West Indian cuisine is extremely tasty. In Paris, you can taste the cuisine of Martinique, Réunion, Guadeloupe and Haiti without leaving the capital. This cuisine, a gentle blend of african cuisine and French cuisine, featuring such must-try dishes as colombo, poulet boucané and crab dombrés. Discover the best of West Indian cuisine in Paris, thanks to our top picks.
Kossaidi the West Indian restaurant made in Réunion Island
This superb Reunionese restaurant offers typical island dishes, such as an exquisite rougail served with rice and lentils, or a gambas curry that will blow you away. We also love the chocolate Coco cake, as tasty as it is comforting.
📍62 Rue du Montparnasse 75014 Paris
Papa Yoyo the festive West Indian restaurant in Paris
This beautiful Reunionese address in the capital will make your mouth water. Here you can sample traditional island dishes, such as chicken curry with turmeric, absolutely delicious in the mouth. As a little bonus, Papa Yoyo also offers a beautiful vegan plate not to be missed. As for spirits, the house prepares its own arranged alcohols! Our favorite? La fournaise: passion fruit juice, white rum, lemon and grenadine. A killer!
📍40 rue de Gergovie 75014 Paris
Caffé Créole restaurant and rum shop in Paris
Welcome to the West Indies. Café Créole is the place to go to discover all the delicacies of the West Indies. Let’s go for the cod accras, or the melt-in-the-mouth chicken colombo. A trip for the taste buds without leaving Paris.
📍62 boulevard beaumarchais 75011 Paris
Gwada Café for zouk lovers
In this friendly restaurant, we come to eat only good things! Bokit cod, ham, egg sausage… A real treat. What’s more, the restaurant regularly organizes zook evenings for dancing the night away. Shall we?
📍47 rue Léon Frot 75011 Paris
Soursop caribbean cuisine at the market
This Creole cuisine, right in the heart of the Marché Rouge, is a must-see. You’ll taste an excellent beef maffé, an extra sausage rougail or delicious Aloko-style plantains. Try it, you won’t regret it!
📍33 bis Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris
Mauritus a friendly family restaurant
For a taste of all the specialties of Mauritius, visit Mauritus. We highly recommend the house specialties, such as marinated beef brochettes, sausage, fish or lamb rougail, or the stuffed crab. A great address that will take you on a journey!
📍3 Rue Ernest Cresson, 75014 Paris
Les Filaos a delicious West Indian restaurant
This ultra-convivial restaurant offers gourmet dishes to share! Creole platter with cod accras, tuna samoussa, crispy shrimps or chicken bouchons… The promise of a great evening.
📍5 Rue Guy de Maupassant, 75116 Paris