Brasserie under the arcades of the square · €€€
The brasserie on the corner where the rue des Francs-Bourgeois meets the square, under the same arcades as the hotel, and the Café des Arcades in the 19th century. It opens every day from 8am to 1am, with the kitchen running from noon, so it covers Sunday, Monday and a late dinner. Order the six escargots at €15, the onion soup at €15, a knife-cut steak tartare at €28 or the bœuf bourguignon at €27, and Berthillon ice cream after. Book for dinner.
Reserve ahead19 Place des Vosges
Provençal bistro with a pastis list · €€
A Provençal bistro just north of the square, with a southern dining room and a terrace under olive trees, open every day for lunch and dinner. The cooking is the south done simply: panisse chips, brandade of haddock with aïoli, gambas flambéed in pastis, and a chocolate mousse to finish. The pastis list runs to 74, which is the reason to start with one. Book, and especially for the terrace or for a Sunday or Monday, when Anne is shut.
Reserve ahead2 Rue Roger Verlomme
Two-star classic on the square · €€€€
Across the square at no. 9, and the most famous dining room on it: Bernard Pacaud's restaurant held three MICHELIN stars for 37 years until he retired in August 2025. Shintaro Awa, twelve years with Éric Fréchon at Le Bristol, now cooks, and the 2026 guide gives it two stars. The eight-course menu is €410 a head for the whole table, and the carte keeps the langoustine feuillantine with sesame and curry at €145. Dinner on Tuesday, lunch and dinner Wednesday to Saturday, and it usually closes for three weeks in August and two in February. Book well ahead.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks out9 Place des Vosges
One-star set menu, under twenty seats · €€€€
Hubert Duchenne's one-star room on a side street between the square and Bastille, with fewer than twenty seats. Dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm to 10pm, on a set menu at €105 for five courses or €130 for seven, with wine pairings at €75 and €90. The cooking follows the market, and razor clams with parsley are the signature. Book online or by phone between 2pm and 11pm; the restaurant calls back to confirm. Like Anne, it is shut on Sunday and Monday.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks out13 Rue Jean-Beausire
Alsatian brasserie of 1864 under a glass cupola · €€€
The brasserie Frédéric Bofinger opened in 1864; the Art Nouveau glass cupola, mirrors and banquettes came with the redecoration of 1919. It is Alsace in Paris: choucroute strasbourgeoise at €24.50, the full Bofinger version at €28.50, flammekueche at €10.50, and a seafood bank whose Bofinger platter is €89.50. The weekday lunch of two courses is €19.90. Open every day: Monday to Saturday from noon to 3pm (3.30pm on Saturday) and 6.30pm to midnight, and Sunday from noon to 11pm without a break. Book for dinner.
Reserve ahead5-7 Rue de la Bastille
Speakeasy behind a pizzeria's cold-room door · €€
A Prohibition-style bar behind Da Vito, a pizzeria on the rue Sedaine: walk through the restaurant and push the door of the cold room at the back. The 2026 to 2027 cocktail list is printed as a set of postcards, from €14 to €17 a glass. It opens every night from 7pm to 2am and takes no reservations, so arrive early in the evening if you want a seat.
Walk in5 Rue Sedaine
Israeli pita counter in the old Jewish quarter · €
Eyal Shani's pita counter, open since 2013 in the streets that were the historic heart of Jewish Paris. A whole roasted cauliflower with olive oil and coarse salt is €8, a falafel burger pita €10, a minute steak pita €12 and bœuf bourguignon in a pita €13.50. Open Sunday to Thursday from noon to 11pm and on Friday from noon to 4pm, and closed on Saturday. No booking needed. The cheapest good meal on this list, and open on Sunday and Monday.
Walk in22 Rue des Écouffes
Buckwheat crêperie · €
The Marais branch of the Breton crêperie, open every day from 9am to 11pm. The galettes are organic Breton buckwheat, stone-ground and gluten free: a complète with egg, ham, comté and Bordier butter at €12.80, or the Cancalaise with smoked herring and potato at €17.50, then a sweet crêpe. It closes for about ten days in February (from 9 to 18 February in 2026), so check before a winter trip. Book for dinner and at weekends.
Reserve ahead109 Rue Vieille du Temple
The buffet runs from 7am to 10.30am, served on the terrace in the garden courtyard you cross on arrival or indoors in the fireplace lounge, and breakfast can be brought to the room on request. The hotel publishes no price for it, and whether it is included depends on the rate you book; every room also has a Nespresso machine and a kettle. On a fine morning the terrace is the reason to take it in the hotel at least once. Outside, Ma Bourgogne opens at 8am for a coffee under the arcades, two minutes away, though its kitchen starts at noon, and Breizh Café, ten minutes away, opens at 9am every day for galettes and crêpes.
