Best affordable restaurants in Paris
Most affordable restaurants in Paris touristic districts are asian. There is always a French restaurant around the corner with an affordable set menu at lunchtime. Order it and ask for a carafe d'eau (tap water) and you will get away with 25 euros for a good meal. Check our selection of affordable restaurants that we know well. Restaurants in Paris.
Best affordable restaurant Champs-Elysées
The Champs-Elysées have few affordable restaurants. The value for money is usually low. It is therefore worth mentioning l'Alsace. This brasserie serves quality and affordable meals despite the astronomic rents. Like all brasseries in town, it serves sauerkraut, seafood, beer and Alsace wines. The restaurant is open from 7am to 2am Sunday to Thursday, 7am to 4am Friday and Saturday. Not advertized on the online menu, the very affordable two course menu is served for lunch and dinner. The quality is excellent. There is plenty of choice à la carte, but it will cost extra money.
Paris 75008 France
L'Alsace is an affordable brasserie
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Affordable restaurant near Eiffel Tower
Café du Commerce is an affordable and spacious three floor restaurant, serving traditional French cuisine. Café du Commerce is located in a lively street of the 15th arrondissement, two metro stops from the Eiffel Tower.
The Café du Commerce serves a selection of authentic recipes to discover including their poireau vinaigrette (leeks in vinaigrette), oeuf mayonnaise (eggs and mayonnaise) and of course, their quality Limousine meat.
Very affordable two set menu at lunchtime. Metro: Motte Piquet Grenelle. Two metro stops from Eiffel tower. Pleasant long walk from Eiffel Tower through Champs de Mars and rue du Commerce. Map.
Paris 75015 France
Café du Commerce is a quality restaurant
Affordable restaurant in Paris with a view
There are few affordable restaurants in Paris with a view. A good choice is the bistronomic lunch cruise, combining a French lunch, a cruise with a view of the city and the Eiffel Tower. A good and affordable package.
The bistronomic Seine lunch cruise is a one and a half hour cruise. Admire Notre-Dame, Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower, enjoying a three course gastronomic lunch.
The lunch cruise is an affordable package
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Located near Sorbonne University in the left bank, 3-star Hotel Henri IV offers 13 luxury rooms with period furniture and painted ceilings. It is a 10 minute walk to Notre-Dame. Marble fireplaces and vintage paintings give the rooms a 19th-century feel. This property has one of the best-rated locations and is also rated for the best value in town.
Paris 75005 France
Hotel Residence Henri IV is in Left Bank
Asian restaurants in Paris
Most very affordable restaurants in town are Asian or oriental. They change rapidly making it hard to propose a selection.
Rue Sainte-Anne (map) close to Le Louvre, has many good and cheap Japanese restaurants.
Good and affordable Asian restaurants are plenty around avenue d'Ivry (map) in the 13th arrondissement chinese neighbourhood.
We are regulars of Les Pâtes Vivantes (46, rue du Faubourg Montmartre and 3 rue de Turbigo) specialized in Chinese noodles and Mian Fan (124, boulevard du Montparnasse, 20 rue Mogador, 15 Bvd Montmartre, 40, rue Saint-Georges) serving tasty Asian fusion food.
Greek and Lebanese restaurants can be found around rue Saint-Séverin (map) near Notre-Dame and Rue Mouffetard near Le Panthéon.
Mian Fan serves Asian fusion food
Le Louvre Japanese restaurant
Higuma has two very cheap restaurants near Louvre Museum and Opéra Garnier, serving traditional Japanese food, such as ramen, donburi, itamemono, gyozas and ramen. No sushis or sashimis.
The ramen are excellent: bowl of broth made from soybean paste with fresh pasta, bamboo shoots, pork, bean sprouts or bowl of salt based broth with fresh pasta, lots of various vegetables. The stir-fries (itamemono) are delicious, especially the large bowl of rice covered with pork, squid, various vegetables in Japanese sauce.
Try the often busy Higuma rue Sainte-Anne, near Le Louvre, in the Japanese restaurant street. No bookings.
Paris 75001 France
Paris 75002 France
Higuma is cheapest restaurant near Le Louvre
Affordable restaurant left bank
Bouillon Racine represents over 100 years of culinary history close to the Sorbonne University in the heart of the left bank. It was created in 1906 as a bouillon, the ancestors of Parisian brasseries serving food to working people. Its Art Nouveau setting made of carved wood, ceramics, mirrors and glass paintings, is one of the most beautiful in town.
Where food is concerned, the chef Alexandre Belthoise has selected a subtle blend of modern day and more traditional dishes. Two course set menu at lunchtime during week for 19.5 euros. 3 course menu at 42 euros for lunch and dinner.
Very close to Luxembourg Gardens. Paris metro: Cluny La Sorbonne metro station lilne on 10 or Luxembourg metro station on RER B. Map.
