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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 #3400 on: January 16, 2020, 02:47:56 PM »
The owner of Inte Caffée and Bassar is the same. When he opened Bassar he wanted to keep his customers from Inte, so he went Glatt/Rav Katz as many of his customers at Inte were only eating Glatt.

The issue he had was that he had too many restrictions on vegetables, fruits and product he could buy. So he switched to Beth Din Halak Beth Yossef (Glatt) and he was the first in Paris.
I don’t know the exact differences but I’ll ask him next time to understand.

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« Reply #3401 on: January 16, 2020, 02:48:50 PM »
Bassar pics please :)
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« Reply #3402 on: January 16, 2020, 03:00:18 PM »
Bassar pics please :)

I’ll do it next time. I’ll also get more details on Le Bazar and pictures :)

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« Reply #3403 on: January 16, 2020, 03:26:35 PM »
I’ll do it next time. I’ll also get more details on Le Bazar and pictures :)
Bazar pics coming soon
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« Reply #3404 on: January 16, 2020, 04:01:31 PM »
Bazar pics coming soon
Amazing food!!!
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« Reply #3406 on: January 16, 2020, 04:25:06 PM »
Le Bazar in Levallois is the hottest place in town, though may be a few weeks waiting time for reservation. You can usually walk in and sit at the bar. Last I heard, the meat is Glatt.
Next best options are Rodchenko, Tikkon Olam, L'Atelier Deli, Bassar, and Kavod, pretty much in that order. Not all have glatt meat.
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Any restaurants around PHP that i can order with uber eats the 1 that comes up when searching kosher dosen't look kosher at all
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« Reply #3408 on: January 16, 2020, 06:32:22 PM »
Any restaurants around PHP that i can order with uber eats the 1 that comes up when searching kosher dosen't look kosher at all
You're still hungry??

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Lmao?! For tom morning, and writing food reports kinna make me hungry!!
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« Reply #3410 on: January 17, 2020, 01:13:47 AM »
Any restaurants around PHP that i can order with uber eats the 1 that comes up when searching kosher dosen't look kosher at all

Send me the list by PM or here and I’ll tell you which are kosher or not.

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« Reply #3411 on: January 20, 2020, 11:06:11 AM »
Hi,

I'm going to be visiting Paris later this week, I had a few questions.

  • I'll be staying at the Hyatt Du Louvre, has anyone stayed there recently and could share their experience?
  • Do we know if the trains are functioning properly? is there a place to check? or will I just have to wait until I get there?
  • For Shabbat food, I found a website that delivers called "La box de Chabbat" under chabad hashgocha. Has anyone tried this?

thanks

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« Reply #3412 on: January 20, 2020, 11:11:16 AM »
Hi,

I'm going to be visiting Paris later this week, I had a few questions.

  • I'll be staying at the Hyatt Du Louvre, has anyone stayed there recently and could share their experience?
  • Do we know if the trains are functioning properly? is there a place to check? or will I just have to wait until I get there?
  • For Shabbat food, I found a website that delivers called "La box de Chabbat" under chabad hashgocha. Has anyone tried this?

thanks


Subway strike is pretty much over, you can get infos on the RATP website, but you should be good to go.
I sometimes buy some salads from La Box de Shabbath they are pretty good, I would definitely recommend it. Are you looking to get Glatt kosher meat or regular Beth Din is ok?

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« Reply #3413 on: January 20, 2020, 11:33:16 AM »

I sometimes buy some salads from La Box de Shabbath they are pretty good, I would definitely recommend it. Are you looking to get Glatt kosher meat or regular Beth Din is ok?

Glatt kosher only.
I'm also looking for a nice fleishig place to go Thursday evening for dinner. My wife would like to go to Kavod, but it is my understanding that it's not Glatt.

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« Reply #3414 on: January 20, 2020, 11:36:19 AM »
Glatt kosher only.
I'm also looking for a nice fleishig place to go Thursday evening for dinner. My wife would like to go to Kavod, but it is my understanding that it's not Glatt.

Kavod is not Glatt but might have Glatt meat, you have to call/ask the machgiah. Or you can go to Bassar Paris 17ème which is Beth Din halak Beth Yossef.

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« Reply #3415 on: January 20, 2020, 11:40:55 AM »
Kavod is not Glatt but might have Glatt meat, you have to call/ask the machgiah. Or you can go to Bassar Paris 17ème which is Beth Din halak Beth Yossef.

Thank you!
For coffee and croissants (and other bakery items), what would you recommend that is closest to the Louvre? 
Are there places that are open motzei Shabbat? maybe a pizza place or similar?

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« Reply #3416 on: January 20, 2020, 11:48:00 AM »
Thank you!
For coffee and croissants (and other bakery items), what would you recommend that is closest to the Louvre? 
Are there places that are open motzei Shabbat? maybe a pizza place or similar?

For breakfast I would recommend Le XXV they have two places in Paris. After shabbath for Halavi you can do Inte Caffé (no pizzas, but maybe the best Halavi in Paris.) if you want Pizzas you have Il Conte (ok), Maestro and Motorino (napolitan pizza). Motorino is really good but really small place and Maestro usually crowded so you would have to book before coming in.

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« Reply #3417 on: January 20, 2020, 11:50:16 AM »
Hi,

I'm going to be visiting Paris later this week, I had a few questions.

  • I'll be staying at the Hyatt Du Louvre, has anyone stayed there recently and could share their experience?
  • Do we know if the trains are functioning properly? is there a place to check? or will I just have to wait until I get there?
  • For Shabbat food, I found a website that delivers called "La box de Chabbat" under chabad hashgocha. Has anyone tried this?

thanks
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« Reply #3418 on: January 20, 2020, 11:51:21 AM »
For breakfast I would recommend Le XXV they have two places in Paris. After shabbath for Halavi you can do Inte Caffé (no pizzas, but maybe the best Halavi in Paris.) if you want Pizzas you have Il Conte (ok), Maestro and Motorino (napolitan pizza). Motorino is really good but really small place and Maestro usually crowded so you would have to book before coming in.
Le XXV has really good sushi too
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« Reply #3419 on: January 20, 2020, 11:54:22 AM »
I had a long talk with 1 of the chabad rabbis he explained to me that more and more people starting eating only glatt and all places that have batatz paris carry glatt as well, you just have to ask for it.
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