Where to eat · Cheap eats · 36 picks · 17 districts

Cheap eats in Paris

Every pick at our lowest price tier: counters, canteens, bouillons and market stalls where eating well costs little. Re-checked for continued operation and grouped by district.

Last re-checked 22 Sep 2026 · all where to eat → · full ledger →

★Essentials — start here (2)

• ★ Le Traiteur Marocain (Enfants Rouges)€ · Covered-market stall · 3eA tiled corner stall inside Paris's oldest covered market, working through thirteen versions of couscous and a row of slow-cooked tagines under glass. The lemon chicken and the lamb-skewer couscous are the dependable orders, eaten elbow-to-elbow.✓ Verified open · 9 Sep 2026Tue–Sat ~10:00–20:00, Sun to 17:00 (market closed Mon)Among the oldest
• ★ Bodrum€ · Turkish / kebab · 17eThe meat is veal breast, boned and cut and marinated in a spice blend the owners trace to a grandfather's kitchen in Turkey — no turkey filler, which is the usual giveaway. People will tell you it's the best kebab in Paris; it is at least very good.✓ Verified open · 9 Sep 2026Mon–Sat 11:30–20:30Critics' pick

1er · Louvre & Les Halles (3)District guide →

• Aki€ · Japanese okonomiyakiAn Osaka specialist on the Japanese stretch of rue Sainte-Anne, where the okonomiyaki is griddled on a hot plate in front of you. The same family runs a bakery two doors down if the line is long.✓ Verified open · 22 Sep 2026Mon–Sat ~11:30–22:30; closed Sun
• Higuma€ · RamenOne of the long-standing institutions of rue Sainte-Anne, working an open kitchen and a no-reservations queue. The lamen comes in a gentle chūka-soba broth, the pan-fried gyoza are the reliable add-on, and the bill is about half a typical Parisian sit-down.✓ Verified open · 12 Sep 2026Daily 11:30–22:00
• Sanukiya€ · Japanese udon counterSanuki-style udon made with wheat flour from Kagawa, served thick and chewy at a counter where you watch the noodles go into the bowl. The queue down rue d'Argenteuil moves faster than it looks.✓ Verified open · 22 Sep 2026Daily ~11:30–22:00

2e · Bourse & Sentier (1)District guide →

• Le Petit Vendôme€ · Counter sandwiches & bistroA bar-counter sandwich on a properly crackly baguette — Cantal and ham, or garlic saucisson — a minute from Place Vendôme, for the price of a coffee in the cafés around it.✓ Verified open · 17 Sep 2026Mon 9:00–16:00; Tue–Sat 9:00–01:00; closed Sun

3e · Haut Marais (3)District guide →

• ★ Le Traiteur Marocain (Enfants Rouges)€ · Covered-market stallA tiled corner stall inside Paris's oldest covered market, working through thirteen versions of couscous and a row of slow-cooked tagines under glass. The lemon chicken and the lamb-skewer couscous are the dependable orders, eaten elbow-to-elbow.✓ Verified open · 9 Sep 2026Tue–Sat ~10:00–20:00, Sun to 17:00 (market closed Mon)Among the oldest
• Chez Alain Miam Miam€ · Galette-sandwich counterAlain Roussel griddles buckwheat galettes and toasted sandwiches to order — cured ham, comté, avocado, caramelised onions — a few steps from the Marché des Enfants Rouges. The queue at his counter is reliably the longest on the street.✓ Verified open · 10 Sep 2026Wed–Sun 09:00–17:00; closed Mon–Tue
• Le Barav€ · Wine bar with foodA corner wine bar with some 250 references you can drink on site or carry out from the attached cave, set against boards of charcuterie and cheese. Lunch is a short list of tartines, salads and a homemade plat.✓ Verified open · 15 Sep 2026Mon–Fri 12:00–15:00 & 18:30–00:30; Sat 18:30–00:30; closed Sun

4e · Le Marais & Île Saint-Louis (3)District guide →

• L'As du Fallafel€ · Levantine / falafelThe Rue des Rosiers benchmark since 1979: the 'special' pita, fried aubergine and red cabbage under tahini, eaten on the move.✓ Verified open · 15 Sep 2026Sun–Thu ~11:00–24:00; Fri until afternoon; closed SatLong-running
• Miznon€ · Israeli street foodEyal Shani's pita operation, transplanted from Tel Aviv, runs loud and fast on a narrow Pletzl street. The whole roasted cauliflower, charred and dressed in nothing but salt and tahini, has outlived the hype that first surrounded it.✓ Verified open · 19 Sep 2026Sun–Thu 12:00–23:30, Fri 12:00–16:00, closed Sat
• Pasta Linea€ · Fresh pasta counterA ten-seat Marais counter where Sylvie Pronzato and Alexis Pottecher make everything on site from organic flour and Italian produce. The rigatoni, lasagna and vegetable-laced penne are cooked to order, and the tiramisu is worth the wait.✓ Verified open · 21 Sep 2026Tue–Sat ~11:30–17:00; closed Sun–Mon

