Glen’s guidebook
Places to Eat
Personal Favourites
Amazing food without being over-the-top fine dining. Ten minute Uber.
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Septime
80 Rue de CharonneAmazing food without being over-the-top fine dining. Ten minute Uber.
Personal favourite of mine. Small, unassuming, fun, get a terrace seat in warm weather inside in winter. Great food, great wine list. Ten minute Uber.
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Le Clown Bar
114 Rue AmelotPersonal favourite of mine. Small, unassuming, fun, get a terrace seat in warm weather inside in winter. Great food, great wine list. Ten minute Uber.
Wine bar section. Shared plates, wine bar, great food. No reservations. Get there just before 19h and you will not have much of a wait, but if you’re like me and you go out to dinner at 21h you will have to wait a bit. But that’s fine as it’s a wine bar as well! Ten minute Uber.
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Frenchie
5 Rue du NilWine bar section. Shared plates, wine bar, great food. No reservations. Get there just before 19h and you will not have much of a wait, but if you’re like me and you go out to dinner at 21h you will have to wait a bit. But that’s fine as it’s a wine bar as well! Ten minute Uber.
Traditional bistro experience. Ten minute Uber or a nice twenty minute walk through Le Marais from my apartment. Opposite Marché des Enfant Rouge so you can check that out too.
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Cafe Charlot
38 Rue de BretagneTraditional bistro experience. Ten minute Uber or a nice twenty minute walk through Le Marais from my apartment. Opposite Marché des Enfant Rouge so you can check that out too.
Good terrace for people watching. Modern bistro. Ten minute Uber.
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Café des Arts et Métiers
51 Rue de TurbigoGood terrace for people watching. Modern bistro. Ten minute Uber.
Great food, great cocktails, cool fit out. Need reservation usually to eat but walk in for cocktails at the bar. Fifteen minute Uber.
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Bonhomie
22 Rue d'EnghienGreat food, great cocktails, cool fit out. Need reservation usually to eat but walk in for cocktails at the bar. Fifteen minute Uber.
Excellent well priced Italian. Walk up not book. Often a long wait.
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Ober Mamma
107 Bd Richard-LenoirExcellent well priced Italian. Walk up not book. Often a long wait.
Love this place. Great fit out, great food, good price. Get there early to get name on list then go to a terrace nearby for a drink until your table is ready. Get the entrecôte!
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Pink Mamma
20bis Rue de DouaiLove this place. Great fit out, great food, good price. Get there early to get name on list then go to a terrace nearby for a drink until your table is ready. Get the entrecôte!
Modern Japanese and great cocktails. Good fun. Lovely fifteen minute walk.
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The Cod House
10 Rue de CondéModern Japanese and great cocktails. Good fun. Lovely fifteen minute walk.
A very very short walk from my apartment is restaurant, maybe 200 meters! It has been open from the 16th century and is fun with good traditional dishes.
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Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole
24 Rue ChanoinesseA very very short walk from my apartment is restaurant, maybe 200 meters! It has been open from the 16th century and is fun with good traditional dishes.
Le Mary Celeste
1 Rue ComminesModern, fun, good cocktails, great vibe.
On a wonderful semi pedestrian street to watch the world go by. Be outside summer and winter (great heaters). Good food reasonably priced. Really fun place.
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Le Compas
62 Rue MontorgueilOn a wonderful semi pedestrian street to watch the world go by. Be outside summer and winter (great heaters). Good food reasonably priced. Really fun place.
Good Coffee
My local and really good mates plus the best coffee in Paris. Paul (Kiwi) and Christian (USA) have lived in Paris forever. It’s a beautiful leisurely five minute stroll in the morning for coffee and a croissant. The ham, egg and cheese waffles are a great hang over helper!
You can also organise great bike tours, bike rental and cooking classes at La Cuisine here.
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Le Peloton Café
17 Rue du Pont Louis-PhilippeMy local and really good mates plus the best coffee in Paris. Paul (Kiwi) and Christian (USA) have lived in Paris forever. It’s a beautiful leisurely five minute stroll in the morning for coffee and a croissant. The ham, egg and cheese waffles are a great hang over helper!
You can also organise great bike tours, bike rental and cooking classes at La Cuisine here.
