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Le Petit Pontoise

Name: Le Petit Pontoise
Price range: $
Rating: 4.6

4.6 ·

Discover Le Petit Pontoise, a family-run bistro tucked on a quiet Latin Quarter street. Settle into the old-fashioned dining room and savor homemade classics like escargots, foie gras, seven-hour lamb shoulder, or sole meunière.

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Reasons to go

Run by two brothers continuing a family bistro legacy
Known for seven-hour slow-cooked lamb shoulder and sole meunière
Small old-fashioned dining room near the Seine in the 5th arrondissement, largely unchanged from an earlier era of Parisian bistros

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Full description

Le Petit Pontoise occupies a small, old-fashioned dining room on the rue de Pontoise, near the Seine in the 5th arrondissement. Run by two brothers who continue a family legacy, it serves traditional French dishes made on-site with carefully sourced ingredients, from escargots and foie gras to seven-hour lamb shoulder and sole meunière.

The atmosphere is authentic and unpretentious, evoking an older era of Parisian bistros.

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Address

9 Rue de Pontoise, 75005 Paris, France · Latin Quarter

Website

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Hours

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Booking

Booking required

Duration

1h15

Best time

lunchtime or evening

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

Book well in advance, especially for dinner, as the small dining room fills up quickly by 8pm
outdoor seating requests may not be accommodated later in the evening.

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Reviews

Great food and good service. The food is good and frankly, better than most similar French restuarant I have been to in Paris. Beef is good. Frog leg is great. Even wine selection is fantastic. Love the humour too! Will visit again when I am in Paris.

Ash L

3/5

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