Glen’s guidebook

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Glen’s guidebook

Places to Eat

Personal Favourites
Amazing food without being over-the-top fine dining. Ten minute Uber.
426 locals recommend
Septime
80 Rue de Charonne
426 locals recommend
Amazing food without being over-the-top fine dining. Ten minute Uber.
Personal favourite of mine. Small, unassuming, fun, get a terrace seat in warm weather inside in winter. Great food, great wine list. Ten minute Uber.
60 locals recommend
Le Clown Bar
114 Rue Amelot
60 locals recommend
Personal favourite of mine. Small, unassuming, fun, get a terrace seat in warm weather inside in winter. Great food, great wine list. Ten minute Uber.
Wine bar section. Shared plates, wine bar, great food. No reservations. Get there just before 19h and you will not have much of a wait, but if you’re like me and you go out to dinner at 21h you will have to wait a bit. But that’s fine as it’s a wine bar as well! Ten minute Uber.
33 locals recommend
Frenchie
5 Rue du Nil
33 locals recommend
Wine bar section. Shared plates, wine bar, great food. No reservations. Get there just before 19h and you will not have much of a wait, but if you’re like me and you go out to dinner at 21h you will have to wait a bit. But that’s fine as it’s a wine bar as well! Ten minute Uber.
Traditional bistro experience. Ten minute Uber or a nice twenty minute walk through Le Marais from my apartment. Opposite Marché des Enfant Rouge so you can check that out too.
257 locals recommend
Cafe Charlot
38 Rue de Bretagne
257 locals recommend
Traditional bistro experience. Ten minute Uber or a nice twenty minute walk through Le Marais from my apartment. Opposite Marché des Enfant Rouge so you can check that out too.
Good terrace for people watching. Modern bistro. Ten minute Uber.
16 locals recommend
Café des Arts et Métiers
51 Rue de Turbigo
16 locals recommend
Good terrace for people watching. Modern bistro. Ten minute Uber.
Great food, great cocktails, cool fit out. Need reservation usually to eat but walk in for cocktails at the bar. Fifteen minute Uber.
37 locals recommend
Bonhomie
22 Rue d'Enghien
37 locals recommend
Great food, great cocktails, cool fit out. Need reservation usually to eat but walk in for cocktails at the bar. Fifteen minute Uber.
Excellent well priced Italian. Walk up not book. Often a long wait.
275 locals recommend
Ober Mamma
107 Bd Richard-Lenoir
275 locals recommend
Excellent well priced Italian. Walk up not book. Often a long wait.
Love this place. Great fit out, great food, good price. Get there early to get name on list then go to a terrace nearby for a drink until your table is ready. Get the entrecôte!
196 locals recommend
Pink Mamma
20bis Rue de Douai
196 locals recommend
Love this place. Great fit out, great food, good price. Get there early to get name on list then go to a terrace nearby for a drink until your table is ready. Get the entrecôte!
Modern Japanese and great cocktails. Good fun. Lovely fifteen minute walk.
11 locals recommend
The Cod House
10 Rue de Condé
11 locals recommend
Modern Japanese and great cocktails. Good fun. Lovely fifteen minute walk.
A very very short walk from my apartment is restaurant, maybe 200 meters! It has been open from the 16th century and is fun with good traditional dishes.
11 locals recommend
Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole
24 Rue Chanoinesse
11 locals recommend
A very very short walk from my apartment is restaurant, maybe 200 meters! It has been open from the 16th century and is fun with good traditional dishes.
Modern, fun, good cocktails, great vibe.
204 locals recommend
Le Mary Celeste
1 Rue Commines
204 locals recommend
Modern, fun, good cocktails, great vibe.
On a wonderful semi pedestrian street to watch the world go by. Be outside summer and winter (great heaters). Good food reasonably priced. Really fun place.
39 locals recommend
Le Compas
62 Rue Montorgueil
39 locals recommend
On a wonderful semi pedestrian street to watch the world go by. Be outside summer and winter (great heaters). Good food reasonably priced. Really fun place.

Good Coffee

My local and really good mates plus the best coffee in Paris. Paul (Kiwi) and Christian (USA) have lived in Paris forever. It’s a beautiful leisurely five minute stroll in the morning for coffee and a croissant. The ham, egg and cheese waffles are a great hang over helper! You can also organise great bike tours, bike rental and cooking classes at La Cuisine here.
6 locals recommend
Le Peloton Café
17 Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe
6 locals recommend
My local and really good mates plus the best coffee in Paris. Paul (Kiwi) and Christian (USA) have lived in Paris forever. It’s a beautiful leisurely five minute stroll in the morning for coffee and a croissant. The ham, egg and cheese waffles are a great hang over helper! You can also organise great bike tours, bike rental and cooking classes at La Cuisine here.
Excellent coffee and small quiches. Twenty minute walk.
34 locals recommend
Loustic
40 Rue Chapon
34 locals recommend
Excellent coffee and small quiches. Twenty minute walk.

