Emily in Paris' top gourmet addresses

It's hard to find a more ideally located café in Paris. Located in the heart of the Tuileries, Le Marly fully embodies the spirit of the Netflix series, and in season 2 welcomes Emily, Camille and Sylvie for lunch with a view of the Louvre pyramid. The restaurant also serves as a brasserie, offering a menu of typically French dishes, with an emphasis on grilled fish and meat. And for dessert, don't miss the red fruit pavlova, one of the house classics.

There's a slight difference with the fiction, however: you won't be able to have a drink or dinner on the forecourt of the Louvre, but the terrace and its stone railings offer an equally chic and idyllic setting. Inside, you can contemplate the listed woodwork and admire the museum's sculpture rooms.

The icing on the cake is that the Marly offers continuous service every day from 8am to 2am. Enough to satisfy your cravings at any time of day or night!

• Café Marly

This ‘neighbourhood restaurant’ is much more than a setting in the heart of Montmartre, where Emily comes to relax with her friend Mindy after a heated exchange with her boss Sylvie. It's a piece of history, where painters like Dali and Picasso visited their friend Ramon Pichot, who owned the house at the time. Over the following decades, it became a meeting place for artists from all walks of life, including Camus, Alain Delon and Dalida.

Since 2017, La Maison Rose has endeavoured to preserve the history of the district, and offers a short but demanding menu inspired by French kitchen gardens and modest Italian cuisine, selecting its suppliers with care. So don't miss the chance to try the polpettes (pork and beef meatballs with herbs and spinach) or its homemade foccacia, and think of the stars who once sat at this table like no other.

La Maison Rose

Many people know the café de Flore. But Flore en l'Île deserves your attention just as much. Firstly, because it's here that Emily receives the support of her colleague Luc, who happened to cycle into the neighbourhood. Secondly, because this restaurant on the Île Saint-Louis, just a stone's throw from the bridge of the same name, offers an unbeatable view of Notre Dame Cathedral. And last but not least, because Flore en l'Île is the historic supplier of the famous Berthillon ice creams, renowned throughout the capital and beyond. Special mention should be made of the more unexpected flavours, from honey nougat to chestnuts and wild strawberries.

If you're looking for a traditional Parisian brasserie, with a large menu of typical dishes and a historic setting, don't hesitate: Le Flore en l'île is for you. 

Le Flore en l'Île

At the start of season 3, Emily's boss Sylvie gathers her employees Luc and Julien for a lunch of the utmost importance. And for this special meeting, she chooses a table on the terrace of Le Temps des Cerises, in the heart of the Marais district. The restaurant, whose mosaic façade dates back to the 1930s, owes its name to a famous song by Jean Baptiste Clément, written in 1866. The name also echoes its location, rue de la Cerisaie, in reference to the orchard that stood there when the house was built in the Middle Ages.

Inside, the woodwork and zinc are typical of bistros from the first half of the 20th century. The menu is traditional but demanding, with pike-perch au gratin with aïoli, lamb confit and pear and chocolate mille-feuille. Eating at Le Temps des Cerises is like stepping back in time, and into the world of Emily in Paris. 

Le Temps des Cerises (French website)

It's a legendary place. Not so much because Emily is having trouble booking a table there, but because Le Grand Véfour is a historic restaurant on the Parisian gastronomic scene. Situated in the gardens of the Palais-Royal, the restaurant was established at the end of the eighteenth century and quickly became an essential meeting place on the French political and cultural scene. It was here that George Sand, Lamartine, Victor Hugo and even Bonaparte met. In the twentieth century, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Louis Aragon and Colette were regulars at the tables of these legendary gilded restaurants.

Today, Le Grand Véfour remains a not-to-be-missed address for regulars and visitors alike. Thanks to chef Guy Martin's à la carte menu, you'll be able to indulge in bass pressé with basil, melt-in-your-mouth pork loin, or the unmissable chocolate profiterole with caramelised almonds. A neo-classical universe in all its splendour.

le Grand Véfour

How can you come to France without visiting one of the country's gastronomic icons, the famous crêperies? If Emily finds herself there on a most awkward double date with Camille and Gabriel, we can't recommend Lulu La nantaise highly enough. Situated on the banks of the lovely Canal Saint-Martin, this establishment, named after a character from the film Les Tontons Flingueurs, uses seasonal produce and local produce to offer galettes and crêpes that are hard to forget. From the wholemeal galette with ‘Le Prince de Paris’ white ham to Guéméné andouille sausage direct from Brittany, the choice is vast. And if you've got room for more after the smoked bacon, try the crêpes made with organic wheat flour, accompanied by a chestnut cream or homemade salted butter caramel. A trip to Lulu La nantaise in Paris is a quick trip to Brittany and back!

Lulu La nantaise

In the series Emily in Paris, the club where Emily's friend Mindy performs is called La Trompette Bleue. But in reality, the scenes were shot at La Nouvelle Eve, at the foot of the Butte Montmartre. This is one of the oldest cabarets in the capital, successively named Fantaisies Parisiennes and Gaîté before finding its current name. Built in 1898 initially as a theatre, the first nude revue was launched in 1920 by a certain Léon Berryer. After acting as a cinema during the Second World War, La Nouvelle Eve found its Belle Époque style, offering ambitious revues in the pure Parisian tradition. Today, you can admire ‘Paris Je T'aime’, a spectacular show revisiting the history of cabarets in the capital. And don't worry: the French Cancan is on the programme, to music by Offenbach.

La Nouvelle Eve

This is the opening scene of the fourth season of Emily in Paris. Mindy and Emilie are sitting on a terrace in a cobbled alleyway in the sixth arrondissement of Paris. The most attentive viewers will have noticed the name of the establishment: Brasserie des Prés, a restaurant serving traditional French cuisine and a member of Nouvelle Garde, a group that has been making a lot of noise in recent years. On the menu are typical but affordable dishes: boeuf bourguignon, poultry with yellow wine and, of course, mashed sausage. All prepared with particular attention to flavour and using local, seasonal produce. And for late diners, don't worry, the Brasserie stays open until midnight every day.

Brasserie des Prés

In the fourth season of Emily in Paris, the young woman continues to discover the most chic places in the capital. These include the Café Lapérouse, located in the Hôtel de la Marine on Place de la Concorde. This restaurant, built as a tribute to Louis XV, has played host to historic moments such as the ball following Napoleon's coronation and the drafting of the decree abolishing slavery. Now renovated, it retains the grand chandeliers and velvety banquettes of its past, but its café offers a refreshing decor, a tribute from Cordelia de Castellane to the Riviera. As well as being a gathering place during Fashion Week, the Café Lapérouse offers a rare view of the Eiffel Tower from across the Seine. The menu features timeless French dishes such as Filet Château with pepper sauce, and the ever-popular Smash Burger. 

How can you visit Paris without stopping off at Bouillon Chartier, one of the best addresses in the Emily in Paris series? Located just a few steps from the Musée Grévin, it is one of the capital's historic brasseries, opened in 1896. Its unique decor, featuring stained glass windows, brass and sculpted woodwork, has been listed as a historic monument for over thirty years.

But what immediately catches the eye at Bouillon Chartier is its slogan: ‘A meal worthy of the name, at a modest price’. It's one of the last places in Paris that doesn't sacrifice quality to offer starters for 1 euro and main courses for 7 euros. Whatever your budget, there will be a plate for you. And the approach is so popular that you often have to queue to get a table. Rest assured, Bouillon Chartier also has addresses in Montparnasse and Gare de l'Est.

Bouillon Chartier