Venues similar to Mandoobar

Canal Saint-Martin Cambodian institution, bo bun, summer rolls, banana-tapioca dessert, packed every night.

Fewer than 20 seats, one Michelin star, one chef's vision, the Marais's most surgical tasting menu.

Marais Korean BBQ, chef Sunghak Han's table-top grill, halal option, Michelin guide listing.

The no-reservations rue du Nil counter from Gregory Marchand's group, natural wine and small plates

A Provençal bistro hiding behind Place des Vosges, and the city's largest pastis collection.

Bertrand Larcher's original Paris crêperie, Bordier butter, Breton cider, Tokyo-trained discipline.

1924 corner bistro with an open kitchen, and Paris's most decorated bœuf bourguignon.

Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique.

Half-punk, half-precise, the natural-wine small-plates bistro that rewrote the 11e in 2011.

1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin, Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking.

Charles Compagnon's open-plan neo-bistro, Asian-inflected cooking, no reservations, all-day kitchen.

Jody Williams's all-day gastrothèque, the SoPi room that never feels off.

1906 Art Nouveau room on the Left Bank, Chartier's brother house, listed.