Restaurant recommendations in Paris

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We will be in Paris for a few days next month. We are staying in the 3rd (Haut Marais) area. If you have any recommendations of lunch/dinner restaurants, we would appreciate them. We are looking for more small, bistro like places. We are not interested in the big name €200 per person places. Fresh food, decent wine, comfortable atmosphere, and hopefully available without a 2 hour wait would be perfect. We like food of all kinds so ethnic restaurants are welcome.

Thanks,

Michael

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Brasserie Julien.

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Restaurant l’Ange 20 is good value and food and takes online reservations. Or grab a falafel and walk the neighborhood

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This is a great recommendation. We are staying about 4 blocks from this place on the same street. Couldn’t get luckier.


Thanks to everyone else and keep the recommendations coming.

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We go to Paris about twice a year and have our favorites. Most take reservations online or by email via their websites. We only go to smaller bistros or brasseries.
Pirouette near Les Halles https://www.restaurantpirouette.com/
La Bourse et la Vie in the 1st http://www.labourselavie.com/en/
Chez La Vieille http://www.chezlavieille.fr/en/
Astier Restaurant Astier Paris 11
Le Coup Chou http://www.lecoupechou.com/
Le Souffle http://www.lesouffle.fr/ All Souffles
Poulette http://www.pouletterestaurant.com/ Beautiful tiled walls inside!
Chez Julien http://www.chezjulien.paris/
Au Vieux Paris d’Arcole http://restaurantauvieuxparis.fr/ near Notre Dame - Wisteria covered exterior. You choose your own wine from their cellar.

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Thanks Diane.

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Here are a few more:

Philou
Clown Bar
Les Arlots
Amarante
Chez L’Ami Jean
Kitchen Ter(re)
Tomy & Co
Le Timbre
Vivant
Le Servan
Le Baratin
Le Bon Georges
Elmer
Le Bon Saint Poirćain
Au Passage
Clover
Le Chateaubriand
Saturne

None of which should cost more tha €100/person for dinner. Most are less; many are much less.

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A few that I usually visit when I am in town:

  • Breizh Cafe in the 3rd. The very well known Bretagne creperie. They take reservation requests online now (thankfully).
  • Les Bouquinistes in the 6th, not far from the Marais at all. This is a Guy Savoy restaurant, so it is a big name, but the prices are quite reasonable for the quality.
  • Bistrot Victoires in the 1st. A classic, honest bistro.
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Thanks everyone. Looks like I will have no problem finding great places to eat.