Paris 6th · rue Dauphine · open daily
Nonno Sanノンノサン
Cucina italiana, mani giapponesi
We open on Tuesday 8 September.
Book a tableItalian cooking, Japanese hands.
Nonno means grandfather. San is the Japanese mark of respect. Between the two sits a neighbourhood trattoria on rue Dauphine, run by a Japanese family that has been cooking in Paris since 1981. The classics are cooked straight — carbonara with guanciale, spaghetti alle vongole, caprese with buffalo mozzarella. Everything else is in the detail.
The menu
A short menu, built for sharing.
Around thirty dishes, from €7 to €26. Start with antipasti in the middle of the table, move on to pasta, finish with something raw or a parmigiana.
Antipasti
Burrata with Spilinga nduja, caprese, arancini, polpette al sugo, San Daniele aged 16 months.
Primi
Spaghetti alla chitarra — al pomodoro, alle vongole e cozze — and rigatoni alla carbonara.
Itameshi
Wafu pasta: spaghetti in mentaiko cream, chilled capellini with tomato tartare and raw prawns.
Secondi
Kombujime sea bream, beef carpaccio with miso and yuzu, aubergine parmigiana.
The Japanese hand
This isn't fusion. It's an accent. It comes down to six details, and you won't find them on any other Italian menu in Paris.
Miso in the Spilinga nduja, over the burrata.
Soy sauce in the dressing for the caprese.
Sansho pepper on the carbonara and in the polpette.
Kombu dashi in the vongole and over the raw courgettes.
Kombujime for the sea bream, cured between two sheets of kelp.
Yuzu with miso, on the beef carpaccio.
Visit us
Nonno San20 rue Dauphine, 75006 Paris
Métro Odéon / Pont-Neuf
01 86 04 29 00
Open daily · Mon – Sun
10am–11pm, no break
Frequently asked questions
What are Nonno San's opening hours?
Open daily, 10am to 11pm without a break. The bar serves caffè all day and the kitchen never closes between services.
Where is Nonno San?
20 rue Dauphine, 75006 Paris, between Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Seine. Métro Odéon or Pont-Neuf.
Should I book?
We recommend it — online through OpenTable or by phone on +33 1 86 04 29 00.
What is itameshi?
Itameshi is Italian food as Japan has made it its own over the past fifty years. Here it means two wafu pastas: spaghetti in mentaiko cream, and chilled capellini with tomato tartare and raw sweet prawns.
Is Nonno San a fusion restaurant?
No. The Italian classics are cooked straight. The Japanese hand shows in the detail: miso in the nduja, soy in the caprese dressing, sansho on the carbonara, kombu dashi in the vongole.
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