Guidebook for Paris

Nico & Jeanne
Nico & Jeanne
Guidebook for Paris

Food Scene

The best in the neighborhood! Their croissants and pains au chocolat are excellent, and their baguette "tradition" is perfect. Open from 8am to 8pm, Tuesday -> Sunday
7 locals recommend
Grégoire
69 Rue Monge
7 locals recommend
The best in the neighborhood! Their croissants and pains au chocolat are excellent, and their baguette "tradition" is perfect. Open from 8am to 8pm, Tuesday -> Sunday
Unbelievable pastries, a must-try, definitely. A bit expensive compared to pastries you'd find in regular "boulangerie" (bakery), but worth it so much!
53 locals recommend
Carl Marletti
51 Rue Censier
53 locals recommend
Unbelievable pastries, a must-try, definitely. A bit expensive compared to pastries you'd find in regular "boulangerie" (bakery), but worth it so much!
This a quality french brasserie with a nice terrasse on a lovely "place", where you can enjoy breakfast, brunch, simple coffee, or even lunch, dinner... A great place!
35 locals recommend
Café Delmas
2 Pl. de la Contrescarpe
35 locals recommend
This a quality french brasserie with a nice terrasse on a lovely "place", where you can enjoy breakfast, brunch, simple coffee, or even lunch, dinner... A great place!
Nice and peaceful atmosphere to have traditional mint tea and pastries. Couscous is quite expensive for what it tastes, prefer small family canteens (see rue Daubenton)
Cafe De La Grande Mosquée
2bis Pl. du Puits de l'Ermite
Nice and peaceful atmosphere to have traditional mint tea and pastries. Couscous is quite expensive for what it tastes, prefer small family canteens (see rue Daubenton)
World famous ice creams, just taste it, you will be amazed. Tip : avoid the crazy lines by wandering side streets. As long as Berthillon is written on the shop, you can't go wrong :-)
350 locals recommend
Berthillon
46 Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île
350 locals recommend
World famous ice creams, just taste it, you will be amazed. Tip : avoid the crazy lines by wandering side streets. As long as Berthillon is written on the shop, you can't go wrong :-)
Very good "crepes" (french pancakes) near the apartment. Easy to take away. Try the classic "egg ham and cheese galette", you won't regret it!
Oroyona
36 Rue Mouffetard
Very good "crepes" (french pancakes) near the apartment. Easy to take away. Try the classic "egg ham and cheese galette", you won't regret it!
Cheese, ham, wines... High quality food!
Guillot Fromageries
76 Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île
Cheese, ham, wines... High quality food!
Famous tea house. Try their hot chocolate and their Mont Blanc pastry.
207 locals recommend
Angelina Paris
226 Rue de Rivoli
207 locals recommend
Famous tea house. Try their hot chocolate and their Mont Blanc pastry.
Traditional French Restaurant, soooo good!
21 locals recommend
Le Petit Pontoise
9 Rue de Pontoise
21 locals recommend
Traditional French Restaurant, soooo good!
Famous traditional french restaurant, nice historical place and atmosphere
20 locals recommend
Le Coupe Chou
11 Rue de Lanneau
20 locals recommend
Famous traditional french restaurant, nice historical place and atmosphere
Amazing italian food, great deco, fantastic chef :)
6 locals recommend
CAFFE BELLUCCI
45 Rue la Boétie
6 locals recommend
Amazing italian food, great deco, fantastic chef :)
Exceptionnel, une telle qualité pour un tel prix, je ne connais pas mieux
16 locals recommend
L' Agrume
15 Rue des Fossés Saint-Marcel
16 locals recommend
Exceptionnel, une telle qualité pour un tel prix, je ne connais pas mieux
Possible to take away, small but pretty good indian restaurant, friendly owner
Vijaya Restaurant Indien
22 Rue Daubenton
Possible to take away, small but pretty good indian restaurant, friendly owner
Vietnamese canteen, warm atmosphere, vietnamese students working there, quite cheap and very good. Possible to order for take away Open from noon till 2pm and 7pm till 10pm
17 locals recommend
Foyer Vietnam
80 Rue Monge
17 locals recommend
Vietnamese canteen, warm atmosphere, vietnamese students working there, quite cheap and very good. Possible to order for take away Open from noon till 2pm and 7pm till 10pm
Great but small Japanese restarant. awesome nigiris (sushis), if you can go early or book upstairs at the counter, the room under is not very nice, but still, try their sushi, maki, sashimi...
Michi
58bis Rue Sainte-Anne
Great but small Japanese restarant. awesome nigiris (sushis), if you can go early or book upstairs at the counter, the room under is not very nice, but still, try their sushi, maki, sashimi...
Amazing food, no words for what they serve you and the price you pay, give up fancy Michelin star and simply go there
11 locals recommend
Aux PLUMES
45 Rue Boulard
11 locals recommend
Amazing food, no words for what they serve you and the price you pay, give up fancy Michelin star and simply go there
Great crêperie, always been there for lunch, pretty cheap for how good it is ; you may have to queue a little if you arrive after 12.30
10 locals recommend
Crêperie Little Breizh
11 Rue Grégoire de Tours
10 locals recommend
Great crêperie, always been there for lunch, pretty cheap for how good it is ; you may have to queue a little if you arrive after 12.30
Excellent Japanese
Restaurant Taki
54 Rue du Dr Finlay
Excellent Japanese
If you like couscous...very simple, no booking, you will queue for sure but if you are on a budget, you will love the food and enjoy the bill. If you want a more fancy couscous (also tajine...) go to L'atlas boulevard Saint germain
42 locals recommend
Chez maman
4 Rue Tiquetonne
42 locals recommend
If you like couscous...very simple, no booking, you will queue for sure but if you are on a budget, you will love the food and enjoy the bill. If you want a more fancy couscous (also tajine...) go to L'atlas boulevard Saint germain
If you like Ramen, run there
42 locals recommend
Kodawari Ramen (Yokochō)
29 Rue Mazarine
42 locals recommend
If you like Ramen, run there
Fantastic ice creams and sorbets
Glacier Pierre Geronimi
5 Rue Férou
Fantastic ice creams and sorbets
303 locals recommend
Carette
4 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre
303 locals recommend
Great brunch, delicious
10 locals recommend
Café Mirabelle
16 Rue la Vacquerie
10 locals recommend
Great brunch, delicious
For (chinese) tea lovers Fancy "degustation"
15 locals recommend
The House of the Three Teas
1 Rue Saint-Médard
15 locals recommend
For (chinese) tea lovers Fancy "degustation"
For coffee lovers
20 locals recommend
DOSE - Coffee Dealer • MOUFFETARD
73 Rue Mouffetard
20 locals recommend
For coffee lovers
For coffee lovers
La Boutique Caron
32 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth
For coffee lovers
Brasserie / Café
25 locals recommend
Le Rostand
6 Pl. Edmond Rostand
25 locals recommend
Brasserie / Café

