Has anyone eaten at Le Jules Verne at the Eiffel Tower?

My parents went to Europe maybe 20 years ago - to this day, my dad laments about how he should have eaten at the Eiffel Tower - just to say he did it - no matter the cost.

An intriguing idea - but does anyone know the cost of lunch or dinner at Le Jules Verne - and how is the food?

You'll find countless message "threads" on this here on the forum, despite the non-functionality of the "search" engine for anything posted in May or June. Just search "Verne Eiffel" (without the quotes).

It takes 4-12 weeks to get a dinner reservation; far less for lunch. And prices are comparably lower for lunch. I think you can lunch nowadays for 40-75 euros per person, but so much depends on what you spend on wine, of course (if I recall other recent posts correctly - - my first and only experience there was in 1992 - - and it was very enjoyable and memorable). Dinner more like 60-120?

There is also the "Altitude 99" (hope I have that name correct - - lower, in both altitude and price, and easier to get into on the "premier etage" (JV is on the "deuxieme". Many people find lunch there both affordable and very enjoyable.

Best wishes,

Rex

Bringing your post back up "to the top" since you are (relatively) new here - - how do I know that? Click on your own name. This is a valuable tip that Fodors fails to give you when they send you that initial e-mail confirming your registration.

Stop it, Rex, you intimidate new posters.

It does not necessarily take that long to get reservations at the Jules Verne. Try using the www.reservethebest.com site and you may also get the sample menu which also may have prices included.

altitude 95, food ok view still good !

Excellent restaurant, but EXTREMELY hard to get reservations. The food is very good (that's why it's a 1 star Michelin guide). It will cost you about 100 EUR per person for lunch; dinner will be more expensive.

I wouldn't miss it. You can make reservations on www.reservethebest.com There's also a sample menu there (with prices). We had lunch and it was very nice.

That menu on reserve the best is ala carte, and as it says is 130 to 150 euro for three courses. It says there is a lunch menu for 53 euro. Any idea how many choices that might include for each course -- or is it stricly a set lunch with no choices? Catbert, did you do a lunch menu or ala carte? What did you have? Were there choices if the 53 euro menu?

We did the menu lunch. There were two or three choices for each course and the food was excellent. I think we had 3 courses plus an amuse bouche. At the end (after the dessert serving) there was a platter of cookies and truffles (which we were too full to touch). We were there about 3 hours and with wine paid 150 euro.

We had lunch at Jules Verne in December and it was about 150E.

Topping... We are considering booking lunch at JV for March. Or should we book dinner?
What is the food like? Very gourmet? We usually like all flavors/preparations but are not too experimental (don't care to try sweetbreads, squab, etc.) Otherwise we like most everything. I went to the website listed but the menu was in French. Will they have an English menu available at JV?
Thanks. We are an American couple in our late twenties.

The wait staff speaks English. Whichever time you go, ask for a window table. I had the set lunch here and it was very reasonable for the quality of the food and the service; the 53E sounds about right. As I recall there were three choices for the main course. And you will have a first course and dessert on the set menu. You can also order a la carte, of course. The lunch is a very good value and you will have the daylight view of the city. The view is truly outstanding. GO!!

Hi Tim & Liz. We've had several wonderful lunches at Jules Verne, when reservations are much easier than for dinner. You should be fine with the food and menu. Another bonus is you get your own elevator ride up to the restaurant. Bon Appetit.

We ate at Altitude 95 and enjoyed it a lot. Jules Verne was a bit too pricey for my budget. At Altitude 95 make sure you ask for a table that looks out over Paris, not in towards the center of the tower. They had daily specials consisting of two appetizers, two main courses and two desserts. We ordered one of each and descretely shared. Some of the dishes were great and some just so so. I would certainly do it again for the view and the experience.

I forgot to mention, an added benefit to having restaurant reservations is that you do not have to wait in the long ticket line. You check in at the reservation booth and then go to a special restaurant line to take the elevator to the restaurant. When we got in line there were maybe 20 people ahead of us, instead of hundreds like in the regualar line. That alone made eating there worthwhile IMHO. Also, for the two of us, lunch was 64.40 Euro which included sodas, but no wine or alcohol. It seems that I emailed Altitude 95 and they replied back that they would not make reservations earlier than 30 days, I am not positive of the 30 days, but if you are too early at least you will have a persons name and detailed instructions on how to reserve at the appropriate time.

Hi, can anyone explain the procedure on how to get to either of the two tower restaurants? I've heard that you need to buy a lift ticket. Is there a separate entrance for the restaurant patrons? Thx.

francophile03, we must have posted at about the same time. Check my posting above yours for info on the lift to the restaurants.

Thanks alot BabsB! That answers my question. Yes, our posts must have coincided with the other.

Jules Verne has its own tiny elevator with capacity of perhaps about 6-8 people. So if there are more people, it takes a while to get up to the restaurant, but then as someone said, it takes almost 3 hrs even for a lunch.

We paid about €175 for two with wine by the glass this September for lunch.

Food was very good. It couldn't have earned a Michelin star otherwise. We did not take the champagne offered; we knew that at these type of restaurants, a glass was about €25 each.

They offered about 3 choices for each course. I thought their offerings were pretty traditional.

I had read beforehand that most of the diners were Americans. Sure enough, when we were there, all the tables around us spoke American English to the waiters except a table with Japanese diners.

They didn't have an English menu; these type of restaurants hardly ever have English menu. (My take is that English menus are offered at tourist trap places near usual tourist routes...)