Mother Trucker is a street food budget eat in Port Marianne, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must 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.
Address: 1348 avenue Raymond Dugrand, 34000 Montpellier
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.
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.
Pain Brut bakes organic sourdough behind the Opéra Comédie on Rue Richelieu and builds its sandwiches on that same bread at any hour the shop is open.
Try: Organic sourdough and artisan sandwiches
Order: A sandwich on the day's sourdough, cut thick and wrapped at the counter.
Tip: It opens late at 11:45 and runs to 20:00, so it works better as lunch than breakfast.
Vegorilla, once Green Gorilla, grills fully vegan burgers in a small room on Rue du Puits des Esquilles, with gluten-free bread available on request.
Try: Vegan burgers with gluten-free options
Order: The Green Burger with vegan cheese, caramelised onion, mushroom and gherkin.
Tip: Ask for the gluten-free bun when you order; the kitchen swaps it without changing the build.
Ikonka bakes Central European cakes and savoury plates on the Faubourg du Courreau, a Figuerolles counter open seven days at student-friendly prices.
Try: Central European bakes and cheap lunch plates
Order: A slice of the day's bake with a long coffee, taken at the counter.
Tip: Sunday closes at 14:30, but it is one of the few Figuerolles kitchens open that morning.
L'Oignon Givré has fed Montpellier students an unlimited salad buffet since 2001, with market produce, house quiches and a €10 plat du jour.
Try: All-you-can-eat crudites buffet plus a daily hot plate
Order: Load the crudites buffet, then take the simmered plat du jour of the day.
Tip: Weekday lunches only and the queue peaks at 12:30; arrive at noon or after 13:30 for a calmer room.