Paris 75006 France
Bouillon Racine is near Luxembourg Gardens
Bofinger, an affordable brasserie
At walking distance of Le Marais and Opéra Bastille, Bofinger is one of the best Paris brasseries. Its history dates back to 1864, when Frédéric Bofinger opened a brewery. It was the first Parisian establishment where draft beer was served, hence its name Brasserie. In 1919, Brasserie Bofinger adorned itself with an exceptional Art Nouveau setting.
Bofinger serves exemplary seafood, one of the best sauerkraut in Paris, and other tasty dishes and desserts. Extensive wine list from Alsace and all regions of France. Courteous and efficient service. Menu at 35 euros and formula at 19.90 euros at lunch.
Paris 75004 France
Bofinger is an affordable brasserie
Le Cochon à l'Oreille
Founded in 1905, Le Cochon à l'Oreille is the oldest bistro in Les Halles, a now very touristy district. This rare no tourist and tiny bistro keeps live the Les Halles food and service tradition.
A very good authentic address, well preserved in its 1900 architecture, the restaurant gets its supplies directly from selected producers and prepares a tasty cuisine. We like very much the rum baba.
Affordable two or three course set menu at lunch time during the week.
Paris 75001 France
Le Cochon à l'oreille is a rare bistro in Les Halles
Notre-Dame affordable restaurant
Parisians like us can miss La Tourelle for years. The local who recommended it to us hesitated. If more people know the place, it could change the wrong way. No web site. No thrills. They focus on food the old way and serve delicious home made French dishes at more than affordable prices for this district. The two course set menu costs 19 euro.
For more than 100 years, Café de la Tourelle has been a neighborhood restaurant for working Parisians. While the place has changed hands a few times, most recently in 2000, nothing much has changed. There is nothing hip about La Tourelle. No trendy menu, no cute server, no floral arrangement. Even the address, though in a highly touristic district near Notre-Dame, is in a quiet side street off the busy Boulevard Saint-Michel. Get in and try it. Metro: Saint Michel line 4. Map. Close to Notre-Dame. No web site.
Paris 75006 France
La Tourelle is an authentic French restaurant
Best affordable French gastronomy
Most quality French gastronomic restaurants have a set menu at lunch time, but dinner is much more expensive. Le Petit Marguery is one of very few French gastronomic restaurants serving the set meny at dinner time.
The menu is renewed every day with products sourced in Rungis market. The traditional French specialties follow the seasons. The famous Grand-Marnier soufflé is always on the menu. The wine list showcases selected estates in France. Pierre-André Choisnett is a great young cook and Youssoupha Tabouré makes up for a warm and efficient service.
Three course set menu at lunch and dinner time costs 39 euros. Unbeatable two course menu with café at lunch and dinner time.
Paris 75013 France
Welcome to Le Petit Marguery
Affordable and welcoming restaurant
Boualem and Yakob opened le Petit Plaisir restaurant in the left bank a few metro stops away from Montparnasse and Saint-Germain-des-Près. These very welcoming brothers perpetuate the tradition of affordable restaurants for locals. Good cuisine made from fresh products, good French wine, very affordable set menu at lunch time, Parisian atmosphere.
If you would like to take your time and go off the beaten tourist track, rush to Le Petit Plaisir. This is Paris at its best.
Paris metro: Plaisance line 4. Map.
Paris 75014 France
Warm welcome you at Le Petit Plaisir
Bouillon Chartier Grands Boulevards
An Art Nouveau iconic restaurant, Chartier is over 100 years old. In 1896, the Bouillon Chartier was born out to provide a decent meal at a very affordable price and give customers good service in order to earn their loyalty.
50 million meals later, the recipe is still every bit as much a success. The dishes are traditional but with a wide range of choices at frankly unbeatable prices. Enjoy leek vinaigrette, hard-boiled eggs with mayonnaise, vegetable soup or snails for starters; meat, fish or stews come next. The menu is a long one, the meals are authentic and the mains are around 10 euros. For dessert, ask for the famous home-made Chantilly cream.
Chartier takes no reservations and there is often a big line. Metro: Grands Boulevards station, line 8,9. Map. Close to Grévin Museum.
Paris 75009 France
Bouillon Chartier is a Art Nouveau brasserie
Cheap restaurants Montparnasse
Galettes and crepes are the iconic dishes of Brittany, the region west from Paris bordering the Atlantic Ocean. They make up together a delicious affordable meal. Due to its proximity to Gare Montparnase with trains to Brittany, rue du Monrparnasse has many affordable and delicious creperies competing with each other. Waiting time is variable.
Paris 75014 France
Paris 75014 France
Paris 75014 France
Paris 75014 France
Creperies are among the cheapest restaurants