Restaurant in Paris, France
Honest French bistro cooking, low price, no fuss.
Quedubon holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, and at the €€ price point that credential matters. This 19th-arrondissement bistro delivers technically sound traditional French cooking in a genuine neighborhood setting — no theatrics, no tourist pricing, just consistent cooking that earns a 4.6 across 457 Google reviews. The right call for first-timers who want real Paris bistro cooking without the grand-restaurant bill.
Imagine walking into a bistro in the 19th arrondissement on a Tuesday evening — not a tourist in sight, a room full of regulars, and a kitchen sending out the kind of traditional French cooking that makes you wonder why you ever considered the €€€€ options on the other side of the Seine. That is Quedubon in a sentence. If you are visiting Paris for the first time and want to understand what neighborhood French cooking can actually be — technically sound, seasonally grounded, and priced for repeat visits , book this. If you want spectacle, formal service, or a tasting menu to photograph, look elsewhere.
Quedubon holds a Michelin Plate for both 2024 and 2025 , the guide's signal that the kitchen is cooking at a consistent, recommendable standard without reaching for the theatrics of starred cuisine. At the €€ price point, that credential carries real weight. This is traditional French cuisine executed with discipline, and at this tier of Paris dining, discipline is rarer than it should be. The 4.6 Google rating across 457 reviews reinforces the consistency: a score that high, sustained across that many visits, is the mark of a kitchen that does not have bad nights.
The editorial angle here is cuisine mastery within a tradition, and Quedubon earns that framing. Traditional French cooking at the bistro level is easy to do badly , butter used carelessly, stocks from a packet, technique that only gestures at classical training. What separates a Michelin Plate recipient from the average neighborhood address is that the fundamentals are correct: saucing, seasoning, the relationship between protein and accompaniment. You are not getting invention here. You are getting the real thing done properly, which in Paris in 2025 is worth more than it used to be.
The physical space, based on the 19th arrondissement address at 22 Rue du Plateau, is a neighborhood restaurant rather than a destination dining room. Expect a room scaled for intimacy rather than drama , the kind of setting where conversation is the point and the space does not compete with the food. For a first-timer, this means you should come for the cooking and the atmosphere of a genuine local address, not for an architectural experience. If spatial drama is your priority, Le Violon d'Ingres in the 7th offers a more polished room at a higher price.
Quedubon is the right choice if you want honest, technically grounded French bistro cooking at a price that will not require you to rearrange your trip budget. It is particularly well-suited to first-timers who want an introduction to what traditional Paris cooking actually tastes like , not the grand hotel version, not the tasting-menu version, but the neighborhood version that Parisians return to. If your Paris trip includes a splurge dinner elsewhere, Quedubon works as the meal that reminds you why the French tradition matters in the first place.
It is less suited to groups looking for a private dining event, couples marking a milestone anniversary who want ceremony alongside the cooking, or anyone whose primary interest is contemporary technique. For that register, the comparison table below points to better options.
For comparable traditional French cooking in Paris at a similar price tier, Allard in Saint-Germain-des-Prés is the most obvious peer , classic bistro format, Michelin recognition, and a room with more name recognition among visitors. Anecdote is worth considering if you want something with a lighter contemporary touch. And if you are building a fuller Paris itinerary, our full Paris restaurants guide covers the range from neighborhood bistros to three-star addresses.
Booking difficulty is rated Easy. At the €€ tier with a loyal local clientele but no starred status driving destination traffic, you are unlikely to need weeks of advance planning. That said, the combination of a Michelin Plate and strong Google reviews means the room is not empty , book a few days ahead for weeknights, a week ahead for Friday and Saturday evenings to be safe. Walk-ins may be possible at lunch, but confirm availability before making the trip from another arrondissement.
The 19th is not a neighborhood most first-time Paris visitors spend much time in, so factor in travel time when planning. It is served by the Buttes-Chaumont area of the city , a genuine residential district, which is part of what makes the experience feel authentic rather than curated for tourists. For context on what else the city offers, our full Paris hotels guide, bars guide, and experiences guide are useful starting points for building the broader trip.
