Hardware Société

Hardware Société brought the Melbourne café to Montmartre in 2016 — proper espresso (Padre Coffee), eggs done with antipodean discipline, ricotta hotcakes that locals queue for. The room sits on rue Lamarck just below the Sacré-Cœur, opens Thursday through Monday from 9:30, takes no reservations, and turns over fast. Time Out Paris and Le Fooding both feature it; Australian coffee press treats it as the Paris flagship. For an Istanbul visitor who wants a real flat white before climbing the hill — and a brunch that's about cooking, not Instagram — Hardware Société remains the Montmartre answer.