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RESTAURANTS (the best of)

There are hundreds of kosher restaurants in Paris.  The locals generally don't eat the meat under Beis Din as they don't require Glatt meat.  But they will eat everything else under Beis din.

Search for restaurants by cuisine and hashgocha here.


NameLocationMetroTypeHechsherNotes
Darjeeling17thArgentine-1MeatRottenberg
Sar Eden19thOurcq-5BakeryRottenbergOrganic bakery
Charles Traiteur19thOurcq-5BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur20thSaint-Mandé-1BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur11thRue-Des-Boulets-9BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur16thVictor-Hugo-2BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur17thWagram-3BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur Halavi17thWagram-3BakeryBeth-Din Chalavi
Korcarz4thSaint-paul-1BakeryBeth-DinIn the Marais
Ardely’s19thOurcq-5Milk ChocolateKatz
Damyel19thOurcq-5Parve ChocolateRottenberg
L’As Du Fallafel4thSaint-paul-1FallafelBeth-Dinin the Marais
L’Inte Cafe12thMiromesnil-9,13DairyBeth-Din15 minute walk from the Park Hyatt
Kosher pizza4thSaint-paul-1PizzaRottenberg
Le Shine17thPorte Maillot-1ChineseLubavitchnear the Arc
Soumsoum11thVoltaire- 9MeatLubavitchGreat Israeli restaurent, there is a second one in the 8th
Doron ba Laïla19thGare Saint-Lazare 3-12-13-14MeatRottenbergNice meat restaurant
Tibs19thOurcq-5DairyKatz
Thai One2ndSentier-3MeatRottenberg
Le XXV16thTrocadéro-9-6BakeryRottenberg Chalavi
Le XXV8thTernes-2BakeryRottenberg Chalavi




Activities:
-Segway Tour. Please do not PM Ergel with requests for coupon codes. The codes are long dead
-Seine River Tour
-Eiffel Tour (Metro: Trocadero -6,9)
-Versailles Palace and Gardens. Never wait on line to buy tickets. 1. Use museum pass 2. Buy in advance 3. There are vending machines near the bathrooms (you have to poke around to find them) without lines. (if you go during a really busy time and the line seems endlessly long, go to the gardens first and return to the palace in the afternoon when lines are shorter). To get an audio guide, you usually proceed across the Royal Courtyard after passing security. If the lines for the audio guides are long, turn left in the Courtyard, to the Apartments of the daughter's of Louis XV’s. There you'll find another counter where you can get audio guides, with no lines at all. You can then exit the apartments and continue along the tour, bypassing the longer line.
-Louvre Art Museum (Closed Tuesday) (Metro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre -1,7) Shushan/Purim artifacts that can be seen at the Louvre, per the book Purim and the Persian Empire.
-D'Orsay Art Museum (Closed Monday) (Metro: Solférino -12)
-Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries (closed Tuesday) small museum featuring Monet's lilies (Metro Concorde: -1,8,12)
-Centre Georges Pompidou modern art museum open 11-9. closed tuedays (Metro: Rambuteau -11)
-Tuileries Gardens. (Metro: Tuileries -1)
-Paris sewer museum Smells really bad but an interesting look at the sewer system
-Champs Elysees shopping (Metro: Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau -1,13)
-Arc de Triomphe (Metro: Charles de Gaulle - Étoile -1,2,6)
-Operan National De Paris opera house. tours daily 11:30 and 2:30. Admission included in Museum Pass, tour extra
-Montmartre (Great neighborhood to walk around with boutiques, artists, and great views, and a funicular that kids will love) (Metro: abbesses -12, Anvers -2)
-The Great Synagogue (La Victoria) is beautiful but the main shul is only open on Shabbos mornings for Shacharis, but definitely worthwhile if you're there over Shabbos (Metro: Notre-Dame-de-Lorette -12)

Hotels:
-Park Hyatt Paris (Hyatt cat 7) is an outstanding value for your points. They used to give a phenomenal kosher breakfast but now it's barely even worth requesting.  Still rooms are a decent size for Paris, the Spa facilities are very nice, and the intoxicating smell used throughout the hotel for forever be linked with the romance of Paris. Ideally located between the Opera and Tuileries metro stations.
The Park Hyatt has free parking, though driving and parking elsewhere in Paris is very difficult.
The Park Hyatt has also complimentary bikes for guests.
There is a backdoor for entry on shabbos.

-The InterContinental Paris - Le Grand is not far from the Park Hyatt. It cost 70k IHG points per night or you can use IHG free nights. It is a good alternitive if the PH is not available or if you don't have/don't want to spend 30k Hyatt points per night.

