30 editor picks across France.
30 brasserie restaurants worth the trip across France, editor-ranked. All cuisines in France.
La Cigale has faced the opera on Place Graslin in Nantes since 1895, an Art Nouveau brasserie of tiles and gilt classed a historic monument in 1964.
OrderSeafood platters, Choucroute de la mer
TipOpen from breakfast to past midnight daily; the tiled front room built by Émile Libaudière is the one to sit in, not the annexe.
Le Quatrieme Mur in Bordeaux's Grand Theatre is Philippe Etchebest's one-Michelin-star brasserie under the colonnade, with a high-end terrace looking.
TipThe brasserie side at lunch is the price-friendlier entry; the starred dining room takes evening bookings only.
Brasserie Le Jardin is the Bib Gourmand brasserie of the Les Crayères estate in Reims, with a park terrace and a three-course Menu du Jardin at €42.
OrderThe €42 three-course Menu du Jardin, with wild boar carbonade if it is on the board.
TipOpen seven days a week for lunch and dinner; the €42 Menu du Jardin is the value route into the Crayères kitchen.
Le Bibent on Toulouse's Place du Capitole is the 1861 Napoleon III brasserie revived in 2009 with chef Christian Constant, a national monument.
OrderCassoulet de Toulouse, Plateau de fruits de mer, Souffle au Grand Marnier
TipBook a window table to see the square; the lunch menu is the value play. Belle Epoque interior worth the price tag on its own.
Le Paris-Brest puts Christian Le Squer's Breton brasserie inside Rennes station's departures hall, pâté en croûte to a reworked paris-brest, open every day.
OrderThe contemporary paris-brest, the dessert the room is named for
Brasserie des Haras fills a converted 18th-century stud farm near Petite France, where Marc Haeberlin oversees refined French and Alsatian brasserie cooking.
La Brasserie du Cerisier is the ground-floor room under the starred kitchen on Avenue du Peuple Belge in Lille, a weekly market card and a cocktail list.
OrderThe market menu, rewritten every week.
TipIt shares an address and a phone line with the starred dining room upstairs, so specify which one you want.
Brasserie Georges in Lyon's 2e on Cours de Verdun is the 1836 brasserie that has served choucroute and the sole meuniere lunch grid for almost two centuries.
OrderThe choucroute royale and a half-litre of the house lager.
TipOpen daily until 23:00; the dining hall takes walk-ins after 21:00.
Brasserie du Boulingrin is an Art Deco brasserie opposite Les Halles in Reims, serving seafood, andouillette and tête de veau since 1925 with a €25 formula.
OrderThe €25 formula, then a seafood platter, or the AAAAA andouillette with gratin dauphinois.
TipDinner service runs from 18:30 to 23:00, Monday to Saturday, and the €25 formula is all-inclusive.
Brasserie du Boulingrin is an Art Deco brasserie facing Les Halles in Reims, with seafood, andouillette and tête de veau on a €25 formula since 1925.
OrderThe €25 formula, then a seafood platter or the andouillette with gratin dauphinois.
TipOpen until 23:00 Monday to Saturday, and the €25 formula includes a drink and coffee.
Pampa Bar & Brasserie serves brasserie classics in Montpellier's 1770 bathhouse off the Comédie, courtyard tables under century-old palms at Les Bains.
TipThe former shower cabins around the courtyard are the most-requested tables; the bar side runs late Thursday to Saturday.
Pampa Bar & Brasserie turns Montpellier's 1770 bathhouse into a lively brasserie, carpaccio and tarte tatin under palms in the Les Bains courtyard.
OrderTuna sashimi with truffle hummus.
TipThursday to Saturday the bar side runs past the kitchen's close, useful for a late drink off the Comédie.
Pampa Bar & Brasserie occupies Montpellier's 1770 bathhouse behind the Comédie, palm-shaded courtyard dining in the old shower cabins of Les Bains.
TipThis is the address locals still call Les Bains; ask for the courtyard under the palms, and note the bar runs late Thursday to Saturday.
Brasserie Félix sits over the Saint-Félix canal by the Lieu Unique in Nantes, brasserie classics under the eye of starred chef Jean-Yves Guého.
OrderBrasserie classics, Canal-side seafood
TipThe canal-side terrace is the seat in summer; on show nights at the Cité des Congrès dinner shifts earlier, around 18:15.
Bouillon Pigalle in Paris reopened the bouillon model in 2017 and now seats 300 with no reservation, no shortcut, a mains-under-€12 daily menu.
OrderPoulet rôti, frites maison, île flottante with caramel.
TipQueue from 19:00 for dinner; the line moves and tables turn every 45 minutes.
Le Square Trousseau in Paris's 12e is the kind of belle-époque brasserie a fashion editor uses for a long Saturday lunch on the Marché d'Aligre side.
