Restaurants in Paris for Solo Travelers and Digital Nomads

1758 venues
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    Grazia Maria
    13, Rue du Borrégo, 75020
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    Volfoni
    16, Boulevard de la République, Boulogne-Billancourt, 92100
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    Loufoque
    57, Rue Galande, 75005
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    à Smorfia
    158, Rue Saint-Maur, 75011
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    Caffe dei Fratelli
    10, Rue des Pyramides, Paris, 75001
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    Kitchen
    32, Rue Tiquetonne
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    La Recyclerie
    83, Boulevard Ornano, Paris, 75018
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    Manteigaria - Fábrica de Pastéis de Nata Rambuteau
    24, Rue Rambuteau, 75003
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    Phở Banh Cuon 14
    129, Avenue de Choisy, Paris, 75013
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    Le Temps des cerises
    18-20, Rue de la Butte-aux-Cailles, Paris, 75013
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    Casa Luisa
    19, Chaussée de la Muette, Paris, 75016
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    Chez Gladines
    30, Rue des Cinq Diamants, 75013
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    La Petite Sœur
    37, Rue du Couédic, Paris, 75014
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    Café Juliette
    1, Rue d'Avron, Paris, 75020
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    Il CaraBistro
    151, Grande Rue
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    Gare aux vins
    26, Boulevard Diderot
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    Caffé Vito
    12, Rue des Archives, Paris, 75004
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    Regalia
    1, Rue de la Convention, Paris, 75015
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    Végét'Halles
    41, Rue des Bourdonnais, Paris, 75001
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    Le Marais Restaurant Paris
    47, Rue de Turbigo
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    Le Florissant
    3, Rue Bézout, Paris, 75014
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    Au Chien qui Fume
    33, Rue du Pont Neuf, Paris, 75001
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    L'Auberge Auvergnate
    15, rue Saint-Hilaire
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    Le Murmure
    108, Rue de la Convention
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    Les Rêveuses
    15, Rue Saint-Blaise, 75020
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    Le Confidentiel
    6, Rue Robert Estienne
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    L'Avenue
    120, Avenue de France, 75013
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    Brasserie Victor Hugo
    4, Place Victor Hugo, Paris, 75016
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    Le Chalet
    63, Rue de la Pompe, Paris, 75116
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    L'invitée
    25, Rue Thénard, 75005
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    Yum
    40, Avenue Léon Gambetta, Montrouge, 92120
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    Le Zanzibar
    171, quai de Bonneuil
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    Seoul Mama
    245 bis, Rue Saint-Jacques, 75005
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    Dong Huong
    14, Rue Louis Bonnet
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    Café Nenesse
    23, Rue de la Butte-aux-Cailles, 75013
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    Folie Liberté
    137, Rue de Paris, Charenton-le-Pont, 94220
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    Zen
    8, Rue de l'Échelle
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    Le Petit Gourmet
    59bis, avenue du Bac
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    Evviva!
    61, avenue du Bac
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    Nonna Clelia
    75018
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    Bella Vita
    58, Rue de Sèvres, Boulogne-Billancourt, 92100
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    Wok Grill Épinay
    97, Avenue de Lattre de Tassigny, 93800
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    Les Pâquerettes
    4, Rue des Pâquerettes, Antony, 92160
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    Gourou
    42, Rue Léon Frot, Paris, 75011
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    Red Sauce
    9, Cour des Petites Écuries, 75010
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    El Malouf
    49, Avenue de Paris, Villejuif, 94800
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    Rocaille
    24, Rue de la Parcheminerie, Paris, 75005
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    Le Perraudin
    157, Rue Saint-Jacques, 75005
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    À Table
    92, Rue de la Réunion, Paris, 75020
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    Botza
    86, Rue Botzaris, Paris, 75019
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    L'Amourette
    54, Rue Robespierre
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    L'Éphémère
    228, Avenue du Maine, 75014
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    Nido
    2, Rue de l'Église, 94300
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    Sushi Asahi
    146;148, Avenue du 8 Mai 1945
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    Léon de Bruxelles
    82, Boulevard du Montparnasse, 75014
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    Nouilles ceintures
    17, Rue du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris, 75009
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    Le Flore
    108, Rue Jean Jaurès, 92800
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    Joayo
    7, Rue d'Alésia, 75014
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    La Goutte d'Eau
    75014
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    Chantefable
    93, Avenue Gambetta
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    Street Point
    57, Rue Beaunier, Paris, 75014
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    L'Orangerie
    Allée de la Glacière, Saint-Cloud, 92210
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    Sherazade
    16, Rue Raymond Lefèbvre, 94250
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    211
    211, Avenue Jean Jaurès
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    Le Petit Josselin
    59, Rue du Montparnasse, Paris, 75006
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    Chez Jeanne
    58, Rue du Montparnasse, 75014
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    Konvives
    86, Rue de la Jonquière, Paris, 75017
