PERMANENT GUIDES
Tables, markets and delicacies
Want to eat Chinese food, Japanese ramen, or buy cheese and desserts at the French food street? Select a category below first, then go to the individual introductions for each neighborhood.
Avenue de Choisy, avenue d’Ivry and Olympiades area
Chinese food, as well as Southeast Asian catering and Asian food procurement such as Vietnam and Cambodia. There is not just one cuisine here, and not all restaurants are called Chinese restaurants.
View neighborhood guide ↗Rue de Belleville, rue du Faubourg du Temple and cross streets near Belleville metro station
Chinese food coexists with other Asian cuisine, as well as French bistros, cafes and bars.
View neighborhood guide ↗Rue Sainte-Anne in the 1st and 2nd districts of Paris, close to Palais-Royal and Opéra
The tourism bureau lists ramen, dumplings, udon, Japanese and Korean food shops, and Korean restaurants.
View neighborhood guide ↗Entrances include 46 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, Paris 10th arrondissement
The tourism bureau lists shops related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Reunion, where you can find meals, spices and groceries.
View neighborhood guide ↗Rue Montorgueil, near Les Halles in the center of Paris
Groceries, fruits and vegetables, cheese, meat, restaurants and dessert shops are gathered together, making it suitable for food shopping and neighborhood walks.
View neighborhood guide ↗Rue Mouffetard and Place de la Contrescarpe, Paris 5th arrondissement
Restaurants and cafes are interlaced with butchers, fruit and vegetable shops, fish shops, cheese shops and bakeries, making it suitable to choose according to your interests on the day.
View neighborhood guide ↗Rue des Rosiers, Marais, Paris 4th arrondissement
Look for Falafel, Pita and Shawarma. Specific menus, catering certifications and business arrangements must be checked on a restaurant-by-restaurant basis, and the entire street cannot be regarded as having the same certification.
View neighborhood guide ↗Start at Stohrer’s historic store at 51 rue Montorgueil
French Dessert and Food Street Walk; this is a short route focusing on desserts, not a ranking of all Parisian dessert shops.
View neighborhood guide ↗When traveling to Paris in 2026, your food arrangements do not have to revolve around a popular restaurant. This Paris travel guide puts together neighborhood walks, traditional restaurants and dessert shops: first choose the area you are in that day, and then decide what to eat, so you can leave more time for sightseeing. The addresses introduced here are verifiable addresses with official information, not restaurant rankings after on-site tastings by editors.
Montorgueil Street is home to food shops, fruit and vegetable shops, cheese shops and restaurants. It is suitable to arrange breakfast, buying snacks and walking around the neighborhood in the same itinerary. Don’t treat the entire street like an indoor market that operates uniformly: each store’s closing days and opening hours still need to be checked separately. Before buying take-out food, consider how many walks and indoor visits you have on the day to avoid bringing food that is difficult to store.
The Stohrer historical store is located at 51 rue Montorgueil in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. The business hours announced by the merchant are from 8:00 to 20:30 from Monday to Saturday, and from 8:00 to 20:00 on Sunday. Better to plan with the Montorgueil neighborhood than to travel across town for a snack. The specific desserts, specifications and prices will be subject to availability on the day; this guide does not state that a single product is permanently on sale, nor does it assume that you will be able to dine in if you purchase desserts.
The Grands Boulevards store is located at 7 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, accessible from the Grands Boulevards station of Metro Line 8 and Line 9. The restaurant announced that it will be open from 11:30 to midnight every day and does not accept reservations. It is suitable for tourists who want to try a traditional French restaurant but also want to control their expenses; the actual bill still depends on the main course, drinks and desserts, and is calculated based on the menu of the day. Do not take the advertised low-price starting point as the per-person set meal price.
For a left bank itinerary, you can put Le Bon Marché together with La Grande Épicerie at 38 rue de Sèvres. The latter is suitable for buying food gifts, but is not equivalent to street market prices. It is best to buy the food you want to bring back at the last stage; for products that need to be refrigerated, fragile or liquid, think about how to store and carry them first.
First confirm whether a reservation is required, then check whether there are different menus for lunch and dinner, and finally check whether the total price includes the drinks you plan to order. If your companions have allergies, vegetarians or other dietary requirements, please confirm the specific dishes directly with the restaurant. Popular addresses only account for a part of this Paris food travel guide. Whether it is a convenient route and whether it fits the budget also determines whether a meal is well arranged.
Information: Official websites of venues and merchants, Paris Tourism Bureau, Paris City Hall and the 14th arrondissement. Business arrangements may be temporarily adjusted.