The No Stress Cafe received international attention for combining fortune telling, massages, and food in a simple Paris cafe. It sits down the hill from the sin-soaked Pigalle area facing a pleasant terrasse fronted by restaurants.
The cafe has matured over the years. The massage chairs have been replaced with more dining tables and an increased attention towards dining instead of dozing. However you can still get your fortune told and enjoy a no stress dinner.
Chef Dean to the Rescue
I’ve mentioned my favorite chef in Paris, Jacques. What I may not have mentioned enough was his partner and sous chef Dean. The two of them created a menu that kept the No Stress Cafe from becoming a one line joke, “hey did you hear about the cafe with back rubs near Pigalle…”. Jacques has moved on to other restaurants and Dean is now the chef of the No Stress Cafe.
I can tell you from experience that Dean is a masterful chef. He has an international approach from his Asian heritage and years of cooking in Paris. His menu at No Stress is a fusion of Mediterranean, French, and Asian recipes.
Vegetarian Options
The standard menu features several vegetarian and vegan options.
- Lasagna Vegetarienne
- Salad La Vegetarienne
- Salad La Chevre Chaud
- Wok Vegetarienne
However, you can also request the Tapas menu to be vegetarian. This is what I had the other night and it was excellent! Dean gave me a bit extra but you can expect an assortment of tempura, pickled vegetables, lasagna, and other seasonal vegetables.
Dean also makes a killer bowl of vegetarian french onion soup. He uses white wine instead of stock and it blows away the french onion soup at Potager du Marais. It’s not on the menu, but he’ll make it the soup of the day if you make your reservation a few days in advance. Tell them Ted sent you.
Eating at No Stress cafe reminded me of sharing a dinner at chez Jacques and Dean. Ample portions of food from around the globe served family style with great affection.
- No Stress Cafe
- 24 rue Clauzel (9°)
- 01 48 78 00 27
- Metro: Pigalle, St. Georges
- Cafe
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I go to Paris from time to time with my family..We stay oppisate this cafe.
We visited for some drinks about 9pm on Friday 10th April. The waiter asked us to leave we were not eating food.
He was so rude, laughed at us with the waitress and said BYE BYE in a horrible, mean voice.
Im sure the food is great. We were planning to go back the following day with a party of 10, but we went somewhere more respectful instead. No STRESS??
That’s a bad experience. I’ll pass it on to Dean.
Unlike Lisa I don’t find it surprising that she was asked if she wanted to eat – it is a Restaurant after all. We found it quite by accident. We were going to the Haynes Jazz/Blues Club on the same street, but found that it had closed down. We had passed the No Stress restaurant and needed a meal so walked back to it. I did have to send back the “well done” Burger the first time, because it was semi-rare but when it returned it was just fine. It was the ambiance of the place that did it for us. Not so much a “square” as a triangle covered by leafy old trees and a welcome relief from the heat of the city (25 degrees that day). We liked it so much we came back the next evening.
Rhéa