Dinner shows? Worth it…
 

Moulin-Rouge-Show-Paris is it worth it?

I think that you'll get a big "thumbs down" for it here, Kimmie.

Eating over-priced, not very good food whilst watching some under-dressed girls cavorting on stage doesn't appeal to many fodorites!

[not that I'm prejudiced!]

Thanks Hun.

Went with some friends while in college on my first trip to Paris. Haven't been tempted to return on 7 subsequent trips. This question is regularly asked on Fodors. Do a search to get a good sampling of opinions.

The dinner is not worth it - so if you go (up to you and see what other people say) do NOT do a dinner show.

Dinner is not served but for a much less touristy experience yet still very entertaining, try au Lapin Agile:

http://www.au-lapin-agile.com/

The problem is some people like it and some don't. I think it's just a matter of how well you like that kind of entertainment, really. It's not for me, and I admit I haven't gone, but I do know some people who like it. I've also read that the Moulin Rouge show does have some beautiful costumes, actually. I think if I had a friend who really wanted to go, I might just for fun and to see it, but I'd go to the cheaper version. Actually, I might not as I think the cheapest one is about 75 euro, but the dinner one is more like 100 euro, isn't it? But I think in your budget, that's not an issue.

If you like Las Vegas type shows and have free time, I'd say why not, it will be an experience. I would go to Moulin Rouge rather than Crazy Horse as that doesn't have history and is really Las Vegas-y, actually (Moulin Rouge isn't so much, really), but very sexualized. I think most people just want to see the dancers and routines, not more of a sexually-oriented show, at least women.

oh, The Lapin Agile is nothing but tourists, also, it's just a different thing. But you might enjoy that, it's just different.

kimmie- if you are really interested in a french cabaret, the concierge in your hotel [where are you staying, BTW?] will surely be able to recommend one.

I hope that while you are in Paris, you will be eating at Le Cinq [the restaurant of the Georges V]. "only" 2 michelin stars but the service is terrific - as good as any cabaret, IMO. of course there are other high end restaurants, and there's a thread about them somewhere, as some lucky fodorite got to eat at quite a few.

I agree that if like Las Vegas (or your local Indian casino show, and of course nobody here EVER does those) type "reviews" then you may enjoy the Moulin Rouge show.

They used to be very strict about enforcing the dress code and not sure of that has changed.

Last time, and I see this time too, there were a lot of negative comments about not ever enjoying "that kind" of show even though they had never been.

It is, whether the purists like it or not, a Paris institution of sorts (as are lots of other things that nobody here have ever done).

You've seen two, you've seen 'em all.

"You've seen two, you've seen 'em all."

And that, my friends, is why men are from Mars and women are from Venus.