30 cheap eats places in Montpellier, editor-picked. The best low-budget spots in Montpellier: the places editors actually return to. All Montpellier food.

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Des Rêves et du Pain

Order Wood-oven levain loaf

Des Rêves et du Pain bakes naturally leavened loaves in an 18th-century wood-fired oven on Rue Eugène Lisbonne, in the middle of the Montpellier Ecusson.

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Pain Brut

Order Le Brut sourdough loaf

Pain Brut bakes organic sourdough behind the opera in Montpellier, rye, spelt and Khorasan loaves plus gluten-free rice and buckwheat breads.

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Plein Sud

Plein Sud pours an all-natural list in a vaulted stone room on Rue de la Monnaie in Montpellier's Ecusson, with organic farm tapas cut to match the bottles.

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La Brûlerie du Courreau

Order A bag of the Maragogype or the Kenya, ground to your method at the counter.

La Brûlerie du Courreau has roasted coffee on the Faubourg du Courreau since 1979, the city's oldest roastery and still a shop rather than a cafe.

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Boulangerie Daveloza

Order A loaf of the pain de campagne, sour and open-crumbed from natural levain.

Boulangerie Daveloza bakes entirely on natural levain from Rue du Grand Saint-Jean, organic flours, butter-free regional pastries and a cult local following.

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Café Bun

  • ★ 4.2
  • Café
  • €
  • Écusson

Drink Single-origin filter

Café Bun brews named single origins like the Ethiopian Gotiti behind the opera in Montpellier, a busy coffee room with brunch plates and vegan options.

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Café Solo

  • ★ 4.2
  • Café
  • €
  • Écusson

Drink House-roast espresso

Café Solo has roasted its own beans on Rue Saint Guilhem in Montpellier since 1991, Ecuadorian and Guatemalan origins beside a hundred teas.

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Café Bun Paume

Café Bun's second Montpellier shop roasts at the back of a bright room on the Boulevard du Jeu de Paume, with a coworking floor above the counter.

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Li's Raviolis Chinois

Order Ten pork, cabbage and mushroom dumplings, folded that morning.

Li's Raviolis Chinois is a family dumpling counter on Rue de l'Université, folding its own wrappers and selling ten for €6.60 at lunch only.

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Blend

  • ★ 4.1
  • Café
  • €
  • Écusson

Drink Chai latte

Blend serves croque-monsieurs, cheesecake and chai lattes on the steep medieval Rue du Bras de Fer in Montpellier, a canteen-café hybrid with a cult cookie.

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La Barbote

Drink House-brewed beers

La Barbote brews and pours its own beer on Rue des Deux Ponts in the Beaux-Arts quarter, a microbrewery bar open every single evening until 01:00.

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Fabiano Focaccia

Order Mortadella, stracciatella and pistachio on warm focaccia, eaten standing.

Fabiano Focaccia bakes Ligurian focaccia on Rue Saint-Guilhem and fills it with Italian charcuterie, marinated vegetables and melting cheese to order.

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Station Sucrée

  • ★ 4.0
  • Café
  • €
  • Écusson

Order Alfajores

Station Sucrée bakes alfajores, brookies and dulce de leche pastries on Rue de l'Université in Montpellier, billed as France's first Argentine pastry shop.

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Cafés Bibal

  • ★ 4.0
  • Café
  • €
  • Écusson

Drink House-roast espresso

Cafés Bibal is Montpellier's heritage roaster, trading since 1955, and this Rue Jacques Coeur boutique pours and sells the house roasts in the old town.

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KVB

Try Kevab, the plant-based kebab

KVB reworks the kebab in full plant-based form on Rue de l'Aiguillerie in Montpellier, marinated seitan Kevabs, falafel bowls and vegan nuggets.

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Marché de Celleneuve

  • ★ 4.0
  • Market
  • €
  • Celleneuve

Order Whatever the Hérault plain has in season, bought straight from the grower.

Marché de Celleneuve fills the old village square west of Montpellier every Wednesday morning, a producer market that almost no visitor ever reaches.

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L'Oignon Givré

Order Load the crudites buffet, then take the simmered plat du jour of the day.

L'Oignon Givré has fed Montpellier students an unlimited salad buffet since 2001, with market produce, house quiches and a €10 plat du jour.

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SOMI

SOMI brews in the Croix d'Argent business quarter south-west of the centre, a weekday bottle shop with a Thursday and Friday taproom beside the tanks.

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Le Détour

Order Whichever Le Détour keg is pouring at the shared taproom, from the wheat to the smoked porter.

Le Détour brews on Rue du Pasteur Jean Cadier in Montpellier and pours through Le Réservoir, the taproom it shares with two other city brewers.

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Bol Bun & Bubble

Order A bun bowl with grilled pork and nem, herbs piled on top.

Bol Bun & Bubble builds Vietnamese rice-noodle bowls on Rue d'Alger with grilled pork, herbs and nuoc cham, then pours bubble tea to follow.

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ZooBrew

  • ★ 3.8
  • Brewery
  • €
  • Castelnau-le-Lez

Drink House-brewed beers

ZooBrew opens its Castelnau-le-Lez brewery bar on the eastern edge of Montpellier two evenings a week, pouring fresh house beers where they ferment.

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Nabab Kebab

Try Kebab galette, chips, grilled meat plates

Nabab Kebab keeps the grill running to 01:00 on Rue Maguelone, the walk between the station and Place de la Comedie, six nights out of seven.

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Barberousse

Drink Flavoured rum shooters

Barberousse runs its pirate-themed rum shooter formula on Rue Boussairolles in Montpellier, sixty-plus flavoured rums for a loud student crowd.

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