It is the poor relation of meals.
Breakfast has long been neglected, both at home and in hotels.
In question, habit, lack of time or interest.
Beyond its nutritional benefits, it is part of a ritual and an often intimate moment.
No sooner have we left the arms of Morpheus (or the loved one) that the day begins with a coffee or tea, accompanied by cereals or toast.
A bad espresso and, for some, a bad mood is not far away.
On the occasion of the start of the school year, we tantalized our taste buds in Parisian hotels opening their breakfast to non-residents.
Here are nine experiences where it's not just about taste, but also atmosphere.
Before going hunting at MOB Hotel Paris Les Puces
At the MOB Hotel, the eggs are fresh and the honey is "homemade" in the various vegetable gardens scattered here and there, in the courtyard or on the roof. Bérénice Debras / Le Figaro
From the henhouse to the plate, there are only two floors. Beehives by the cup, too. At the MOB Hotel, the eggs are fresh and the honey is "homemade" in the various vegetable gardens scattered here and there, in the courtyard or on the roof. Of course, the amounts aren't always enough to cover an ogre's appetite. Other (local) eggs come to rest on the long table with organic ingredients - the Karlito canteen has been 95% certified Organic Agriculture since this summer. No cold meats, but a generous brie and yoghurt that we pair with cereals, distant cousins of Smarties, pieces of chocolate and even goji berries. There are bread, croissants, jam, fruit… And ultra-sweet boudoirs. If the choice of products is not wide, it would also beto avoid the usual waste of buffets. Well seen. The room is large, the terrace, much more. What a joy to have breakfast outside ... The mascot of the house, the cat Emmanuelle Croquette, will not say the opposite. On the table, a clove of garlic chases away evil spirits by carrying a mini-message recalling the philosophy of the kitchen - carried by the starred organic executive chef, Paolo Sari. Oh yes anyway ! The MOB is ideal before going to hunt at the Clignancourt flea market.garlic chases away evil spirits by carrying a mini-message reminiscent of the philosophy of the kitchen - carried by the starred organic executive chef, Paolo Sari. Oh yes anyway ! The MOB is ideal before going to hunt at the Clignancourt flea market.garlic chases away evil spirits by carrying a mini-message reminiscent of the philosophy of the kitchen - carried by the starred organic executive chef, Paolo Sari. Oh yes anyway ! The MOB is ideal before going to hunt at the Clignancourt flea market.
Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., from € 16.
MOB Hotel Paris Les Puces, 6, rue Gambetta (at the corner of 50 rue des rosiers), 93400 St Ouen.
Phone.
: 01 47 00 70 70.
The train will whistle three times at the Hotel 25hours Terminus Nord in Paris
The place looks like a train station boudoir, bohemian and chic, but without frills.
The buffet is as melting pot as the neighborhood.
Photo ^ press
On the first floor, facing the big clock at the Gare du Nord, we watch the time tick away, hoping, in vain, for a 25th hour. We finally find her in this smiling and colorful room, covered with photos where breakfast takes its ease. The design of the Dreimeta agency is flawless. The place has the air of station boudoirs, bohemian and chic but without fuss. The buffet is as melting pot as the neighborhood. But before tasting it, quickly, a plastic glove! Compulsory Covid measure to play cutlery and help yourself at will. We bite into the sun of Neni, this restaurant chain that lives in 25hours hotels, and where the Near and Middle East meet Eastern Europe on the plates. Trio ofhummus or Zakouska? Or pastries from the bakery Carton or plain yoghurt (or strawberry) for a müesli (almonds, grapes, goji berries)
do-it-yourself
… Let's go for the good scrambled eggs.
And on the drink side?
A Samova tea (German brand) or…
champagne
!
Yes Yes.
We will come back, for sure, before taking the train one morning to Brussels, Amsterdam, London, what do I know!
Or to pick up his fellow travelers on the quay.
Breakfast Monday to Friday from 6.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. and on weekends from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Buffet from € 24.
Reservations recommended for non-residents.
Hotel 25hours Terminus Nord, 12 boulevard Denain, 75010 Paris.
Phone.
: 01 42 80 20 00.
