Guidebook for Paris
Food Scene
Great steak frites...Adults and kids will love it! Be ready...there is no menu, they will just come to your table and ask you how you like your meat cooked!
266 locals recommend
Le Relais de L’Entrecôte
20 Rue Saint-BenoîtGreat steak frites...Adults and kids will love it! Be ready...there is no menu, they will just come to your table and ask you how you like your meat cooked!
Great pizza, pasta and other Italian food. The owner speaks English and is American-Italian. Very friendly, a hit with adults and kids
42 locals recommend
La Massara
70 Rue de TurbigoGreat pizza, pasta and other Italian food. The owner speaks English and is American-Italian. Very friendly, a hit with adults and kids
Our favorite creperie by far!!!! Note...no reservations and there can be a bit of a line up so go early.
84 locals recommend
La Crêperie de Josselin
67 Rue du MontparnasseOur favorite creperie by far!!!! Note...no reservations and there can be a bit of a line up so go early.
Great seafood, they also do wonderful take out - you can go an order a plate of oysters which comes with rye bread, pate, lemon etc.
11 locals recommend
Le Bar à Huîtres - Montparnasse by d o r r PARIS
112 Bd du MontparnasseGreat seafood, they also do wonderful take out - you can go an order a plate of oysters which comes with rye bread, pate, lemon etc.
Great classic French food with a modern twist, also in a beautiful old building with exposed stone and wood beams. One of our favorites.
31 locals recommend
L'Épi Dupin
11 Rue DupinGreat classic French food with a modern twist, also in a beautiful old building with exposed stone and wood beams. One of our favorites.
Le Tibre
3 Rue Sainte-BeuveNice French, Chef speaks english
Amorino Buci
4 Rue de BuciOur local ice cream place....yummy!
Famous French restaurant, very well known for steak tartar.
114 locals recommend
La Closerie Des Lilas
171 Bd du MontparnasseFamous French restaurant, very well known for steak tartar.
Essentials
Boucherie Bréa
21 Rue BréaOur favorite butcher;)
Perfect wine store...and a couple doors up is a great cheese store to go with your wine;)
Nicolas Delambre
8 Rue DelambrePerfect wine store...and a couple doors up is a great cheese store to go with your wine;)
La Boulangerie Julien
Our favorite bakery;)
Great fish store...cheese store right next door as well, although I cant tag it in the guide book for some reason
7 locals recommend
Fishmonger Dome
4 Rue DelambreGreat fish store...cheese store right next door as well, although I cant tag it in the guide book for some reason
Shopping
Great shopping....park next door with merry go round....
1186 locals recommend
Le Bon Marche Rive Gauche
24 Rue de SèvresGreat shopping....park next door with merry go round....
Classic French candies...and some international favorites....The lady who owns the store is very nice and knows where all the different sweets come from, history, etc
Les Bonbons
Classic French candies...and some international favorites....The lady who owns the store is very nice and knows where all the different sweets come from, history, etc
Everything Else
Good grocery store...there is one closer though beside café vavin (corner of Notre-Dame des champs & rue vavin, 200m on your right when you leave the apartment, there is also a Dia 100m on your left.
833 locals recommend
Franprix
16 Rue Alexandre ParodiGood grocery store...there is one closer though beside café vavin (corner of Notre-Dame des champs & rue vavin, 200m on your right when you leave the apartment, there is also a Dia 100m on your left.
I love hot yoga, this one is 5min from our place, they all speak English and french
Yoga Garden Rive Gauche: Hot Yoga Tous Niveaux Paris -
3 Rue Campagne PremièreI love hot yoga, this one is 5min from our place, they all speak English and french
Arts & Culture
Wonderful old theatre with loads of kid friendly performances! (movies and theatre)
54 locals recommend
Lucernaire
53 Rue Notre Dame des ChampsWonderful old theatre with loads of kid friendly performances! (movies and theatre)