# What things cost on the menu in Paris

Middle prices from 1,393 restaurant and cafe menus in Paris, as the places' own websites showed them on 18 October 2026, beside 12 other cities.

| Item | Paris | Across the cities |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso | €2.50 (305 menus; half €2.30 to €3.00) | €1.55 to €3.30 in 13 cities |
| Cappuccino | €5.00 (199 menus; half €4.50 to €6.00) | €2.50 to €5.00 in 11 cities |
| Beer, per 0.5 l | €8.33 (408 menus; half €6.82 to €10.00) | €4.80 to €8.33 in 12 cities |
| Beer, as served | €5.00 (468 menus; half €4.00 to €6.00) | sizes differ |
| Wine, per ⅛ l | €5.36 (247 menus; half €4.29 to €6.65) | €4.06 to €5.36 in 7 cities |
| Glass of wine, as served | €6.00 (335 menus; half €4.95 to €7.00) | sizes differ |
| Margherita | €12.50 (110 menus; half €11.00 to €13.98) | €8.00 to €12.50 in 10 cities |
| Burger | €18.00 (180 menus; half €15.00 to €20.00) | €9.00 to €18.00 in 11 cities |
| Main course | €18.80 (897 menus; half €15.00 to €24.00) | €15.90 to €25.50 in 13 cities |
| Lunch, one course | €15.00 (148 menus; half €12.90 to €18.00) | €10.50 to €18.00 in 7 cities |
| Lunch, two courses | €19.90 (218 menus; half €16.00 to €25.00) | €11.80 to €19.90 in 3 cities |
| Lunch, three courses | €28.00 (33 menus; half €23.50 to €42.00) |  |
| Cola, 33 cl | €4.50 (322 menus; half €3.50 to €5.20) | €2.50 to €4.50 in 9 cities |
| Still water, 50 cl | €4.00 (237 menus; half €3.00 to €4.90) | €2.63 to €4.00 in 6 cities |

## Each item, from the lowest middle price to the highest

City, middle price (the middle half of the menus, the number of menus); Paris in bold. Beer and wine per half litre and per eighth of a litre.