Read alsoHotel 25hours Terminus Nord in Paris, the expert opinion of
Figaro
In the heart of Paris, at Maison Albar Hotels Le Pont-Neuf
Breakfast is taken at the Odette urban inn, nicely dressed by decorator Alexandre Danan. Jérôme Galland / Press photo
Definitely, the district does not stop changing. First, there was the new Forum des Halles and, this year, the opening of the Pinault Collection and La Samaritaine stock exchange. The 5-star hotel is just a stone's throw away. Central at will. Breakfast is taken at the Odette urban inn (in partnership with Rostang Père et Filles) nicely dressed by decorator Alexandre Danan - perhaps a little too much for breakfast, but perfect for lunch and dinner. Wood is king and curves are king. A little marble adds a contemporary touch. At the buffet, chouquettes and lemon madeleines (house) evoke childhood memories. They bend over pastries, cheeses from La Ferme d'Alexandre, good cold cuts (ham, bresaola, coppa), fruit juice from Alain Milliat ...Hot dishes are made a minute. Including pancakes or waffles as desired. This 5-star breakfast has it all.
Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., buffet from € 29.
Reservations recommended for non-residents.
Maison Albar Hotels Le Pont-Neuf, 23-25 rue du Pont Neuf, 75001 Paris.
Phone.
: 01 44 88 92 60.
The Californian spirit at Kimpton St-Honoré
From "Wake me up" to "Thirsty" through the "Guilty", we hesitate at each line of the menu.
Kimpton / Press Photo
Nestled in a very Parisian Art Deco building from 1917, the Montecito restaurant at the new Kimpton St-Honoré hotel radiates an XXL Californian spirit. Helped by the sparkling American Carrie Solomon, chef Nicolas Pastot has composed a refreshing menu. "
We offer a real American breakfast, generous but with seasonal products and in short circuit," he says. Breakfast is an important moment. Our guests still have their heads in the bed, or even under the duvet. We must help them get them started without rushing them.
»And it works… even when you cross Paris before going to dinner! From "Wake me up" to "Thirsty" through the "Guilty", we hesitate at each line of the menu. The main dishes, sweet or savory, shake up our habits like the signature dish, the “Breakfast sandwich”, a burger bun made from potato pulp welcoming scrambled eggs, bacon and caramelized onions… All in an unexpected lightness. Note, some gluten-free and vegan dishes. “
My wife has a lot of intolerances so I know what it is…
»Ends the chef.
He lets us taste in this room bathed in natural light when, suddenly, the glass doors automatically open onto the courtyard.
The interior "passes" to the exterior.
A real luxury.
A word of advice: enter through the hotel lobby and take a look at the phenomenal staircase which, from below, resembles theater boxes.
The building housed La Samaritaine de Luxe.
Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
“Kimpton in Paris” formula, a hot drink, fruit juice, filtered water, a main course and pastries, from € 42.
Kimpton St-Honoré, 27 - 29 Bd des Capucines, 75002 Paris.
Phone.
: 01 80 40 76 10.
The first session at Hotel Paradiso
The place is not very big but nice.
Romain Ricard
Before or after ? Both my captain! At the Café de Hôtel Paradiso, let's first swallow an espresso before heading to the next door for the 8 or 10 (yes, yes!) Movie screening of the mk2 Nation. And, finally, come back to sit down at the table, your head still full of images, and enjoy breakfast. Opened this year by the Karmitz brothers, this hotel is dedicated to the 7th art - all rooms “are” a cinema room. Also, the Café looks like a dark room, the reception looks like a ticket kiosk and a beautiful photo on the wall shows wooden cinema (or theater) seats in front of a tree. The place is not very big but nice. Behind the counter, the kindness and American accent of Marc Grossman showing his bagels: “
for me, the bagel isis a breakfast trick.
He also offers excellent pancakes and donuts.
And suddenly, thanks to the wanderings of the mind, we are as if transported to a scene from the film
Coffee and Cigarettes
by Jim Jarmusch.
Besides, we would take this cigarette on the terrace with a bed while waiting for the “Breakfast all day long” which should soon be offered à la carte.
Breakfast from 7 am to 10:30 am, "Continental" formula from € 14.
Pancake, from € 12., Bagel from € 6.
Hotel Paradiso, 135 boulevard Diderot, 75012 Paris.
Phone.
: 01 88 59 20 01.
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All day at the Hôtel du Sentier
Breakfast at the Hôtel du Sentier is simple: toast, croissant, pain au chocolat or homemade granola with cottage cheese and fruit, fresh squeezed fruit juice and a hot drink.
Hôtel du Sentier / Press photo
There is no more Parisian despite the address, Place du Caire, and the listed facade of 1826, displaying the busts of the goddess Hathor.
