Restaurant bistro brasserie guide - activities

This tag should be added to restaurants such as traditional brasseries and French bistros serving classic dishes from the French cuisine and bistro tradition of Paris. e.g. blanquette de veau, foie gras, oysters, seafood, etc.

Also specify, adding the necessary tag, if the restaurant offers : frogs' legs, snails, oysters, caviar, foie gras, pâté en croûte, mayo eggs, croque-monsieur, onion soup, moules-frites, steak-frites, steak tartare, coq au vin, confit et magret de canard, game, boeuf bourguignon, blanquette, choucroute, quiche lorraine, cassoulet, raclette, tartiflette, fondue, galette bretonne, crêpe, crêpes Suzette.

Unlike bouillons, brasseries and bistrots are not necessarily affordable restaurants.

A traditional Parisian brasserie is often decorated with red banquettes and waiters dressed in black and white suits. The restaurants are sometimes located in historic or even listed buildings.

By contrast, a bistro is a small neighborhood restaurant serving traditional French cuisine. Beware: if the cuisine is too modern, it's a bistronomic restaurant.

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Plat/form, cultural & festive terrace with Alexandre Marchon's restaurant on the banks of the Seine

Plat/Form is the ephemeral living space that awaits you in Paris at the foot of the BNF. On the menu: a terrace on the banks of the Seine, a food menu designed by former Top Chef contestant Alexandre Marchon, street art and programming for young and old alike.
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Belle Maison, the seafood bistro terrace Paris 9th arrondissement

Among the capital's fine fish and seafood restaurants, we'd like to take you to Belle Maison, an iodized bistro that delights us with its fresh, creative market dishes, without breaking the bank.
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Le Comptoir de Crème, the 18th arrondissement's friendly restaurant with plates to share

The second address of Camille and Maxime, founders of the restaurant Crème, Comptoir de Crème is just a few meters away. This small eatery offers plates to share, in a convivial atmosphere.
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Dame Nation, the affordable neighbourhood restaurant in the 11th arrondissement

It's a good neighborhood address in Paris that proves that good food at low prices is possible. Dame Nation is a warm-hearted restaurant offering tasty seasonal cuisine on a menu that evolves according to inspiration, with a common thread of indulgence and comfort. We take you to this cheerful bistro that proves you can eat well for cheap.
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The best burger in France 2024 is in the Yvelines!

We're off to Saint-Cyr l'École in the Yvelines, just outside Versailles, and more precisely to La Ménagerie du Roi, to discover this new brasserie where the French Burger Champion 2024, Anthony Pautrat, now officiates in the kitchen. Let's go for a treat!
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Le Coucou Café, the delicious neighbourhood bistro, a nugget of the 9th arrondissement

Le Coucou Café is a neighborhood nugget that's part bistro, part bar, part café douceur, with an emphasis on plant-based ingredients and home-made pastries. We take you to rue Bochart in Paris's 9th arrondissement to discover this spot that manages to delight us while remaining accessible.
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Café poète, a gourmet and literary restaurant

Located on the corner of Rue Franklin Roosevelt and the Champs Elysées, Café Poète is in the heart of the 8th arrondissement. In this artistic bistro, you'll enjoy French and Italian dishes in a decor that honors literature.
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Hasard, a French bistro where you can eat, drink and... scratch

A French bistro where you can eat, drink and try your luck at scratch cards. Rather... unusual. No mystery, it's all happening at Hasard!
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Le Festival, the festive brasserie that wakes up rue Étienne Marcel in the 2nd arrondissement

We're off to rue Étienne Marcel in Paris's 2ᵉ arrondissement to discover Festival, a café-restaurant offering a gourmet, festive spot right in the heart of Paris's hustle and bustle. Replacing the former Café Etienne Marcel, this new venue unveils a colorful new decor, a large terrace and a brasserie menu, we tell you all about it.
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Rosalie: Disney Village's French-style brasserie

As part of Disney Village's multi-year transformation plan, Disneyland Paris has announced the opening of a brand-new gourmet address right next door to Disney's Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel, Rosalie. A "French-style" brasserie run by the Bertrand group, it opened in December 2023.
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LArchimede - Bistronomic restaurant Paris 10, unpretentious neighborhood bistro

Modest and friendly, LArchimede - Restaurant Bistronomique Paris 10 is a typical neighborhood bistro. With its small terrace and bistronomic menu that changes from week to week, it's a place to remember for any gourmet stop-off on the banks of the Canal Saint-Martin.
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Edith, the contemporary restaurant at the Hôtel Padam in Paris's 16th arrondissement

Not far from the Champs-Elysées, the Hôtel Padam in the 16th arrondissement unveils a contemporary restaurant, Edith. Named in homage to the singer Edith Piaf, this address invites us to sample dishes inspired by French brasserie classics, revisited with modernity and elegance.
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Le Moulin de Flagy, restaurant and bucolic terrace in a former mill in Seine-et-Marne (77)

We're off to Flagy in the Seine-et-Marne, one of France's favorite villages, to discover the Moulin de Flagy, a hotel-restaurant on the banks of the Orvanne, which offers fine home cooking in a verdant setting.
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O Bout, the charming restaurant in Barbizon

As the name suggests, O Bout is the name of the friendly restaurant at the end of Barbizon's main street. You wouldn't know it from the street, but the place, which also serves as a local produce store and wine bar, hides a large room at the back for home-cooked meals. We'll take you there...
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Café Louise, the modern brasserie in Saint-Germain-des-Prés that makes you brush up on your classics

Café Louise is the contemporary brasserie that attracts Parisians and tourists alike to the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area. At any time of day, this restaurant serves up French specialties and comfort food on a 100% home-made menu.
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Café Mirette, the excellent bistronomic restaurant with hidden terrace in Saint-Lazare

Café Mirette is Le bon plan hidden behind the Saint-Lazare train station in a sheltered, little-known passageway. There you can lounge, sheltered, in the middle of 8ᵉ, enjoy fresh, seasonal cuisine and, as a bonus, very affordable. Housed within the Pernod Ricard Foundation, which continually offers free exhibitions, this is the literary café you'll love to go to.
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La Traversée: the refined neighborhood bistro and its jazz evenings, a stone's throw from Butte Montmartre

Just off the Butte Montmartre, on a lively street, you'll find La Traversée, an elegant neighborhood restaurant serving colorful, well-crafted dishes in a convivial atmosphere, sometimes accompanied by live jazz, for even more pleasure!
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Caillebotte, the affordable, gourmet bistro in Paris's 9th arrondissement

Caillebotte is the Bistrot Gourmand in Paris's 9th arrondissement, combining good food and conviviality with inventive, affordable cuisine. It's the kind of address that gets whispered about under the mantle, ideal for its excellent value for money, with a menu at €23 lunchtime and €43 evening. The quality of its dishes makes it a Parisian word-of-mouth favorite.
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L'Atelier Entrecôte Et Volaille, the meat restaurant with the secret sauce that'll get you hooked!

L'Atelier Entrecôte & Volaille overturns the codes of the local dish with a reinvented "two-course" formula! At this restaurant, you can choose between tender beef or masterfully-cooked poultry, and be seduced by the jealously-guarded ultimate sauce and perfect fries!
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Stéphane Rotenberg's Top Chef Bistro in Suresnes

Are you a fan of Top Chef? How about discovering the Bistrot Top Chef? This Suresnes restaurant lets you sample the emblematic dishes that have seduced the demanding jury of this televised culinary competition. With its affordable menus and great discoveries, you'd be wrong to miss out.