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    UrbanSoccer le Restaurant
    50, Route de la Mare Adam, Meudon, 92360
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    Grazie Mille
    59
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    Les Petites Canailles
    80, Rue Amelot, Paris, 75011
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    Hubao burger
    65, Boulevard Romain Rolland, Montrouge, 92120
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    MONK La Taverne de Cluny
    51, Rue de la Harpe, Paris, 75005
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    La Petite Hostellerie
    35, Rue de la Harpe
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    Cabas
    6, Rue Victor Hugo, Pantin, 93500
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    Chez Gladines
    44, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75005
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    Au Bureau
    12, Place Maurice Berteaux, Chatou, 78400
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    Capsule
    2, Rue Cassini
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    Le Buron
    119, Avenue Félix Faure, Paris, 75015
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    Papi Restaurant
    46, Rue Richer, Paris, 75009
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    Quantim
    145, Grande Rue, 92380
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    Benoit
    20, Rue Saint-Martin, Paris, 75004
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    Café Georges V
    120, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 75008
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    Le Merrill
    140, Avenue de Villiers, Paris, 75017
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    Chez Françoise
    10, Rue Amélie, Paris, 75007
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    Le Relais de Venise
    271, Boulevard Pereire, Paris, 75017
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    Ti amo
    27, Boulevard Auguste Blanqui, 75013
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    Yume House
    7, Place Jean-Michel Basquiat, 75013
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    Italian Trattoria
    125, Avenue de France, Paris, 75013
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    Le Chalet Savoyard
    58, Rue de Charonne, 75011
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    Bocoff
    5, Rue Curial
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    Bouillon Chartier Montparnasse
    59, Boulevard du Montparnasse, 75006
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    Caballito
    28, Avenue de Laumière, Paris, 75019
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    Chez Gladines Batignolles
    74, Boulevard des Batignolles, 75017
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    Recoin
    60, Rue Saint-Sabin, 75011
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    Paris Pyla
    4, Place du 18 Juin 1940, 75006
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    BENTI
    16, Rue des Filles du Calvaire, 75003
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    Chez Janou
    2, Rue Roger Verlomme, Paris, 75003
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    Black Pinky
    30, Rue de la Gaîté
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    Brutus
    28, Rue de la Gaîté, 75014
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    Mex'iik Mer Et Terre
    104, Rue de Charonne, 75011
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    L'Étoile Berbère
    16, Rue des Vertus, 75003
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    Darkoum
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    Schwartz's Deli
    7, Avenue d'Eylau, 75116
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    L'esprit de famille
    30, Avenue des Fruitiers, Saint-Denis, 93200
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    Mazeh
    65, Rue des Entrepreneurs, 75015
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    Sushi Izakaya
    38 bis
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    Big Black Cook
    5, Rue Tiquetonne
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    Cocoricains
    6, Rue Saint-Marc
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    Chez Suzette
    23, Boulevard Poissonnière, Paris, 75002
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    Cooking Cuisine Maison
    19, Rue des Cheminots
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    Cavalino
    96, Avenue Daumesnil, 75012
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    French Eyes
    5, Place Jean-Michel Basquiat, 75013
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    La Cantine du Troquet
    53, Boulevard de Grenelle, Paris, 75015
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    Mamine Batignolles
    19, Rue des Dames, 75017
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    Mandoobar
    7, Rue d'Édimbourg, Paris
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    À la Biche au Bois
    45, Avenue Ledru-Rollin
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    La chouette
    143, Avenue Émile Zola
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    East Mamma
    133, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75011
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    Kodawari Ramen (Yokochō)
    29, Rue Mazarine, 75006
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    Pinocchio
    75014
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    Créole Avenue
    17, Rue de Villeneuve, Rungis, 94150
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    Sumibi Kaz
    11, Rue de Montyon, Paris, 75009
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    Benti - Restaurant tunisien Paris 11
    31, Rue Léon Frot
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    Madame Ngo
    96, Rue Daguerre, 75014
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    Le Rustic
    151, Rue de Bicêtre, 94240
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    Mamie Burger
    21, Rue du Faubourg Montmartre, 75009
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    Le Bouclier de Bacchus
    18, Rue Saint-Lazare, Paris, 75009
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    Chez Quyen-Chi
    53, Avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92160
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    Bistro des Lettres
    33, Rue de Bièvre, Paris, 75005
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    Thaï Viêt Gourmet
    40 bis, Rue de Tolbiac, 75013
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    L'Argument
    121, Rue de la Convention, Paris, 75015
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    Le P'tit Breton
    12, Rue de Port Mahon, 75002
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    Ghido Ramen Paris
    77, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, 75010
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    Ippudo Louvre
