Near Bastille · Paris 12
Between Bastille and Nation, in the 12th arrondissement, Ty Louis is a Breton restaurant that serves no crêpes and no galettes. The kitchen runs without a break from midday to 11 pm, Tuesday to Saturday, about 15 minutes on foot from the Opéra Bastille or two stops on line 1.
Ty Louis is a Breton restaurant at 240 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, about 15 minutes on foot from the place de la Bastille and the Opéra Bastille, or two stops east on metro line 1. It serves non-stop from 12 pm to 11 pm, Tuesday to Saturday, so you can have an early dinner before an evening performance, a late one after a film, or a proper meal at 4 pm, when most Paris kitchens are closed.
A corner of Brittany in Paris
A short walk from Bastille
The place de la Bastille is ringed with café terraces that all look much the same. Walk up the Faubourg Saint-Antoine towards Nation and you find something else: Ty Louis, a Breton restaurant since 2017, cooking the side of Brittany most visitors never see beyond crêpes.
That means kig ha farz (the Breton boiled dinner with a buckwheat pudding), buckwheat dishes, food from the sea and from the land, sourced from named producers in Brittany through short supply chains. Ty Louis is a member of the Collège Culinaire de France.
It is calmer than the square, and more distinctive than a boulevard brasserie.
New to the cuisine? Our guide to Breton food beyond crêpes explains the classics, and there are pages on kig ha farz, kouign-amann and Breton cider.
Before or after the show
A ticket for the Opéra Bastille, a play or a film in the neighbourhood? The question is rarely where to eat, it is when. Non-stop service from midday to 11 pm answers most of it.
This is where non-stop service pays off. Most Paris restaurants stop serving lunch around 2.30 pm and only start dinner at about 7 pm, which is awkward when your performance starts in the evening. Our kitchen does not close in the afternoon, so you can sit down at 5 or 6 pm. Book ahead, tell us what time your performance starts, and we will pace the meal so you leave in good time, without rushing.
We are open until 11 pm, so the evening does not have to end with the applause. Come over for a glass of AOP cider or a warm kouign-amann with Jampi ice cream (12,80 €). Check the finishing time on your ticket first: we close at 11 pm, and you still have the walk or two metro stops to cover.
Not every evening out is at the Opéra. The Comédie Nation theatre is about 7 minutes from us and the MK2 Nation cinema about 8 minutes, both closer than the Opéra. The Théâtre de la Bastille, on the Bastille side, is about 15 minutes away.
Spent the morning in the Marais or at the Aligre market and lost track of time? At 3 pm most Paris kitchens have shut until the evening. Ours has not. The set lunch is served at midday only, so in the afternoon you order from the menu, or just sit down for a coffee and something sweet.
Check the day before you plan around us. We are closed on Sundays and Mondays, apart from about ten Sunday lunches a year tied to a Paris event or a family occasion. Those dates are listed on our visit page.
The route
The rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine starts at the place de la Bastille and runs east towards Nation. Walk straight up it: number 240 is at the Nation end, about 15 minutes from the Opéra Bastille. It is one of the oldest streets in Paris, and a straight line, so you cannot get lost.
From Bastille station, take line 1 towards Château de Vincennes. Gare de Lyon is the first stop, Reuilly-Diderot the second. No change. From Reuilly-Diderot it is about 3 minutes on foot to the restaurant.
Line 1 runs through the Marais (Saint-Paul, Hôtel de Ville) before it reaches Bastille, so the same train takes you to Reuilly-Diderot without a change. If you are staying in the Marais, that is the simplest way here.
After dinner, line 1 in the other direction, towards La Défense, takes you back to Bastille and on through the Marais. Or walk back down the Faubourg, which leads straight to the place de la Bastille.
On the table
Brittany’s pot-au-feu from the Léon, simmered for four hours, with a buckwheat pudding and lipig, a shallot butter, on the side. Our winter signature, from October to May.
The Breton sausage classic, reworked with Roscoff onions three ways and house fries.
Sauerkraut from the sea: smoked haddock, salmon and pollock with a shallot butter sauce.
Vegetarian, with buckwheat soba noodles and a soft-boiled organic egg.
