L'Oignon Givré is a french bistro restaurant in Écusson, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The all-you-can-eat salad buffet.
Tip: Come hungry and early: the buffet room fills with students on the stroke of noon and service ends at 14:30.
Address: 46 Rue de l'Université, 34000 Montpellier
Mélissa Coquillages shucks Bouzigues oysters and warms tielles at its Halles Laissac stall in Montpellier, seafood platters eaten at the market counters.
Order: A tielle with a plate of Bouzigues oysters.
Tip: This is the easiest place in the city to try tielle sétoise without driving to Sète; mornings get the freshest shells.
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.
Order: The 16 euro lunch menu on the patio.
Tip: Sunday brings an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet to the courtyard; evenings shift to 5 to 10 euro tapas plates.
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.
Order: The seasonal lunch plate built from that morning's market run
Tip: Weekday service is lunch-only and short; Sunday's 11:30 start makes it an early-brunch option for the quarter.
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.
Order: Sharing plates with a pisco or mojito.
Tip: Food stops at 23:30 but the bar runs to 01:00; weekends turn it into the Lez quarter's dance floor.
Mélissa Coquillages shucks Bouzigues oysters and warms tielles at its Halles Laissac stall in Montpellier, seafood platters eaten at the market counters.
Order: A tielle with a plate of Bouzigues oysters.
Tip: This is the easiest place in the city to try tielle sétoise without driving to Sète; mornings get the freshest shells.
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.
Order: A shellfish platter of Thau oysters, clams and prawns
Tip: It works fishmonger hours, so an early seafood dinner beats arriving at 21:00; platters reward pre-ordering.
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.
Order: The 16 euro lunch menu on the patio.
Tip: Sunday brings an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet to the courtyard; evenings shift to 5 to 10 euro tapas plates.
French Kiss faces Gare Saint-Roch in Montpellier with retro decor, planches, revisited French plates and a Sunday buffet brunch at 28 euros.
Order: A planche with the house cocktail.
Tip: Its all-day continuity suits odd train times; dinner proper only runs Tuesday to Saturday.
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.
Order: The seasonal lunch plate built from that morning's market run
Tip: Weekday service is lunch-only and short; Sunday's 11:30 start makes it an early-brunch option for the quarter.
