Greece, Spain, Italy, and even Israel ... The Mediterranean destinations around the plate are not lacking in Paris, until a "revival" in front of the Japanese restaurants that lasted too long. To go on vacation cheap, bet on a restaurant that guarantees the escape and the excitement of the taste buds.

  • Yaya

It all started with Kalios, the brand of Greek olive oil that extended its range to many other products, including the divine olives of Kalamata and olive cream, to imagine its restaurant. Kalios is a family story, and also the history of Greece located in Saint-Ouen with Yaya.

At the same time modern and authentic, the kitchen of Yaya honors the Greek cuisine in all its forms: the mezze, the real Greek salad, pig chest confit in the oven for 12 hours, chocolate in oil d 'olive, ... A real southern cuisine that brings us straight into the Peloponnese, where the brand and the restaurant were born. Namely that "Yaya" means "grandmother" in Greece. What make you understand that there, one is like home, one savors and one finds the dishes of his holidays.

Yaya - 8 rue de l'hippodrome, 93400 Saint-Ouen

yaya restaurant greek
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  • Pink Mamma

Pink Mamma, the latest addition to the Big Mamma group, honors Italy and its regions, each with its own identity. Authentic, the place extended on several floors has the one to carry us on holiday through its typical decoration and its flavors emblematic of what we love in Italy. Pink Mamma, in the end, several restaurants in one and the same place: a typical place as intimate as festive, a vintage spirit that sends us to Naples and Sicily with its plates nailed to the wall, a chic retro style with its central bar in Siena yellow marble, and warm and exotic colors that recall the Italian beaches, ...

With specialization in grilled meat, we find the Fiorentina, a Tuscan specialty, otherwise called "T-Bones Steak" cooked in the grill as in Florence. Luckily, we also find the Italian prices: Pink Mamma has launched the challenge of serving the tender and delicious meat at a price 2 to 3 times cheaper than elsewhere ...

Pink Mamma - 20bis rue de Douai, 75009 Paris

pink mamma

  • Yafo Houmous

The restaurant with the air of "Take away" allows to eat on the go or to spend time according to desires. Here you can reach the warm and gourmet Mediterranean with a product in the spotlight: the hummus, cooked in all its forms with pita or pickles, accompanied by roasted vegetables spiced.

To create the best hummus, Lotan Lahmi - who came to France to learn French pastry and import it into Israel - supplies him in several places: the chickpeas come from the south of France, when the tahina comes from Nazareth. What to balance and lighten the standard hummus to discover a healthy and divine hummus ... Moreover, Yafo houmous adapts, there is for vegetarians, carnivores, and even those who do not like hummus, since the place also features Mediterranean salads revisited.

Yafo Houmous - 96 rue de Hauteville, 75010 Paris

restaurant yafo houmous
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  • La Cevicheria Bachaumont

The place has rebounded on the food trend of the moment that returns each summer: the ceviche. Specialty of raw fish marinated in lime, the ceviche blows a Mediterranean wind in full Paris. Multicultural, the restaurant overlooks the region and is inspired by Peruvian recipes to vary the pleasures and extend the holiday spirit.

In a very refined place, discover plates as delicious as dietary to taste the ceviche in all its forms, and not only seabream, the classic. Here you can taste the ceviche of tuna kalamata to feel in Greece, the ceviche of beef marinated to travel in Spain, or even the ceviche of bar with coconut milk for a more exotic note.

14 Rue Bachaumont, 75002 Paris

restaurant la cevicheria paris
Instagram @la_cevicheria_paris

  • Tavline

Direction Israel with Tavline who knew how to bring all the authenticity of his kitchen to Paris. In Hebrew, "Tavline" means "spices". But be careful, it does not indicate that everything is strong and spicy, on the contrary, Tavline discovers the sweet and tasty spices that change from those we know.

Here, the traditional and the modern combine with the Moroccan Israeli Chef Kobi Malka, who is inspired by iconic recipes such as the true Israeli Shakshouka by reinventing Israeli cuisine with original recipes. The mezze are also suitable to start smoothly, with different flavors. Special mention for hummus and roasted sweet potato ...

Tavline - 25 Rue du Roi of Sicily, 75004 Paris

Israeli restaurant tavline
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