-The Westin (SPG cat 6) is not as luxurious at the Park Hyatt but is located nearby and does the trick if you only have Starpoints and not Chase or Hyatt points.

Shabbos meals:
-Chabad of Champs Elysees has great shabbos meals and you're sure to bump into other tourists there as well to share tips.
It is a 30 minute walk to the Park Hyatt, but the walk is quite lovely via the Tuileries Gardens and the Champs Elysees.
Reservations are required: http://www.chabadchampselysees.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/888847/jewish/Shabbat-at-Chabad-Champs-Elyses.htm
-if you don't/can't eat at Chabad, they suggest getting takeout from Ben & Cook located in the 8th. Hashgacha: rabbinate Lubavitch De France 33 1 45 61 03 95. 35 Euro for 2 challas, 2 dips, meatballs with noodles or veggies for 2. they close at 3pm on Fridays (in the summer). call for more info
- Friday night meals at Grand Synagogue http://www.tiny.cc/chabbat

There is no eruv in Paris. Consider taking the metro to shul with your talis bag along with return tickets for motzei shabbos.

Transport from CDG:
-If you are going to the Opera area you can take the RoissyBus (pronounced Wahsee-Boos as you will get blank stares if you ask for the Royzee-Bus) which goes there nonstop. You can pay by credit card in the RoissyBus waiting station or on the bus.  The cost is €10.  It is a 5 minute walk to the Park Hyatt.

-There are also train options from CDG: the subway is located in terminal 2E/2F, to get to paris its ligne B (Blue) it should take approximately 30minutes to get to Gare Du Nord
it cost 9€10 each way per person

- Mendy Taxi: 0(1133) 6 50 99 82 93 http://mendystransport.com/en/
- Shimon taxi: 0(1133)6 98 27 16 08  Tamidshuttle@gmail.com

- Uber, Bolt are the best option to get to paris cheapest and fastest

Metro:
The subway is fast, efficient, and cheap. A book of 10 tickets is 13,30€ for adults and 6,65€ for kids.
The subway closes between 12:30 and 2am.

Map:
Streetwise Paris cannot emphasize enough, this is really a must. Of course, if you have GMaps and data you don't need this map unless you really like paper.

Guidebooks
Rick Steves' Paris 2013
Fodor's Paris 2013 (Full-color Travel Guide)

Other Tips
-If you plan on visiting several of the items covered by the Museum Pass - make sure to check it out and price out your options.  Many times it is worth it to get a one-day or multi-day Museum Pass to save some money and more importantly, time (see link for more details: http://en.parismuseumpass.com/)
-Double check days when museums/sites are closed as many do close on different days of the week.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1040 on: April 15, 2013, 07:56:36 PM »
which compagnie is it?
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« Reply #1041 on: April 16, 2013, 04:29:39 AM »
Bar lev ( not sure how its spelt )

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Re: Paris Master Thread
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1043 on: April 18, 2013, 02:15:15 PM »
Is it new that you can book using the Hotel du Louvre with Hyatt?
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1044 on: April 18, 2013, 02:17:08 PM »
Is it new that you can book using the Hotel du Louvre with Hyatt?
Where do you see that?
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1045 on: April 18, 2013, 02:19:48 PM »
Where do you see that?

Just stam when searching hotels on Hyatts website for Paris.
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« Reply #1046 on: April 18, 2013, 02:20:17 PM »
Where do you see that?

http://parishoteldulouvre.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels-parishoteldulouvre/index.jsp?null

Was announced a couple months ago, along with I believe, 3 others in France.
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« Reply #1047 on: April 18, 2013, 02:21:35 PM »
http://parishoteldulouvre.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels-parishoteldulouvre/index.jsp?null

Was announced a couple months ago, along with I believe 3 others.
Never seen it as bookable, sweet deal at cat 5.
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« Reply #1048 on: April 18, 2013, 02:23:29 PM »
+1 it looks nice. As do the others
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« Reply #1049 on: April 18, 2013, 02:29:42 PM »
+1 it looks nice. As do the others

Meh.

Nice option, great location, but the pics, if accurate, don't seem to hold a candle to the PHP.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1050 on: April 18, 2013, 02:32:09 PM »
Meh.

Nice option, great location, but the pics, if accurate, don't seem to hold a candle to the PHP.

Just called about it, they said if I book it its not refundable.

I've never had that with any Hyatt.

Wanted to use some free nights there.
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« Reply #1051 on: April 18, 2013, 02:35:09 PM »
Just called about it, they said if I book it its not refundable.

I've never had that with any Hyatt.

Wanted to use some free nights there.

