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Le Procope

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The basics

Address
Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, Paris Ile-de-France 75006, France
Neighborhood
6th Arrondissement
Phone
+33 1 40 46 79 00
Website
www.procope.com
Map
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Opening hours

Monday
12:00-00:00
Tuesday
12:00-00:00
Wednesday
12:00-00:00
Thursday
12:00-00:00
Friday
12:00-00:00
Saturday
12:00-00:00
Sunday
12:00-00:00

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RuinMyTrip guide to Le Procope

Official Review

Written by RuinMyTrip Editorial from published research and official sources, not from a personal trip. It is not a traveler review and is never counted in the community rating. How we research.

What it is

A restaurant on Rue de l'Ancienne Comedie in the sixth arrondissement, trading since 1686 and generally recognised as the oldest cafe in Paris.

Why travelers eat here

For three hundred and forty years of continuous trading in the same rooms, and because the set menu makes that a lunch rather than an occasion.

What is genuinely good

The oldest cafe in Paris, period rooms with real detail, an affordable set menu, and afternoon service when much of the city closes between shifts.

Downsides

Touristed, with cooking to match. The set menu does not run in the evening. Some of the display verges on theme-park.

Best for

Anyone interested in the Enlightenment, and anyone who wants a historic Paris meal without a hundred-euro bill.

Consider eating elsewhere if

You want the best French food in the sixth. That is elsewhere, and cheaper.

Practical advice

Go for the set menu between midday and 6pm, which is when it is available and when the rooms are lightest. Ask to see the upstairs rooms. Book at weekends.

Prices and reservations

Two courses 26.50 euros, three courses 33.50 euros, Monday to Saturday midday to 6pm. A la carte at other times. Reservations recommended.

Getting there

Metro 4 or 10 to Odeon, then two minutes on foot down Rue de l'Ancienne Comedie.

Where it sits

Rue de l'Ancienne Comedie in the sixth, in the lanes between Odeon and Saint-Germain, a few minutes from the Seine.

How long to allow

Two hours.

The RuinMyTrip verdict

Take the 26.50 euro set menu at lunch and walk the rooms afterwards. You are paying for 1686, and at that price it is worth it.

Sources

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  • A two-course menu is 26.50 euros. source
  • A three-course menu is 33.50 euros. source

From the RuinMyTrip team

Written by RuinMyTrip Editorial from published research and official sources, not from a personal trip. It is not a traveler review and is never counted in the community rating. How we research.

★★★★☆ Official Review

Twenty-Six Fifty for Two Courses in the Oldest Cafe in Paris

Le Procope serves a two-course menu at 26.50 euros and three courses at 33.50 euros, available Monday to Saturday from midday to 6pm. It opened in 1686, which makes it the oldest cafe in Paris still trading, and the list of people who used it reads like a syllabus: Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Benjamin Franklin, Danton, Robespierre. Napoleon's hat is in a case by the stairs. The rooms are red, mirrored and hung with…

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