Restaurants

Paris prides herself in having more than 4,000 restaurants, to suit everybody’s taste and purse. Ethnic cuisine abounds: every country in the world has a culinary outpost in the city. You could even start your own Tour de France: each French department proudly sends her regional specialities to the capital, from freshly caught Brittany fish to the sweetest Provence grapes.

Enemy Number One are ‘Le fastfood’ chains. Young people just love this plastic food, symbol of our consumer society. Fast food restaurants have conquered a large portion of the food market. Gastronomically-minded parents tend to push away their foie gras or truffles when thinking of their offspring gorging on this junk food.

French haute cuisine is under threat. Distress signals are sent in the guise of experts in traditional gastronomy, who visit schools and teach the erring sons and daughters how to eat and enjoy ‘real’ food.

A visitor to Paris should heed those distress calls. No more hamburgers that all look and taste the same! No more pizza slices straight from the microwave! Go out there and look for the true glory of French gastronomy. ‘Amuse-gueule’ (a snack to amuse your mouth): aren’t you getting hungry already? Bon appétit!

The following restaurants have been classified into price ranges. The price refers to a menu without drinks.

Highest price range: more than € 55 Euro
Upper price range: up to € 55 Euro
Middle price range: up to € 30 Euro
Lower price range: up to € 15 Euro

Highest Price Range
Don’t forget to book in time!

Chez Pauline
Rue Villedo 5 (1)
Underground: Palais Royal
Tel. (0) 1 42 96 20 70
www.chezpauline.com
Monday to Friday: 12.30pm-2.30pm, 7.30pm-10.30pm (closed Saturday/Sunday)

Beauvilliers
Rue Lamarck 52 (18)
Underground : Lamarck-Caulaincourt
Tel (0) 1 42 54 54 42
Monday to Saturday : 12am-2.20pm, 7.30pm-10.30pm (closed on Sunday)
A gastronomical gem!
L’Ambroise
Place des Vosges 9 (4)
Underground: Bastille, Saint-Paul
Tel. (0) 1 42 78 51 45
Tuesday-Saturday 12am-2pm, 8pm-10.15pm (closed Sunday/Monday)
One of Paris’s most beautiful restaurants. Great location on the famous Place des Vosges.

Le Grand Véfour
Rue de Beaujolais 17 (1)
Underground: Bourse
Tel. (0) 1 42 96 56 27
Monday-Friday 12am-2.30pm, 8pm-10.15pm (closed Saturday/Sunday and in August) 
Victor Hugo and many more of the great and famous have dined here. Magnificent view across the gardens of the Palais Royal.

Jules Verne
Eiffel Tower, second floor (7)
Underground: Trocadéro, Bir Hakeim
Tel. (0) 1 45 55 61 44, 1 45 55 20 04
www.tour-eiffel.fr
Daily: 12.15pm-1.30pm, 7.15pm-9.30pm
Quality food and location on a high level!

Maxim’s
Rue Royale 3 (8)
Underground: Concorde
Tel. (0) 1 42 65 27 94
 www.maxims-de-paris.com
Daily: 12am-2pm, 7.30pm-10pm (closed on Saturday evening, Sunday and Monday)
Traditional Paris restaurant in the style of the belle époque.

Tour d’Argent
Quai de la Tournelle 15-17 (5)
Underground: Maubert-Mutualité
Tel. (0) 1 43 54 23 31
www.tourdargent.com
Daily: 12am-2.30pm, 7.30pm-10.30pm (closed on Monday and Tuesday)
One of the very best. Magnificent view of the Notre-Dame and the River Seine.

Upper Price Range

Les Princes
Av.George V 29 (8)
Underground: George V
Tel. (0) 1 47 23 54 00
Daily: 12am-2.30pm, 7pm-22.30pm
French cuisine Provençal style.

Brasserie Lipp
Boul. Saint-Germain 151 (6)
Underground: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Tel. (0) 1 45 48 53 91
Daily: 11.30am- 1am
Famous French brasserie. Cathérine Deneuve is one of the regulars.

Fouquet’s
Av. Des Champs-Elysées 99 (8)
Underground: George V
Tel. (0) 1 47 23 70 60
Daily: 12am-3pm, 7pm-0.30am
Classy and famous on an elegant boulevard.

La Coupole
Bd.du Montparnasse 102 (14)
Underground: Vavin
Tel. (0) 1 43 20 14 20
Daily: 7.30am- 1am
Café in art-deco style. Meetingplace of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.

Les Bouquinistes
Quai des Grand-Augustins 53 (6)
Underground: Saint-Michel
Tel. (0) 1 43 25 45 94
Daily: 12am-2.30pm, 7pm-10.30pm
Haute cuisine close to the River embankment. Close to the bouqinistes (booksellers) On Wednesday nights magic show.