Sightseeing

Amazing 1st century gallo-roman amphitheater, rediscovered in 1869 ! (Lutèce is Paris former name - Lutetia in Latin) No more wild animals nor gladiators though... A nice green walk in the park around!
249 locals recommend
Arènes de Lutèce
49 Rue Monge
249 locals recommend
Amazing 1st century gallo-roman amphitheater, rediscovered in 1869 ! (Lutèce is Paris former name - Lutetia in Latin) No more wild animals nor gladiators though... A nice green walk in the park around!
30 locals recommend
Passage Verdeau
Passage Verdeau
30 locals recommend
Square Saint-Gilles Grand Veneur - Pauline-Roland
9 Rue du Grand Veneur
1047 locals recommend
Place des Vosges
Place des Vosges
1047 locals recommend
Cour du Commerce Saint-André
Cour du Commerce Saint-André
10 locals recommend
14 locals recommend
Place Furstenburg
8 Rue de Furstemberg
14 locals recommend
670 locals recommend
Rue Montorgueil
Rue Montorgueil
670 locals recommend
One of the Statue of Liberty (the big one is in NYC but there are others in Paris!)
64 locals recommend
Statue of Liberty
3 Rue Guynemer
64 locals recommend
One of the Statue of Liberty (the big one is in NYC but there are others in Paris!)
141 locals recommend
Passage des Panoramas
Passage des Panoramas
141 locals recommend
Little India
150 locals recommend
Passage Brady
46 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis
150 locals recommend
Little India
198 locals recommend
Galerie Vivienne
Galerie Vivienne
198 locals recommend

