Le Tout Petit

In the heart of the friendly neighborhood around Batignolles, you'll find a small square, somewhat in between a little decorative parisian park and a white painted church. In the midst of all the cafes and bars generously welcoming its visitors, a tiny restaurant has been squeezed in between its neighbors, Le Tout Petit. The ambiance is cosy, it's almost always crowded, particularly outside during the summer time. The prices are very reasonable, or even, regardless of your pick, you can be almost sure that it's a good buy. The food is very decent, but simple; salads, plates with cheese or charcuterie, and a single hot dish of the day. It's not sophisticated, but the staff is very friendly and relaxed. A fair selection of wines too. 

Les Vins des Dames

No matter how much how you appreciate the two ingredients in the name of Les Vins des Dames, you are quite likely to be disappointed. The place looks very cosy from the outside, and most certainly also is nice once you get in. But the wines are bad handled for a wine bar - hot and not freshly opened - and the food is simply not good enough. So although it looks nice, and although it remains somewhat all right or at least harmless after all, at least don't say I didn't warn you. And Rue des Dames holds plenty of other nice places...

Le bistrot des vignes

The owner of Bistrot des Vignes has established several places in Paris with the same name (very useful, for example if you're not capable of remembering the name of more than one restaurant...). The place is nice, cosy and the staff is somewhat correcte. The dishes are classical, decently prepared (although not to the point where you would talk about it), and the wines are also ok. Placed in the lively and charming Rue des dames, this is a decent stop on the way.

www.bistrotdesvignes.fr/

La Chasse Gardee

La Chasse Gardee is a Batignolles adventure... a small, funny bar with a warm but kitsch deco, mixing deer hunting with a library cocktail bar. The food is traditional, very decent and well priced. The wines are ok, and you easily forgive them that instead of a wine menu, you just go and have a look at whats stocked in the wine rack. The staff is nice and cool. The ambience is also good, relaxed, although moving somewhat unpredictably. But you should go there, not because of the above, but solely to explore just what might happen, when the dinner is over and the hunting starts...

Le Refuge des Moines

Le Refuge des Moines is a warm and cosy wine bar with a simple and traditional, yet well-made, French kitchen. The wine menu is broad and reasonably priced. As simple as that.

www.baravinlerefugedesmoines.com

Au bon coin

Another good corner of Paris! in the 17th, on the cosy Rue Lemercier, you will find this nice, warm-ambianced, and well turned classical bistrot. The kitchen might be in the less ambitious end, but the final results are certainly decent, stretching from the well prepared "the day after" burger, or more serious, classical French kitchen. The wines are good, and the place is often crowded in the late evenings or when the locals gather in the weekends.

Le Cafe qui Parle

On the border of Montmartre and just across from the cemetery, you'll find the cafe that talks. Usually crowded in the evenings, this place serves very well-priced and decent food. The kitchen serves classical French kitchen with some renewal, such as the interesting bababane (did I miss a "ba" here??). The people are friendly and the wines are well selected in a non-expensive price range. 

Cafe Marcel

Cafe Marcel is a sympathetic and non-prentious small place in the 17th, in the cheerful Rue des Dames. Cafe Marcel is a bit more bistro than the names claims - but as opposed to a number of similar cafes, it is simple and honest. The servant tells you sorrow less about his achievements last night out and when he recommends the foie gras stuffed burger for hang overs, you know you can trust his advice. Place yourself by the large windows, open during the summer, and let this small corner of Paris pass slowly by outside.