- Espresso: Lisbon €1.55 (€1.34 to €2.00, 44), Lyon €2.00 (€1.89 to €2.32, 88), Madrid €2.00 (€1.90 to €2.40, 53), Milan €2.00 (€1.50 to €2.00, 72), Berlin €2.50 (€2.30 to €2.90, 326), **Paris €2.50 (€2.30 to €3.00, 305)**, Munich €2.60 (€2.40 to €2.90, 141), Cologne €2.75 (€2.50 to €2.90, 88), Hamburg €2.80 (€2.50 to €3.00, 182), Brussels €3.00 (€2.80 to €3.50, 125), Vienna €3.10 (€2.80 to €3.40, 248), Antwerp €3.20 (€3.00 to €3.50, 63), Amsterdam €3.30 (€3.00 to €3.50, 83)
- Cappuccino: Milan €2.50 (€1.80 to €3.00, 42), Cologne €3.70 (€3.50 to €3.90, 81), Berlin €3.80 (€3.50 to €4.00, 305), Hamburg €3.90 (€3.50 to €4.20, 178), Munich €3.90 (€3.70 to €4.13, 128), Amsterdam €3.95 (€3.60 to €4.50, 77), Antwerp €4.00 (€3.60 to €4.50, 64), Brussels €4.00 (€3.70 to €4.50, 109), Lyon €4.00 (€3.60 to €4.20, 49), Vienna €4.50 (€4.10 to €4.90, 200), **Paris €5.00 (€4.50 to €6.00, 199)**
- Beer, per 0.5 l: Munich €4.80 (€4.50 to €5.50, 165), Lisbon €5.30 (€4.08 to €6.25, 39), Cologne €5.50 (€4.95 to €6.06, 123), Berlin €5.83 (€4.52 to €6.67, 368), Hamburg €6.06 (€5.00 to €6.90, 193), Vienna €6.08 (€4.90 to €7.32, 310), Antwerp €6.40 (€5.27 to €7.18, 32), Brussels €6.82 (€6.00 to €7.58, 93), Amsterdam €7.00 (€5.80 to €8.00, 39), Milan €7.54 (€6.06 to €9.09, 40), Lyon €7.58 (€6.82 to €8.90, 122), **Paris €8.33 (€6.82 to €10.00, 408)**
- Wine, per ⅛ l: Berlin €4.06 (€3.44 to €4.79, 266), Hamburg €4.17 (€3.44 to €5.03, 139), Vienna €4.20 (€2.93 to €5.00, 238), Cologne €4.22 (€3.53 to €4.94, 86), Lyon €4.57 (€4.00 to €5.21, 62), Munich €4.88 (€3.53 to €5.63, 122), **Paris €5.36 (€4.29 to €6.65, 247)**
- Margherita: Milan €8.00 (€7.00 to €9.00, 52), Cologne €9.25 (€7.60 to €10.90, 70), Berlin €9.90 (€8.90 to €11.00, 231), Munich €10.90 (€9.90 to €11.90, 107), Vienna €10.90 (€9.90 to €12.00, 108), Hamburg €11.00 (€9.50 to €12.65, 105), Brussels €11.50 (€10.00 to €12.97, 67), Lyon €12.00 (€10.00 to €13.00, 35), Amsterdam €12.50 (€11.00 to €13.73, 47), **Paris €12.50 (€11.00 to €13.98, 110)**
- Burger: Berlin €9.00 (€7.50 to €12.90, 132), Cologne €11.90 (€8.90 to €16.58, 58), Vienna €12.90 (€10.91 to €16.40, 126), Hamburg €13.90 (€9.90 to €16.90, 105), Madrid €14.00 (€12.90 to €15.00, 58), Munich €14.90 (€10.99 to €17.50, 67), Amsterdam €15.25 (€9.37 to €18.96, 80), Antwerp €15.95 (€5.45 to €22.50, 37), Lyon €16.00 (€13.25 to €18.20, 31), Brussels €16.99 (€9.00 to €19.98, 86), **Paris €18.00 (€15.00 to €20.00, 180)**
- Main course: Berlin €15.90 (€12.90 to €21.04, 926), Vienna €16.30 (€13.50 to €19.90, 570), Lyon €16.50 (€13.50 to €20.00, 232), Lisbon €16.70 (€14.00 to €21.50, 149), Cologne €17.60 (€13.00 to €22.56, 280), Munich €17.90 (€14.50 to €22.50, 447), Madrid €18.48 (€15.00 to €23.56, 252), **Paris €18.80 (€15.00 to €24.00, 897)**, Hamburg €19.00 (€14.70 to €24.20, 477), Milan €20.00 (€15.25 to €25.00, 174), Amsterdam €21.00 (€16.71 to €25.00, 320), Brussels €21.00 (€16.83 to €27.98, 343), Antwerp €25.50 (€19.38 to €31.60, 168)
- Lunch, one course: Berlin €10.50 (€8.95 to €13.20, 67), Hamburg €11.50 (€8.90 to €12.90, 49), Munich €11.90 (€9.90 to €15.45, 59), Vienna €11.90 (€10.90 to €14.00, 78), Lyon €15.00 (€13.50 to €18.00, 73), **Paris €15.00 (€12.90 to €18.00, 148)**, Brussels €18.00 (€15.00 to €22.50, 49)
- Lunch, two courses: Vienna €11.80 (€10.50 to €13.65, 43), Lyon €19.50 (€16.92 to €23.75, 54), **Paris €19.90 (€16.00 to €25.00, 218)**
- Cola, 33 cl: Brussels €2.50 (€2.30 to €3.00, 48), Amsterdam €3.00 (€2.75 to €3.25, 35), Berlin €3.20 (€2.66 to €3.65, 127), Cologne €3.50 (€2.90 to €3.90, 48), Hamburg €3.50 (€2.90 to €3.90, 79), Lyon €3.50 (€2.88 to €4.00, 107), Munich €3.90 (€3.50 to €4.05, 75), Vienna €4.00 (€3.50 to €4.50, 239), **Paris €4.50 (€3.50 to €5.20, 322)**
- Still water, 50 cl: Berlin €2.63 (€2.05 to €3.00, 66), Vienna €2.85 (€2.50 to €3.19, 50), Lyon €3.30 (€2.50 to €3.90, 65), Brussels €3.50 (€2.50 to €4.85, 76), Munich €3.80 (€2.90 to €4.10, 37), **Paris €4.00 (€3.00 to €4.90, 237)**

## About these numbers

These are the prices printed on menus that restaurants and cafes publish on their own websites. Places with a menu online lean newer and more central than the average, so a neighbourhood café can be cheaper. A menu online can also be older than the one on the table. Sizes differ by country, so compare beer and wine on the per-litre rows; the cola and the water count only at one size, and a lunch offer by its number of courses. Each price was found on the page it came from, and a city's figure needs 30 menus. Not every city was asked for every item yet.

Every city: https://directindex.org/stats/prices
Cite: What things cost on the menu in 13 cities (The Direct Index, 20 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/prices).
Data: https://directindex.org/stats/prices.csv · Licence: ODbL