has a Michelin star.

The brasserie at the Lutetia Hotel (now run by the Mandarin Oriental group). Very good food and wonderful staff. If you have dinner there, on some nights you can wander over to the hotel's Bar Josephine (named for Josephine Baker), which regularly has live music. Regarded as one of the best bars in Paris, although the bar at the George V remains our favorite.

Annette at Le Grand Hôtel Cayré on Blvd Raspail. Attractive and very good food, plus lively bar. Has become quite popular with the locals. Le Grand Hôtel Cayré is our default Paris hotel choice (it's a lovely hotel and we can't yet afford to stay at Lutetia). Annette makes a great choice if you've just arrived in Paris, are jet-lagged, staying at the hotel, and want a good meal followed by an elevator ride up to your room to crash.

Lastly, Cafe de l'Esplande (across from Les Invalides). My husband calls it The Model Cafe because it does attract a fashionable clientele. Reviews are a little mixed but we've always been treated well and enjoyed the food, service and atmosphere. Note: not child friendly. I used to go there for a relaxing solo tea break mid-afternoons. Once I went with my BiL, SiL and their 3 year old daughter. There was a horrified/panicked look on the host's face when we arrived. "Pas de poussettes!" he exclaimed. OTOH, our English cocker Raisin always got a warm welcome and a bit of cheese from the waiter.

Caveat: The prices at these may seem high but since we live in Switzerland ...

I was in Paris for one week in October and really enjoyed Le Bistrot d’Henri and La Jacobine. The food was excellent at both, and in the 6th. La Jacobine is harder to get advance reservations at; it is small and very populat. I found if I was there at opening time for dinner, I was able to get a table. I also enjoyed Les Papilles and Chez Fernand, also in that area.

Maybe also add Chez Nenesse for old-school trad meals (pot-belly stove dead center in room) up in Le Marais...
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Glad to hear that you enjoyed.Le Bistrot d’ Henri. It was one of our favorites and then someone said they changed chefs and it was not good. We will be in Paris in Oct. and plan on going there.
Also, La Jacobite is another favorite….we always call it our “first night jet lagged dinner” choice.