Going to Paris for a few days in November.
I would like some nice dining recomendations.

Will be there for four full days.

Where to go with such short notice?

We will be staing in the 1st of 4th Arrondissements.

Thanks in advance !

You want high end or good bistro food?

One of my favs is Le Dome in Montparnasse. Seafood. The bouillabaise is amazing, of course it's better in the summer.

Looks like I'm going to miss Taillevent on my upcoming trip. The only night I'm available is Sat night and they don't serve on Sat. I'll have to catch it next year, maybe.

If you want good bistro food, find Rue Guisard (it's between the St. Germain des Pres metro stop and the church St. Sulpice). I've eaten at all of the French places. You can't miss with any of them.

Les Bouqainistes on the river is quite good. You'll need reservations.

Vinaigre, so many options without more direction.

Some of my favorite restaurants without specific information are..

Le Dome ( lunch)
Laurent
Michel Rostang
Taillevent

November is truffle and Saint Jacques season, so if you enjoy scallops and or truffles, you are in for a great trip.

L'Epi Dupin....superbe!

Sorry for the typos, being unable to edit typos sucks big time !

We will be staying in either the 1st OR the 4th arrondissements.

Looking for good bistros or good QPR restaurants.
We will be traveling light, so no restaurants where casual wear is not accepted.

We have been to Paris before, but we were not as attentive to good restaurant as now.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
November is truffle and Saint Jacques season, so if you enjoy scallops and or truffles, you are in for a great trip.

Enjoy both, any specific restaurants in mind? Or the same as you already mentionned?

TIA

We had a very nice bistro meal at a place called Rotisserie le Beaujolais (or maybe du beaujolais). It's on quai des Tournelles, across the street from the Tour D'Argent. It is owned by the same people. It's very reasonably priced with excellent food and good service. Pretty good wine list too, but not outstanding.

vinaigre:
Lot's of choices. Wine+Art and I like Le Dome for lunch.
(I can now edit my posts....maybe you can too!)

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Originally posted by grossie:
We had a very nice bistro meal at a place called Rotisserie le Beaujolais (or maybe du beaujolais). It's on quai des Tournelles, across the street from the Tour D'Argent. It is owned by the same people. It's very reasonably priced with excellent food and good service. Pretty good wine list too, but not outstanding.

Small world. My notes on the place:
Rotisserie Beaujolais - 19, quai de la Tournelle (south across the Seine from Notre Dame, east down the bank). Been there
two or three times. Always a treat. Staff is a little bit surly in a fun way (like Dick's Last Resort in Chicago). Have
had wild boar and magret de canard off special menus. Know that the items on the regular menu are good. Oeuffs en
meurette is on the regular menu and is terrific. Not expensive.

I think it's a little farther down from Tour D'Argent. I'm surprised if it's owned by the same folks that own Tour.

Edited (nice feature by the way): Grossie is right, it's right next to Tour d'Argent. (I had to look it up on Google Maps).

There seems to be a couple of restaurants named "Le Dome": Google Search

Which one ?

TIA

The one I'm talking about is Le Dôme in Montparnasse on Blvd Montparnasse. There is also Le Dôme du Marais which a friend tells me is absolutely wonderful - their food pictures on their website look wonderful. I may visit when I go there next week. If so, I'll post a report on it.

Le Dôme in Montparnasse is a seafood place. Good selection of oysters. The bouillabaise is my favorite. They have a nice shellfish platter as well.

I just got back this past Friday. Had an amazing tasting menu with wine pairings at La Truffiere. They are also open for lunch. On the pricey side, but I think well worth it. There cheese cart is out of this world. A regular came in while we were there and had a bottle of wine and cheese only...

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Originally posted by aphilla:
The one I'm talking about is Le Dôme in Montparnasse on Blvd Montparnasse.

This one ? :LINK

Sorry for the redundant questions, google gives me 3 Dome restaurants on Montparnasse 14, 56 and 108.

That's the one!

http://www.zagat.com/Verticals...=69301&pid=215&PNT=3

By the way, a stroll around the cemetiere immediately south of the restaurant is pretty interesting. It's a very crowded and popular cemetary. People are dying to get in there.

Good pizza and less costly neighborhood place: Pizza St. Antonio.

The best cafe: Bourgone du Marais (great wine)

a small rest. on the Isle st. luis: Mon viel ami is excellent.

Best splurge: Guy Savoy (but be ready to spend 4+ hours and $2000 per 2 persons --arggg.

We ate at these place 3+ times while we were there in June of this year. We ate at the rotissery place across the street from Notre Dame and we were not impressed; they were nice and thier cat roaming the rest. is nice but food and wine was just ok

I'm in Paris now. So far I've eaten at:

vin et maree: this is a chain in Paris. It's quite good. My wife and I did the turbot special. They have a fixed menu and a menu on the chalkboard. The turbot was on the chalkboard. All 4 of us had the Baba au rhum du Zanzibar for dessert. Amazing. We were at the one in Montparnasse. The oysters were big and fresh. Reminds me why I've never been able to warm up to oysters in North America. These were outstanding.

Le Dôme: All 4 of us had Bouillabaise for dinner. It's near to Paradise I think. We had 4 different desserts (I'm not obsessed about desserts. No, really, I'm not):
- the largest mille feuille I've ever seen and it was just about perfect.
- roasted figs with a cassis sauce were amazing
- the chocoate mousse may have been too intense (I'm just saying)
- nougat glacé avec coulis de fruits rouges (this was mine and I was reluctant to share)

lunch at Millesimmes 62
a fixed price menu for 19euros was an excellent mesclun salad with fruit and a fish on a mashed potato écraseé (we have a group dinner there wednesday night with a few more choices, but this looks like excellent value both at lunch and dinner)

All of the above are in Montparnasse.

Tonight we went across town to Chez Astier. They have a website. Everything was great, but the highlight is when they drop the cheese plate on your table and say, take as much as you want. They have a website that you can find with google. The picture here is from last summer when I was there another time. The contents have changed a bit (seasonal) but it is no less impressive right now:
http://www.knitbot.org/blog/20...eese-an-explanation/

I'll post more later in the week, maybe.

Thanks for the info so far.

I'm planning to go to:
La Rotisserie du Beaujolais (Waiting for confirmation)
Le Dome (Will reserve tomorrow)
Epi Dupin (reservations made)

The rest of the meals, I will decide when there depending on where we will be during the day.

When do you arrive Vinaigre? I'll post again later in the week.

I will arrive Monday (02 Nov.) morning in the city.

I just got my confirmation from Rotisserie Du Beaujolais for Thursday evening.

For the reservation at "Le Dome" i will dot it by phone today. Never got a confirmation from the reservation site.

Thanks again for all the help.

What part of town are you staying in?

Near Place de la Concorde.

OK. Most of my recommendations are down in Montparnasse.

There is agreat cafe in St. Germain-des-Pres called Les Deux Magots. I've never eaten there but I've sat there after dinner on many occasions having a drink and watching people. If you're there on a Friday night late you might see the skaters roll by.

Not to worry, we will be visiting all over.

What is the tipping situation for restaurants these days?

Service is included. Usually leave a euro or two still.