12 french bistro spots in Ecusson, editor-picked by TableJourney. All of Ecusson's food · All french bistro in Montpellier.
La Canourgue ★ 4.2
Place de la Canourgue, 34000 Montpellier
La Canourgue is the Pourcel brothers' every-day bistronomic room at Hôtel Richer de Belleval in Montpellier, Mediterranean plates on the shaded square.
Tip: It serves seven days a week, a rarity in this city of Sunday closures; the courtyard tables go first in summer.
Tôt ou Tard ★ 4.2
7 Place de la Chapelle Neuve, 34000 Montpellier
Tôt ou Tard fills a plane-tree square in Montpellier's Écusson, bistronomic plates, tapas and organic Languedoc wines poured until around midnight.
Tip: The terrace on Place de la Chapelle Neuve is one of the old town's loveliest; it stays open through August.
Tôt ou Tard ★ 4.2
7 Place de la Chapelle Neuve, 34000 Montpellier
Tôt ou Tard mixes bistro plates, tapas and organic wines on Place de la Chapelle Neuve in Montpellier, terrace tables under the plane trees.
Tip: It stays open through August and on Sundays, two things most of the old town cannot say.
La Canourgue ★ 4.2
Place de la Canourgue, 34000 Montpellier
La Canourgue lets Montpellier eat Pourcel cooking casually, bistronomic plates and tapas served daily on the Richer de Belleval square itself.
Tip: Seven-day service on a shaded square makes it the reliable smart-casual default in the old town.
La Canourgue ★ 4.2
Place de la Canourgue, 34000 Montpellier
La Canourgue is the Pourcels' bistronomic second room at Hôtel Richer de Belleval in Montpellier, Mediterranean plates served daily on the plane-tree square.
Tip: Open every day, rare in this city; it is the easiest route into the Pourcel kitchen without the starred bill upstairs.
Les Canons ★ 4.1
28 Rue de Candolle, 34000 Montpellier
Les Canons pairs a 150-bottle natural wine cellar with market bistro lunches near Saint-Pierre cathedral in Montpellier, most vegetables local and organic.
Tip: Lunch menus run 11 to 18 euros and any cellar bottle opens for 10 euros corkage; Wednesday is the late night.
Les Canons ★ 4.1
28 Rue de Candolle, 34000 Montpellier
Les Canons cooks market lunches beside a 150-bottle natural wine wall near Saint-Pierre cathedral in Montpellier, most vegetables organic and local.
Tip: Treat it as a cave à manger: pick a bottle from the shelves, pay 10 euros corkage and build lunch around it.
Café de la Panacée ★ 4.0
14 Rue de l'École de Pharmacie, 34000 Montpellier
Café de la Panacée feeds the MO.CO. Panacée art centre from a shaded courtyard, with weekday lunch menus and evening tapas running until 00:30.
Tip: Sunday brings an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet to the courtyard; evenings shift to 5 to 10 euro tapas plates.
Le Pré Vert ★ 3.9
10 rue Sainte-Anne, 34000 Montpellier
Le Pré Vert cooks homely lunches and weekend brunches on Rue Sainte-Anne, a quiet room at the Arc de Triomphe end of the Montpellier old town.
Tip: Weekday service is lunch-only and short; Sunday's 11:30 start makes it an early-brunch option for the quarter.
Ma Première Cantine ★ 3.8
4 Place Jean Jaurès, 34000 Montpellier
Ma Première Cantine keeps school-canteen nostalgia and continuous service running on Place Jean Jaurès in Montpellier, breakfast through midnight daily.
Tip: Service never breaks between meals, which makes this the reliable answer at 16:00 or 23:00 on the busiest square.
Ma Première Cantine ★ 3.8
4 Place Jean Jaurès, 34000 Montpellier
Ma Première Cantine plays on school-dinner nostalgia on Place Jean Jaurès in Montpellier, serving without a break from 08:30 to midnight daily.
Tip: Continuous service is the superpower: it feeds you at hours when every proper kitchen in the Écusson is closed.
L'Oignon Givré ★ 3.6
46 Rue de l'Université, 34000 Montpellier
L'Oignon Givré has fed Montpellier students an all-you-can-eat salad buffet on Rue de l'Université for over two decades, weekday lunches only.
Tip: Come hungry and early: the buffet room fills with students on the stroke of noon and service ends at 14:30.