    74, Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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    Fama
    17, Rue de Maubeuge, Paris 9eme Arrondissement, 75009
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    Takuto
    71, Rue de Seine
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    L'Amuse Gueule
    7, Rue Rambuteau
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    Tifinagh
    17, Rachel
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    Canard et Champagne
    57, Passage des Panoramas, 75002
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    Tutto Gusto
    2, Place Georges Pompidou, Clamart, 92140
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    Olabar
    54, Rue Jules Auffret, Pantin, 93500
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    Délices de Beyrouth
    151, Rue Saint-Martin, Paris, 75003
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    Domaine d’Olléac
    20, Rue Rousselet
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    Kunitoraya - Restaurant
    5, Rue Villedo, Paris, 75001
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    Tesoro d'Italia
    7, Rue Rougemont, 75009
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    Au 35
    35, Rue Jacob, Paris, 75006
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    Les Parisiens
    1, Rue du Pré aux Clercs
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    Akabeko
    40, Rue de l’Université
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    7 Spices
    114, Rue de Patay, Paris, 75013
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    Les Canotiers
    16, Avenue du Maréchal Foch
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    Les Apôtres de Pigalle
    2, Rue Germain Pilon, Paris, 75018
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    Sweetea’s
    61, Rue des Gravilliers
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    Le Bel Air
    127, Quai de l'Artois
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    Mokus L'Ecureuil
    116, Avenue Kléber
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    Arcimboldo
    22, Rue Cadet
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    Le Triton
    11 Bis, Rue du Coq Français, Les Lilas, 93260
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    Breathe Montorgueil
    3, Rue Mandar
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    Perle du Maroc
    261
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    Les Cariatides GAG
    3, Rue de Palestro, Paris, 75002
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    Au Poulet Braisé
    4, Rue Étienne Dolet, 75020
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    Au Poulet Braisé
    89, Avenue Maurice Thorez, 94200
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    Le Radis Beurre
    51, Boulevard Garibaldi, 75015
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    Rives de Bièvre
    Rue Camille Desmoulins, Cachan, 94230
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    We Cantine
    7, Rue des Déchargeurs, Paris, 75001
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    Série Limithée
    24, Rue Trousseau, 75012
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    Joayo
    239, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, 75011
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    Clasico Argentino
    79, Avenue Verdier, Montrouge, 92120
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    Crêperie Delft
    40, Rue des Peupliers
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    Paris London
    16, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, 75008
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    Momola
    16, Rue Henry Monnier, Paris, 75009
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    Assanabel
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    Bar à Iode - Charonne
    18, Rue Jean Macé, Paris, 75011
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    Co
    15, Rue Esclangon, Paris, 75018
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    Kura
    56, Rue de Boulainvilliers, Paris, 75016
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    Sésame et Sel
    13, Rue Roger Salengro, 94270
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    Cantine de Lotus
    7, Rue de la Michodière, Paris, 75002
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    Trois Fois Plus de Piment
    27, Rue Mouton Duvernet, 75014
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    La Maison Montreuil
    31, Rue du Capitaine Dreyfus, Montreuil, 93100
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    Cœur de Breizh
    16, Rue d'Odessa
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    Eataly Paris Marais
    37, Rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie, Paris, 75004
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    Dock B Pantin
    1, Place de la Pointe, Pantin, 93500
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    Brasserie la Belle Époque
    20, Rue du Cotentin
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    Acmé
    16, Rue de l'Asile Popincourt, Paris, 75011
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    La Lasagneria
    12, Rue Pierre Fontaine, Paris, 75009
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    La MiN
    45, Rue de Montreuil
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    La Bibimerie
    1, Rue Lucien Sampaix, Paris, 75010
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    Donyoku
    116, Rue Dalayrac, Fontenay-sous-Bois, 94120
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    Le QG 961
    41, Boulevard Jean Jaurès
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    Grand Café d’Athènes
    74, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis
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    Le Petit Harajuku
    129, Rue Oberkampf, Paris, 75011
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    Le Vaudésir
    41, Rue Dareau, Paris, 75014
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    Kodawari Ramen (Tsukiji)
    12, Rue de Richelieu, 75001
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    Chulita
    41, Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris, 75011
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    Les Marmottes
    26, Rue de la Grande Truanderie, Paris, 75001
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    Le Grand Bréguet
    17, Rue Bréguet, Paris, 75011
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    Peppe Pizzeria
    2, Place Saint-Blaise, Paris, 75020
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    Distrito Francés Marais
    25, Rue du Pont aux Choux, Paris, 75003
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    Aujourd'hui Demain
    Paris, 75011
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    Yemma
    119, Rue du Chemin Vert, Paris, 75011
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    Au Vieux Hanoï
    41, Rue Bézout, 75014

