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Kosher List-July 2015 or Here.

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 #2580 on: June 03, 2016, 09:40:23 AM »
 Aprox how much do you think it would have been to hire an Uber for 10 hrs?
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2581 on: June 03, 2016, 11:54:57 AM »
Aprox how much do you think it would have been to hire an Uber for 10 hrs?

I'm sure that's not an unreasonable fee to have a limo or similar drive you around for 10 hours.  I guess I'm not sure why you wanted to be in a limo for 10 hours in Paris.  You could have ubered here, there, everywhere, or rented a car, for much less.  Curious to learn your thinking and what you did in/with the limo for 10 hours.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2582 on: June 03, 2016, 01:42:17 PM »
We had a 12 hour layover in Paris. Wanted to daven, eat, and catch some of the sights. We didn't want to rent a car because parking is horrible. I guess we could have ubered all over but it's more of a shlep. We actually bumped into some guys who were ubering and saw them shlepping around their luggage - didn't look so geshmak. They said it was a long way to the baggage storage area.  It was great to have a guy pick us up and take us all over. Just much more convienient.

But the real reason for doing it this way is that my travel companion wanted it and he paid for it  ;)

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« Reply #2583 on: June 03, 2016, 02:04:30 PM »
We had a 12 hour layover in Paris. Wanted to daven, eat, and catch some of the sights. We didn't want to rent a car because parking is horrible. I guess we could have ubered all over but it's more of a shlep. We actually bumped into some guys who were ubering and saw them shlepping around their luggage - didn't look so geshmak. They said it was a long way to the baggage storage area.  It was great to have a guy pick us up and take us all over. Just much more convienient.

But the real reason for doing it this way is that my travel companion wanted it and he paid for it ;)

Now we're talking!

Good Shabbos.  ;D

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« Reply #2584 on: June 08, 2016, 07:24:26 AM »
from what time to what time you need the driver?
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« Reply #2585 on: June 08, 2016, 08:04:32 AM »
This was last week. Back home already.

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« Reply #2586 on: June 08, 2016, 08:56:56 AM »
u came the wrong week in paris :)
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« Reply #2587 on: June 08, 2016, 10:04:55 AM »
u came the wrong week in paris :)
Why is that?

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« Reply #2588 on: June 08, 2016, 10:35:39 AM »
is it too late to land on a Friday at 4:40 pm? hotel i'm looking at is Hyatt Regency that's an 8 minute drive but i would need to get food for Shabbos. or can that be delivered?
the date is 7/1

eta: zman is 9:40
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2589 on: June 08, 2016, 10:39:31 AM »
is it too late to land on a Friday at 4:40 pm? hotel i'm looking at is Hyatt Regency that's an 8 minute drive but i would need to get food for Shabbos. or can that be delivered?
the date is 7/1

eta: zman is 9:40
Where would you be coming from? I'd be more inclined to take a regional flight that landed then than a long haul.

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« Reply #2590 on: June 08, 2016, 10:44:15 AM »
Where would you be coming from? I'd be more inclined to take a regional flight that landed then than a long haul.

flight is JFK>CMN>CDG sorry i'm new- is this the info you're looking for?
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« Reply #2591 on: June 08, 2016, 10:45:16 AM »
flight is JFK>CMN>CDG sorry i'm new- is this the info you're looking for?
Yes. So long as you're fine with the possibility of spending shabbos in Morocco, I'd say it's ok.

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« Reply #2592 on: June 08, 2016, 10:56:29 AM »
Yes. So long as you're fine with the possibility of spending shabbos in Morocco, I'd say it's ok.

um... no i'm not! why would that be a possibility?
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« Reply #2593 on: June 08, 2016, 11:24:10 AM »
um... no i'm not! why would that be a possibility?
Well let's say your flight to CDG was delayed or cancelled once you were in Morocco. You'd have to spend shabbos there which may not be what you wanted. If you were connecting in another European city and got stuck you may be more comfortable spending shabbos there.

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« Reply #2594 on: June 08, 2016, 11:26:14 AM »
Well let's say your flight to CDG was delayed or cancelled once you were in Morocco. You'd have to spend shabbos there which may not be what you wanted. If you were connecting in another European city and got stuck you may be more comfortable spending shabbos there.

but that wasn't my question. my question was will i be able to get shabbos food 4 hours prior to zman and would they deliver it
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2595 on: June 16, 2016, 11:04:43 AM »
Anyone have any advise for a luggage storage/locker in paris center and one near or at airport?

And any advise how to get tickets to the Eiffel Tower?
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« Reply #2596 on: June 16, 2016, 11:31:25 AM »
And any advise how to get tickets to the Eiffel Tower?
If you want to walk up, you have to wait in line but it's way cheaper that taking the elevators. You can buy lift tickets online for 2-3x the price.

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« Reply #2597 on: June 16, 2016, 11:40:02 AM »
FTR there will be heightened security 6/10 till 7/10 and no liquids (besides for baby bottles) will be allowed. you might want to rethink climbing all those stairs without water

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« Reply #2598 on: June 19, 2016, 10:12:39 PM »
Anyone have any advise for a luggage storage/locker in paris center and one near or at airport?

I had a great experience with them.

Opening hours
From 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. 7 days a week

Location
Terminal 2 - Gare TGV - Level 4
(Located opposite the Sheraton Hotel)

Rates
From 0h to 6h: 7.00 € / per item
From 6h to 12h: 14.00 € / per item
For a period of 24h: 17.00 € / per item
For day 2, 3 and 4 (per 24h) : 9.00 € / per item / 24h
Starting on day 5: 7.00 € / 24h, whatever the number of luggage.
BDM FastPass: 50.00€.
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« Reply #2599 on: June 20, 2016, 11:12:40 AM »
anyone know how i can reach Le Shine? the number on their website doesn't work and there is no email.
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