RFK Rankings · Paris
Best Restaurants Open Late in Paris 2026
Late-night dining · Paris · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 3, 2026 · Updated June 3, 2026
It is one in the morning, the last métro has gone, and the onion soup at Au Pied de Cochon is exactly as good as it was at eight. Paris guards its reputation as a late city more in legend than in practice. Most kitchens, even the grand ones, call last orders by half past ten and lock the door. The rooms that genuinely run a full service past midnight are a short list, and the handful that go to two, three, or right through to dawn are shorter still. These six keep a real kitchen lit when the rest of the arrondissement has gone dark, and not one of them treats the late table as an afterthought.
1.Au Pied de Cochon
The only round-the-clock brasserie in central Paris, the onion soup as good at 3am as at eight; eat here after everything else.
Au Pied de Cochon has not locked its door since 1947, when it opened to feed the porters of the old Les Halles market across the street. The market is long gone; the 24-hour kitchen on rue Coquillière in the 1st remains, the rare Paris room that serves a full carte at any hour of any day. The signature is the grilled pig's trotter that gives the place its name, but the gratinée des Halles, the onion soup it claims to have perfected, is the order at three in the morning, with mains around €20 to €35. Chandeliers, murals and formally dressed waiters keep it from feeling like a last resort. Eat here after everything else has closed, take a banquette, and treat 2am as a normal dinner.
Walk in any hour or book on the Au Pied de Cochon site; the kitchen never closes.
2.La Maison de l'Aubrac
Aubrac beef from the family farm, served to 7am; the rare serious steak at 3am, go for it after a long night.
La Maison de l'Aubrac is the answer to a very specific Paris problem: where to get a properly cooked steak at three in the morning. Just off the Champs-Élysées on rue Marbeuf in the 8th, it runs its kitchen until 7am Wednesday through Saturday, and to 1am the rest of the week, which makes it the latest serious meat kitchen in the city. The beef comes from the family's own herd on the Aubrac plateau, hung and butchered to order, the côte de boeuf the dish to share. It is not cheap for a brasserie, with steaks running well into the €30s and up, but nothing else of this quality is plating at dawn. Go for it after a long night, order the Aubrac beef rare, and let the cellar suggest a red.
Walk in late or reserve on the Maison de l'Aubrac site; the grill runs to 7am Wed-Sat.
3.Brasserie Lipp
Léonard Lipp's 1880 literary brasserie, pouring and plating to 2am, the choucroute the order; book it for a late Left Bank supper.
Brasserie Lipp opened on 27 October 1880, when Léonard Lipp began serving Alsatian beer and choucroute on the Boulevard Saint-Germain, and it has been the Left Bank's late canteen for writers and politicians ever since. The mirrored, tiled room at 151 Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th runs continuous service until around 2am, which puts it among the latest grand brasseries in Paris. The choucroute garnie is the dish, the cervelas rémoulade the starter Lipp made its name on, with a classic plate landing around €25 to €35. The waiters in long aprons and the no-booking-the-good-tables tradition are part of the theatre. Book it for a late Left Bank supper, ask for a table on the ground floor, and order the choucroute.
Reserve on the Brasserie Lipp site; the ground-floor room is the one to ask for.
4.Le Grand Café Capucines
An 1875 Belle Époque seafood brasserie running past 1am by the Opéra; the seafood platter the order, drop in after the show.
Le Grand Café Capucines was built for the opening of the Opéra Garnier in 1875, and its Belle Époque room on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th has kept late hours for the theatre and opera crowd ever since. The kitchen runs well past 1am every night, with the house pitching round-the-clock service on its busiest stretches, which makes it the most reliable post-curtain table on the Grands Boulevards. The cold seafood counter is the draw, the plateau de fruits de mer the order, backed by brasserie staples like filet au poivre, with a full meal landing around €45 to €70. The stained glass and palms make a late oyster plate feel like an occasion rather than a stopgap. Drop in after the show, take a table near the seafood bar, and start with the oysters.
Walk in or book on the Grand Café Capucines site; the seafood counter runs late.
5.La Coupole
The listed 1927 Montparnasse landmark serving oysters to midnight under its painted pillars; reserve a late banquette for a crowd.
La Coupole has been the great Montparnasse brasserie since 1927, its vast Art Deco hall on the Boulevard du Montparnasse in the 14th now a listed historic monument, the painted pillars done by the artists who once drank here. The kitchen serves until midnight Tuesday through Saturday, late enough to catch a second wind after a film or a concert nearby. Oysters and the towering seafood platters have carried the room for almost a century, and the house lamb curry remains its most famous plate, with a full dinner around €45 to €75. The scale of the place, three hundred seats under one roof, means a late, large table rarely feels rushed. Reserve a late banquette for a crowd, order a plateau and the lamb curry, and let the room do the rest.
Reserve on the La Coupole site; weeknight service runs to midnight.
6.Brasserie Bofinger
Paris's oldest brasserie, plating choucroute under a glass dome since 1864, open to midnight at weekends; try it after a Bastille show.
Bofinger claims the title of oldest brasserie in Paris, opened in 1864 by Frédéric Bofinger, an Alsatian who is said to have poured the city's first draught beer. The Art Nouveau room under its famous stained-glass dome sits on rue de la Bastille in the 4th, steps from the Opéra Bastille, and serves until midnight on Friday and Saturday and to 11:30 on weeknights, which lands it neatly for a post-performance dinner. The choucroute is the order, as it has been for 160 years, with a huge seafood counter alongside and a full plate around €30 to €45. The dome, the marquetry and the long banquettes make a late dinner here feel like stepping out of the century. Try it after a Bastille show, ask for a table under the dome, and order the choucroute.