Paris serves up an endless array of restaurants, from tiny bistros to bustling market stalls, perfect for solo travelers and digital nomads. Use the Nomax app to find fellow diners, join a table, or plan a food-focused meet-up while exploring the city.

Paris restaurants range from classic neighborhood bistros and patisseries to modern tasting-menu spots. Expect croissants and pain au chocolat at bakeries, prix fixe lunches (typically €12–18), and dinner menus from €20–40 at mid-range places. Street crepes and sandwich jambon-beurre cost €4–8, while markets and food stalls often serve hearty meals for €6–15. For a splurge, tasting menus in fine-dining houses start around €60–120. Knowing typical prices helps solo travelers plan a day: bakery breakfast, market lunch, and a modest bistro dinner can be affordable and sociable. Certain neighborhoods are especially friendly for solo dining and exploration. Le Marais has eclectic bistros and many small tables; the Latin Quarter and Saint-Germain offer classic brasseries and student-friendly eateries; Canal Saint-Martin and Oberkampf are known for casual, communal-feel restaurants and bars. Montmartre and Belleville give you hilltop views and multicultural food scenes, while Rue Cler and Rue Mouffetard are market streets ideal for grab-and-go meals. Reservations are recommended for dinner in popular spots; midday meals often let you slip in without plans. Vegetarian and vegan options have exploded across Paris, with dedicated vegan restaurants in the 3rd, 9th and 11th arrondissements and many bistros offering meat-free mains. For authentic market energy, visit Marché des Enfants Rouges or Marché d'Aligre for regional produce, sandwiches and street bites. Tipping: service charge is usually included ("service compris"), so a small coin or rounding up is appreciated for good service. Use Nomax to find companions at markets, food halls, and late-night eateries, and to join locals at communal tables when you prefer company.

