Paris Fashion Week is a marathon. Between shows, dinners, and late nights, survival depends on knowing where to pause. Coffee, during Fashion Week, is less about caffeine than it is about atmosphere, the kind of space that steadies you in the city.
For this guide, we turned to nomnom studio, a Paris-based creative studio specializing in food and beverage. As locals, they point us toward cafés where culture, community, and design converge.
Paris is saturated with cafés, and in a landscape this dense, standing out takes more than a good espresso. What defines a place is its design and art direction: the interiors, the furniture, the way a menu reads, even the way light falls across a table. During Fashion Week, when every detail in the city feels heightened, we gravitate toward cafés that carry that same sense of intention.
Recto Verso
Just steps from the Marais, Recto Verso is lively and welcoming, with an art direction that threads playfulness throughout, from the walls to the windows to the merch. Alongside specialty coffees and homemade pastries, have we mentioned they also make their own Petit Écolier cookies?
Mardi Café
With its cozy Scandi calm, Mardi Café is more than a stop along the route. Located in the 19ᵉ arrondissement, it’s a true community hub. Known for rotating dessert menus, and generous plates, with events that create a sense of belonging.
Café Shin
French-Korean by design, Shin offers drinks that feel like cultural conversation. The coffee matcha latte is smooth and silky, while the Heukimja, a sesame-based recipe, comes strongly recommended by nomnom studio. And the pastries round out the experience.
Kapé
Kapé brings a piece of Manila to Paris. Their ube latte is a must-try, creamy and vivid, especially alongside freshly baked pandesal. In its small corner of the 11ᵉ, Kapé weaves Filipino warmth into Parisian rhythm.
Dreamin Man
Dreamin Man carries the quiet discipline of Japanese craft. Matcha is whisked to velvet, sandos are cut with precision, and the room itself feels artful in its restraint. With three locations across Paris, each one still holds that same attention to detail — proof that intimacy can scale without being lost.
nomnom studio was founded by two sisters Yasmin and Assia, who share a deep passion for food and culture. The idea took shape during a trip to China, where the creativity and boldness of food branding in Asia left a lasting impression. Inspired to bring that same energy home, they decided to combine their skills in design and marketing to help food and lifestyle businesses create beautiful, distinctive brand identities. At the heart of nomnom is the belief that food is a universal language of connection, a way to bring people closer together. With this vision, the studio helps food and beverage brands differentiate themselves, gain visibility online, and build strategies that truly resonate with their audiences.