5e · Latin Quarter (1)District guide →

• Au P'tit Grec€ · Galette counterA takeaway window on the Mouffetard slope folding griddle galettes to order since 1981 — the complète, heavy with ham, egg and Gruyère, is the one people queue for.✓ Verified open · 9 Sep 2026Daily ~12:00–24:00Long-running

6e · Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1)District guide →

• Little Breizh€ · CrêperieA small Saint-Germain room where the buckwheat is organic and the galettes are folded with intent. The goat's-cheese-and-honey galette and a dessert crêpe of honey with buckwheat ice cream are the reasons to book.✓ Verified open · 18 Sep 2026Tue–Sat 12:00–14:30 & 19:00–22:30; closed Sun–Mon

9e · South Pigalle & Opéra (1)District guide →

• Bouillon Chartier (Grands Boulevards)€ · BouillonAn 1896 dining hall with bowtied waiters who still write your order on the paper cloth. Pot-au-feu or steak tartare, for the old cheap-Paris ritual.✓ Verified open · 10 Sep 2026Daily ~11:30–24:00; no reservationsLong-running

10e · Canal Saint-Martin & Gare du Nord (6)District guide →

• Jah Jah by Le Tricycle€ · Vegan Afro-CaribbeanA vegan Afro-Caribbean kitchen that grew out of three years selling hot dogs off a delivery tricycle. The daily bowls stack grains, legumes and sauce-slicked vegetables, flanked by cauliflower wings and the namesake hot dog.✓ Verified open · 14 Sep 2026Wed–Mon 12:00–15:00 & 19:00–22:00; closed Tue
• Krishna Bhavan€ · South Indian (vegetarian)Strictly vegetarian Tamil cooking on the Sri Lankan-Indian stretch of La Chapelle: paper-thin dosas the length of your forearm, thalis served in steel, chai in metal cups. Loud, fast, and priced so low it embarrasses the rest of the city.✓ Verified open · 14 Sep 2026Daily 11:30–21:00
• La Reine du Kashmir€ · Indian / PakistaniOne of the steadier kitchens in the covered Passage Brady, the glass-roofed alley of South Asian restaurants behind Strasbourg–Saint-Denis. Skip the touts working the passage and order the biryani or a tandoori-grill thali.✓ Verified open · 14 Sep 2026Daily ~12:00–23:00
• Le Petit Cambodge€ · Cambodian canteenA Cambodian canteen by the Canal Saint-Martin that built its name on one bowl: the bo bun.✓ Verified open · 17 Sep 2026Daily; no reservations
• Marché couvert Saint-Quentin€ · Covered marketParis's largest covered market, a glass-and-cast-iron hall wedged between the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est, with some thirty-five traders. The eating is unfussy and cheap: Moroccan tagines, Lebanese pita, Greek pastries, oysters with a glass of Muscadet.✓ Verified open · 19 Sep 2026Tue–Sat ~8:00–20:00, Sun to 13:30 (closed Mon)
• Urfa Dürüm€ · Kurdish / Turkish dürümA counter doing chicken or kefta dürüm grilled to order and rolled in a thin galette with herbs and onion — among the best cheap eats on Faubourg Saint-Denis.✓ Verified open · 9 Sep 2026Daily ~11:30–24:00 (check ahead)

11e · Oberkampf & Bastille (2)District guide →

• Dong Huong€ · VietnameseA big, plain Belleville canteen that has poured pho and bo-bun for 25 years. Order either; bring a group.✓ Verified open · 11 Sep 2026Mon, Wed–Sun ~12:00–22:30; closed Tue
• Nonette Bánh Mì€ · Vietnamese sandwich counterKhanh-Ly Huynh, who won the French Masterchef, runs this banh mi counter with house-made charcuterie and bread from baker Frédéric Lalos, plus Southeast-Asian-leaning donuts worth ordering. The confit pork banh mi is the one to get.✓ Verified open · 20 Sep 2026Lunch through afternoon; days vary

12e · Bastille, Bercy & Aligre (1)District guide →

• Le Baron Rouge€ · Market wine barWine straight from the barrel beside the Marché d'Aligre; in oyster season the crowd drinks standing on the pavement off upturned barrels.✓ Verified open · 15 Sep 2026Tue–Sun; closed Mon; oysters weekends Sep–Apr

