Breakfast
Breakfast in Montmartre, on Place du Tertre.
In the morning, the square is yours.
Chez Eugène serves breakfast every day, Sundays included, from 8am to 11:30am at 17 place du Tertre, a three-minute walk from the Sacré-Cœur basilica. Three set breakfasts from €11 to €24, homemade pancakes, organic eggs, pastries, and the Happy After: a French onion soup and a glass of wine for €18. Terrace from March to October, no booking needed for up to 9 people.
Hours and prices
Breakfast on Place du Tertre: 8am to 11:30am, €11 to €24
We open at 8am every day of the year, Sundays and public holidays included, and breakfast is served until 11:30am. Three set breakfasts: Le Sacré-Cœur at €11 (hot drink, fresh fruit juice, bread with butter and jam or a pastry), Le Montmartre at €18 (the same, with organic scrambled or fried eggs) and Le Full Eugène at €24 (the same, with homemade sweet or savoury pancakes, or a homemade granola bowl). And for those who start the day differently, the Happy After: a French onion soup and a glass of wine from our selection, €18. Everything is also available à la carte: a croissant for €3, eggs for €8, pancakes from €13. At 11:30am the kitchen moves straight on to the lunch menu, without a break, until 11pm.
Sundays
Brunch in Montmartre on a Sunday: our version
No €35 buffet brunch with a queue outside. On Sundays as on any other day, we serve breakfast from 8am to 11:30am, then the full bistro menu without a break: eggs mayonnaise, gratinated onion soup, beef and carrot stew, crème brûlée. Arrive at 11am, start with pancakes and finish with a glass of white and a cheese board. That's our brunch: you pay for what you eat, and there's no cut-off time.
On the terrace
Breakfast on the terrace, facing the painters
From March to October, the terrace is set up from 8am in the middle of Place du Tertre. At that hour the square is empty, the painters are setting up their easels, and you drink your coffee in front of a Montmartre the day visitors never see. When it rains, the dining room has the same windows onto the square.
Getting here
Three minutes from the Sacré-Cœur, before the crowds
Place du Tertre is 250 metres from the Sacré-Cœur basilica: a three-minute walk. Breakfast at 8:30am, Sacré-Cœur at 9:30am before the coaches arrive, and you walk back down the rue du Calvaire steps while everyone else is climbing up. Métro Abbesses (line 12) then an 8-minute walk uphill, or Anvers (line 2) and the Montmartre funicular. The Montmartrobus stops at Norvins, a hundred metres away.
Why here
Why have breakfast on Place du Tertre rather than down the hill
Because at 8am we are the only place open on the square, because everything is homemade, from the jam to the pancakes, and because this is a neighbourhood bistro before it is a tourist address: the painters, the delivery drivers and the neighbours have their coffee here. Le Fooding, Time Out and Libération came for the wine and the cooking; in the morning you get the same house, only quieter.
In a group
Group or team breakfast in Montmartre
Up to 9 people, just turn up. From 10, or for a team breakfast before a meeting, we set up the upstairs room overlooking the square, with the same set breakfasts from €11 per person. Write to us the day before, or ask for the groups brochure.
A word from Julie
At 8am the painters are setting up their easels, the square is empty, the terrace is in the sun. It's the moment we like best: a coffee, an onion soup for the brave, and the view for everyone. Some people have the soup with a glass of white. We don't judge, we pour.
Julie, sommelier and manager
Breakfast
Good to know
What time does Chez Eugène open for breakfast?
Chez Eugène opens at 8am every day, Sundays and public holidays included, at 17 place du Tertre in Montmartre. Breakfast is served from 8am to 11:30am.
How much does breakfast cost?
Three set breakfasts: Le Sacré-Cœur at €11, Le Montmartre at €18 with organic eggs, Le Full Eugène at €24 with homemade pancakes or a granola bowl. The Happy After, a French onion soup and a glass of wine, is €18. À la carte, a croissant is €3, eggs €8, pancakes €13 to €15.
Do I need to book for breakfast?
No, up to 9 people we keep tables for walk-ins. From 10 people, write to us the day before and we set up the upstairs room.
Does Chez Eugène do Sunday brunch?
Not a buffet brunch. On Sundays, breakfast is served from 8am to 11:30am, then the full bistro menu takes over without a break until 11pm. So you can brunch whenever you like, à la carte.
Can I have breakfast on a terrace in Montmartre?
Yes, from March to October the terrace of Chez Eugène is set up from 8am on Place du Tertre. It's the quietest moment of the day on the square.
Are there vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free options?
Vegetarian: the sweet pancakes, the granola bowl, the eggs, the rice pudding, the crêpes and the bread with butter and jam. Say so when you order, the kitchen adapts.
Is breakfast child-friendly?
Yes. A butter and sugar crêpe for €6, a homemade hot chocolate, pancakes with fruit: the morning menu works for them too. Ask for a smaller portion if needed.
How far is Chez Eugène from the Sacré-Cœur?
250 metres, a three-minute walk. Chez Eugène is at 17 place du Tertre, the painters' square, just behind the basilica. Métro Abbesses or Anvers, the funicular, or the Montmartrobus, Norvins stop.
What's a cheap breakfast in Montmartre?
The Sacré-Cœur set at €11: hot drink, fresh fruit juice and a pastry or bread with butter and jam, on the terrace on Place du Tertre. À la carte, a croissant and a coffee come to under €7.
Do you speak English, and is there wifi?
Yes, the team explains the menu in seven languages.
Can I have onion soup and a glass of wine in the morning?
Yes, that’s the Happy After: a homemade gratinated French onion soup and a glass of wine from our selection for €18, served with breakfast, from 8am to 11:30am, at 17 place du Tertre.