Reserve on the Bofinger site; ask for a seat under the glass dome.
Avoid for a late dinner in Paris
They look open late; the kitchen is not
The Champs-Élysées tourist brasseries. Several big rooms along the avenue advertise late hours, but after about 11pm the kitchen narrows to club sandwiches and reheated plates while the prices stay high. If you want a real meal past midnight in the 8th, walk the few minutes to Au Pied de Cochon or La Maison de l'Aubrac instead of sitting down on the avenue itself.
The Michelin tasting-menu rooms. A long degustation cannot start late, so the starred kitchens, including the hotel three-stars on our best Paris hotel restaurants list, take their last table around 9 or 9:30pm. Turning up after the theatre hoping for one is a wasted journey. Book those for an evening that begins early, and keep this list for the hours they cannot cover.
Le Comptoir du Relais for a midnight sit-down. Yves Camdeborde's Odéon bistro is one of the city's best walk-ins, but its dinner service winds down by 11pm and the late crowd is sent next door to the standing bar. Go for the food earlier, or save it for our best walk-in restaurants in Paris list, not the small hours.
How to eat late in Paris
The single rule for late dining in Paris is to verify rather than assume. A kitchen that runs to midnight on Friday may stop at 10:30 on a Monday, and August closures, bank holidays and private events shorten hours without warning, so call or check the site the day you plan to go. Brasserie Lipp's 2am service, La Coupole's midnight kitchen and Bofinger's weekend hours all hold better on Friday and Saturday than midweek, so a Thursday-to-Saturday plan is the safer bet for a genuinely late table.
If you are coming from a performance, name the venue and the curtain time when you book so the floor holds the table rather than releasing it at the second seating. The Grands Boulevards rooms near the Opéra and the Bastille brasseries are built around exactly this crowd. And when everything else has shut, point the taxi at Les Halles: Au Pied de Cochon is always serving, and La Maison de l'Aubrac near the Champs-Élysées is the fallback for a steak at dawn. For the wider picture, browse the full Paris dining guide and compare the best restaurants open late worldwide.
Frequently asked
What is the best late-night restaurant in Paris?
Au Pied de Cochon is the best late-night restaurant in Paris because its kitchen genuinely never closes. On rue Coquillière in Les Halles it has served 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, since 1947, with the full carte available at any hour. Order the gratinée des Halles, the onion soup it claims to have perfected, or the grilled pig's trotter, and take a banquette. For a serious sit-down meal after 1am in central Paris, it is effectively in a class of its own.
Which Paris restaurants serve food after midnight?
Au Pied de Cochon serves around the clock, Brasserie Lipp runs continuous service to about 2am in Saint-Germain, and La Maison de l'Aubrac near the Champs-Élysées plates Aubrac beef until 7am from Wednesday to Saturday. Le Grand Café Capucines on the Grands Boulevards goes past 1am. For a proper meal well after midnight, those four are the reliable options; most other Paris kitchens, including the grand brasseries, stop serving by 11pm or midnight.
Where can I get a steak at 3am in Paris?
La Maison de l'Aubrac is the place for a serious steak in the small hours. Just off the Champs-Élysées on rue Marbeuf, its kitchen runs until 7am Wednesday through Saturday, and the beef comes from the owners' own herd on the Aubrac plateau. The côte de boeuf is the dish to share. Steaks run into the €30s and beyond, but nothing else of this standard is cooking to order at three in the morning in Paris.
Are any grand Paris brasseries open late?
Yes. Brasserie Lipp in Saint-Germain runs to about 2am, La Coupole in Montparnasse serves until midnight Tuesday to Saturday, and Bofinger near the Bastille goes to midnight on Friday and Saturday. All three are historic, listed or near-listed rooms that have kept late hours for decades. The choucroute at Lipp and Bofinger and the seafood platters at La Coupole are the orders. Book the weekend slots ahead, as the late tables fill.
Do Paris restaurants close in August?
Many independent Paris restaurants close for two or three weeks in August, and some brasseries reduce their hours, so late-night options thin out in high summer. The big institutions on this list tend to stay open, but it is essential to confirm. Au Pied de Cochon's round-the-clock service is the most dependable in August, while smaller kitchens may shut entirely. Always check the day you plan to go rather than trusting a listing.
Do you need a reservation for a late dinner in Paris?
For the grand brasseries at weekends, yes. The late tables at Brasserie Lipp, La Coupole and Bofinger fill on Friday and Saturday and are worth booking a few days ahead. Au Pied de Cochon and La Maison de l'Aubrac are more forgiving of walk-ins given their round-the-clock and near-dawn hours, which makes them the dependable fallback once it is past 1am and everywhere else has closed. Always confirm the night's actual last-orders time when you book.
Related rankings
More from RFK
Browse the full Paris dining guide, compare the best restaurants open late worldwide, find a no-booking table on our best walk-in restaurants in Paris list, or open the full RFK rankings index.
Restaurants for Kings is reader-supported. Some reservation links are affiliate links with OpenTable, Resy or Tock; we earn a small commission at no cost to you, and a link never buys a place on a ranking. Editorial scores and ranking order are independent of any commercial relationship. See our ranking methodology.