Paris has always been high on my list of places to go. I’ve watched the Tour de France religiously for the last 15 years. After seeing all the sights on television and watching them charge down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées to the finish line, I’ve always thought “I’d like to go there”. Tick that bucket list box because we made it to beautiful Paris.
After a morning of exploring some of the main sights of Paris, we were all starting to get hungry. Paris has a café or restaurant just about on every corner, so deciding which one can be difficult. In the end, we made our way to Le Saint-Germain Café.
We are immediately greeted by a very friendly gentleman with a bubbly nature. Ensuring that we were staying for lunch he promptly guides us to a corner table inside next to the bar.
The café has indoor and outdoor seating. Be aware that smoking is allowed in the alfresco dining area. The inside of the restaurant has comfortable seating around the bar area and an upstairs area if it gets busy.
The Le Saint-Germain Café has a menu board outside in different languages, so you shouldn’t have any trouble understanding what they have on offer. Make sure you add a Euro to the prices as they are slightly different from the actual menu.
The menu has a decent range of dishes available. Since it was lunch, we ordered a tomato based vegetarian pasta, a ham and cheese toasted sandwich (Croque-Monsieur), some French onion soup and a small Camembert cheese plate.
All the meals were simple and well made. The Croque-Monsieur was beautifully made and the French Onion soup was full of flavour with a layer of bread and melted cheese on top. The pasta was simple richly flavoured, whilst the cheese plate was what we expected.
Overall the Le Saint-Germain is a nice, comfortable French café. The food is of decent quality and the service was also good. The price is a little higher than what we’d expect of a café, but we are in France. So, if you happen to be in France, head to the Le Saint-Germain Café for lunch and tell them Simon from Ourworldinreview sent you.
Additional Information for Le Saint Germain Café
62 Rue du Bac, 75007 Paris, France
Ph: +33 1 45 48 99 69
Main Meal Price Range $$
Trading hours:
| Monday | 11am–1am |
| Tuesday | 11am–1am |
| Wednesday | 11am–1am |
| Thursday | 11am–1am |
| Friday | 11am–1am |
| Saturday | 11am–1am |
| Sunday | 11am–1am |
Le Saint-Germain Café rating: 1-10 (1=very poor, 10 = excellent)
Decor =7
Atmosphere =7
Service =7
Price =7
Food =7
Overall = 7
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Must tell the story of the world’s most expensive brownie one day. An outdoors cafe at the other end of the Boulevard.
I think a large part of the experience at one of these places is people-watching. I love sitting with a coffee – or a glass of something nice – and drinking in the city, all its sights and smells and promises.
Might take you up on your suggestion in the last paragraph. I’m planning a few days in Paris next April, before driving down to Bordeaux. ResQgeek and his wife has expressed interest and there may be more BookCrossers keen on a roadtrip. Uh, how many seats in this place?
I can understand the idea of watching other people going about their business, whilst we sit and drink a coffee or wine. I don’t know exact seating numbers. But i’d say you can seat 30-40 upstairs and another 30-40 downstairs.