Bouillon Chartier is a brasserie budget eat in 9E, Paris.
Bouillon Chartier in Paris is the 1896 workers' brasserie still plating œuf mayonnaise at €3 and a full bistro 3-course set under €18, no reservation.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Queue moves fast. Arrive at 11:30 lunch or 18:30 dinner for the first wave of seating.
Address: 7 Rue du Faubourg Montmartre, 75009 Paris
Bouillon Pigalle in Paris reopened the bouillon model in 2017 and now seats 300 daily with no booking. At 22 Boulevard de Clichy. Booking recommended.
Try: Bouillon mains under €12
Tip: Queue from 19:00; tables turn every 45 minutes. The Lyonnais sister Bouillon République is the alternative.
L'As du Fallafel in Paris is the falafel-pita window on Rue des Rosiers since 1979, a €9 sandwich the line moves through in 15 minutes most lunch services.
Try: Falafel pita
Tip: Closed Saturdays for Shabbat. Take the sandwich to Place des Vosges for a bench seat.
Le Petit Vendôme in Paris pulls baguette tradition split lengthwise, butter and Bayonne ham, for under €6. The classic Parisian counter sandwich.
Try: Jambon-beurre
Tip: Closed weekends. Take the sandwich to the Tuileries gardens five minutes south by foot.
Chez Alain Miam Miam in Paris is the Marché des Enfants Rouges galette window. €13 buys a laminated-baguette galette built to order with farmer-named.
Try: Galette
Tip: Cash only. Arrive at 11:00 before the line forms; the galette is served from a bench seat.
Phở Bánh Cuốn 14 in Paris's 13e plates a €12 bowl of phở and a €14 bánh cuốn-and-rolls set. The broth runs 14 hours; bánh cuốn comes off the morning steamer.
Try: Phở
Tip: Order the phở tái nạm and bánh cuốn for two; the lunch queue moves fast, folds by 14:30.
King Falafel Palace in Paris is the Marais falafel rival to L'As, three doors up the same Rue des Rosiers. €8 sandwich, faster queue, six pita variations.
Try: Falafel pita
Tip: Open Saturdays unlike L'As. The aubergine-and-egg variant is the order if you want a switch-up.
