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Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
4.5
1,291 reviews
#97 of 3,414 things to do in Paris
Department Stores
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10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 7:45 PM
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Welcome Le Bon Marche Rive Gauche, the oldest department store and the only one of the Rive Gauche. A space for living and shopping, Le Bon Marche serves as a creative breeding ground designed along resolutely contemporary lines. Its spaces express the way it interprets trends and define a unique art de vivre.
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Neighborhood: Tour Eiffel / Invalides
With the Eiffel Tower at its core, the Invalides area of Paris is guaranteed to impress. Golden towers and Baron Haussmann's urban vision meet military precision, stretching avenues, and luscious lawns. The area boasts the Musée D’Orsay, the tomb of Napoleon, the National Parliament and UNESCO, as well as luxurious, exclusive residences. In fine restaurants and at the weekend markets, families, diplomats, and politicians brush shoulders with the tourists who come to see this postcard-perfect area for themselves.
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  • Sèvres – Babylone • 3 min walk
  • Vaneau • 4 min walk
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4.5
1,292 reviews
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simmonsparis
Paris, France740 contributions
The GRAND EPICERIE: YES! And thank you.
Sep 2020
The grand epicure is always but always a "go to" treat. Inevitably some unusual and interesting products that are a "must" to try. Best (perhaps only) place in Paris to carry american black Angus entrecôte. Truly excellent butcher...and pretty. much excellent everything else.

They were one of the first big department store grocers to open with strict hygiene requirements and obligatory masks. For that we will remain eternally grateful. Once confinement was lifted, we were out to door and off to the grand epicerie. The number of people were limited inside and if parts of the store became to dense, it was cordoned off from more entry. This first adventure OUT at a difficult time, makes me a permanent customer and grateful for the thoughtful and considerate implementation of safety.
Written September 12, 2020
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Michelle B
Noosa, Australia2,712 contributions
First class department store
Oct 2021 • Friends
We have been coming here for years and almost certainly on every visit to Paris. It such a wonderful store with fabulous items of every kind. Multiple buildings, really large, so we prefer to make a number of visits over a few days. Food hall is superb. You can wander around for hours. Whether it is clothing, shoes, books, kitchen or bedroom or general house items, Le Bon Marche seems to have everything. It is particularly special at Christmas time. We were lucky enough to be here the night they unveiled the window displays with the gingerbread man. Fantastic. Whilst it is a busy store, you never feel overwhelmed or crowded. Staff in the building are amazing. Highly recommended. Metro within 5 minutes walk.
Written October 30, 2021
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Dimitris L
Sydney, Australia42,559 contributions
An experience
Oct 2019
Le Bon Marche Rive Gauche would be more of a curiosity than anything else to the casual tourist, as it was to us. It is an amazing store and the goods on sale are obviously high quality, but many would find some of the prices a bit out of reach. You would most probably find almost everything in other department stores, and may be at a little more reasonable prices. Worth a walk through to get over it!
Written September 14, 2020
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Liana127
Paris, France9 contributions
Unhelpful and rude saleswoman
Jan 2021
I live near by Le Bon Marche and I go there shopping very often.
I have seen their service worsening step by step but today’s experience was overwhelming. The most rude condescending saleswoman at the Vanessa Bruno, rolling her eyes because I didn’t know EXACTLY the very precise model I wanted to buy.I decided to leave and there she had an epiphany and started showing me the TWO different types of the gray big cabas Vanessa Bruno. She even called the head of the département to defend her.
Horrible place horrible person.
Written January 5, 2021
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Brenda Rau
5 contributions
Huge department store with an amazing selection.
Dec 2019
Everything and anything you can want. (not the cheap stuff, the good stuff) Prices are very reasonable and the Selection was expansive. At Christmas time, they had it tastefully decorated and packed with additional small vendors. I was able to buy Gucci shoes (wonderful salespeople) and gifts for everyone on my list. Across the street is their food hall- save room for a meal here! Plenty of bathrooms, helpful clerks and an endless supply of goods. A perfect place to spend the day shopping.
Written February 15, 2020
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LotusEaterNewZealand
New Zealand124 contributions
The Place to Go If You Like Food and Fashion
Nov 2019
This is a wonderful department store, almost two stores in fact as La Grande Epicerie, which sells food, is right across the road. The food selection at La Grande Epicerie is fantastic, with fresh produce, meat, baked goods, and a large range of dry and canned goods. If you like food shopping as I do, you can easily spend quite a bit of time wandering around the aisles.

Le Bon Marche is a large department store with all the goods you’d expect, but what impressed me the most was the fashion. It was early winter when I visited and if my suitcase and luggage allowance had been big enough, I could have bought a whole new winter wardrobe. I was particularly enamoured with the range of coats. I will definitely be returning.
Written January 2, 2020
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Michelle B
Noosa, Australia2,712 contributions
Absolutely LOVE this place!
Nov 2022 • Friends
We have been coming to Paris for years and we always spend as much time as we can here. Such a fabulous department store and the oldest in the world. Fortunately it was raining on our last visit to Paris which meant it was the perfect excuse to spend a lot of time here. It is particularly fabulous at Christmas time. We live every section. The clothes, the shoes, the kitchen and appliances, the book section, the food section and everything in between. Full of beautiful and interesting areas. The staff are so attentive. Spend ages in each section and explore. Highly recommended.
Written November 27, 2022
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AOmeiri
Kuwait City, Kuwait4,521 contributions
The luxurious mall with lesser crowds
Feb 2020
This mall could be reached by the green metro line at the stop Severs Babylon. Its a fancy department store like the ones at Haussmann bit smaller but much less crowded giving the genuine shoppers the opportunity to buy in a more relaxed environment with better attention from salespersons. Overall recommended
Written February 25, 2020
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tf86668
7 contributions
Waiting 20min for sales staff...
Oct 2022 • Family
Bad experience. No sales person at the bike shop to buy present for my wife. When asking welcome desk, we were told off that there was a rush in another floor. When complaining about this situation (after 20min waiting and several requests), we were threaten to call security instead of a sales person....strange way to welcome tourists în such an expensive and posh place (maybe this is the reason: some staff are posher than customers;)
Written October 30, 2022
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Annik4p
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg184 contributions
THE chic place with all the CHIC French labels
Nov 2021
... under one roof, nicely declined over several floors, all connected with rolling staircases. You find here the top-notch selection of French and international brands in prêt-à-porter ... LV, Céline, Chloé but also books, a gift selection (especially before St Nicolas and Christmas, starting begin November!)
Written November 10, 2021
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Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche is open:
  • Sun - Sun 11:00 AM - 7:45 PM
  • Mon - Wed 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
  • Thu - Thu 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
  • Fri - Sat 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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