Montparnasse Restaurant Needed

Cafe Montparnasse has been there at least since the 1950s and is still really nice. It is a classic Parisian sidewalk cafe. If you go upstairs (for example, to use the restrooms) you'll experience the library-like lounge up there. The address is 8 Place du 18 Juin 1940, 75006 Paris. Important: Don't confuse it with Le Montparnasse Cafe at 24 Avenue du Maine.

There is also Le Dome Cafe, 108 bd. Montparnasse, 75014 Paris. It became a famous literary hangout in the 1920s.

Cantine du Troquet at 89 rue Daguerre would be my choice. Have eaten there several times, always good value for the money and friendly staff.

We have enjoyed 'Le Paris Montparnasse' although you should note that any place in Paris with modest prices and a large menu will be serving airplane food i.e. much of the menu will be from central kitchens frozen and reheated. They aren't really stewing those lamb shanks in the back just waiting for you. If you want chef produced food you choose a place with a very limited menu or a high end restaurant. It doesn't mean that the food is not pretty good; but you can get the same thing at Piccard.

How casual, Matt? This is an area of big brasseries (Le Dôme, La Rotonde, La Coupole) where the bill can go up. Le Select is more casual than the others, but I've never looked at the food prices.
Rue du Montparnasse has a lot of crêperies, one of which is in all the guidebooks, Josselin. Any that has the smell of butter will be good, which you know after your time in Brittany.

Two others are Le Relais de L'Entrecote, https://www.relaisentrecote.fr/ à steakhouse chain that draws faithful fries and sauce lovers, and finally, I liked Le Lisbonne, a Portugese restaurant http://www.lelisbonne.com/ not in any books but one that serves solid tasty food.

Thanks for these. We went to the steak place. It was great.

Matt

There are 4 Cantines du Troquet in different neighborhoods.
I have seen the fresh fish, meats and wines carried in right past me while I walked my dog.
The restaurants make their own pâté, and give free frites and mashed potatoes as lagniappe. Vegetables are impeccable.
Fish and meats are cooked to order, and there isn't a large carte.
Tiny places, but maybe that's for the best.