Hot food in summer, cool food in winter and low prices all year round: that's what university restaurants offer, located all over Paris and its suburbs, as close as possible to student campuses. Discover the cafeterias and university restaurants closest to your student residence or campus!
When you're a student, it's hard not to visit a university restaurant between two lectures. Admittedly, it's not great cuisine, but for €3.30 for a complete starter-main course-dessert-bread menu (or even €1 for students on scholarship), it's hard to beat it and it's just as satisfying, especially in Paris. As well as being able to eat with friends at the university canteen, it's a great opportunity to eat in the warmth of winter, instead of spending your whole lunch break in the open air in 0 degree weather, eating a sandwich costing over €5...
Good deals for students and the most precarious: affordable addresses in Paris
Parisian students and low-income earners, this guide is for you! The capital is one of the most expensive cities in France, and even in Europe, so it's hard to eat and play cheaply in Paris. Fortunately, there are plenty of good, affordable deals to be had! [Read more]
Managed by the CROUS (Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et caritatives, editor's note), university restaurants are highly diversified: depending on the campus, arrondissement, district or town (if you're studying in the suburbs), you'll find cafés, self-service cafeterias and classic university restaurants. In short, you'll find everything you need for breakfast, mid-afternoon snacks or a quick bite to eat before another afternoon of university classes - and all at unbeatable prices!
University restaurants in Paris and the inner suburbs :
5e
- Brasserie l'Ardoise
- Cafétéria Champollion
- Cafétéria Cuvier
- Le Cujas - ASSAS cafeteria
- Pantheon Cafeteria
- L'Express
- Bullier university restaurant
- Cafétéria de l'Ouest
- Cafétéria Jussieu
- Cafétéria l'Atrium
- Châtelet university restaurant
- Cuvier university restaurant
6e
- Le Portalis-ASSAS self-service
- Sciences Po cafeteria
- Saints-Pères university restaurant
- Crous Café Mabillon
- Mabillon university restaurant
- Institut Catholique de Paris cafeteria
- Pharmacy cafeteria
- Saints-Pères cafeteria
- Saint-Guillaume - Sciences Po cafeteria
- Pharmacy self-service
7e
10e
12e
- Restaurant universitaire Nation
- Nation cafeteria
13e
- Cafeteria INALCO
- Pierre Mendès France Cafeteria
- Pont Supérieur Cafeteria
- René Cassin Cafeteria
- Grands Moulins self-service
- Pierre Mendès France self-service
- Restaurant universitaire la Barge du Crous de Paris (on a barge!)
- Olympe de Gouges cafeteria
- Pitié cafeteria
- Quai de Seine cafeteria
- Grands Moulins snack bar
- Restaurant universitaire de la Halle aux farines
14e
- Cochin cafeteria
- Jourdan cafeteria
- Cité Internationale university restaurant
- Cité Internationale cafeteria
15e
- Lacretelle Cafeteria
- Cafeteria Necker
- Vaugirard Cafeteria
- Cafétéria Saint Charles
16e
- Cafeteria IUT de Paris - Rives de Seine
- University restaurant IUT de Paris - Rives de Seine
- Dauphine self-service
- University restaurant Dauphine
- Cafeteria Dauphine
17e
18e
- Cafeteria Bichat
- Francis de Croisset Cafeteria
- Cafeteria IUT Pajol
- Sorbonne-Clignancourt self-service
- Clignancourt university restaurant
19e
- ENSA Paris Belleville cafeteria
92
- Boulogne Institute cafeteria
- University cafeteria of the Institut de Boulogne
- Malakoff cafeteria
- Montrouge cafeteria
93
- Condorcet university restaurant (Aubervilliers)
- Condorcet cafeteria (Aubervilliers)
Good deals for students and the most precarious: affordable addresses in Paris