Hmmm...

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« Reply #1052 on: April 18, 2013, 02:35:54 PM »
A bit OT: What's the quickest way to determine a hotel's cat if on the hotel's site?

I know starwood publishes it right on the page -- is there a place for hyatt hotels besides searching manually by cat?
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« Reply #1053 on: April 18, 2013, 02:36:21 PM »
Hmmm...

He said it may have something to do with it being the Air show week.
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« Reply #1054 on: April 18, 2013, 02:42:20 PM »
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« Reply #1055 on: April 21, 2013, 09:21:39 AM »
Spoke to Hyatt asking them when the property in Nice will be available for booking and she said they were in the process of making it into a Hyatt but now it's closing. Not sure she knows what she's talking about but who knows!
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1056 on: April 23, 2013, 04:58:39 PM »
Mini TR off Shabbat trip to Paris:

Flight out - AA 44 JFK-CDG - got these tix as free one ways off my Barbados trip in January. Were in Main Cabin Extra coach seats in 767 mini-cabin. Highly recommended. Tried to sleep with little success.
CDG-Paris - Roissy bus - easy to find and clearing customs at CDG is a snap. Took about 75 minutes in rush hour traffic. Easy walk to PHP.
Hotel check-in - Arrived at PHP around 8:30am and room was not ready, but they did confirm that they had set aside a Park Deluxe King aside. Glad they kept their word and I did not have to move rooms on Shabbat. Told us room would be ready by 10 so we went to get food for Shabbat.
Shabbat Take-Away - bought package of 20 metro tickets for 13.3 euro (they may have been kids tickets, machine was in french - but had no problems using them). Took metro from Opera to 17th arrondisement (15 minutes) and picked up food from both a kosher grocer/butcher (wine, packaged deli, snacks) and Charles Traiteur (caterer with 4 other locations or so). Stuck to chicken as meat was not Glatt. Got some string beans, eggplant and potato salads, rice, potatoes and some pastries. I loved the food, my wife thought it was bland but good. Recommended especially if you don't to shlep some sort of hot plate.
Check-In take 2 - room was not ready when we got back at 10:30 due to mini-bar issue, but they were very responsive when I told them I needed the mini-bar to store the food I bought. Service was great throughout stay. Gave us a nice room on back side of hotel(Rue Volney side). Hotel earns it acclaim and is a tremendous value with Hyatt points. Water and espresso was constantly refreshed and bed was fantastic.
Fri Afternoon - took a nap for 1.5 hours just to take edge off exhaustion. Went to Musee D'Orsay and Orangerie, and then had some Haagen Daaz while people watching in Jardin D'Tuileries. PHP is an easy walk and a great base to explore city.
Fri night - Shabbat started around 8:45 but we were exhausted so I prayed early and we ate around 8pm. Slept until 11 am on Shabbat morning, thankfully the zman for Shacharit ended at 11:30. You really have to watch how tired you are after an overnight East Coast flight.
Shabbat - hotel was well schooled in Shabbat procedures. Exit from Rue Volney to avoid electronic doors. Took two long walks - noon-2:30 pm to Champs Elysee and back, ate lunch in room, and then 4-6:30 pm to Notre Dame and back. Weather was beautiful and Paris is the nicest walking city in the world. Hung out in room until Shabbat ended at 9:45 and then went to Champs Elysees for people watching and Haagen Daaz.
Sunday - morning went to Eiffel Tower by metro, but lines were long and scene was chaotic. Picked up breakfast from XXV right near Trocadero metro station (* min walk from Eiffel) and tried to hit the Grands Magasins (Au Printemp and Galeries Lafayette). They are closed Sunday, but shops on the Champs Elysees were open so went there. Ate lunch outside at Il Conte (good Italian), then went to the Louvre until it closed. Dinner was at Kavod (stuck to fish because of Glatt issues - even though meat looked good I did not ask if it was Halak) which was very nice and food great.
Flight home - Monday 9:25am United 871 CDG-EWR - Roissy bus at 7am had us in terminal at 7:45. Did some duty free shopping and boarded early. Was on refurbished 767-300 in economy (used 30k United points each). Hard product far superior to AA's with new seats and personal IFE. Nothing opened up in business other than on LH or Austrian and did not want to connect so stuck with United.
B'H a great weekend.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1057 on: April 23, 2013, 05:02:41 PM »
Nice TR- sounds like a great weekend. Thanks for sharing!
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« Reply #1058 on: April 23, 2013, 05:51:55 PM »
Great tr! 
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« Reply #1059 on: April 23, 2013, 07:31:05 PM »
Great thanks for sharing
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