My husband and I are going to Paris in a few weeks and have gotten great info from this forum. We are staying near the Louvre and realize that is an expensive area. Wondering if anyone has recommendations for REASONABLE restaurants for dinner- any area would be fine- we like good food, but not 5 star dining. Cafe type places or such are more our speed. anyone?? thanks :)
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This is a nice web for restaurants in the Marais. The Marais is comprised of the 3rd and 4th arr. You are staying in the Marais or you are very close. As you can see by the menu prices, the pre fixed menus give you a few choices and dinners will run between €25 and €30, add a little for a carafe of house wine. These are not the only restaurants, but they won%26#39;t disappoint you.
www.parismarais.com/selected-restaurants.htm
Le Tastvin on the Ile of St Louis should be added as well.
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Near the Louvre is La Soudiere just off St. Honore. If you go rue Rivoli to rue Juliette (there is more to the name than that, but its close) which is across from the Tuilierres metro stop, go rue Juliette to St. Honore, turn right and go about a block to rue Soudiere and you are right there. Then on rue Castellane which is off rue Tronchet which is behind the Madeleine and between Haussman there are several good restaurants, rue Arcade which is also in that area has a Chez Papa, also a reasonable oriental restaurant, and closer to rue Capicines is an Italian Visconti. . All of these to me are reasonably priced. Haven%26#39;t had a bad meal at any of them. The area isn%26#39;t necessary expensive. The Louvre also has a nice food court for noon snacks. Then there are a few sandwich shops and lots of brassieris along Rivoli. On Champs de Elysee there is Montecristo for Italian, and it cost me 14 euro for a nice plate of spaghetti with eggplant etc. in Feb. Considering it was the CDE, I felt it a good price for lunch. I was starving so anything probably would have been good at that point.
Pat
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From the website given, I can tell you I have been to three of those restaurants and I really enjoyed my meal at all 3:
Vins Des Pyrenees
Chez Omar
Auberge Nicolas Flamel (the best creme brulee ever!)
I also suggest you have lunch at Angelina%26#39;s on Rue de Rivoli. It is a tradition. Order the l%26#39;Africain (their thick hot chocolate) and/or the Mont Blanc for dessert. Both are very rich so share with each other.
Also, try a falafel at L%26#39;As du Falafel on Rue des Rosiers in the Marais. I and many others on this site think it is the best Falafel ever. You can eat in their restaurant or for 5E you can purchase a falafel at the walkup window and window shop while you eat it. That%26#39;s what I do--so people can%26#39;t hear me moaning about how delicious it is!
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We had dinner here last night,
http://www.melac.fr/
It is really a bistro a vins but they serve lunch and dinner. We shared the lentils and beef appitizer with two glasses of white. Then I had one of the plats du maison, a chicken dish, and my friend had a beef stewy dish. We had two glasses of red with these. And for desert we each had a very sweet Anjouu wine suggested by the waiter. All the while we chatted with the couple from Britain on one side and the locals on the other side of the table.
It came to approx 60€00 and you should make reservations.
Pjk
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Let%26#39;s do the math when it comes to eating in Paris:
From these suggestions and being rather frugal, a breakfast for 10 Euros, lunch for 15 and dinner for 25 amount to 50 Euros for one person and 100 for 2.
That%26#39;s 1000 Euros for 2 people in 10 days.
I certainly should hope there is a less expensive way and welcome practical suggestions with examples from experienced Paris visitors.
Thanks
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%26gt;%26gt;That%26#39;s 1000 Euros for 2 people in 10 days.
I certainly should hope there is a less expensive way and welcome practical suggestions with examples from experienced Paris visitors. %26lt;%26lt;
I am not an experienced Paris visitor but I have a few ideas. First, there is no law saying you need to eat three meals a day, every day, in a nice restaurant. I know that if my wife and I have big breakfast with omelets and muffins, etc., we usually skip lunch or have some fruit or something real light. You can get a sandwich at a boulangerie, and eat it on the grass in a park or along the Seine. I have read there are walk-up crepe stands and similar. So I think two meals in a restaurant per day, tops, is more realistic.
Second, you can price shop. We all know that if you spend $30 or $60 for a nice dinner here in the states, there is no guarantee that the more expensive meal is better. Why shouldn%26#39;t the same be true in Paris? And as the original poster said %26gt;%26gt;we like good food, but not 5 star dining. Cafe type places or such are more our speed. %26lt;%26lt; It%26#39;s your choice, but if you want to eat in a restaurant with waitstaff and tablecloths, don%26#39;t complain if you pay restaurant prices.
third, many people on these forums rent apartments and make some of their own meals at %26quot;home.%26quot; You can do that too. tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g187147-i14-k26308…
Having said that, I intend to eat several meals in restaurants, not on the Champs Elysee or top of the Tour d%26#39;Eiffel, but in brasseries or reasonable restaurants I have seen mentioned here and elsewhere. I consider myself a tightwad in general but, for the first time in my life, I am going to be in Paris, a city known for fine food and the dining experience. If I want the experience of Paris, that is part of the package, in my opinion.
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Hi --
One of the great pleasures in Paris is poking around in a neighbourhood looking for the %26quot;right%26quot; place to eat. There are lots of REASONABLE restaurants in every area of every arrondissement, you just have to get off the big streets and away from the tourisit sites to locate them.
Take your camera and your phrase book if you don%26#39;t read French, and see what you can find.
lceandme --
You hijacked this thread.
That%26#39;s about what you%26#39;d spend in Orlando as a visitor, too. It%26#39;s always cheaper to live somewhere than it is to be a tourist there. Of course, you can always do the early dinner specials, but then you need another meal at 21:30.
The biggest problem with searching out reasonably priced restaurants in Florida is that you have to drive for miles to do it. There%26#39;s no walking around the neighbourhood to find one.. It%26#39;s the same where we live in New Jersey, so, really, you have to figure in the cost of your rental car and fuel, as well. There%26#39;s no €1 Metro or bus system in either place.
I have found that it%26#39;s very difficult to get away with $15 US, for lunch unless you%26#39;re content with fast food (I%26#39;m not), whether I%26#39;m in our place in New Jersey, or the one in Florida.
Lunch with only a glass of wine and tip will set you back something in the vicinity of $20 US, in either place. If you order a half carafe of house wine (it%26#39;s not as reliable in restaurants in America), the price will go up to $25 or $30 US. Dinner is commensurately higher, just as it is anywhere.
For Paris, I%26#39;d correct the breakfast cost, unless you%26#39;re eating in your hotel. If you go out and eat at a patisserie, you%26#39;ll probably get away with €6, lunch and dinner expenditures can probably be shaved by €5, on average. It just depends on how much looking you%26#39;re willing to do to find the more inexpensive places to dine.
I always quote prices including a half carafe of house wine, and I drink tap water. If you don%26#39;t like the flavour of Paris tap water, then you drink the bottled stuff, so beverages will run your cheque averages up.
For me, the big treat dinner will come in at €35 or less, including wine, and I%26#39;ll do that 2 or 3 nights over the 10 days that I%26#39;m in Paris. The rest of the time I%26#39;ll spend €20, or less. Wine, and a croque monsieur or an omelette with soup or a small salad, and I%26#39;m a happy camper.
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