Local Tips

01

Use prix fixe lunch

Many bistros offer a set lunch menu (déjeuner) for about €12–18; it’s a budget-friendly way to taste classic French dishes during work hours.

02

Try market stalls

Visit Marché des Enfants Rouges or Marché d'Aligre for affordable, multicultural street food and fresh produce—great for quick solo meals.

03

Eat at the bar

Sit at the counter in small bistros to meet chefs and locals; it’s often easier for solo diners and faster than waiting for a table.

04

Look for vegan neighborhoods

The 3rd, 9th and 11th arrondissements have a growing number of vegan and vegetarian restaurants, with clear menu labeling.

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Guide to Restaurants in Paris

Eating out in Paris is one of the great pleasures of traveling here. The restaurant scene spans everything from budget-friendly street food stalls and local eateries to upscale dining rooms serving modern interpretations of traditional cuisine. For solo travelers and digital nomads, Paris's restaurants double as social spaces where conversations start easily over shared dishes and communal tables.

Traveler Tips for Restaurants in Paris

  • Local cuisine first: Skip the international chains and dive into Paris's local food scene. Ask hostel staff or fellow travelers on Nomax for their favourite neighbourhood restaurants.
  • Lunch menus: Many restaurants in Paris offer fixed-price lunch menus (menu del dia or similar) that are significantly cheaper than dinner — perfect for budget travelers.
  • Tipping customs: Research local tipping norms before dining out in Paris. Customs vary widely and what's generous in one country is offensive in another.
  • Food markets: Paris's food markets are excellent for sampling multiple dishes cheaply. They're also great places to meet other travelers.
  • Solo dining: Eating alone in Paris is completely normal. Sit at the bar or counter for a more social experience, or use Nomax to find dinner companions.

Whether you're craving authentic local dishes or international comfort food, Paris's restaurant scene delivers. Use Nomax to find other travelers who want to share a meal — splitting a table (and the bill) at a great restaurant is one of the best ways to make friends on the road.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to tip in Paris?

Tipping is not obligatory; most bills include service ("service compris"). Rounding up the bill or leaving 5–10% for excellent service is appreciated. For small cafés or takeout, leaving loose change or a euro is common.

How much should I budget for meals in Paris?

Expect €4–8 for bakery items or crepes, €6–15 at market stalls, €12–18 for a prix fixe lunch, and €20–40 for a mid-range dinner. Fine dining and tasting menus often start at €60 and can go much higher.

Are there vegetarian or vegan restaurants in Paris?

Yes, vegan and vegetarian options are widely available, especially in the 3rd, 9th and 11th arrondissements, Le Marais and near Canal Saint-Martin. Many traditional bistros also list meat-free options or can adapt dishes on request.

Where are the best neighborhoods for solo dining in Paris?

Le Marais, Saint-Germain, the Latin Quarter, Canal Saint-Martin, Oberkampf and Montmartre are great for solo dining. They offer a mix of casual counters, communal tables and friendly bars where solo travelers can feel comfortable.

Are there coworking spaces or cafés suitable for digital nomads?

Paris has many coworking spaces (WeWork, Spaces, local hubs) and cafés with Wi-Fi, but outlets and laptop-friendly policies vary. For longer work sessions, use a dedicated coworking space; for short work bursts, pick cafés in neighborhoods like Canal Saint-Martin or the 10th arrondissement and ask staff about power outlets.

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