Where to eat at and around Le Grand Mazarin
You are on the corner of Rue de la Verrerie and Rue des Archives, between the Hôtel de Ville and the old Jewish quarter around Rue des Rosiers, with the Île Saint-Louis across the river. Inside there is one restaurant, Boubalé, which serves breakfast, then Levantine and Mediterranean sharing plates from noon to 10.30 pm every day, and a seated brunch on Sunday; Le Bar de Boubalé pours most cocktails at €17 to €19 from 5 pm to 2 am, and room service runs around the clock. Outside, within nine minutes on foot, are a bistro that has served the neighbourhood since 1912, a pita counter, a wood-fire grill, a 1953 brasserie on the island and enough places open on Sunday and Monday to cover any night.
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- 5 min walk
Cycling café, coffee and breakfast · €
A small cycling café on the street that runs down to the Pont Louis-Philippe, and the earliest opening on this page: it opens at 8 am every day and closes at 4.30 pm on weekdays and 6 pm at weekends. The beans come from Paris roasters, Belleville and Coutume among them. A flat white is €5, a croissant €2.50, a croissant filled with ham and cheddar €7 and a granola bowl €8. There is no booking, and dogs are welcome.
Walk in17 Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe
- 6 min walk
Burgundy bistro with an all-Burgundy wine list · €€
A bistro given over to Burgundy, on the plate and in the glass: the wine list is entirely Burgundian, by the glass or the bottle, which makes it an easy place for a glass of white or red Burgundy with dinner. Order the six Burgundy snails at €12, eggs en meurette at €13 and the house bœuf bourguignon at €24, with Berthillon ice cream to finish. It is open every day from noon to 11.30 pm, with a lunch slate at €25 or €30, and the terrace is heated in winter. Book by phone for dinner.
Reserve ahead52 Rue François Miron
- 6 min walk
Paris bistro since 1912, run by Alain Ducasse's group · €€€
The bistro that has fed this part of Paris since 1912, in Alain Ducasse's hands for about twenty years, and the classic bistro dinner of the neighbourhood. The carte is the old repertoire done properly: pâté en croûte at €28, onion soup at €24, six snails at €18, the house cassoulet at €38 and profiteroles with hot chocolate sauce at €14. On weekdays lunch is €32 for two courses or €42 for three. It opens every day, for lunch from noon to 2 pm and dinner from 7 pm to 10 pm. Book.
Reserve ahead20 Rue Saint-Martin
- 6 min walk
Israeli pita counter in the old Jewish quarter · €
Eyal Shani's pita counter, here since 2013 on a street off Rue des Rosiers, and the cheapest good meal on this page. Start with the whole roasted cauliflower, olive oil and coarse salt, at €8, then a falafel burger in pita at €10, the minute steak pita at €12 or the bœuf bourguignon pita at €13.50. It opens Sunday to Thursday from noon to 11 pm and on Friday from noon to 4 pm, and it is closed on Saturday. No booking: order at the counter and find a seat.
Walk in22 Rue des Écouffes
- 8 min walk
Wood-fire grill with shared tables, since 1958 · €€
A Marais grill since 1958, where the meat is cooked over a wood fire and you will often share a table with strangers. Order the côte de bœuf for two, about a kilo, at €70, an entrecôte at €26 or lamb chops at €26, each with sautéed potatoes or a salad, and start with the black pudding at €10. Dinner runs from 5.30 pm to 10 pm on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with lunch on Saturday too, and on Sunday it is open from noon to 10 pm. It is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Book.
Reserve ahead64 Rue Vieille du Temple
- 8 min walk
Tea room in an old printworks, since 1980 · €€
A tea room since 1980 in a former Marais printworks, its walls hung with old posters and painted with frescoes after Alice in Wonderland, its furniture from the flea market. Everything is made on the premises: breakfast, a lunch menu that changes daily, brunch and an afternoon table of tarts and cakes, of which the lemon meringue is the famous one. It opens every day from 9 am to 7.30 pm and takes no reservations, so arrive early at the weekend.
Walk in3 Rue des Rosiers
Brasserie de l'Isle Saint-Louis
9 min walkFamily-run brasserie of 1953, facing Notre-Dame · €€
On the tip of the Île Saint-Louis facing Notre-Dame, a brasserie the same family has run since 1953, with wooden tables, red moleskine and a terrace under red and gold awnings. The cooking is the brasserie canon: choucroute garnie at €26.50, cassoulet at €25, entrecôte with béarnaise at €34.50, sole meunière at €48, six Burgundy snails at €14 and Berthillon ice cream from €7. It is open from noon to 10.30 pm, closed on Wednesday, and takes no reservations.
Walk in55 Quai de Bourbon
Breakfast
Breakfast is a buffet in Boubalé from 7 am to 10.30 am every day, and it can also come to the room, since room service runs around the clock. It is included in some rates and charged on others, and the hotel publishes no current price for it, so check what your rate says before you book. Guests rate it well below the rooms and the service. On Sunday the restaurant also serves a seated brunch from noon to 3 pm at €49 a head.
Outside, Le Peloton Café, five minutes away, opens at 8 am every day for coffee from Paris roasters and croissants. La Caféothèque, seven minutes away facing the Seine and the Île Saint-Louis, roasts its own coffee and opens at 9 am on weekdays and 9.30 am at weekends, and Le Loir dans la Théière serves a sit-down breakfast from 9 am every day.
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Good questions about Le Grand Mazarin
Where can I eat near Le Grand Mazarin?
You are on the corner of Rue de la Verrerie and Rue des Archives, between the Hôtel de Ville and the old Jewish quarter around Rue des Rosiers, with the Île Saint-Louis across the river. Inside there is one restaurant, Boubalé, which serves breakfast, then Levantine and Mediterranean sharing plates from noon to 10.30 pm every day, and a seated brunch on Sunday; Le Bar de Boubalé pours most cocktails at €17 to €19 from 5 pm to 2 am, and room service runs around the clock. Outside, within nine minutes on foot, are a bistro that has served the neighbourhood since 1912, a pita counter, a wood-fire grill, a 1953 brasserie on the island and enough places open on Sunday and Monday to cover any night. Le Peloton Café, 5 min walk. Au Bourguignon du Marais, 6 min walk. Benoit, 6 min walk.
Our verdict
Book Le Grand Mazarin for the rooms themselves, a maximalist set piece made by French workshops, with a mosaic pool beneath them and the Marais at the door. Pay for a Prestige Room, ask for the winter-garden side, and you have the best of it.
Last checked: October 2026