Le train Bleu
Bd.Diderot 20 (12)
Underground: Gare de Lyon
Tel. (0) 1 43 43 09 06
Daily: 11.30am-3pm, 7pm-11pm
Station buffet with opulent belle époque interior.

Middle Price Range

À la Pomponette
Rue Lepic 42 (18)
Metro : Abbesses-Butte Montmartre
Tel (0) 1 46 06 08 36
Daily: 12am-2.30pm, 7pm-11pm (closed on Sunday and Monday)
In the tourist area close by the graveyard, you’ll find this authentic restaurant where mainly Montmartriens know how to appreciate the good and affordable menus. At the end of the bar where retired people get together for a drink and a lively conversation, two steps lead up to the restaurant. Nothing has changed here for the past 70 years

Le Select
Bd. Du Montparnasse 99 (14)
Metro : Vavin
Tel : (0) 1 45 48 38 24
Daily 7am-2am
Atmosphere of the twenties in Montparnasse.

L’Alsace
Av. Des Champs-Elysées 39 (8)
Underground: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tel. (0) 1 53 93 97 00
Open at all hours of the day and night
Alsace cuisine as well as other French regional specialities. Located on a chique boulevard.

La Serre
Rue de l’Exposition 29 (7)
Underground: Ecole Militaire
Tel. (0) 1 45 55 20 96
Daily: 12am-3pm, 7pm-11pm (Closed on Sunday and Monday)
Specialities from the south west. Restaurant in classic bistro style.

Au Petit Riche
Rue le Peletier, 25 (9)
Underground: Peletier
Tel. (0) 1 47 70 68 68
Daily: 12am-2pm, 7pm-12pm (closed on Sunday)
Traditional French cuisine. Original turn of the century interior.

Bofinger
Rue de la Bastille 5 (4)
Underground: Bastille
Tel. (0) 1 42 72 87 82
Monday-Friday 12am-3.30pm, 6.30pm-1am (Saturday/Sunday dinner only) Brasserie in belle époque style. Dishes from Normandy a speciality.

Pharamond
Rue de la Grande Truanderie 24 (1)
Metro : Les Halles
Tel: (0) 1 40 28 45 18
Daily 12 am-2.30 pm, 7pm-10.30 pm, closed on Sundays.
Belle époque bar with a.o. specialities from Normandy.

Jo Goldenberg
Rue des Rosiers 7 (4)
Underground: Saint-Paul
Tel. (0) 1 48 87 20 16
Daily: 8.30am- 2am
Jewish cuisine and delicatessen, such as chopped liver, strudel, borscht and salted meat.

Julien
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis 16 (10)
Underground: Strasbourg-Saint-Denis
Tel. (0) 1 47 70 12 06
Daily: 12am-3.30pm, 7pm-1am
Restaurant in belle époque style. Mainly fish and fowl.

Cap Vernet
Av.Marceau, 82 (8)
Underground: Ch.de Gaulle-Etoile
Tel. (0) 1 47 20 20 40
Daily: 8am- 12pm
Fantastic fish dishes and fruits de mer (seafood).

Lower Price Range

Pied de Cochon
Rue Coquilière 6 (1)
Underground : Les Halles
Tel: (0) 1 40 13 77 00
A known occasion open day and night, ideal for night owls.

Bouillon Racine
Rue de Racine 3 (6)
Underground : Cluny-La Sorbonne
Tel: (0) 1 44 32 15 60
www.bouillon.racine.com
Cleverly restored working cafeteria with interior in art nouveau. Kitchen with Belgian influences.

Grand Bistro
Rue Saint Séverin 7 (5)
Underground: Saint Michel
Tel. (0) 1 43 25 94 21
Daily: 11.30am-12pm
Popular bistro in the university quarter.

Le Petit Saint-Benoït
Rue Saint-Benoït 4 (6)
Underground: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Tel. (0) 1 42 60 27 92
Monday-Friday 12am-2pm, 7pm-10pm (closed on Sunday)
Also located in university quarter. Very crowdy because of the reasonable prices.

Le Temps des Cerises
Rue de la Cerisaie 31 (4)
Underground: Saint-Paul
Tel. (0) 1 42 72 08 63
Daily 7.30am-9pm (closed on Saturday/Sunday)
Bistro in the Marais quarter. Very crowded at lunch time.

La Ferme Saint-Hubert
Rue Vignon 21 (9)
Underground : Madeleine
Tel : (0) 1 47 42 79 20 (closed on Sunday)Over 30 courses let you taste everything that can be prepared with cheese.

Maharajah
Bd.Saint-Germain 72
Underground: Maubert-Mutualité
Tel. (0) 1 43 54 26 07
Daily: 11.30am-11.30pm
Indian specialities.

 


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