Musée d'Orsay Restaurant

I can see how beautiful this is but can%26#39;t find a menu for a Thursday evening dinner. Does anyone have any experience here?

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I am not surprised there is no menu, it wasn%26#39;t anything spectacular/ elaborated, for lunch sounded more like club sandwiches and soups and maybe pasta, so very basic, i am not sure there is a chef changing menus regularly. But the restaurant is beautiful.And they may be doing something more elaborate for dinner?

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I have visited the Musee D%26#39;Orsay 4 times and on the first 3 visits looked longingly at this beautiful cafe.

My first visit was almost 20 years ago - several months backpacking through Europe. My budget allowed a visit to the museum to look at the amazing artwork - it certainly didn%26#39;t allow dining somewhere that looked that fancy!

My next visit 15 years ago was a quick weekend stopover in Paris - I made time to visit my favourite museum but timewise I had to choose between the art or the food - the art won!

My third visit 5 years was with my 2 children. I thought they were too young to be good enough to get through both the museum and a meal.

On my most recent visit a year ago I was determined to finally eat there even though as luck would have it we weren%26#39;t hungry.

I discovered, as raphy says, that the food was quite simple. In reality I probably had the time and money for a quick snack on all my previous visits.

My son (who can always eat!)had a toasted sandwich I think. My husband and I had a coffee and shared a pastry. My daughter just an Orangina.

We lingered for a while and discused our favourite artworks from the museum and what we were going to do next.

It was a lovely time - very relaxing - but not a gourmet delight.

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I%26#39;ve only had lunch, it was simple but I love the beautiful restaurant.

Here%26#39;s a bit about dinner, it%26#39;s in French though:

%26quot;La visite du Musée + le dîner (hors boissons) est proposé au prix de 42 euros (entrée + plat + dessert).

Le client a aussi le choix de dîner à la carte et d%26#39;y découvrir quelques plats de haute-tradition comme la Crème Dubarry ou le Suprême de Canard aux Pêches et son Gratin Dauphinois. En dessert : Brioche en Pain Perdu, Glace Cannelle et Sirop d%26#39;Erable...%26quot;

It says that a visit to the museum and dinner (without drinks) is 42 Euros (entrée + main + desert). And you can also choose to have dinner a la carte (a few choices from the a la carte are listed).

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Thank you-for the input, I will send an email and see if I can get any particulars about the menu. The setting will certainly compensate for a lot.

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The museum is open only a certain night of the week. I don%26#39;t think they serve an evening meal. The room is absolutely gorgeous. I had a very nice meal there about 2 p.m. last fall. I had no complaints.

Pat

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Thank you all for your responses. I wanted to follow up. I sent an email to the restaurant and promptly received a lovely reply from Sabine with the menu attached. There is a range of offerings from duck, salmon,steak to shark fillet and it looks terrific.

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Would you mind posting the menu? I%26#39;m debating whether to make a lunch reservation or Thurs. dinner and would love to have an idea of what might be served. I was there years ago for lunch and loved the roast game hen with mushroom flan!

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ebnyc,

they sent it in an exel doc that I can%26#39;t copy so here is what I have transcribed for you:

LeMenu Gastronomique:

amuse bouche

macaroni au foie gras roti

creme mouseuse a la lentille verte du Puy

caille au vinaigre de Xeres

polenta pance cote de blette et condiment aux radis

tiramisu facon toblerone declinaison cacahuete

soup con de Raz El Hanout

42Euor

La Carte

half cooked duck foie gras 17E

smoked salmon with yuzu sherbert and coils vegetables 16E

Main

sirloin with fries in red wine sauce 19E

shark fillet with potatoes and pepper sauce 14E

Pastry of the day 8.5E

They said it was subject to change, I think the atmosphere is what I will go for. Let us know if you go.

Hope this helps you decided.

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