Le Paresseur
- ★ 4.2
- Mediterranean
- €€
- Écusson
Order Beetroot gnocchi from the seasonal card.
Le Paresseur serves Italian-Sétois comfort cooking under stone vaults on Rue Jules Latreilhe in Montpellier, generous plates from family recipes.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Montpellier actually eats.
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Tôt ou Tard
- ★ 4.2
- French bistro
- €€
- Écusson
Order Tapas boards with an organic Languedoc glass.
Tôt ou Tard mixes bistro plates, tapas and organic wines on Place de la Chapelle Neuve in Montpellier, terrace tables under the plane trees.
Chez Boris
- ★ 4.2
- Steakhouse
- €€
- Écusson
Order Onglet à l'échalote, 220 grams, at 24 euros.
Chez Boris is the Montpellier beef house on the Esplanade, serving Fleur d'Aubrac cuts, knife-cut tartares and profiteroles seven days a week.
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Faune
- ★ 4.1
- Modern French
- €€
- Écusson
Order The seasonal plat du jour in the museum garden.
Faune runs the kitchen of the MO.CO. museum, casual seasonal plates and drinks in a walled garden that stays open until midnight from Tuesday.
La Maison d'Anna
- ★ 4.2
- Italian
- €€
- Écusson
Order Orecchiette with the day's ragù.
La Maison d'Anna cooks Puglian orecchiette and Bolognese ragù from nonna's recipes on Rue des Trésoriers de France in Montpellier's old town.
La Mamma St Roch
- ★ 4.0
- Italian
- €€
- Saint-Roch
Order The mozzarella bar selection before any pizza.
La Mamma St Roch pairs a mozzarella bar with pizzas and fresh pasta near Montpellier's station quarter, Italian cheeses flown in for the counter.
Ma Première Cantine
- ★ 3.8
- French bistro
- €€
- Écusson
Order Soft-boiled œufs à la coque with soldiers.
Ma Première Cantine plays on school-dinner nostalgia on Place Jean Jaurès in Montpellier, serving without a break from 08:30 to midnight daily.
La Vita Al Dente
- ★ 3.9
- Italian
- €€
- Port Marianne
Order Fresh ravioli sheeted that morning.
La Vita Al Dente makes its pasta fresh each day at the Halles du Lez counter, lasagne, gnocchi and burrata eaten inside the market hall itself.
Nabab Kebab
- ★ 3.5
- Turkish
- €
- Écusson
Order The classic kebab plate, halal certified.
Nabab Kebab holds the corner between the Comédie and the station on Rue Maguelone, halal kebabs served until 01:00 for six nights of the week.
Bol Bun & Bubble
- ★ 3.6
- Vietnamese
- €
- Écusson
Order A bo bun bowl with grilled pork and nem, herbs piled high
Bol Bun & Bubble ladles bo bun bowls and bubble tea on Rue d'Alger in Montpellier, a quick Vietnamese counter between the Comédie and the station.
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L'Oignon Givré
- ★ 3.6
- French bistro
- €
- Écusson
Order The all-you-can-eat salad buffet.
L'Oignon Givré has fed Montpellier students an all-you-can-eat salad buffet on Rue de l'Université for over two decades, weekday lunches only.
Muchacha
- ★ 3.9
- Latin American
- €€
- Port Marianne
Order Sharing plates with a pisco or mojito.
Muchacha runs a festive Latin kitchen and cocktail bar on the roof of the Marché du Lez, sharing plates and DJ sets seven nights of the week.
Mélissa Coquillages
- ★ 4.3
- Seafood
- €€
- Écusson
Order A tielle with a plate of Bouzigues oysters.
Mélissa Coquillages shucks Bouzigues oysters and warms tielles at its Halles Laissac stall in Montpellier, seafood platters eaten at the market counters.
L'Écailler des Beaux-Arts
- ★ 4.2
- Seafood
- €€
- Beaux-Arts
Order A shellfish platter of Thau oysters, clams and prawns
L'Écailler des Beaux-Arts runs a fishmonger's counter and seafood kitchen on Rue de la Cavalerie in Montpellier, platters, grilled lobster and scallops.
Café de la Panacée
- ★ 4.0
- French bistro
- €€
- Écusson
Order The 16 euro lunch menu on the patio.
Café de la Panacée feeds the MO.CO. Panacée art centre from a shaded courtyard, with weekday lunch menus and evening tapas running until 00:30.
French Kiss
- ★ 3.8
- French bistro
- €€
- Saint-Roch
Order A planche with the house cocktail.
French Kiss faces Gare Saint-Roch in Montpellier with retro decor, planches, revisited French plates and a Sunday buffet brunch at 28 euros.
Le Pré Vert
- ★ 3.9
- French bistro
- €€
- Écusson
Order The seasonal lunch plate built from that morning's market run
Le Pré Vert cooks homely lunches and weekend brunches on Rue Sainte-Anne, a quiet room at the Arc de Triomphe end of the Montpellier old town.
Terminal #1
- ★ 4.2
- Mediterranean
- €€
- Port Marianne
Order Sharing starters across the table.
Terminal #1 gives Montpellier a big-room Pourcel bistro in a Port Marianne wine storehouse, casual Mediterranean plates without the starred bill.
La Canourgue
- ★ 4.2
- French bistro
- €€€
- Écusson
Order Whatever the Pourcel kitchen posts as the day's plate.
La Canourgue lets Montpellier eat Pourcel cooking casually, bistronomic plates and tapas served daily on the Richer de Belleval square itself.
Pampa Bar & Brasserie
- ★ 4.1
- French brasserie
- €€€
- Écusson
Order Tuna sashimi with truffle hummus.
Pampa Bar & Brasserie turns Montpellier's 1770 bathhouse into a lively brasserie, carpaccio and tarte tatin under palms in the Les Bains courtyard.
Les Canons
- ★ 4.1
- French bistro
- €€
- Écusson
Order The 11 to 18 euro market lunch with a natural glass.
Les Canons cooks market lunches beside a 150-bottle natural wine wall near Saint-Pierre cathedral in Montpellier, most vegetables organic and local.
Soulenq
- ★ 4.3
- Mediterranean
- €€
- Euromédecine
Order Wood-fired vegetables with a cave bottle.
Soulenq feeds Montpellier's Euromédecine quarter from a converted nursery, wood-fired plates on a terrace beside its own 400-reference wine shop.
Miranove
- ★ 4.0
- French bistro
- €€€
- Port Marianne
Order Weekend brunch on the rooftop.
Miranove keeps Port Marianne fed from a hotel rooftop, brasserie lunches, evening bistronomy and a poolside cocktail bar above the tram line.
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