Chinese restaurants, Neapolitan pizzerias, West Coast-style coffee shops…. There’s something for every mood in this compilation of the Sentier neighborhood’s best spots!
Aux Crus de Bourgogne
Bistro
€36 to €50
Every day 12:30pm to 2:30pm and 7:30pm to 10:30pm. Closed Sunday.
After putting some brilliant twists on two authentic truck stop joints (Les Marches in the 16th arrondissement and Aux Bons Crus in the 11th), twins Margot and Félix Dumant tripled down on old school charm by taking over the much fancier Aux Crus de Bourgogne in the Montorgueil neighborhood in 2019.
3, rue Bachaumont, Paris 2 – M° Sentier
Broche
Meat / Barbeque, Finger-Lickin’ good, Israeli, Mediterranean
€16 to €35
12pm to 3pm. Closed Sunday.
After the success of his lair Adar, Tamir Nahmias has opened this crackling spit-roasted meat spot, still deeply anchored in Levantine territory. Nestled between two shops in the Passage des Panoramas, his brick red-tiled kitchen boasts a spinning shawarma spit featuring a mix of turkey, lamb and chicken, all doused in lemon and ras el-hanout, which bronzes up over the embers…
49, passage des Panoramas, Paris 2 – M° Grands Boulevards
Café Compagnon
Neo-bistro, Café
€36 to €50
Every day, from 8am to midnight (kitchen service from 12pm to 2:30pm and 7pm to 11pm).
Three separate rooms, three distinct ambiances! At this new hot spot from serial restaurateur Charles Compagnon (the man who brought you 52 Faubourg Saint Denis and Richer), you’re welcomed in from dawn through dinner. Where exactly? At the edge of the Sentier neighborhood, in the small lounge for your morning coffee, the bistro space for a peaceful lunch (or dinner), and the dining room for group feasts.
22-26, rue Léopold-Bellan, Paris 2 – M° Sentier
Dalmata
Pizza, Italien
€16 to €35
From noon to 2:30pm and 7:30pm to 10pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.
In their kaleidapizzascope (big pink neon lights, immaculate furniture), Romain Bertin (a former web developer) and Julien Bouaziz (a former pharmacist) are bringing some glory back to la vera pizza napoletana!
8, rue Tiquetonne, Paris 2 – M° Étienne Marcel
Echo
Finger-Lickin’ good, Coffee shop, Tea room / Pastry shop , Sandwiches / Bagels, Veggie
€16 to €35
Every day, from 9am to 2:45pm (10am to 3:45pm Saturday and Sunday).
Echo as in Echo Park, one of Los Angeles’ most creative neighborhoods. At this cheeky cantina (tiled walls, light wood furniture, ceramics), Sonia Guerrero, the former sous-chef at Frenchie To Go, serves the best of feel-good California grub!
95, rue d’Aboukir, Paris 2 – M° Sentier
Frenchie bar à vins
Neo-bistro, Wine bar / Cave à manger
De 36 à 50 €
Every day, 6:30pm to 11pm.
Are Greg Marchand’s sophisticated bistro and wine bar interchangeable? As you watch the staff flit between the two on either side of Rue du Nil, you might just think so… And yet at number 6 (rough stone walls, an ornate bar, an open kitchen), the original Frenchie’s flamboyant menus give way to a series of small plates, cooked up according to the inspiration of the moment.
6, rue du Nil, Paris 2 – M° Sentier
Frenchie
Original chef’s menu
More than €51
Noon to 2pm (Thursday and Friday) and 6pm to 10pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
The uncontested king of the small Rue du Nil with his restaurants Frenchie, Frenchie Bar à Vins, Frenchie Caviste and Frenchie To Go, Greg Marchand still reigns imperially at the mother house (exposed stone walls, wooden rafters).
5, rue du Nil, Paris 2 – M° Sentier
La Baignoire
Original chef’s menu, Neo-bistro, Israeli
€36 to €50
From 12pm to 1:30pm (except Monday and Saturday) and 6pm to midnight. Closed Sunday.
