Mokonuts
By Albert & Nouri Beesemer — booked and paid for by us. No sponsored placements. Ever.
A tiny lunch-only gem run by a husband-and-wife duo — Mediterranean-Japanese cooking and legendary cookies. Book ahead; there are barely any seats.
- City
- Paris
- Neighborhood
- 11TH ARR
- Cuisine
- MODERN / CAFÉ
- Price tier
- $$$
First Impressions
A tiny lunch-only gem run by a husband-and-wife duo — Mediterranean-Japanese cooking and legendary cookies. Book ahead; there are barely any seats.
Mokonuts is the kind of small, personal restaurant that the modern Paris scene is built on — a husband-and-wife operation in the 11th serving a short daily menu that draws on Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Japanese influences, plus baking that has a cult following (the cookies are famous in their own right). It's mostly a lunch place, the seats are few, and the cooking is driven entirely by what's good that day. Personal, warm, and unrepeatable.
What We Loved
A short, daily-changing menu — Mediterranean and Japanese accents, vegetable-forward, deeply seasonal — plus the renowned cookies and baked goods. Lunch-focused.
Tiny, bright, casual — a handful of tables, the feeling of eating in someone's very good kitchen.
WHATEVER IS ON THE BOARD · THE COOKIES
Mokonuts is small, personal, and quietly brilliant — book ahead, come for lunch, and don't leave without the cookies.
Worth Knowing
- 01Reserve well in advance — this room fills weeks out, especially on weekends.
- 02Aim for an earlier seating if you want a calmer room; later tables run louder and longer.