Best brunch in Paris
Where to brunch in Paris — neighbourhood cafés, all-day breakfast counters and weekend institutions.
Top spots in Paris
Le Marais
Food & Drink3e / 4e
Falafel queues, vintage boutiques and the prettiest medieval streets.
Top brunch spots in Paris
12 locals' picks — neighbourhoods, price tiers and what to order.
Holybelly
$$10e
Aussie-style cafe, queue down rue Lucien-Sampaix.
Order: Stack of pancakes with bacon
Café Pinson
$$Le Marais
Bohemian healthy brunch, weekend prix-fixe.
Order: Bowls & tartines
Telescope Café
$1er
Specialty coffee bar, light brunch.
Order: Filter coffee & banana bread
Season
$$Le Marais
Bright corner café, NYC-inspired brunch.
Order: Açaí bowls & bagels
Marlette
$$9e
Cosy SoPi café, brunch by reservation.
Order: Organic granola bowl
Café Oberkampf
$$11e
Brit-Aussie owners, brunch & flat whites.
Order: Shakshuka
Ten Belles
$$Canal Saint-Martin
Brewery-borne café on the canal.
Order: Egg-and-bacon sandwich
Le Bal Café
$$18e
Cafe inside a Montmartre photo gallery.
Order: Full English
Boot Café
$3e
Three-table former cobbler's, IG-famous facade.
Order: Pour-over & cake
Frenchie To Go
$$$2e
Greg Marchand's all-day spot in rue du Nil.
Order: Pastrami sandwich
Le Hardware Société Paris
$$Montmartre
Aussie-Melbourne brunch on rue des Trois Frères.
Order: Baked eggs
Le Loir dans la Théière
$$Le Marais
Bohemian tea-room, brunchy lunches.
Order: Lemon meringue pie
Where to eat
Septime
$$$$Modern French · 11e
Bertrand Grébaut's tasting menu — book three weeks out at 8am sharp.
Frenchie
$$$Modern bistro · 2e
Tiny dining room on a cobbled passage — go for lunch if dinner is gone.
Le Comptoir du Relais
$$$Bistro · 6e
Yves Camdeborde's all-day bistro on the Carrefour de l'Odéon.
Du Pain et des Idées
$Bakery · 10e
Escargot pastries and pain des amis on the Canal — Christophe Vasseur's flagship.
Clamato
$$$Seafood bar · 11e
Septime's walk-in seafood annex — oysters, ceviche, natural wine.
Frequently asked
- Local favourites include Le Marais and the all-day kitchen at Septime. We prioritise spots that take walk-ins or open early on weekends.