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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 #560 on: August 10, 2012, 05:58:53 PM »
the best kosher dairy chocolate has to be le chocolat in woodburne ny
Can't touch Schakolad IMHO.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #561 on: August 10, 2012, 06:13:16 PM »
Damyel's chocolate is quite unique...one of the best kosher parve chocolates ive had - we just got another 2 boxes shipped from france :)

Have you ever had symphony?

in london you can get amazing chocolate mints - bendicks - though not all of them are kosher. (there is a London Beis Din list that has which specific ones are kosher)

Gotta try those. How do they compare to After Eight mints (that used to be KLBD Parve)?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #562 on: August 10, 2012, 07:13:39 PM »
Gotta try those. How do they compare to After Eight mints (that used to be KLBD Parve)?

quite the same idea just a lot more variety

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #563 on: August 19, 2012, 05:50:13 PM »
Can't touch Schakolad IMHO.
There's this new one called Golden Delices. I told the lady in the store "Listen, if those are fruit chocolates, please count me out". As in general, I don't eat those horrible crown looking chocolates with cherry filing. She said "Oh, you want taste?", it was a mango one, and HOLY LORD. It was something amazing. There was also others. The Pistachio one was incredible. It's Cholov Yisroel but a pain to get to.

If you know someone coming in from Paris and they'll bring you chocolate, go for this one, you will thank me...
http://www.chocolatier-golden-delices.com/maitre-chocolatier-casher-Paris-19.html

Just FYI, I also had 2+ kilo of the others before I made the trek here. Demyel's is OK. Aredely's is pretty good, especially, the little corn looking chocolate. But really, nothing like Golden Delices.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #564 on: August 21, 2012, 02:19:23 PM »
Does anyone know of any kosher restaurants that are open on Sat night? Specifically Sept 1?

Thanks

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #565 on: August 21, 2012, 02:49:06 PM »
Does anyone know of any kosher restaurants that are open on Sat night? Specifically Sept 1?

Thanks

adding a specific neighborhood you are looking into might help us help u... Even if shabbos is over at ~9:30pm u will have a lot of restaurants open IME, in jewish neighborhood at least...

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« Reply #566 on: August 22, 2012, 07:31:46 AM »
Sorry wasn't clear before.. looking for a kosher restaurant that is open Sat nite near the vicinity of the Tuileries Garden (but to be honest we can take a taxi to another area if it is worthwhile).

Thanks again...

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« Reply #567 on: August 22, 2012, 12:14:05 PM »
Sorry wasn't clear before.. looking for a kosher restaurant that is open Sat nite near the vicinity of the Tuileries Garden (but to be honest we can take a taxi to another area if it is worthwhile).

Thanks again...

See if Il Palazzo is open. Its only about a 10-15 minute walk from Place Vendome.

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« Reply #568 on: August 22, 2012, 02:21:16 PM »
Will La Marina be open Motzei Shabbos in the beginning of September?

Any kosher gelatto places worth going to in Paris?

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« Reply #569 on: August 22, 2012, 02:57:08 PM »
Will La Marina be open Motzei Shabbos in the beginning of September?


Was open late last November, FWIW.
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« Reply #570 on: August 22, 2012, 03:08:54 PM »
Was open late last November, FWIW.
And in mid-May.
Had to cab it back to the PHP though as subways were closed.
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« Reply #571 on: August 22, 2012, 03:19:25 PM »
And in mid-May.
Had to cab it back to the PHP though as subways were closed.

We left early enough to catch the subway back (based on your TR ;) )
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« Reply #572 on: August 22, 2012, 03:24:05 PM »
We left early enough to catch the subway back (based on your TR ;) )
Nice.
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« Reply #573 on: August 22, 2012, 03:29:27 PM »
And in mid-May.
Had to cab it back to the PHP though as subways were closed.

Really? It seems like the Metro stops running at 2:15 am on Motzei Shabbos...
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« Reply #574 on: August 22, 2012, 03:37:24 PM »
i think thats only the 1

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« Reply #575 on: August 22, 2012, 03:39:36 PM »
Really? It seems like the Metro stops running at 2:15 am on Motzei Shabbos...

If so, we must have left before 215am. What's the problem?
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« Reply #576 on: August 22, 2012, 03:47:53 PM »
Sorry, quoted the wrong post - was surprised Dan had to cab back if subway stopped at 2:15...

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« Reply #577 on: August 22, 2012, 04:03:06 PM »
1. Restaurant service in Paris is slow.
2. Shabbos in May in Paris ends at ~10:40pm and we waited in the shul on Champs-Elysees for havdala.
3. 2:15 is when the metro closes on weekends, but you need to connect trains from the 19th to the PHP and the last connecting train may leave well before the metro closes.  Indeed that's what happened to us-we missed the last connecting train.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #578 on: August 22, 2012, 08:58:02 PM »
And in mid-May.
Had to cab it back to the PHP though as subways were closed.

Mid May ? I was there mid May for the weekend ! Did you see Marion Cotillard there then ?

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« Reply #579 on: August 22, 2012, 09:01:52 PM »
Mid May ? I was there mid May for the weekend ! Did you see Marion Cotillard there then ?
I didn't say this past mid-May. It was 2010.
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