Le Comptoir du Relais is a french bistro restaurant in 6E, Paris.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 9 Carrefour de l'Odéon, 75006 Paris
Raquel Carena cooks Argentine-French intuition food at Le Baratin, the Belleville room every Parisian chef calls their favourite when no one is listening.
OrderThe sweetbreads if they are on, and a glass from Philippe Pinoteau's natural list.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday, often Saturday too. Phone bookings only, no website.
Septime's seafood little sister, Clamato in Paris runs no-reservation oysters, ceviche and grilled fish from 19:00. Walk-in only; queue forms by 18:45.
OrderHalf a dozen Gillardeau oysters, the hake of the day, and a plate of lardo on toast.
TipArrive at 18:45 for the first seating or after 21:30 for the second. No bookings ever.
Bistrot Paul Bert is Paris's textbook bistro: zinc bar, chalkboard menu, steak frites cooked rare with hand-cut fries, île flottante for two on a single.
OrderSteak frites cooked saignant, île flottante for two, a pichet of house red.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Book two weeks ahead for a weeknight or take the 19:30 first seating.
Two centuries of dining-room history at Le Grand Véfour, the Palais-Royal mirror-and-velvet salon where Paris cooked dinner for Napoleon, Colette and Cocteau.
OrderThe ravioles de foie gras at the chef's prix-fixe lunch.
TipTuesday-Friday lunch is a third the price of dinner and books two weeks out, not four months.
Iñaki Aizpitarte's Le Chateaubriand in Paris invented the modern neo-bistro tasting menu in 2006. A fixed five courses, no swap, runs €85 a head.
OrderThere is no a la carte. Trust the menu and order a bottle from the natural list.
TipBookings 09:00 the day prior; or take a 21:30 walk-in slot at the second seating.
Le Cinq Mars is the kind of Paris room a gallerist takes a writer to: red banquettes, chalkboard, an endive salad with Roquefort and walnuts that has not.
OrderThe endive Roquefort salad and pot-au-feu in winter; vitello tonnato in summer.
TipLunch is open to walk-ins; dinner books a week ahead, two weeks for a weekend.
