Bol Bun & Bubble is a vietnamese budget eat in Écusson, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A bun bowl with grilled pork and nem, herbs piled on top.
Tip: It splits the day with a break from 16:00 to 18:00, which catches out the late-lunch crowd.
Address: 1 Rue d'Alger, 34000 Montpellier
KVB reworks the kebab as a fully vegetal plate on Rue de l'Aiguillerie, seitan on the vertical spit with the usual sauces and chips alongside.
Try: Fully plant-based kebab
Order: The vegetal kebab in bread with white sauce, salad and a side of chips.
Tip: The spit is genuinely vegan rather than a swap-in, and the sauces are made in-house too.
Station Sucrée sits on the university strip of Rue de l'Université and sells alfajores, medialunas and Argentine pastries at student prices.
Try: Argentine alfajores and pastries on the student strip
Order: A dulce de leche alfajor with a coffee, taken at the counter.
Tip: Open from 08:00 on weekdays, which makes it a cheap breakfast as well as an afternoon stop.
KVB reworks the kebab as a fully vegetal plate on Rue de l'Aiguillerie, seitan on the vertical spit with the usual sauces and chips alongside.
Try: Fully plant-based kebab
Order: The vegetal kebab in bread with white sauce, salad and a side of chips.
Tip: The spit is genuinely vegan rather than a swap-in, and the sauces are made in-house too.
La Cantine du Mékong cooks across the whole Mekong basin from a truck in the Marché du Lez yard, so the daily special changes country by country.
Try: Southeast Asian street plates at the Marché du Lez
Order: Ask which country the day's special comes from, then order that plate.
Tip: The truck yard is covered, so this stays a good option when the weather turns wet.
Jean le Croquant is a fixed stall in the Marché du Lez street-food yard, griddling classic and creative croque-monsieurs at Montpellier's cheapest end.
Try: Croque-monsieurs at the Marché du Lez
Order: The creative croque of the week rather than the plain ham build.
Tip: Order at the stall and take a bench in the shared yard; the tables are first come, first served.
Mother Trucker grills burgers from a truck in the Marché du Lez yard, the cheap end of the riverside food scene and open every day of the week.
Try: Burgers from the Marché du Lez truck yard
Order: A double patty burger with chips, eaten on a bench in the yard.
Tip: The yard fills from 19:30 on Friday and Saturday; come earlier if you want a seat.
La Street Food du Lez is the covered truck yard at the Marché du Lez, a dozen kitchens sharing benches and the cheapest way to eat by the river.
Try: A rotating yard of food trucks
Order: Split a table and order across three trucks rather than one.
Tip: Trucks rotate through the year, so the line-up you find will not match the one from last season.
Station Sucrée sits on the university strip of Rue de l'Université and sells alfajores, medialunas and Argentine pastries at student prices.
Try: Argentine alfajores and pastries on the student strip
Order: A dulce de leche alfajor with a coffee, taken at the counter.
Tip: Open from 08:00 on weekdays, which makes it a cheap breakfast as well as an afternoon stop.
