You feel like having lunch at 3pm, visiting a museum or a monument after 8pm, or buying a CD at 11 on Sunday night…? In Paris everything is possible as long as you have the right information.
Restaurants
As a general rule, Parisians go for lunch between midday and 1.30pm and dine between 8pm and 10.30pm. At other times, you’ll always be able to find a snack in most cafés and “brasseries”. If the restaurant has a sign saying “service continu”, this indicates that you can have a meal at any time of day. The majority of bars and cafés open early, around 7 or 8 am and close around 10pm, or later if the establishment has a special dispensation.
You feel like having lunch at 3pm, visiting a museum or a monument after 8pm, or buying a CD at 11 on Sunday night…? In Paris everything is possible as long as you have the right information.
As a general rule, Parisians go for lunch between midday and 1.30pm and dine between 8pm and 10.30pm. At other times, you’ll always be able to find a snack in most cafés and “brasseries”. If the restaurant has a sign saying “service continu”, this indicates that you can have a meal at any time of day. The majority of bars and cafés open early, around 7 or 8 am and close around 10pm, or later if the establishment has a special dispensation.