40 cheap eats places in Montpellier, editor-picked. the best low-budget spots in Montpellier: the places editors actually return to. All Montpellier food.
Des Rêves et du Pain ★ 4.6
Écusson · 10 rue Eugène Lisbonne, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: The wood-fired oven predates the Revolution; come before the early-evening rush for the fullest bread wall.
Pain Brut ★ 4.5
Écusson · 1 rue Richelieu, 34000 Montpellier
Pain Brut bakes organic sourdough behind the opera in Montpellier, rye, spelt and Khorasan loaves plus gluten-free rice and buckwheat breads.
Tip: The late opening is deliberate: loaves come out for the afternoon and evening trade, so do not turn up at 08:00.
Plein Sud ★ 4.4
Ecusson · 16 Rue de la Monnaie, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: Glasses start around €5 and the plates stay small, so an evening of Lucques olives and seasonal farmhouse cheese costs less than a sit-down dinner.
La Brûlerie du Courreau ★ 4.3
Figuerolles · 9 Rue du Faubourg du Courreau, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: It shuts for a long lunch from 12:30 to 15:00, the old Languedoc shop rhythm.
Boulangerie Daveloza ★ 4.3
Écusson · 6 Rue du Grand Saint-Jean, 34000 Montpellier
Boulangerie Daveloza bakes entirely on natural levain from Rue du Grand Saint-Jean, organic flours, butter-free regional pastries and a cult local following.
Tip: It shuts between 13:30 and 16:00 on weekdays and does not open Sunday or Monday at all.
Ô Pain Délicieux ★ 4.2
Beaux-Arts · 18 Rue Bernard Délicieux, 34000 Montpellier
Ô Pain Délicieux has baked organic natural-leaven campagne, complet and olive breads on Rue Bernard Délicieux in the Beaux-Arts quarter since 2016.
Tip: It closes over lunch on weekdays, so time your visit for the afternoon bake from 16:00.
Café Bun ★ 4.2
Écusson · 5 rue des Etuves, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: There is a second Bun on Boulevard du Jeu de Paume with a co-working floor; the Rue des Etuves original is cosier.
Café Solo ★ 4.2
Écusson · 30 rue Saint Guilhem, 34000 Montpellier
Café Solo has roasted its own beans on Rue Saint Guilhem in Montpellier since 1991, Ecuadorian and Guatemalan origins beside a hundred teas.
Tip: The same roasting machine has turned for three decades; buy beans to take home along with the terrace espresso.
Café Solo ★ 4.2
Écusson · 30 rue Saint Guilhem, 34000 Montpellier
Café Solo has roasted on Rue Saint Guilhem in Montpellier since 1991, single origins from Ecuador to Indonesia turned on the same machine for decades.
Tip: An institution among the city's coffee people; the terrace espresso costs café-bar money for roastery quality.
Café Bun Paume ★ 4.2
Gambetta · 32 boulevard du Jeu de Paume, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: The upstairs coworking room has wifi and is the quieter half of the building.
La Street Food du Lez ★ 4.2
Port Marianne · 1348 avenue Raymond Dugrand, 34000 Montpellier
La Street Food du Lez parks a village of food trucks at the Marché du Lez in Montpellier, tacos, croques, Asian bowls and ice cream around shared tables.
Tip: Every truck has its own queue; split the group, claim a table and pool the haul with a glass from the wine truck.
Li's Raviolis Chinois ★ 4.2
Écusson · 23 rue de l'Université, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: Open 11:30 to 14:30 daily and no longer; the room seats barely a dozen at a time.
Li's Raviolis Chinois ★ 4.2
Écusson · 23 rue de l'Université, 34000 Montpellier
Li's Raviolis Chinois folds dumplings to order on Rue de l'Université, ten pork and cabbage for €6.60, the cheapest proper hot lunch in the Ecusson.
Tip: Lunch service only, 11:30 to 14:30 every day, and the room seats barely a dozen people.
Aux Délices du Faubourg ★ 4.1
Boutonnet · 69 Rue du Faubourg Boutonnet, 34090 Montpellier
Aux Délices du Faubourg is Boutonnet's neighbourhood bakery in Montpellier, country loaves, grain breads and pastries for the student faubourg.