In the heart of the Sentier district, the terrace of the Hôtel du Sentier unrolls chairs from Maison Gatti, haute couture of the seat, surrounding the traditional round and blue bistro tables.
Replacing the parasols, a market cover and a few light bulbs in a tavern style ... We could easily see the young American from
Emily in Paris
(the famous Netflix series) settle there and, behind your sunglasses, analyze the behavior of Parisian titis. In this bistro, we meet regulars with their little dogs, passing tourists (they come back timidly) and friends who come to chat in the morning. You can feel the heart of the neighborhood beating. This is what Charlotte and Samuel Castro wanted, who like to give a warm welcome and a good franquette and "boarding house" style. With them, breakfast stretches all day - much to the delight of the guests. It is simple. Toast, croissant, pain au chocolat or homemade granola with cottage cheese and fruit, fresh squeezed fruit juice and hot drink. The luxury here is to take your time. Besides, every morning should last a whole day.
From 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Formula from € 20.
Hôtel du Sentier, 2, place du Caire, 75002 Paris.
Phone.
: 01 86 54 12 12.
100% plant-based at the HOY Paris hotel
The 100% vegetable breakfast, designed by Carolina Rodriguez and Lauren Lovatt, quenches the appetites of ogre by unrolling a subtle palette of flavors with natural ingredients.
Sophia van den Hoek / a fold ed
The eyes still full of sleep wake up in the middle of the flowers of the Japanese Chiaki Kokami. She runs a boutique and flower arranging workshops right at the entrance to the HOY hotel. Pushing open the door is not trivial: people come here to awaken their body and mind through plants (from bouquet to plate), yoga, holistic osteopathy, reiki, sophrology, quantum massage , facials… An idea from the sparkling and young Charlotte Gomez de Orozco who is slowly revolutionizing hotel codes. Its concept of well-being and good living is generously opening up to the outside world. At the Mesa restaurant, the 100% vegetable breakfast, imagined by Carolina Rodriguez and Lauren Lovatt (founder of the Plant Academy in London), holds the appetites ofogre by unrolling a subtle palette of flavors with natural ingredients. You must absolutely taste the "Carrot Lox 14" (charcoal bread, smoked carrot, vegetable crème fraîche, wild sprouts, caramelized pecans, microgreens and tarragon oil) or even the delicious "Purple Corn Pancake" where the syrup of maple is replaced by yacon syrup. To be taken with a Rooibos served in a Mexican cup made from beeswax which has the advantage of filtering the water. A nice morning surprise that can be followed by a yoga session or a 30-minute express treatment signed by Seasonly. On her momentum, Charlotte Gomez de Orozco already dreams of opening a vegetable bakery so that her guests can leave with good bread.You must absolutely taste the "Carrot Lox 14" (charcoal bread, smoked carrot, vegetable crème fraîche, wild sprouts, caramelized pecans, microgreens and tarragon oil) or even the delicious "Purple Corn Pancake" where the syrup of maple is replaced by yacon syrup. To be taken with a Rooibos served in a Mexican cup made from beeswax which has the advantage of filtering the water. A nice morning surprise that can be followed by a yoga session or a 30-minute express treatment signed by Seasonly. On her momentum, Charlotte Gomez de Orozco already dreams of opening a vegetable bakery so that her guests can leave with good bread.You must absolutely taste the "Carrot Lox 14" (charcoal bread, smoked carrot, vegetable crème fraîche, wild sprouts, caramelized pecans, microgreens and tarragon oil) or even the delicious "Purple Corn Pancake" where the syrup of maple is replaced by yacon syrup. To be taken with a Rooibos served in a Mexican cup made from beeswax which has the advantage of filtering the water. A nice morning surprise that can be followed by a yoga session or a 30-minute express treatment signed by Seasonly. On her momentum, Charlotte Gomez de Orozco already dreams of opening a vegetable bakery so that her guests can leave with good bread.tarragon) or even the delicious "Purple Corn Pancake" where maple syrup is replaced by yacon syrup. To be taken with a Rooibos served in a Mexican cup made from beeswax which has the advantage of filtering the water. A nice morning surprise that can be followed by a yoga session or a 30-minute express treatment signed by Seasonly. On her momentum, Charlotte Gomez de Orozco already dreams of opening a vegetable bakery so that her guests can leave with good bread.tarragon) or even the delicious "Purple Corn Pancake" where maple syrup is replaced by yacon syrup. To be taken with a Rooibos served in a Mexican cup made from beeswax which has the advantage of filtering the water. A nice morning surprise that can be followed by a yoga session or a 30-minute express treatment signed by Seasonly. On her momentum, Charlotte Gomez de Orozco already dreams of opening a vegetable bakery so that her guests can leave with good bread.On her momentum, Charlotte Gomez de Orozco already dreams of opening a vegetable bakery so that her guests can leave with good bread.On her momentum, Charlotte Gomez de Orozco already dreams of opening a vegetable bakery so that her guests can leave with good bread.
Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Main course from 8 to 15 €.
HOY Paris, 68, rue des Martyrs, 75009 Paris.
Phone.
01 77 37 87 20.
(Almost) democratic luxury at the Ritz
The Ritz terrace is a delicious urban break.
Bernhard Winkelmann
The Ritz terrace is a delicious urban break. There is the sound of the wind in the leaves of the plane trees, the still whispered conversations of the morning and the clinking of cups resting on their saucers. A serene calm inhabits the place. The hour is ticking and the tongues are loosened, the tone happily rises. The day has really started. On the menu, the traditional French toast is a real catch, with a soft bite, which makes you forget the "Vendôme Breakfast", a classic without surprise. Its sparkle remains the "viennoiserie of the day" in the "baker's basket". This is a foretaste of the novelties of the brilliant pastry chef François Perret offered at the
Ritz Paris Le Comptoir
, address inaugurated in June 2021 and whose entrance is independent of the luxury hotel.
It is here, on one of the five tables, that you have to have your breakfast or choose to take it to the Tuileries, for example.
At the Ritz Paris Le Comptoir, pains au chocolat revisited by François Perret.
Bernhard Winkelmann
We discover the traditional croissants and pains au chocolat cut in a slender shape. “The chocolate is thus with each bite, the pleasure from start to finish,” says the Best Restaurant Pastry Chef in the world in 2019 with a smile. His millefeuilles can now be eaten in the street - the shape really helps! "I
wanted to sweeten the daily life of Parisians
" he says. Because sugar, for François Perret, is the spice of life. So he designed succulent “drinking cakes” revisiting his three bests: the Entremets Madeleine, the Caramel Barquette and the Marbled Entremets. These pastry drinks are to be sipped through a straw during a stroll in Paris for a hell of a breakfast on the move.
Bar Vendôme at the Ritz Paris
, breakfast every day from 8 am to noon.
“Vendôme Breakfast” formula from € 48, including fresh fruit juice, hot drink, baker's basket, assortment of jams and honey, yogurt, cereals or fruit salad.
American breakfast from € 68, Wellness 100% vegan breakfast, from € 68.
À la carte, traditional brioche-based French toast, from € 25.
Ritz Paris, 15 place Vendôme 75001 Paris.
Phone.
: 01 43 16 30 30.
Ritz Paris Le Comptoir
from Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 7 pm (no reservation) and possibility of click & collect.
Croissant from € 3, pain au chocolat € 3.50, pastry drink € 9 and € 13.
Ritz Paris Le Comptoir, 38, rue Cambon, 75001 Paris.
Market spirit at the Chouchou Hotel
Short circuits, seasonal products and simple recipes, to taste or devour for lunch and dinner on one of the large wooden tables, in a camaraderie atmosphere.
Nicolas anetson
It is France, joyful, which is celebrated in this hotel open just before the first confinement.
You can hear Brel, pieces of yesterday's rap, electro and, in the corridors, mythical passages from great classics of French films.
On the restaurant side, you enter through the
Food Market
. On the one hand, La Grande Bouffe with its sausage pancake, its charcuterie and, on the other, La Mer à Boire, which blows a sea breeze thanks to its oysters and other products. Further on, the Bar Guinguette where you can sit down for breakfast. While waiting for a display in the style of street markets, the products are lined up in the form of a buffet on the counter. We've had better croissants elsewhere, but the cheese is fortunately delicious. Added to this is the good tea of Pascal Hamour (present in several five-star hotels) and real coffee from an Italian Segafredo Zanetti machine… Silent. A very good point. According to your wishes, you can enrich the breakfast formula and slather yourself, Russian style, with a shot of Remyx Vodka, the artistic French vodka. The bar makes a point ofhonor to use only French spirits. Needless to say, the atmosphere is nice. Especially since a pianist sometimes comes to train (divinely) live in the morning. For that alone, Le Chouchou is aptly named.
Every day, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Buffet breakfast from € 19.
Chouchou Hotel, 11, rue du Helder 75009 Paris.
Phone.
01 87 44 54 79.
