On Boulevard Saint Germain, near the crowded meeting hub Odéan, is this popular and charming café Relais Odéon. The café´s interior is decorated with Art Deco style and the waiters are lively and love to dance to music while they balance their trays.
It was our favorite café during our stay in Paris, and we stopped for coffee and dessert many times--both during the day and the evening. They serve all kinds of food from fries to onion soup as well as different kinds of entrés. Their coffee is of superb quality, and its café viennoise is just the best you can have. Once we ordered a crême brulé for dessert after a very disappointing meal nearby, and it saved our evening!
The café is also a perfect spot for people watching. The human and car traffic is intense at this juction, but that makes it all the more exciting. You can sit there for as long as you wish, and the ambience and music is always great.