Septime
$$$$📍Bastille / 11e
Where Sartre wrote, de Beauvoir debated and every Parisian intellectual drank their morning café. Flore remains the quintessential Left Bank café — overpriced, impeccably staffed and absolutely irreplaceable. Order the hot chocolate.
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The classic Paris café experience in one legendary address. Visitors note the prices are high but the atmosphere is unmatched — red banquettes, black-suited waiters and the finest people-watching in the city. The croque-monsieur and hot chocolate are standouts. A must for any first-timer to Paris.
Expensive but iconic. Sat for 2 hours watching Parisian life pass by. The hot chocolate is absolutely divine.
Historic and beautiful. Staff are brusque in the best Parisian tradition. Croissant was perfection.
Love the terrace in spring. Not cheap but you're paying for history and atmosphere — totally worth it.