Cooking Schools

Excellent French cooking school for one for two day courses. Less than five minute walk away.
La Cuisine Paris - Cooking Classes
80 Quai de l'Hôtel de ville
Excellent French cooking school for one for two day courses. Less than five minute walk away.

Excellent Terraces

Places I love to have a drink.
Very short walk from my apartment. Right by the river. Often live music. Lots of fun.
13 locals recommend
Les Maquereaux
Quai de l'Hôtel de ville
13 locals recommend
Very short walk from my apartment. Right by the river. Often live music. Lots of fun.
Great people watching terrace at busy intersection!
40 locals recommend
L'ÉTIENNE MARCEL - PARIS
34 Rue Étienne Marcel
40 locals recommend
Great people watching terrace at busy intersection!
Sunny, lovely square opposite where Fitzgerald and Hemingway lived.
35 locals recommend
Café Delmas
2 Pl. de la Contrescarpe
35 locals recommend
Sunny, lovely square opposite where Fitzgerald and Hemingway lived.
Not really a terrace but outside seating near Canal Saint Martin.
80 locals recommend
Chez Prune
36 Rue Beaurepaire
80 locals recommend
Not really a terrace but outside seating near Canal Saint Martin.
La Marine right by Chez Prune. Classic French Bistro, great cocktails.
134 locals recommend
La Marine
55Bis Quai de Valmy
134 locals recommend
La Marine right by Chez Prune. Classic French Bistro, great cocktails.
Amongst all the galleries of Odeon / Saint Germain. Their meat and cheese plates are a doozy. Ten minute walk.
157 locals recommend
La Palette
43 Rue de Seine
157 locals recommend
Amongst all the galleries of Odeon / Saint Germain. Their meat and cheese plates are a doozy. Ten minute walk.
Great rooftop bar. Quite $$$$. Good starter location with excellent view.
48 locals recommend
Hôtel National Des Arts et Métiers
243 Rue Saint-Martin
48 locals recommend
Great rooftop bar. Quite $$$$. Good starter location with excellent view.
On a wonderful semi pedestrian street to watch the world go by. Be outside summer and winter (great heaters).
39 locals recommend
Le Compas
62 Rue Montorgueil
39 locals recommend
On a wonderful semi pedestrian street to watch the world go by. Be outside summer and winter (great heaters).
Rooftop bar. Great view over Le Seine, great cocktails. Can be a wait to get in at peak times.
197 locals recommend
Le Perchoir Marais
33 Rue de la Verrerie
197 locals recommend
Rooftop bar. Great view over Le Seine, great cocktails. Can be a wait to get in at peak times.
Rooftop bar. Great view, great cocktails. Can be a wait to get in at peak times.
698 locals recommend
Le Perchoir
14 Rue Crespin du Gast
698 locals recommend
Rooftop bar. Great view, great cocktails. Can be a wait to get in at peak times.

Cocktail Bars

Some of the best cocktails in the world
Can be hard to get into later. Small space, consistently in world best cocktail bars.
191 locals recommend
Little Red Door
60 Rue Charlot
191 locals recommend
Can be hard to get into later. Small space, consistently in world best cocktail bars.
Great space, amazing cocktails, great fun, short walk home!
116 locals recommend
Prescription Cocktail Club
23 Rue Mazarine
116 locals recommend
Great space, amazing cocktails, great fun, short walk home!
Chill upstairs or party downstairs
71 locals recommend
Lockwood
73 Rue d'Aboukir
71 locals recommend
Chill upstairs or party downstairs
Can be a little hard to get into later on. Fun spot.
258 locals recommend
Experimental Cocktail Club
37 Rue Saint-Sauveur
258 locals recommend
Can be a little hard to get into later on. Fun spot.
Secret door behind the Taco joint!
449 locals recommend
Candelaria
52 Rue de Saintonge
449 locals recommend
Secret door behind the Taco joint!
Stylish place for a drink
37 locals recommend
Bonhomie
22 Rue d'Enghien
37 locals recommend
Stylish place for a drink

Parks and Walks

Gardens outside Le Lourve. Good place to exercise also.
1767 locals recommend
Tuileries Garden
Place de la Concorde
1767 locals recommend
Gardens outside Le Lourve. Good place to exercise also.
One of the most beautiful parks in the world when the flowers are out. Good running around the outside.
2469 locals recommend
Luxembourg Gardens
2469 locals recommend
One of the most beautiful parks in the world when the flowers are out. Good running around the outside.
Below the bridges of Paris walk along Qui Pompidou. It is now pedestrian only. Take in all the beauty of Le Seine. Walk from Pont Marie to Le Lourve and back.
41 locals recommend
Pont Marie
41 locals recommend
Below the bridges of Paris walk along Qui Pompidou. It is now pedestrian only. Take in all the beauty of Le Seine. Walk from Pont Marie to Le Lourve and back.
Check out the secret-ish gardens within the Palais Royal a two minute walk from Le Lourve.
418 locals recommend
Palais-Royal
418 locals recommend
Check out the secret-ish gardens within the Palais Royal a two minute walk from Le Lourve.