Bistros, trattorias and the everyday places where Marseille actually eats.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Marseille actually eats.
Chez Etienne in Marseille's 2e Panier has cooked wood-fired Marseillais pizza since 1943, no menu, cash only, the half-anchovy half-cheese the local order.
OrderThe half-anchovy half-cheese pizza, the canonical version in the city.
TipOpen Mon-Sat lunch and dinner, closed Sunday; cash only, no reservations, expect a queue.
Chez Sauveur in Marseille's 1er Noailles has cooked Sicilian-rooted Marseillais pizza since 1943 founded by Sauveur Di Paola, taken over in 2023 by a young.
OrderThe Pizza Speciale with mozzarella di bufala, cherry tomatoes and pistou.
TipOpen Tue-Sat lunch and dinner; closed Sunday and Monday Walk-ins usually OK.
Le Vieux Panier in Marseille's 2e on the Place de Lenche is a wood-fired pizzeria with a small terrace looking down toward the Vieux Port and the MUCEM.
OrderAny of the wood-fired pizzas; the terrace at sunset is the second order.
TipPlace de Lenche stairs descend straight to the old port; book the terrace for the view.
Chez Yassine in Marseille's 1er Noailles has cooked Tunisian home plates since 2014, all-day service, no reservations, the brik with egg and the kefteji.
OrderThe brik with tuna and egg, and the ojja with merguez to share.
TipNo reservations; expect a shared table and cash-friendly counter service.
La Caravelle in Marseille's 2e hangs over the Vieux Port on the first floor of the Hotel Belle-Vue since the 1920s, a gathering place for artists.
OrderThe aioli at lunch with a glass of pastis on the balcony.
TipJazz concerts Wednesday and Friday October-May; book the balcony for sunset.
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 Cafe de l'Abbaye in Marseille's 7e sits next to the Saint-Victor Abbey above the Vieux Port, a Provencal bistro with a single daily dish.
OrderWhatever the single plat du jour is at lunch; tapas at aperitif on the terrace.
TipOpen Mon-Fri 9am-10:30pm, weekends from 3pm; closes mid-afternoon between services.
Mikala in Marseille's 6e on Cours Julien is a fully vegan canteen (formerly Le Cours en Vert), organic produce from the market across the street and a daily.
OrderThe composed plate of the day with the market vegetables.
TipWalk-up at lunch, reservation taken for evenings; lunch and dinner Tue-Sat.
Mama Shelter Marseille in the 6e runs a contemporary brasserie out of its hotel base near Cours Julien, the lavish Sunday buffet brunch and the rooftop bar.
OrderThe Sunday buffet brunch noon to 4pm, or aperitif on the no-reservations rooftop.
TipRestaurant open seven days; reservation taken for restaurant, not for the rooftop.
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.
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