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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 #1660 on: June 20, 2014, 03:51:05 AM »
Best daily Minyan option for staying at PHP?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1661 on: June 20, 2014, 08:49:51 AM »
Have a 7am-11pm scheduled stop-over in Paris and would like to leave hand luggage at airport. Both in and out of terminal 2E. Planning to train into city and taxi back.  Is anyone familiar with the current left luggage facilities - will it be time consuming logistically?
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1662 on: June 20, 2014, 09:49:21 AM »
Have a 7am-11pm scheduled stop-over in Paris and would like to leave hand luggage at airport. Both in and out of terminal 2E. Planning to train into city and taxi back.  Is anyone familiar with the current left luggage facilities - will it be time consuming logistically?
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shouldn't be time consuming but it's expensive (15 euros per bag, which is just outrageous), and remember that they close at 9.30 PM, so you'll have to be back a little early. You might want to consider left luggage at Gare Du Nord, if you're taking the train into the city. Out of curiously, why taxi back? Often the trains are faster because of the horrible traffic in the city...


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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1663 on: June 20, 2014, 10:15:13 AM »
Have a 7am-11pm scheduled stop-over in Paris and would like to leave hand luggage at airport. Both in and out of terminal 2E. Planning to train into city and taxi back.  Is anyone familiar with the current left luggage facilities - will it be time consuming logistically?
Thnx
I just did it two days ago, its 7 euro for 6 hours and 14 for 12 hours, takes a couple min to drop it off.
As it does not matter the size of the bag, if you have a couple carry-ons, (yes,  purses and suitbags count)  if you have some extra room you may want to bring an extra lightweight cheap soft duffel bag and put all your bags in that one

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1664 on: June 20, 2014, 12:14:37 PM »
Sell the points? Use em in Bora Bora?

1) I don't sell points. 2) But I'm not going to Bora Bora! I'm going to Paris.


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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1665 on: June 20, 2014, 12:32:07 PM »
You also wouldn't say maaneh loshon in PIT. There is a place for everything.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1666 on: June 20, 2014, 12:35:53 PM »
You also wouldn't say maaneh loshon in PIT. There is a place for everything.

That is deep. I am trying to figure that out. What does that mean?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1667 on: June 21, 2014, 05:24:54 PM »
Best daily Minyan option for staying at PHP?
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1668 on: June 21, 2014, 07:27:31 PM »
Bump
Heading to PHP tomorrow from Waldorf Versailles. Let me know if you find a minyan. Will be there for 2 nights.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1669 on: June 23, 2014, 06:58:09 AM »
Someone in Antwerp just told me that it's "dangerous" for a Yid to walk around in Paris.
I didn't get that feeling from this thread. Can someone chime in with a recent report of facts on the ground?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1670 on: June 23, 2014, 07:02:37 AM »
Someone in Antwerp just told me that it's "dangerous" for a Yid to walk around in Paris.
I didn't get that feeling from this thread. Can someone chime in with a recent report of facts on the ground?
I was there a week ago and seemed very much fine

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1671 on: June 23, 2014, 07:14:22 AM »
I was there a week ago and seemed very much fine

This person said I should put on a baseball cap. If you would know me, you would know what a silly disguise that would be for me! Anyone who knows what a Jew is will know that I am one.  :)

There's no problem, you say?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1672 on: June 23, 2014, 08:16:57 AM »
This person said I should put on a baseball cap. If you would know me, you would know what a silly disguise that would be for me! Anyone who knows what a Jew is will know that I am one.  :)

There's no problem, you say?
I personally was wearing a cap,  but it seemed like most people there like they never saw or heard of a jew, even in the airport when going through security they made me remove my cap and they had no idea what that thing I was wearing on my head was.
I don't know which part of Paris you are going to but if your sticking to the standard tourist attractions, I saw plenty of obviously frum yidden with tzitzis hanging out and their yarmulka proudly perched on their head and nobody glanced at them twice

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1673 on: June 23, 2014, 08:25:27 AM »
I personally was wearing a cap,  but it seemed like most people there like they never saw or heard of a jew, even in the airport when going through security they made me remove my cap and they had no idea what that thing I was wearing on my head was.
I don't know which part of Paris you are going to but if your sticking to the standard tourist attractions, I saw plenty of obviously frum yidden with tzitzis hanging out and their yarmulka proudly perched on their head and nobody glanced at them twice
In Paris as we speak. Personally not a daily kippah wearer, but as I checked into PHP, 2 frum's checked in and had no issues.

Also, in Le Marais district everyone is jewish

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1674 on: June 23, 2014, 03:09:57 PM »
can some one post the google maps link with all the kosher restaurants on it please

found it

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zxm2vpJWcu_s.kly2xLZWJomA

are there any updates to this?
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1675 on: June 23, 2014, 08:07:16 PM »
Only in for one day and plan to visit the Louvre and Museum d'Orsay.  Clearly, a museum pass isn't in order. Is there a best site to pre-buy the admission passes to avoid lines?
thnx

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1676 on: June 24, 2014, 01:42:39 AM »
Only in for one day and plan to visit the Louvre and Museum d'Orsay.  Clearly, a museum pass isn't in order. Is there a best site to pre-buy the admission passes to avoid lines?
thnx
absolutely necessary for the louvre

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1677 on: June 24, 2014, 03:33:34 AM »
Only in for one day and plan to visit the Louvre and Museum d'Orsay.  Clearly, a museum pass isn't in order. Is there a best site to pre-buy the admission passes to avoid lines?
thnx
first time in Paris?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1678 on: June 24, 2014, 04:10:46 AM »
With all the pro-PHPers, no one has any suggestions for a daily minyan?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1679 on: June 24, 2014, 04:26:07 AM »
With all the pro-PHPers, no one has any suggestions for a daily minyan?
hey!  Stop judging