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The Top 10 Places to Eat (Very Expensive)
Paris has some of the finest restaurants in the world. These are the best and they are very expensive.

1. Lucas Carton
9 place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th - métro: Madeleine
Ph: 01.42.65.22.90
Very creative cuisine. Don't miss the famous Apicius duck!

2. L'Ambroisie
9 place des Vosges, Paris 4th - métro: Saint-Paul
Ph: 01.42.78.51.45
Very refined cooking, in a splendid Renaissance decor.

3. Alain Ducasse
59 av. R. Poincaré, Paris 16th - métro: Victor Hugo
Ph: 01.47.27.12.27
Classical French cuisine.

4. La Tour d'Argent
17 quai de Tournelle, Paris 5th - métro: Cardinal-Lemoine
Ph: 01.43.54.23.31
A very famous address with the best view of Notre-Dame.

5. Les Ambassadeurs (Hôtel de Crillon)
10 place de la Concorde, Paris 8th - métro: Concorde
Ph: 01.44.71.16.16

6. Cercle Ledoyen
Carré des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th - métro: Concorde or Champs-Elysées
Ph: 01.53.05.10.00 - Fax: 01.47.42.55.01
Excellent Northern French cuisine with specialties cooked in beer.

7. Taillevent
15 rue Lamennais, Paris 8th - métro: Charles de Gaulle-Etoile
Ph: 01.44.95.15.01 - Fax: 01.42.25.95.18

8. Guy Savoy
18 rue Troyon, Paris 17th - métro: Charles de Gaulle-Etoile
Ph: 01.43.80.40.61
Don't miss the delicious Mille-Feuille.

9. Le Grand Véfour
17 rue de Beaujolais, Paris 1st - métro: Palais-Royal
Ph: 01.42.96.56.27 - Fax: 01.42.86.80.71
A sumptuous restaurant under the arcades of the Palais-Royal.

10. L'Arpège
84 rue de Varenne, Paris 7th - métro: Varenne
Ph: 01.47.05.09.06 - Fax: 01.44.18.98.39
Great food with original dishes.


The Top 10 Places to Eat (Inexpensive)
You do not need to spend a fortune for a delicious meal!

1. Chez Clément
6 addresses in Paris, including:
47 av. de Wagram, Paris 17th - métro: Ternes
Ph: 01.53.81.97.00
123 av des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th - métro: George V
Ph: 01.40.73.87.00
Chain of casual restaurants decorated like welcoming and cozy homes. Serve good traditional French cuisine at very reasonable prices.

2. Restaurant des Beaux-Arts
11 rue Bonaparte, Paris 6th - métro: St-Germain-des-Prés
Ph: 01.43.26.92.64
Simple and good home-style cooking.

3. Les Noces de Jeannette
14 rue Favart, Paris 2nd - métro: Richelieu-Drouot
Ph: 01.42.96.36.89
Very welcoming bistro, which has an excellent fixed-price menu.

4. Le Patio Provençal
116 rue des Dames, Paris 17th - métro: Villiers
Ph: 01.42.93.73.73
Tasteful dishes from Provence.

5. Osteria del Passe-partout
20 rue de l'Hirondelle, Paris 6th - métro: St-Michel
Ph: 01.46.34.14.54
Very good Italian cooking at reasonable prices.

6. Chez Marianne
2 rue des Hospitalières-Saint-Gervais, Paris 4th - métro: Saint-Paul or Hôtel-de-ville
Ph: 01.42.72.18.86
Jewish specialties from Central Europe. Very nice terrace in Summer.

7. Dame tartine
2 rue Brisemiche, Paris 4th - métro: Hôtel-de-Ville or Les Halles
Ph: 01.42.77.32.22
Pleasant terrace over the fanciful and colorful fountains by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint-Phalle.

8. Lescure
7 rue de Mondovi, Paris 1st - métro: Concorde
Ph: 01.42.60.18.91
A bargain in this neighborhood!

9. Chartier
7 rue du Faubourg-Montmartre, Paris 9th - métro: Rue Montmartre
Ph: 01.47.70.86.29
Although the food is ordinary, people come here for the atmosphere.

10. Orestias
4 rue Grégoire-de-Tours, Paris 6th - métro: Odéon
Ph: 01.43.54.62.01
Greek and French food. Serves a fixed-price menu.


The Top 10 Restaurants with a View

1. La Tour d'Argent
17 quai de Tournelle, Paris 5th - métro: Cardinal-Lemoine
Ph: 01.43.54.23.31
A very famous address with the best view of Notre-Dame.

2. Jules Verne
Tour Eiffel (second floor), Champ de Mars, Paris 7th - métro: Trocadéro or Dupleix or RER Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
Ph: 01.45.55.61.44
For a romantic evening. Excellent dining.

3. La Maison Blanche
15 av. Montaigne, Paris 8th - métro: Alma Marceau
Ph: 01.47.23.55.99 - Fax: 01.47.20.09.56
From the rooftop of the Theâtre des Champs-Elysées, nice view over the Seine and the capital.

4. Ziriab
Institut de Monde Arabe (9th floor)
1 rue des Fossés St-Bernard, Paris 5th - métro: Jussieu
Ph: 01.46.33.47.70
Excellent Arabic food.

5. Ciel de Paris
Tour Montparnasse (56th floor)
33 av. du Maine, Paris 14th - métro: Montparnasse
Ph: 01.45.38.52.35

6. Altitude 95
Tour Eiffel (1st floor), Champ de Mars, Paris 7th - métro: Trocadéro or Dupleix or RER Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
Ph: 01.45.55.20.04
Good address, less expensive than the Jules Verne restaurant.

7. Morot-Gaudry
6 rue de la Cavalerie, Paris 15th - métro: La Motte-Picquet
Ph: 01.46.33.47.70
Nice view of the Eiffel tower from the 6th floor of a building.

8. Toupary
Samaritaine (5th floor)
2 quai du Louvre, Paris 1st - métro: Pont-Neuf
Ph: 01.40.41.29.29

9. Patachou
9 place du Tertre, Paris 18th - métro: Anvers
Ph: 01.42.51.06.06
Pleasant terrace overlooking Paris.

10. Le Totem
Palais de Chaillot, 1 place du Trocadéro, Paris 16th - métro: Trocadéro
Ph: 01.47.27.28.29 - Fax: 01.47.27.53.01

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