honestly the latin quarter is a complete tourist food nightmare and it makes me genuinely angry thinking about it. Overpriced garbage french food everywhere and those guys outside restaurants literally grabbing your arm trying to drag you inside. Avoid that whole area for eating

Belleville is where actual parisians go though and the food is insane. Rue de belleville between the metro stops has the best asian food in paris. Pho 14 at 129 avenue de choisy does massive bowls for 8 euros that could honestly feed two people. La consigne on rue de la mare does natural wine and small plates that wont destroy your budget. Le baratin on rue jouye rouve is proper french bistro without the tourist markup

Take metro 2 or 11 to belleville station and just walk around honestly every corner has something incredible. Found this lebanese place llameh at 42 rue de tourtille that does shawarma for 6 euros that was better than anything ive had in the fancy arrondissements. Also theres this chinese noodle spot dong huong at 14 rue louis bonnet where you can get hand pulled noodles for like 10 euros

Trust me the diversity up there is incredible and prices are what locals actually pay. Plus you get to see a neighborhood that isnt completely overrun with tour groups