OrderSteak tartare cut by hand, crème brûlée; a pichet of Sancerre at lunch.
TipOpen daily; no booking required for the terrace, reserve indoor seating in winter.
Le Galopin has run its seafood brasserie on Avenue Jean Janvier in Rennes since 1965, Cancale oysters and whole lobster a short walk from the station.
OrderSix Cancale oysters, then the 600g lobster with house fries
Le Comptoir Tournie is Stephane Tournie's casual sister room to Les Jardins de l'Opera on Place du Capitole. Reservations recommended in season.
TipCheaper sister room to the starred Les Jardins; lunch is the value entry. Same kitchen team, simpler plates.
La Grande Brasserie BIB serves classic brasserie dishes in a former cloister on Rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon, with a courtyard terrace and a cocktail bar.
OrderThe day’s semainier dish, or the pâté en croûte at €12 and mimosa eggs at €9.
TipYonder lists a weekly rota: duck parmentier on Tuesday, aïoli on Friday and croque-madame on Saturday.
La Grande Brasserie BIB serves classic brasserie dishes in a former cloister on Rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon, with a courtyard terrace and a cocktail bar.
OrderThe day’s semainier dish, or the pâté en croûte at €12 and mimosa eggs at €9.
TipYonder lists a weekly rota: duck parmentier on Tuesday, aïoli on Friday and croque-madame on Saturday.
Cafe du Port in Bordeaux's Bastide is the all-day brasserie under the Pont de Pierre on Quai Deschamps, with a generous fruits-de-mer counter and the best.
OrderPlateau de fruits de mer, Entrecote, Sole meuniere
TipThe terrace fills at sunset; book a riverfront table for the floodlit view of Place de la Bourse and the Miroir d'Eau.
Le Comptoir Cuisine in Bordeaux's Golden Triangle is the all-day brasserie under the InterContinental's portico on Place de la Comedie, with a working.
OrderPlateau de fruits de mer, Sole meuniere, Cote de boeuf
TipThe portico terrace gives the best people-watching seat in the centre; service runs from 11:00-23:30 daily.
Le Cafe de la Banque in Marseille's 6e in the Estrangin former banking district is a Haussmann brasserie with a wide terrace running the day's specials.
OrderThe plat du jour at lunch, a charcuterie board at aperitif.
TipOpen daily from breakfast through aperitif tapas to dinner; reservations for evening only.
Le Capucin in Marseille's 1er runs the brasserie ground floor of the Mercure Canebiere Vieux Port, chef Noel Baudrand cooking Mediterranean plates sublimated.
OrderThe daily fish off the cart at lunch with a glass of Bandol white.
TipOpen daily for lunch and dinner; sunny terrace, family-friendly, ECOTABLE-labelled.
Macoha faces the Loire from the north quay of the Île de Nantes, a brasserie room that runs later on Friday and Saturday than most of the island.
OrderBrasserie plates
TipIt shuts Sunday and Monday, which catches out visitors doing the Machines de l'Île at the start of the week.
Bouillon Chartier has run a workers' canteen of a brasserie in Paris's 9e since 1896. The menu still puts œuf mayonnaise on for less than €3.
OrderŒuf mayonnaise, hachis Parmentier, baba au rhum.
TipThe queue moves; arrive at 11:30 for lunch or 18:30 for dinner and you sit fast.
Le Petit Bouillon Pharamond in Paris keeps the 1879 dining room intact and the carte true to its Norman roots: tripes à la mode de Caen, Calvados sorbet.
OrderTripes à la mode de Caen, Camembert flambé in Calvados, sorbet to finish.
TipThe room is listed Historic Monument. Sit on the upper level for the tile mosaics.
Café de la Paix is the brasserie of the Hôtel de la Paix on Rue Buirette in Reims, open seven days with homemade menus and a pink-biscuit tiramisu.
OrderThe Menu Brasserie, finished with the tiramisu made from Reims pink biscuits.
TipThe entrance is through the Hôtel de la Paix at 9 Rue Buirette, and a lunch menu runs Monday to Friday.
Brasserie Les Beaux-Arts on Quai de la Daurade is the Flo group seafood brasserie facing Pont Neuf, with a Belle Epoque interior and Garonne terrace.
OrderPlateau de fruits de mer, Sole meuniere, Bouillabaisse
TipReserve a riverfront terrace table at sunset for the Pont Neuf view; the plateau de fruits de mer is the canonical order.
Brasserie on Place Wilson since 1927, all wood panelling and leather banquettes, with a weekly set menu at €21, oysters and Maison Escudier cassoulet.
OrderCassoulet de Castelnaudary, Huîtres fines de claire, Saucisse de Toulouse et aligot
TipThe weekday menu of the week is the value choice at 21 euros; the kitchen and terrace run seven days a week from morning to 23:00.
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