France's wider dining calendar rewards visiting when seasonal produce is at its peak , spring and autumn tend to bring the most interesting market-driven cooking to bistros of this type. If you are timing a Paris trip around food, those windows are worth prioritizing. For reference on what serious French kitchens do with seasonality at the leading end, Mirazur in Menton, Flocons de Sel in Megève, and Troisgros in Ouches represent the benchmark of the tradition Quedubon operates within , useful context even if you are only visiting Paris.
Quedubon sits within one of the most demanding culinary traditions in the world. The French bistro form , stocks, sauces, classical technique applied to market produce , has been refined over more than a century, and the venues that do it well at the neighborhood level are fewer than the tourist maps suggest. The Michelin Plate is a meaningful signal here precisely because it is not given for ambition or novelty but for cooking that is correct and consistent. For first-timers, that is the guarantee worth paying attention to.
If you want to understand the full range of what French traditional cooking looks like across the country, Paul Bocuse in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern, and Bras in Laguiole mark the upper end of that tradition. Quedubon operates at a completely different price point and register, but it is part of the same lineage , and for what it costs, it delivers on the fundamentals that lineage demands. For comparable traditional cuisine in other French contexts, Cave à Vin & à Manger in Narbonne is worth noting, and across the border, Coto de Quevedo Evolución in Torre de Juan Abad shows how the traditional cooking conversation extends into Spain.
The bottom line: Quedubon earns its Michelin recognition by doing the unglamorous work of traditional French cooking correctly, at a price point that makes it one of the more accessible Michelin-recognized addresses in Paris. Book it.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Quedubon | €€ | — |
| Plénitude | €€€€ | — |
| Pierre Gagnaire | €€€€ | — |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | €€€€ | — |
| Kei | €€€€ | — |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | €€€€ | — |
Comparing your options in Paris for this tier.
Quedubon is a neighbourhood bistro in the 19th arrondissement at 22 Rue du Plateau — not a destination restaurant in the tourist circuit. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, which signals consistent, recommendable cooking without starred-level formality or price. Come expecting a room of regulars, traditional French technique, and a €€ bill. If you want a polished central Paris address, look elsewhere; if you want to eat well without the theatre, this is a good call.
At the €€ tier, Quedubon is straightforwardly good value for a Michelin Plate kitchen. You are paying neighbourhood bistro prices for cooking that the guide considers consistently recommendable — that gap is where the value sits. For context, a Michelin Plate at €€ in Paris is a competitive position: you get technical credibility without the starred markup. If your budget can stretch further and occasion demands it, there are starred options in the city; but on pure value per euro, Quedubon delivers.
Booking difficulty is rated Easy, so a few days ahead is typically sufficient rather than weeks. The 19th arrondissement location and €€ price point mean this does not attract the same reservation pressure as destination dining in central Paris. That said, booking a day or two out is sensible for weekend evenings when the local crowd fills the room.
The venue data does not specify a private dining room or group capacity. For small groups of two to four, a standard reservation should work without issue given the easy booking rating. For parties of six or more, check the venue's official channels to confirm seating arrangements before assuming availability.
The venue data does not confirm whether Quedubon offers a tasting menu format. As a traditional French bistro at the €€ tier, the format is more likely à la carte or a short fixed menu rather than a multi-course tasting progression. If a tasting format is a priority, verify directly with the restaurant before booking.
For a step up in ambition and spend, Kei offers a Franco-Japanese precision kitchen with Michelin recognition in a more central location. If budget is no constraint, Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V and Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen operate at the top of the starred spectrum. For traditional French cooking at a comparable neighbourhood register, Paris has dozens of competent bistros — Quedubon's specific claim is the Michelin Plate credential at €€ pricing in a genuinely local setting.
It depends on the occasion. For a low-key celebration where good food and a local atmosphere matter more than formal service or a grand room, Quedubon at €€ with its Michelin Plate standing is a credible choice. For a milestone where setting and spectacle are part of the brief, a starred address like Le Cinq or Plénitude would be more appropriate. Quedubon is the right pick when the meal itself is the point and the theatre is not.
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