Loustic
40 Rue ChaponExcellent coffee and small quiches. Twenty minute walk.
Cooking Schools
Excellent French cooking school for one for two day courses. Less than five minute walk away.
La Cuisine Paris - Cooking Classes
80 Quai de l'Hôtel de villeExcellent French cooking school for one for two day courses. Less than five minute walk away.
Excellent Terraces
Places I love to have a drink.
Very short walk from my apartment. Right by the river. Often live music. Lots of fun.
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Les Maquereaux
Quai de l'Hôtel de villeVery short walk from my apartment. Right by the river. Often live music. Lots of fun.
Great people watching terrace at busy intersection!
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L'ÉTIENNE MARCEL - PARIS
34 Rue Étienne MarcelGreat people watching terrace at busy intersection!
Sunny, lovely square opposite where Fitzgerald and Hemingway lived.
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Café Delmas
2 Pl. de la ContrescarpeSunny, lovely square opposite where Fitzgerald and Hemingway lived.
Not really a terrace but outside seating near Canal Saint Martin.
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Chez Prune
36 Rue BeaurepaireNot really a terrace but outside seating near Canal Saint Martin.
La Marine right by Chez Prune. Classic French Bistro, great cocktails.
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La Marine
55Bis Quai de ValmyLa Marine right by Chez Prune. Classic French Bistro, great cocktails.
Amongst all the galleries of Odeon / Saint Germain. Their meat and cheese plates are a doozy. Ten minute walk.
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La Palette
43 Rue de SeineAmongst all the galleries of Odeon / Saint Germain. Their meat and cheese plates are a doozy. Ten minute walk.
Great rooftop bar. Quite $$$$. Good starter location with excellent view.
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Hôtel National Des Arts et Métiers
243 Rue Saint-MartinGreat rooftop bar. Quite $$$$. Good starter location with excellent view.
On a wonderful semi pedestrian street to watch the world go by. Be outside summer and winter (great heaters).
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Le Compas
62 Rue MontorgueilOn a wonderful semi pedestrian street to watch the world go by. Be outside summer and winter (great heaters).
Rooftop bar. Great view over Le Seine, great cocktails. Can be a wait to get in at peak times.
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Le Perchoir Marais
33 Rue de la VerrerieRooftop bar. Great view over Le Seine, great cocktails. Can be a wait to get in at peak times.
Rooftop bar. Great view, great cocktails. Can be a wait to get in at peak times.
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Le Perchoir
14 Rue Crespin du GastRooftop bar. Great view, great cocktails. Can be a wait to get in at peak times.
Cocktail Bars
Some of the best cocktails in the world
Can be hard to get into later. Small space, consistently in world best cocktail bars.
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Little Red Door
60 Rue CharlotCan be hard to get into later. Small space, consistently in world best cocktail bars.
Great space, amazing cocktails, great fun, short walk home!
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Prescription Cocktail Club
23 Rue MazarineGreat space, amazing cocktails, great fun, short walk home!
Lockwood
73 Rue d'AboukirChill upstairs or party downstairs
Can be a little hard to get into later on. Fun spot.
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Experimental Cocktail Club
37 Rue Saint-SauveurCan be a little hard to get into later on. Fun spot.
Candelaria
52 Rue de SaintongeSecret door behind the Taco joint!
Bonhomie
22 Rue d'EnghienStylish place for a drink
Parks and Walks
Gardens outside Le Lourve. Good place to exercise also.
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Umqolomba we-Tuileries
Place de la ConcordeGardens outside Le Lourve. Good place to exercise also.
One of the most beautiful parks in the world when the flowers are out. Good running around the outside.
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Izityalo ze-Luxembourg
One of the most beautiful parks in the world when the flowers are out. Good running around the outside.
Below the bridges of Paris walk along Qui Pompidou. It is now pedestrian only. Take in all the beauty of Le Seine. Walk from Pont Marie to Le Lourve and back.
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Pont Marie
Below the bridges of Paris walk along Qui Pompidou. It is now pedestrian only. Take in all the beauty of Le Seine. Walk from Pont Marie to Le Lourve and back.
Check out the secret-ish gardens within the Palais Royal a two minute walk from Le Lourve.
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Palais-Royal
Check out the secret-ish gardens within the Palais Royal a two minute walk from Le Lourve.