After having made a splash in Tel Aviv (at Alena’s kitchen) and Paris (Tekés), Israeli-Marseille chef Cécile Lévy is now taking the plunge with La Baignoire, going it alone for the very first time. Located down a quiet street near the Grands Boulevards, the restaurant mixes old school references (white tablecloths, silverware, antique porcelain) with natural touches (lime wash, raw timber, fresh flowers).
7, rue Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris 2 – M° Bonne Nouvelle
Mam from Hanoi
Vietnamese
€16 to €35
12pm to 2:30pm and 7pm to 9:30pm (except Monday and Tuesday). Closed Sunday.
If you’re in the mood for some real phớ, head to the heart of the Sentier neighborhood! In this wood-clad, orange-hued restaurant that evokes a colonial past, Tuyet Ngna Bui (a former psychologist) and Tuan Anh Tran Luu (who used to work at Maison Souquet), a couple who originally hail from Hanoi, decided to bring their credo to a boiling point: sharing a love for veritable Vietnamese cuisine with delightfully authentic meals that have been impeccably sourced.
39, rue de Cléry, Paris 2 – M° Sentier
Petit Bao
Finger-Lickin’ good, Chinese, Asian
€16 to €35
Every day, from 12pm to 3pm (4pm Saturday and Sunday) and 7pm (5pm Saturday and Sunday) to 11pm.
In the Bao family, we’re interested in the petit Bao! Which, contrary to what its name might suggest, was the very first spot opened by Céline Chung and Billy Pham, before Gros Bao and Bleu Bao. An eatery with tiled walls and exposed pipes, where the master bao virtuosos put on a show behind the gleaming bar.
116, rue Saint-Denis, Paris 2 – M° Étienne Marcel
Racines
Bistro, Italian, Pasta
€36 to €50
Every day from 12:15pm to 2pm and 7:30pm to 10pm.
Simoneeeee!!! Seven days a week, the Sardinian master chef gives Parisian fans a taste of his secret Italy at this beautiful corner bistro in the Passage des Panoramas (old tiling, spotted mirrors, timeworn furniture, a secret dining room upstairs…). The other night, the plates gave off whiffs of la dolce vita…
8, passage des Panoramas, Paris 2 – M° Grands Boulevards
Shabour
Original chef’s menu, Israeli, Mediterranean
More than €51
12pm to 2pm (except Monday) and 7pm to 10:30pm. Closed Sunday.
Make Shabour, not war! At this restaurant with rough stone walls, Israeli chef Assaf Granit (Balagan) shows off his various talents for an enamored crowd, seated around a marble bar that’s wrapped around the central kitchen lit by candlelight. Created with his accomplices Dan Yosha, Uri Navon and Tomer Lanzman, this magical lair will grab you by the heartstrings (dishes the combine Ashkenzai and Sephardic classics, opera music playing in the background, incredibly kind staff)!
19, rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2 – M° Sentier
Sweet raviolis
Chinese, Veggie
Less than €15
From 11:30am to 3pm and 5:30pm to 10pm. Closed Sunday.
Today, it’s all about dumplings baby! But not just any dumplings: those from Northeastern China, which are boiled instead of steamed. And this little eatery done up in fifty shades of grey (from the floors and the chairs to the bar) knows a thing or two about them: an organic wheat flour dough filled with five different stuffings: pork-cabbage, beef-onion, pork-shrimp-chive, chicken-corn-black mushroom and oyster mushrooms-pointy cabbage, all of which are impossibly delicious.
178, rue Montmartre, Paris 2 – M° Grands Boulevards
Tekés
Israeli, Veggie
€36 to €50
From 7pm to 10:30pm. Closed Sunday.
What is Tekés exactly? First off, it’s an efficient way to earn 14 points in a game of Scrabble, and second of all, it’s the Hierosolymitan (28 points) lair of Assaf Granit, an Israeli special envoy to Paris, who is already responsible for Balagan and Shabour – Le Fooding’s Best Bar à delice of 2020. In this spacious, candlelit spot, he and chef Cécile Lévy (ex-The Normand Hotel in Tel Aviv) elevate plant life, all while paying homage to the earth – right down to the Indian earthen tableware.
4, rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2 – M° Réaumur-Sébastopol