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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 #3380 on: January 16, 2020, 01:36:01 PM »
Hechsher? Glatt?

It’s Beth Din Paris but they might have glatt meat ...

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« Reply #3382 on: January 16, 2020, 01:37:04 PM »
Batatz paris
Generally not considered acceptable for meat as they don't require glatt. But speak to the mashgiach.
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« Reply #3383 on: January 16, 2020, 01:40:31 PM »
Generally not considered acceptable for meat as they don't require glatt. But speak to the mashgiach.

@Dan Badatz paris now offers a halak beth yossef Hechsher. It’s written directly on the Certification.
You can have a regular certification or a halak one. Both are Beth Din( now Badatz) but it’s different than restaurant with regular Badatz serving halak meat. 

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« Reply #3384 on: January 16, 2020, 01:42:02 PM »
@Dan Badatz paris now offers a halak beth yossef Hechsher. It’s written directly on the Certification.
You can have a regular certification or a halak one. Both are Beth Din( now Badatz) but it’s different than restaurant with regular Badatz serving halak meat. 
The halak one requires glatt meat?
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« Reply #3385 on: January 16, 2020, 01:47:23 PM »
It requires halak Beth yossef meat which is the same as glatt yes.

Bassar ( Paris 17ème) is the first restaurant to have this certification.

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« Reply #3386 on: January 16, 2020, 01:52:38 PM »
It requires halak Beth yossef meat which is the same as glatt yes.

Bassar ( Paris 17ème) is the first restaurant to have this certification.
@mendoul Have you been to Bassar yet?
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« Reply #3387 on: January 16, 2020, 02:15:58 PM »
@mendoul Have you been to Bassar yet?

Yup, I was there this past Monday, really impressed about the food and the service ! (less refined food than le kavod but worth it)

These days it's a very trendy restaurant in Paris

The Hechsher is Beth Din but officially Glatt kosher.
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Yup, I was there this past Monday, really impressed about the food and the service ! (less refined food than le kavod but worth it)

These days it's a very trendy restaurant in Paris

The Hechsher is Beth Din but officially Glatt kosher.
le kavod has glatt too?
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« Reply #3389 on: January 16, 2020, 02:21:32 PM »
Best bakery? Lunch options? Thanks

Sit down bakery is XXV
you have two one near the champs elysée and one near the trocadero

You have all kind of pasta, sandwichs, japanese, soup, quiche etc...
their pastries are made with butter and very good.

they just don't have a very large selection of traditional french bread (which you can find at Sar Eden (Bio) in the 19th
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« Reply #3390 on: January 16, 2020, 02:24:57 PM »
le kavod has glatt too?

Le kavod is officially not glatt, but every time i go i ask the chef (John, or a waiter who asks him personally - but not the owner !...) which meat is glatt, usually the beef is allways.

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« Reply #3391 on: January 16, 2020, 02:26:17 PM »
Le kavod is officially not glatt, but every time i go i ask the chef (John, or a waiter who asks him personally - but not the owner !...) which meat is glatt, usually the beef is allways.
Heh.
Are there any issues eating glatt meat made with non-glatt keilim for someone makpid on glatt?
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« Reply #3392 on: January 16, 2020, 02:29:29 PM »
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« Reply #3393 on: January 16, 2020, 02:30:51 PM »
Heh.
Are there any issues eating glatt meat made with non-glatt keilim for someone makpid on glatt?

You should ask your rabbi :)

I personally eat there :)
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« Reply #3394 on: January 16, 2020, 02:32:12 PM »
You should ask your rabbi :)
Yup, never got around to asking. Guess I should before I go to Paris next.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #3395 on: January 16, 2020, 02:34:07 PM »
le kavod has glatt too?

They have regular Beth din but they sometimes has glatt meat. Veal is always glatt, but other meats are sometimes glatt but not always.

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« Reply #3396 on: January 16, 2020, 02:34:18 PM »
Yup, never got around to asking. Guess I should before I go to Paris next.

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« Reply #3397 on: January 16, 2020, 02:36:17 PM »
Heh.
Are there any issues eating glatt meat made with non-glatt keilim for someone makpid on glatt?

The thing is that glatt and halak Beth yossef have more restrictions on food than just meat. For example in France, when a restaurant is glatt they can’t serve certain type of fruits and vegetables. So it’s really just about meat but it’s more than that. I would need to check with a rabbi here to tell you exactly what’s different between Beth din and Beth din halak/glatt apart from meat.

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« Reply #3398 on: January 16, 2020, 02:37:14 PM »
The thing is that glatt and halak Beth yossef have more restrictions on food than just meat. For example in France, when a restaurant is glatt they can’t serve certain type of fruits and vegetables. So it’s really just about meat but it’s more than that. I would need to check with a rabbi here to tell you exactly what’s different between Beth din and Beth din halak/glatt apart from meat.
Wouldn't that also be an issue with dairy restaurants?
But everyone seems to say beth din is fine for those?
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« Reply #3399 on: January 16, 2020, 02:39:50 PM »
That’s true so if Beth din halavi is ok for you then regular Beth din with glatt meat should be ok unless there is an issue with restaurant cooking both glatt and not glatt meat