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Cafés in Paris un café au comptoir

An espresso at a zinc counter on Rue Montorgueil, the terraces of Boulevard Saint-Germain, and roasters’ bars along the Canal Saint-Martin and in the Marais.

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Order un café in Paris and you get a small black espresso, often drunk standing at the zinc (counter) of a neighborhood bar. Across 58 Paris bars in an October 2026 price survey, a café averaged €2.32, and the 9e and 12e were among the cheapest arrondissements at €2.10.1 Coffee has been sold on the Left Bank since 1686, when the Sicilian Procopio Cutò moved his business to today’s Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie; his café, Le Procope, drew Voltaire, Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin before it closed in 1872.2

Specialty coffee arrived much later. Gloria Montenegro opened Soluna Cafés, now La Caféothèque, near the Hôtel de Ville in 2005, Lomi began roasting in 2010, and Ten Belles opened by the Canal Saint-Martin in 2012.3 These bars keep daytime hours, and nearly all of them close by 19:00, while brasseries and café-tabacs (cafés with a tobacco counter) often run from 07:00 until 02:00.

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Paris has 20 arrondissements, numbered in a clockwise spiral from the center, and the last two digits of a postcode give the number: 75011 is the 11e.10 Since June 2020 the first four have shared one town hall as Paris Centre.10 Café habits shift between them, from the literary terraces of the 6e to the specialty bars of the Marais and the Canal Saint-Martin.

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Louvre & Les Halles (1er) 142 cafés

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Bourse & Sentier (2e) 111 cafés

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Le Marais (3e & 4e) 254 cafés

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Latin Quarter (5e) 138 cafés

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Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6e) 106 cafés

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Eiffel Tower & Invalides (7e) 76 cafés

Champs-Élysées (8e) 84 cafés

Opéra & SoPi (9e) 149 cafés

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Canal Saint-Martin (10e) 161 cafés

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Oberkampf & Bastille (11e) 259 cafés

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Gare de Lyon & Bercy (12e) 115 cafés

Place d'Italie & Butte-aux-Cailles (13e) 104 cafés

Montparnasse (14e) 69 cafés

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Vaugirard & Grenelle (15e) 124 cafés

Passy & Trocadéro (16e) 62 cafés

Batignolles (17e) 104 cafés

Montmartre (18e) 140 cafés

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Buttes-Chaumont & La Villette (19e) 96 cafés

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How coffee works in Paris

The default order, un café, brings an espresso; un double doubles it and an allongé stretches it with water.4 Un crème is the milky coffee of breakfast, a noisette is an espresso with a spot of cream, and a déca is decaf.4 Milk drinks belong to the morning: after lunch or dinner, Parisians take a plain café once dessert is finished.4

Where you drink changes the price. A café has to show, legibly and visible from the street, the counter and seated prices of its most common drinks and dishes, black coffee and draft beer among them, and a matching board inside.5 Compare the two columns before you take a table.

Service is already in the price. Under a 1987 order on price display, menus state that prices are service compris (service included), with the rate charged, and anything extra is a voluntary tip.6 Waiters in France are salaried, so rounding up the bill or leaving a few euros is plenty.7

Laptop habits differ from café to café. La Caféothèque doesn’t allow laptops, Ten Belles has no Wi-Fi, and Passager and COMETS in the 11e keep laptop-free areas.3 Specialty bars open around 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, and about three in four Paris cafés open on Sundays.

What coffee costs in Paris

DrinkTypical price
Un café
Espresso at a bar
€1.30–4.00 (average €2.32)
58 Paris bars, October 2026
Un café
Espresso at Café de Flore
€5.50
Saint-Germain, menu of May 2026
Croissant au beurre
Butter croissant at Café de Flore
€4.00
Same menu, May 2026
Filtre (V60)
Hand-brewed filter coffee, specialty bar
€7–24
Café d’Auteur, 6e, June 2026
Cold brew
Cold brew, specialty bar
€7
Nuances, 6e, June 2026

Bar espresso prices are MisterGoodBeer’s survey of 58 Paris bars, data as of October 2026.1 Café de Flore prices are from the menu it posted in May 2026, with taxes and 15% service included.8 Specialty prices are from a June 2026 visit to Saint-Germain: Café d’Auteur’s V60 list, from house coffee to reserve lots, and a cold brew at Nuances.9 Counter and seated prices must both be posted outside.5

Sources

  1. Prix du café à Paris, MisterGoodBeer (data as of October 23, 2026), accessed October 2026
  2. Le Procope, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Paris Coffee Shops: Where to Drink Specialty Coffee in Paris, 2foodtrippers (updated October 25, 2026), accessed October 2026
  4. Ordering Coffee in Paris, Paris by Mouth (2013, updated July 25, 2017), accessed October 2026
  5. Les obligations d’affichage et d’étalage du restaurateur, CCI Paris Île-de-France (updated June 25, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Question écrite n° 16558 : numérisation du « pourboire-tronc » (réponse du 2 avril 2019), Assemblée nationale, accessed October 2026
  7. Tip or not tip : le pourboire américain, éternelle question pour les Français (Anne-Lorraine Bahi), Le Petit Journal (February 21, 2026), accessed October 2026
  8. Menu du Café de Flore (PDF, posted May 2026), Café de Flore, accessed October 2026
  9. Paris specialty coffee shops: update guide, Double Skinny Macchiato (June 5, 2026), accessed October 2026
  10. Arrondissements of Paris, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
FAQ

Cafés in Paris: common questions

How much does a coffee cost in Paris in 2026?

A café (espresso) averaged €2.32 across 58 Paris bars in October 2026, with prices from €1.30 to €4. On Café de Flore’s May 2026 menu an espresso costs €5.50 and a butter croissant €4, service included. At specialty bars in Saint-Germain, a V60 filter coffee cost €7–24 and a cold brew €7 in June 2026.

Which neighborhood of Paris has the most cafés?

Oberkampf & Bastille (11e) and Le Marais (3e & 4e) have the most cafés, followed by Canal Saint-Martin (10e). In the 11e they line Rue Saint-Maur, Boulevard Voltaire and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine. The Marais has the most specialty coffee bars, from Boot Café on Rue du Pont aux Choux to Partisan on Rue de Turbigo.

Do you tip in Paris cafés?

A tip is optional. Since a 1987 order on price display, French café and restaurant prices are shown service compris, with the service rate stated on the menu, and waiters are salaried. Rounding up the bill or leaving a few euros is a courtesy, not an obligation.

What should you order in a Paris café?

Ask for un café and you get an espresso; un double is two shots and an allongé is lengthened with water. Un crème is the milky breakfast coffee, a noisette is espresso with a spot of cream, and a déca is decaf. After a meal, Parisians drink a plain café.

What is the oldest café in Paris?

Le Procope is the oldest name. Procopio Cutò, a Sicilian, moved his coffee business in 1686 to the street now called Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie, in the 6e, and Voltaire, Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin were among the customers. The original café closed in 1872.

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