Restaurant in Paris, France
Boulevard Voltaire Local
Café Moco is a neighbourhood address on Boulevard Voltaire in Paris's 11th arrondissement — a low-profile spot in a part of the city known for casual venues that outperform their price point. Booking is easy, the location is well-connected by Metro line 9, and the 11th's residential character means a more local room than you'll find closer to the centre. Best visited on a weekday for a quieter experience.
Café Moco sits on Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement, one of Paris's most lived-in, least performative neighbourhoods. If you have been once and found yourself wondering whether it was a fluke, it likely was not. The 11th rewards repeat visits, and Café Moco fits the profile of a spot that earns its place through consistency rather than spectacle. Book it again — especially if you are going on a weekday, when the room breathes more easily and the pace suits a longer stay.
Venue data for Café Moco is limited, which itself tells you something useful: this is not a place that has engineered its own press. In a city where the leading end of the market , Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, L'Ambroisie, Le Cinq , absorbs most of the oxygen, a neighbourhood address on Voltaire that keeps a low profile is either worth knowing about or not worth the trip. The 11th suggests the former. The arrondissement has a track record of producing casual venues that outperform their price point, and Café Moco is positioned within that tradition.
Because cuisine type, pricing, and hours are not confirmed in our data, we will not invent them. What we can say: Boulevard Voltaire is a long, accessible street with good metro connections (Charonne and Voltaire stations on line 9), and an address at 177 bis puts it in the quieter, more residential stretch of the boulevard, away from the heavier foot traffic near Nation. That geography typically correlates with a calmer room and a more local clientele , both factors that matter if you are returning after a first visit and want to settle in rather than perform.
Weekday lunches in Paris neighbourhoods like the 11th tend to offer the clearest read on a venue's actual quality. Weekend evenings in this part of the city get busy, and a packed room can mask inconsistency in either direction. If your previous visit was on a weekend, a Tuesday or Wednesday lunch will give you a more accurate sense of what Café Moco does when it is not under pressure. For Paris more broadly, the period from mid-September through November is when the city's casual dining scene runs at full confidence , summer tourist rhythms have cleared, and kitchens are back in seasonal stride.
Address: 177 bis Boulevard Voltaire, 75011 Paris. Reservations: Booking difficulty is rated easy, so advance planning is not critical , but calling ahead for dinner is sensible. Dress: The 11th is a smart-casual neighbourhood; no need to dress up. Budget: Pricing is unconfirmed, but casual venues in this part of Paris typically run €15–€35 per head for a full meal without wine. Getting there: Metro line 9 (Charonne or Voltaire stop) is the most direct route from central Paris.
Compared to the headline venues on our Paris restaurant list, Café Moco occupies a different register entirely. Kei and L'Ambroisie are multi-course commitments at €€€€ price points , the right choice if you are marking a significant occasion and want the full formal experience. Café Moco is the right choice if you want to eat well without engineering the evening around the restaurant. Those are genuinely different needs, and Paris is good enough at both that you do not have to compromise.
For context on what French cooking looks like at the highest technical level, our guides to Arpège, Mirazur in Menton, and Flocons de Sel in Megève are useful reference points for what the country's fine dining tier looks like. Café Moco is not competing in that category , it is doing something more modest and, for the right visit, more useful.
If you are building a broader Paris trip, our full Paris restaurants guide covers the range from casual to formal. The Paris bars guide and Paris hotels guide are useful companions. For French cooking at landmark regional addresses, see our pages on Troisgros in Ouches, Bras in Laguiole, and Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern. If you are curious how Paris casual dining compares internationally, Lazy Bear in San Francisco and Le Bernardin in New York represent useful reference points at opposite ends of the formality spectrum.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Café Moco | — | |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | €€€€ | — |
| Kei | €€€€ | — |
| L'Ambroisie | €€€€ | — |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | €€€€ | — |
| Pierre Gagnaire | €€€€ | — |
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