Tôt ou Tard is a french bistro restaurant in Écusson, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Tapas boards with an organic Languedoc glass.
Tip: It stays open through August and on Sundays, two things most of the old town cannot say.
Address: 7 Place de la Chapelle Neuve, 34000 Montpellier
Chez Boris is the Montpellier beef house on the Esplanade, serving Fleur d'Aubrac cuts, knife-cut tartares and profiteroles seven days a week.
Order: Onglet à l'échalote, 220 grams, at 24 euros.
Tip: No-frills bistro service and open daily; the beef-cheek parmentier with aligot is the value order at 18 euros.
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.
Order: The seasonal plat du jour in the museum garden.
Tip: The garden serves drinks without a food order; brunch on Sunday needs a booking in high season.
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.
Order: Orecchiette with the day's ragù.
Tip: Around 25 euros for a full plate-and-glass dinner; the handful of tables reward an early arrival.
Ma Première Cantine plays on school-dinner nostalgia on Place Jean Jaurès in Montpellier, serving without a break from 08:30 to midnight daily.
Order: Soft-boiled œufs à la coque with soldiers.
Tip: Continuous service is the superpower: it feeds you at hours when every proper kitchen in the Écusson is closed.
Chez Boris is the Montpellier beef house on the Esplanade, serving Fleur d'Aubrac cuts, knife-cut tartares and profiteroles seven days a week.
Order: Onglet à l'échalote, 220 grams, at 24 euros.
Tip: No-frills bistro service and open daily; the beef-cheek parmentier with aligot is the value order at 18 euros.
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.
Order: The seasonal plat du jour in the museum garden.
Tip: The garden serves drinks without a food order; brunch on Sunday needs a booking in high season.
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.
Order: Orecchiette with the day's ragù.
Tip: Around 25 euros for a full plate-and-glass dinner; the handful of tables reward an early arrival.
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.
Order: The mozzarella bar selection before any pizza.
Tip: Open every day including Sunday night, which makes it the station quarter's most dependable Italian table.
Ma Première Cantine plays on school-dinner nostalgia on Place Jean Jaurès in Montpellier, serving without a break from 08:30 to midnight daily.
Order: Soft-boiled œufs à la coque with soldiers.
Tip: Continuous service is the superpower: it feeds you at hours when every proper kitchen in the Écusson is closed.
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.
Order: Fresh ravioli sheeted that morning.
Tip: Order at the counter and grab a hall table; evening service runs later than most sit-down Italians in town.