Brittany’s caramelised butter cake, served warm with a scoop of Jampi ice cream.
If you have a free evening rather than a ticket, our set menu in four acts, La Traversée bretonne, is 53 € per person, three ciders and three Breton liqueurs included, wine extra. It is built to be eaten slowly, so it suits a night without a curtain time better than a pre-opera dinner. See the set menu.
The full list, with every dish explained in English, is on our menu.
Ty Louis and its neighbourhood
Ty Louis is at 240 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, in the 12th arrondissement, halfway between the place de la Nation and the Reuilly district, on one of the oldest streets in Paris. The Opéra Bastille is about 15 minutes on foot, or a direct ride on line 1. Walking times below are our estimates.
Gare de Lyon is one stop away on line 1, Bastille two.
Before you come
Book online, or call 06 73 08 54 13 if your evening is tight and you want us to know your curtain time in advance. We take American Express, which plenty of Paris restaurants do not.
The rest of the practical detail, including the Sundays we open, is on our visit page. If it is the afternoon gap that worries you, see eating in Paris in the afternoon. Coming from the other side of the 12th? There are pages for Gare de Lyon and the Accor Arena, and the wider picture is in our guide to eating out in Paris.
Good to know
Ty Louis is a Breton restaurant at 240 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, about 15 minutes on foot from the place de la Bastille and the Opéra Bastille, or two stops east on metro line 1. It serves non-stop from 12 pm to 11 pm, Tuesday to Saturday, so you can have an early dinner before an evening performance, a late one after a film, or a proper meal at 4 pm, when most Paris kitchens are closed.
Ty Louis is about 15 minutes on foot from the Opéra Bastille, or two stops on line 1 to Reuilly-Diderot. Because the kitchen does not close in the afternoon, you can sit down at 5 or 6 pm, before most Paris restaurants have started dinner. Book ahead, tell us what time your performance starts, and we will pace the meal so you leave in time.
We are open until 11 pm, Tuesday to Saturday: time for a cider or a warm kouign-amann after the show. Check the finishing time on your ticket before you come, since you still have the walk or two metro stops to cover, and call us on 06 73 08 54 13 if it looks tight.
On foot, walk straight up the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine to number 240, at the Nation end: about 15 minutes from the Opéra Bastille. By metro, line 1 towards Château de Vincennes, two stops to Reuilly-Diderot with no change, then about 3 minutes on foot.
No. It is on the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, at the Nation end of the street, in the 12th arrondissement. That makes it quieter than the square, and the cooking is more distinctive than a boulevard brasserie.
Yes. Metro line 1 runs through the Marais at Saint-Paul and Hôtel de Ville, then on through Bastille to Reuilly-Diderot, with no change. From Reuilly-Diderot the restaurant is a short walk.
At Ty Louis, yes. We serve non-stop from 12 pm to 11 pm, Tuesday to Saturday, and the kitchen does not close between lunch and dinner, unlike most Paris restaurants, which shut from about 2.30 pm to 7 pm. The set lunch is midday only, so in the afternoon you order from the menu.
The Comédie Nation theatre (about 7 minutes on foot) and the MK2 Nation cinema (about 8 minutes) are the closest. On the Bastille side, the Théâtre de la Bastille is about 15 minutes away and the Opéra Bastille about 15 minutes. All walking times are estimates.
Tuesday to Saturday, 12 pm to 11 pm, with no afternoon break. We are closed on Sundays and Mondays, apart from about ten Sunday lunches a year, listed on our visit page.
No. Since 2017 Ty Louis has been a Breton restaurant that serves no crêpes and no galettes: kig ha farz in winter, seafood sauerkraut, a revisited galette-saucisse, warm kouign-amann, and Breton ciders.
Yes, the full menu is explained in English on this website, dish by dish, with the Breton names kept and glossed. Prices include taxes and service, as everywhere in France.
Yes, along with credit and debit cards and cash. Worth knowing, since a lot of Paris restaurants refuse American Express.
Reservations
Tuesday to Saturday, lunch and dinner, non-stop service.
240 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, between Bastille and Nation.