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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.

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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 #220 on: July 14, 2011, 04:04:42 PM »
You can't go wrong with any of the chocolate from the parve or milchig store there.
The parve store also had very good macarons.

Did you happen to go to Chez Hakol Bakery in the 19th?  It had good reviews but it was closed when we made it there.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #221 on: July 15, 2011, 12:29:37 PM »
We did go to CheZ Hakol. Awsome oversized macaroons, but nothing else we tried (about 5 or 6 items) were any good.

I also forgot to post my Scam Warnings:

1. Roses: We must have been approached 5+ times with dudes trying to "give" my wife roses, which of course, had she taken any would have cost me lots...

2. Gold Ring: As we approach guy (who is holding the hand of a small child) he pretends I "dropped" a gold ring on the floor and he wants to return it to me.

3. Petition: Approached by pregnant woman wanting us to sign petition while her friend would pickpocket me....

Read about these scams before I went so I was prepared...

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #222 on: July 15, 2011, 12:54:29 PM »
these all happened to u

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« Reply #223 on: July 15, 2011, 02:18:05 PM »
@fdg9: Thanks for all the info. We'll be there soon and your report was very helpful!

It seems like most of the restaurants you were at was in Le Marais, Am I correct? Was looking forward to Darjeeling but from your report I think i might have lost my appetite!! :(  There doesn't seem to be many other good choices for meat unless you would go to Le Chateaubriand which is Bes Din but Glatt or Micky's Deli which doesn't seem to be anything special.

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« Reply #224 on: July 15, 2011, 02:20:54 PM »
What is the best way to get from Orly Airport to the Park Hyatt? Is there anything similar to the Roissy bus like there is from CDG. What are my other options?

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« Reply #225 on: August 01, 2011, 12:38:15 PM »
which place should i tell the park hyatt to get breakfast from? my friend jsut came back from there and said they place they got from was realy bad

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« Reply #226 on: August 01, 2011, 12:40:05 PM »
which place should i tell the park hyatt to get breakfast from? my friend jsut came back from there and said they place they got from was realy bad

thx
They can get it from anywhere.  Maybe Korcarz?
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« Reply #227 on: August 01, 2011, 12:48:47 PM »
They can get it from anywhere.  Maybe Korcarz?
thx bec brooklyncpa said they ordered from some other place and the food was stale

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« Reply #228 on: August 01, 2011, 12:52:26 PM »
thx bec brooklyncpa said they ordered from some other place and the food was stale
I don't think you can go wrong with assorted pastries/bread from korcarz.  Specifiy which ones you want and they'll get them.
You can also ask for whatever you want.  We asked for cheese one day and got every kind of cheese imaginable (blue, green, purple ;)) along with cheesecake and danishes, etc.

See if you can convince them to get hot dishes as well.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #229 on: August 01, 2011, 12:58:27 PM »
I don't think you can go wrong with assorted pastries/bread from korcarz.  Specifiy which ones you want and they'll get them.
You can also ask for whatever you want.  We asked for cheese one day and got every kind of cheese imaginable (blue, green, purple ;)) along with cheesecake and danishes, etc.

See if you can convince them to get hot dishes as well.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #230 on: August 01, 2011, 03:09:03 PM »
I do not have time for a complete trip report but if anyone has any questions feel free to ask!! We were in Zurich, Lucerne, Nice (took tour of all the famous places in the French Riviera including Monte Carlo, Monaco, Cannes, Eze and Antibes) and Paris.

I would highly recommend taking a Segway tour of Paris. It is the most fun way to see Paris and it is run by Americans with perfect English!!! Here is the link:

http://citysegwaytours.com/paris


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« Reply #231 on: August 02, 2011, 10:44:57 AM »
I do not have time for a complete trip report but if anyone has any questions feel free to ask!! We were in Zurich, Lucerne, Nice (took tour of all the famous places in the French Riviera including Monte Carlo, Monaco, Cannes, Eze and Antibes) and Paris.
Maybe make a short post about each place you went to in their respective master threads?
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« Reply #232 on: August 16, 2011, 07:29:34 AM »
We land in Paris this evening at about 8:40 PM (about 7 hours from now). Assuming we take the Roissy bus from CDG to the Park Hyatt, can anyone recommend a restaurant in that area will still be open after we get settled? Are restaurants open late? Anything walking distance?

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« Reply #233 on: August 16, 2011, 11:21:25 AM »
We land in Paris this evening at about 8:40 PM (about 7 hours from now). Assuming we take the Roissy bus from CDG to the Park Hyatt, can anyone recommend a restaurant in that area will still be open after we get settled? Are restaurants open late? Anything walking distance?

Did you order breakfast/champagne from the PH?

This ain't Chicago.  Restaurants are open late in Paris.  In face many don't even open until 7pm.

I don't know of any restaurants that are too close by.  We walked to Il Conte, a 1.3 mi walk.  It's also doable by metro.

Darjeeling should be open, it's 2.2 miles away so you'll probably want to get their by metro as well.

Pitzman is 1.8 miles away in the Pletzel, also easily reached by metro.

The 2 metro stop near the PH are Opera and Tuileries, depending on which line you want to pick up.

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« Reply #234 on: August 16, 2011, 12:11:23 PM »
This is a stupid question, but I went through the Form and could not find the answer,

Which District is the Pletzel(Jewish Quarter) in?

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« Reply #235 on: August 16, 2011, 12:15:18 PM »
This is a stupid question, but I went through the Form and could not find the answer,

Which District is the Pletzel(Jewish Quarter) in?

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« Reply #236 on: August 16, 2011, 12:19:48 PM »
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« Reply #237 on: August 16, 2011, 12:32:35 PM »
Does anybody know a good kosher store in Paris that sells French/European Cheese's Chalv Israel at a very good price?

I am going there in 2 weeks and would love to bring some back to the States

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« Reply #238 on: August 16, 2011, 12:36:02 PM »
Does anybody know a good kosher store in Paris that sells French/European Cheese's Chalv Israel at a very good price?

I am going there in 2 weeks and would love to bring some back to the States

Thank you
You can ask the Park Hyatt chef.  They got us a high plate of different C.Y. french cheeses for breakfast one day.
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« Reply #239 on: August 16, 2011, 12:37:57 PM »
Did you order breakfast/champagne from the PH?

This ain't Chicago.  Restaurants are open late in Paris.  In face many don't even open until 7pm.

I don't know of any restaurants that are too close by.  We walked to Il Conte, a 1.3 mi walk.  It's also doable by metro.

Darjeeling should be open, it's 2.2 miles away so you'll probably want to get their by metro as well.

Pitzman is 1.8 miles away in the Pletzel, also easily reached by metro.

The 2 metro stop near the PH are Opera and Tuileries, depending on which line you want to pick up.

More info on the restaurants here: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/7517

Thanks Dan!! We ordered kosher breakfast although we are not there yet for them to ask us what we want. I assume the champagne is standard?

Will check out these restaurants...