Tip: Open Sunday morning, which most of the city's artisan bakeries are not; the country bread sells through by noon.
Au Rythme du Pain ★ 4.1
Boutonnet · 11 Rue du Faubourg Boutonnet, 34090 Montpellier
Au Rythme du Pain ferments organic sourdough slowly on Rue du Faubourg Boutonnet in Montpellier, its loaves also stocked by the La Cagette co-op.
Tip: Boutonnet has two serious bakeries on one street; try this one for levain and Aux Délices for the Sunday pastries.
Blend ★ 4.1
Écusson · 3 Rue du Bras de Fer, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: The cookie is the thing to order; lunch plates start around 5 euros, so it fills with students by 12:30.
Café Bun ★ 4.1
Écusson · 5 rue des Etuves, 34000 Montpellier
Café Bun sells named lots like the Ethiopian Gotiti and Brazilian Jaguar from its Rue des Etuves room in Montpellier, one of the city's coffee references.
Tip: Both Bun addresses stock the retail bags; the Jeu de Paume branch adds a co-working floor upstairs.
La Barbote ★ 4.1
Beaux-Arts · 1 rue des Deux Ponts, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: It opens seven nights, rare for a brewery bar; go early for a seat, the room is small and local.
La Barbote ★ 4.1
Beaux-Arts · 1 rue des Deux Ponts, 34000 Montpellier
La Barbote brews in the middle of Montpellier and pours its beers across the bar on Rue des Deux Ponts every evening of the week until 01:00.
Tip: The rare city-centre brewery you can walk to after dinner; arrive before 21:00 for a table.
Fabiano Focaccia ★ 4.1
Écusson · 18 Rue Saint Guilhem, 34000 Montpellier
Fabiano Focaccia bakes Ligurian focaccia on Rue Saint-Guilhem and fills it with Italian charcuterie, marinated vegetables and melting cheese to order.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; the counter sells out of the popular fillings by mid-afternoon.
Station Sucrée ★ 4.0
Écusson · 33 Rue de l'Université, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: The alfajores travel well and keep for days, which makes this the smart edible-souvenir stop in the old town.
Boulangerie Daveloza ★ 4.0
Écusson · 6 Rue du Grand Saint-Jean, 34000 Montpellier
Boulangerie Daveloza bakes certified organic levain breads on Rue du Grand Saint-Jean in Montpellier, with cereal loaves and gluten-free options.
Tip: Stocks run in two waves, morning and late afternoon; the gluten-free breads go quickest on Saturdays.
Cafés Bibal ★ 4.0
Écusson · 4 rue Jacques Coeur, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: The roasting itself happens out at Saint-Aunès; the boutique is where you taste before buying bags for home.
Station Sucrée ★ 4.0
Écusson · 33 Rue de l'Université, 34000 Montpellier
Station Sucrée pours coffee beside its Argentine alfajores and brookies on Rue de l'Université in Montpellier, a sweet stop in the student streets.
Tip: Take the alfajor with a cortado-style coffee at the counter; boxes travel well as gifts.
Cafés Bibal ★ 4.0
Écusson · 4 rue Jacques Coeur, 34000 Montpellier
Cafés Bibal has roasted for Montpellier since 1955 from its Saint-Aunès factory, and this Rue Jacques Coeur boutique sells the roasts in the old town.
Tip: This is the legacy roaster stocked in the region's bars; the boutique tastings are the quickest way through the range.
La Brûlerie du Courreau ★ 4.0
Figuerolles · 9 Rue du Faubourg du Courreau, 34000 Montpellier
La Brûlerie du Courreau is the oldest roastery in Montpellier, turning fresh batches on the Faubourg du Courreau since 1979 alongside a wall of teas.
Tip: A shop rather than a café: come to buy beans and tea, and note the long midday closure.
KVB ★ 4.0
Écusson · 71 rue de l'Aiguillerie, 34000 Montpellier
KVB reworks the kebab in full plant-based form on Rue de l'Aiguillerie in Montpellier, marinated seitan Kevabs, falafel bowls and vegan nuggets.