Shopping

Traditional food market, every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday until around 1pm.
51 locals recommend
Marché Monge
1 Pl. Monge
51 locals recommend
Traditional food market, every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday until around 1pm.
Rue Mouffetard is a typical old parisian street and when you go down from place de la Contrescarpe, you will find many grocery stores and everything you need :-) Sunday morning there are very traditional, very lively! Closed on Mondays
44 locals recommend
Rue Mouffetard Market
139 Rue Mouffetard
44 locals recommend
Rue Mouffetard is a typical old parisian street and when you go down from place de la Contrescarpe, you will find many grocery stores and everything you need :-) Sunday morning there are very traditional, very lively! Closed on Mondays
Cute flower shop, nice and passionate owner
Zinc de Fleurs
103 Rue Mouffetard
Cute flower shop, nice and passionate owner
Souvenirs shop and various items.
Obj'Ai Trouvé
40 Rue Mouffetard
Souvenirs shop and various items.

Getting Around

Bus n°47 is very convenient to go to Notre-Dame, Saint-Michel... The bus stop in this direction is a few meters from the "café-tabac" which is at the corner of rue Larrey and rue Monge. You can buy a pack of 10 bus/metro tickets at the café/tabac or in the metro, opposite the café.
126 locals recommend
Place Monge Metro station
Place Monge
126 locals recommend
Bus n°47 is very convenient to go to Notre-Dame, Saint-Michel... The bus stop in this direction is a few meters from the "café-tabac" which is at the corner of rue Larrey and rue Monge. You can buy a pack of 10 bus/metro tickets at the café/tabac or in the metro, opposite the café.
Metro station, convenient because it is a different line (10) than Place Monge (7)
49 locals recommend
Cardinal Lemoine station
49 locals recommend
Metro station, convenient because it is a different line (10) than Place Monge (7)
River-bus shuttle : Notre Dame stop Unexpected, convenient and fantastic : you will see Paris from the Seine, great views
10 locals recommend
Batobus Station - Notre-Dame
21 Quai de Montebello
10 locals recommend
River-bus shuttle : Notre Dame stop Unexpected, convenient and fantastic : you will see Paris from the Seine, great views
Another River-bus shuttle stop near our apartment
7 locals recommend
Batobus Jardin des Plantes
Quai Saint-Bernard
7 locals recommend
Another River-bus shuttle stop near our apartment

Essentials

Closest supermarket, open from 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday.
822 locals recommend
Franprix
22 Rue Alibert
822 locals recommend
Closest supermarket, open from 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday.
Only frozen products, lots of choice, good quality, convenient when in a hurry or lazy to cook
168 locals recommend
Picard
14 Rue Custine
168 locals recommend
Only frozen products, lots of choice, good quality, convenient when in a hurry or lazy to cook
Only organic food
204 locals recommend
NATURALIA
180 bis Rue des Pyrénées
204 locals recommend
Only organic food

Drinks & Nightlife

closest bar! Nice pub atmosphere, quiet compared to busy rue mouffetard pubs
6 locals recommend
The Local Irish pub
54 Rue de la Clef
6 locals recommend
closest bar! Nice pub atmosphere, quiet compared to busy rue mouffetard pubs
Corsican barn great owner, warm atmosphere especially with traditional guitar songs on Monday night.
Le Nul Part Ailleurs
3 Rue du Haut Pavé
Corsican barn great owner, warm atmosphere especially with traditional guitar songs on Monday night.

Parks & Nature

Historical (royal and botanical) garden, with a small zoo (ménagerie), a museum (Natural History Museum, Great Gallery of Evolution)
1390 locals recommend
Jardin des Plantes
1390 locals recommend
Historical (royal and botanical) garden, with a small zoo (ménagerie), a museum (Natural History Museum, Great Gallery of Evolution)
Peaceful, historical and beautiful
2469 locals recommend
Luxembourg Gardens
2469 locals recommend
Peaceful, historical and beautiful
If you can find the entrance inside the Jardin des Plantes, you will be rewarded!
alpin Garden
57 Rue Cuvier
If you can find the entrance inside the Jardin des Plantes, you will be rewarded!