Is the resturant on the wiffel tower formal?
 

We are a couple in our mid twenties going to Paris in march. We have read so many threads about the resturant on the eiffel tower and are thinking of trying it. Is it a formal resturant? IS there a website of the resturant? ALso, what kind of cusine is it? DOthey have a vegetarian menu?

Hi India<BR><BR> The Jules Verne restaurant is formal. It is expensive. It is not a vegetarian restaurant.<BR><BR> I suggest that lunch would be closer to your needs than dinner. You could have a vegetable salad and cheese plate.

I know I'm being picky but I don't believe the Jules Verne is formal dress, it's semi-formal. Formal is tuxedos for men, gowns for women. You could certainly dress that way and have a great time. However when I was in the Jules Verne a year and a half ago the men were in jackets and ties. The women were in dressy slacks or nice dresses.<BR><BR>Ira is right-on with the idea of lunch for a much better chance at a vegetarian selection.

If you do a search on the eiffel tower, you will find that they have two restaurants -- Jules Verne and Altitude 95. While I have not been to either, I have read a lot of comments on this board that lunch at Altitude 95 was the best deal.

Arpege, rue de Varenne in the 7th, is a wonderful 3 star restaurant in Paris that has become vegetarian in the last couple of years. The service is outstanding, as is the food.

Mike, I've read differently. I've only read that Altitude 95 was cheaper, never that it was a better deal. Most people who have been to both seem to say that Jules Verne is vastly superior and rightfully more expensive. That would make it the better &quot;deal&quot; in my opinion. I think that Altitude 95 has overpriced mediocre food, but at Jules Verne you get a truly fine meal, making it the best deal.

To each his own. I personally wouldn't spend $300 for dinner for two w/wine. Maybe when I win the lottery I'll change my mind.

Huh? Where, exactly, is the Wiffel Tower? I don't think Paris has all-night waffle shops, though I could be mistaken.....

Maybe you can play wiffel ball?

I'm sorry but this one really takes the prize. <BR>Wiffle? What 's happened to standards of litteracy.

Never made any typos yourself?<BR><BR>By the way, &quot;literacy&quot; has one &quot;t&quot;. Learn to spell.

Hi David<BR>&gt;I know I'm being picky but I don't believe the Jules Verne is formal dress..&lt;<BR><BR> Yes you are being picky, but as precision of language in communication is always to be approved, I wish to point out that the question was not whether formal dress was required but whether the restaurant itself was formal.<BR><BR> I believe that we are both correct.(VBG)<BR>

Sorry to beat a dead horse, Mike, (although I don't know why anyone would want to do that) but I fully understand your decision not to spend $300 for dinner. That's fine. It's just that I object to the idea that the &quot;cheapest&quot; is always &quot;the best deal&quot;. Cheapest is fine, but often it is not the best deal.<BR>For example I could buy a bottle of wine that normally sells for $10 in any store and pay $20 for it in a restaurant. But if I bought a bottle of $200 wine in a restaurant $100, then I'd call that the best deal, even though it certainly wasn't the cheapest.

x -you need to change your name to Anal. <BR><BR>Pot-ever hear of humor?<BR><BR>wiffle-played it but not in Paris.

xxx or whoever you are, $300.00 for dinner in Paris is not a good deal unless you have unlimited amounts of money to spend. If you want to have dinner/lunch in the wiffel tower, Altitude 95 is the better deal, especially for a couple in their mid-twenties.<BR><BR>Now, if the young couple just won the lottery, I, too, would go for Jules Verne.<BR><BR>Now, it's your turn to beat the dead horse. Address any further comments to India.<BR><BR>

Had lunch in Altitude 95 last March and would recommend it as a less expensive alternative to Jules Verne. The food isn't comparable but it is OK. You can reserve a table over the net. If you reserve far in advance you have a better chance of a window table.

I e-mailed Altitude 95 several months ago for a luncheon reservation for February and haven't heard from them. I understand you either have to call or fax them. Those numbers are on their web site. Is this correct?

Well, I may need to change my name to Anal, but even with all that explanation, Mike still doesn't understand the difference between &quot;cheap&quot; and &quot;deal&quot;.

There is an official (but not necessarily useful) WEB site for the Eiffel tower restaurants:<BR><BR>http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/pratique/resto/index.html?id=1_2<BR><BR>Whether $300 plus per person is a good deal or not is a personal choice. Many of my collegues own $40,000 SUVs not because they need to tow things or go off road, but want to go to places in &quot;style.&quot; These folks would not not mind paying additional $150 a month more in gas bills alone to operate these monsters. But paying $60 per person meals are not affordable? Ok, it is one thing to say I don't to pay such and such for a meal. But it is a different matter to say those meals are not good deals as though there exists a universal value system about meals.

We had lunch at the Jules Verne 2 yrs ago. Be sure to make reservations well in advance. We reserved 2 mths in advance and could only get a lunch reservation. Most men are in jackets and ties although not all. Women in dresses or nice pants outfits. I actually saw a group trying to check in and several of the men were wearing shorts. They were turned away. Several birthday parties were in progress as well. I don't remember vegetarian dishes on the menu, but I was not looking for them, either. The Eiffel Tower has a web site and the restaurant information is there as well although I don't know that it includes menu information.