Tip: Brothers Paco and Félis make the galette and sauces in-house; the cheddar-sauce nuggets convert sceptics.
Li's Raviolis Chinois ★ 4.0
Écusson · 23 rue de l'Université, 34000 Montpellier
Li's Raviolis Chinois folds pork, cabbage and mushroom dumplings on Rue de l'Université in Montpellier, steamed or grilled, ten to a plate for 6.60 euros.
Tip: Lunch window only at midday; the sesame-paste noodles are the sleeper order beside the dumplings.
La Barbote ★ 4.0
Beaux-Arts · 1 rue des Deux Ponts, 34000 Montpellier
La Barbote brews on site in the Beaux-Arts quarter and keeps the taps running to 01:00 every night, a neighbourhood brewpub rather than a centre-city bar.
Tip: It sits north of the boulevards near Place des Beaux-Arts, a ten-minute walk from Comedie.
Marché de Celleneuve ★ 4.0
Celleneuve · Allée Antonin Chauliac, 34080 Montpellier
Marché de Celleneuve fills the old village square west of Montpellier every Wednesday morning, a producer market that almost no visitor ever reaches.
Tip: Wednesday morning only, 07:00 to 13:30; tram line 3 runs to Celleneuve from the centre.
Cafés Bibal ★ 4.0
Écusson · 4 rue Jacques Coeur, 34000 Montpellier
Cafés Bibal roasts and sells from a boutique on Rue Jacques Coeur, a coffee merchant in a city that mostly reads roasteries as coffee shops.
Tip: This is a shop rather than a cafe, so buy beans here and drink them somewhere else.
L'Oignon Givré ★ 4.0
Écusson · 46 Rue de l'Université, 34000 Montpellier
L'Oignon Givré has fed Montpellier students an unlimited salad buffet since 2001, with market produce, house quiches and a €10 plat du jour.
Tip: Weekday lunches only and the queue peaks at 12:30; arrive at noon or after 13:30 for a calmer room.
KVB ★ 4.0
Écusson · 71 rue de l'Aiguillerie, 34000 Montpellier
KVB reworks the kebab as a fully vegetal plate on Rue de l'Aiguillerie, seitan on the vertical spit with the usual sauces and chips alongside.
Tip: The spit is genuinely vegan rather than a swap-in, and the sauces are made in-house too.
La Street Food du Lez ★ 4.0
Port Marianne · 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.
Tip: Trucks rotate through the year, so the line-up you find will not match the one from last season.
Pain Brut ★ 4.0
Écusson · 1 rue Richelieu, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: It opens late at 11:45 and runs to 20:00, so it works better as lunch than breakfast.
SOMI ★ 3.9
Croix d'Argent · 200 allée Jean-François Lesueur, 34070 Montpellier
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.
Tip: Treat Thursday and Friday evenings as the visit window; the rest of the week is shop-only.
La Cantine du Mékong ★ 3.9
Port Marianne · 1348 avenue Raymond Dugrand, 34000 Montpellier
La Cantine du Mékong cooks Vietnamese, Thai and Laotian street plates from its truck at the Marché du Lez in Montpellier, bowls built to travel.
Tip: The menu roams the whole Mekong basin, so ask the truck which country cooked the day's special.
Fabiano Focaccia ★ 3.9
Écusson · 18 Rue Saint Guilhem, 34000 Montpellier
Fabiano Focaccia layers Italian imports into ten focaccia builds on Rue Saint Guilhem in Montpellier, daytime sandwiches with a small terrace.
Tip: The 12.90 euro formula adds a dessert and a drink; the tiramisu is made in-house and worth the add.
Le Détour ★ 3.9
Gambetta · 53 Rue du Pasteur Jean Cadier, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: The brewery shop is by appointment only; the beer is easier to find on tap at Le Réservoir.
Bol Bun & Bubble ★ 3.9
Écusson · 1 Rue d'Alger, 34000 Montpellier
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.
Tip: It splits the day with a break from 16:00 to 18:00, which catches out the late-lunch crowd.