13e · Chinatown & Butte-aux-Cailles (3)District guide →

• Chez Gladines (Butte-aux-Cailles)€ · Basque / Southwest FrenchVast Basque salads piled with potato, gizzards and Cantal, and hearty Southwest plates for big appetites, in the village streets of Butte-aux-Cailles.✓ Verified open · 10 Sep 2026Daily lunch & dinner; no reservations
• Les Tanneurs de la Butte€ · French bistroA bar-bistro on the cobbled spine of the Butte-aux-Cailles, dealing in the unembarrassed classics: tartare and fries, steak, saucisse with aligot. The room runs on regulars rather than passing trade.✓ Verified open · 18 Sep 2026Daily ~9am–2am
• Pho Bida Viet Nam€ · VietnameseA two-room canteen between Olympiades and Porte d'Ivry that locals treat as a reliable phở stop. The special with beef balls is the order; the bánh cuốn — steamed rice rolls, four to a plate — is the cheap aside worth adding.✓ Verified open · 21 Sep 2026Daily exc Mon eve, ~11:30–15:00 & 18:30–22:30

14e · Montparnasse & Denfert (1)District guide →

• Dat Viet€ · VietnameseA family Vietnamese near Denfert-Rochereau that cooks Hanoi street food without shortcuts — the bún chả, grilled pork over vermicelli, is the dish to order, and the kitchen makes a point of leaving out the MSG.✓ Verified open · 11 Sep 2026Mon–Sat 12–14:30 & 19–22:30; closed Sun

15e · Vaugirard & Beaugrenelle (1)District guide →

• Le Tipaza€ · North African / couscousA Berber couscous specialist running since 1984 near Boucicaut, semolina heaped under vegetables and charcoal-grilled meat, with tagines, bricks and chakchouka filling out the rest. Open seven days, which in the deep 15th counts for something.✓ Verified open · 18 Sep 2026Daily lunch & dinnerLong-running

17e · Batignolles & Monceau (3)District guide →

• ★ Bodrum€ · Turkish / kebabThe meat is veal breast, boned and cut and marinated in a spice blend the owners trace to a grandfather's kitchen in Turkey — no turkey filler, which is the usual giveaway. People will tell you it's the best kebab in Paris; it is at least very good.✓ Verified open · 9 Sep 2026Mon–Sat 11:30–20:30Critics' pick
• Les Caves Populaires€ · Wine barA blue-collar wine bar where a glass of the house red costs less than a métro ticket and a mixed charcuterie-and-cheese board runs €11. You can take an old wooden chair and play chess all afternoon under the big front window.✓ Verified open · 18 Sep 2026Mon–Sat 08:00–02:00, Sun from 11:00
• Menelik€ · EthiopianA long-running Ethiopian room in the back streets above the Batignolles, where the beyaynetu — an assortment of stews and pulses spread over sour injera — is meant to be torn into by hand, no cutlery. The €26 formula throws in an aperitif and a half-bottle of wine.✓ Verified open · 19 Sep 2026Daily, lunch & dinner

18e · Montmartre & Pigalle (3)District guide →

• Bouillon Pigalle€ · BouillonThe modern bouillon below Montmartre: oeuf mayo, bœuf bourguignon, île flottante, in big portions at small prices.✓ Verified open · 10 Sep 2026Daily 12:00–24:00
• Keur Bour Guewel€ · Senegalese / West AfricanA Senegalese table in the thick of Château Rouge, working the canon — thiéboudienne, yassa, mafé — at a flat dozen euros a plate. From the evening it tips toward dibi and grilled meat, and the room stays open absurdly late.✓ Verified open · 14 Sep 2026Daily 13:00–02:00
• Le Relais Gascon€ · Southwest French / saladsThe Abbesses address that made its name on one thing: the giant salad, an outsized bowl finished with a layer of garlic-fried potatoes. The rare Montmartre plate that fills you for twelve euros.✓ Verified open · 17 Sep 2026Daily 12:00–24:00

19e · La Villette & Buttes-Chaumont (1)District guide →

• Le Pacifique€ · Cantonese / dim sumA Cantonese hold-out on rue de Belleville, open since 1983 and built for long tables, steamer baskets and rotisserie meats. The dim sum is the cheap pleasure — order several baskets and the bill stays low — and the kitchen runs past midnight.✓ Verified open · 17 Sep 2026Daily 11:00–01:30Long-running

20e · Belleville & Ménilmontant (2)District guide →

• La Cantine Chinoise€ · Chinese (Wenzhou)Two decades of Wenzhou cooking at the bottom of Belleville, run by Chef Lin and his son: hand-folded ravioli, beef noodle soup, baozi from the bakery counter. The plates land around six or seven euros, which is most of the appeal.✓ Verified open · 14 Sep 2026Mon & Wed–Sat 11:00–22:00; closed Tue
• Le Salon Miyanis€ · Algerian / Kabyle couscousA Kabyle kitchen on the Ménilmontant boulevard turning out couscous, tagines, chorba and grilled skewers at prices that read like a typo — the royal, with its three meats, lands under fifteen euros. Plain room, warm service, no pretense.✓ Verified open · 18 Sep 2026Daily 12:00–23:30, continuous