Jules Verne in Eiffel Tower
 

Has anyone eaten here? What did you think? It's very pricey, but assume it's a "once in a lifetime" thing?

Views are great and food very good - but not the best in paris - so don;t go only for the food. Familiarize yourself with the menu in advance and be properly attired - I think if you show you are tkaing the experiene seriously they make sure you get the bet attention.

ny traveler,
Hmm, what would you suggest is the best in Paris? I think we only want to splurge for those kind or prices once.

It said proper attire was more nice casual for lunch, dressy for dinner, unless I read it wrong.

My wife and I have eaten at many fine restaurants around the world. Both of us believe Jules Verne is the most romantic restaurant of them all. To see the lights come on across Paris can't be topped IMHO. However, there are many seats in the middle of the room, so make your reservation early and specify you want a table next to a window. Be prepared to spend way more than you think you are going to, but be prepared to enjoy it way more than you expect. Enjoy!

"casual" is still dressy casual . . . .

Or for better "value" go for lunch, although it stays light so late in the summer , the view is still good late in the evening.

And be sure to stop in the lounge after you eat for a drink or coffee, either at lunch or dinner. It is a most delightful way to prolong the experience, and you get a view of the mere mortals scrambling about below from a different perspective. There is usually a piano player in the evening and/or you an take a stroll on the observation deck.

You will spend a bunch of bucks, but you will never forget the experience.

:-)

Thanks for the tips. I tried to change my reservation to ask for a table near the window. It wouldn't let me. SO I ended up cancelling and making a new reservation.

A very close friend of mine took her 3 siblings there for lunch in Dec 2007 and thought it was worth the $1200-plus that it cost for lunch buffet, a bottle of champagne, and a few beverages. She called to tell me about the experience and when I asked the price, she went and got her AmExp statement to check the total. I'll stick with my 12 Euro lunch at my restaurant of choice of 2 decades while visualizing lunching in the Eiffel Tower. LOL. Smiles. Happy Travels!

I haven't seen the new menu--it has just reopened as an Alain Ducasse restaurant (but not necessarily with his price tag). BUT there was no need to spend that amount of money in 2007 (before it closed). There is a prix fixe menu at 75E. With a bottle of wine we paid about 150E for two. We had a window table, but almost any table has an excellent view.

And it still does have a prix fixe menu at 85E. For a dining experience high over Paris, that is not a bad price.
Dinner prix fixe is 165E or 200E. Of course remember that that is service included. Wine is not.

http://www.lejulesverne-paris.com/

Doe prix fixe mean one price including appetizer, entree and dessert?

Yes, but what you actually get depends on the menus. Extras are drinks (aperitif, wines, water, coffee, digestif etc). While service is included, it's usual to tip a little (5-10%).

Look at the link and you can see the choices.

The culinary highlight of my trips to Paris was back to back dinners at Le Taillevent & Jules Vernes. '97 Haut Brion at LT & a '97 Chateau Margaux at JV. The service & food were a notch better at LT but the view at the JV won by a mile since LT has no view.

An excessive dinner at LT for 4 was 1184€ but that included champagne & a whit3 wine too. JV was the same for 7 people but less excessive.

Ian

Whenever menus change frequently (and you never know if the website is updated regularly, if ever), it's always a good idea to wander over ahead of time (which you can still cancel without penalty) and peruse the menu - just to be sure it appeals to you.

Prix fixe means the meal includes a couple of choices for each menu item - appetizer, main course dessert - but chices are limited. To order anything you want off the menu is "a la carte" (from the card - menu) and eachitem has a separate price.

If you're going for prix fixe make sure it includes something you will like among the 2 or 3 choices. (Probably not a great idea if you have any picky eaters.)

Have only been for dinner - not lunch - and 2 couples dressed down (no jackets for the men and the women in clothes that looked that were serviceable and "walking" shoes) were given a poor table and not poor service - but perhaps not as much as some other tables at which the diners were discussing the menu and wines more.

All great tips. Thanks! I assume even though they said nice casual for lunch, we better look pretty dressed up.

I think if NYtraveler goes to the website, the choices for each part of the prix fixe are extensive now--much more than when we went. And at least my husband would not think of going to a dinner (especially) at JV without at least a coat. He wore one for lunch.
There are also the litte amuse bouches that the chef sends out to each table. It is a wonderful dining (as opposed to "eating") experience. And probably moreso now that the Ducasse group has taken it on.

Have fun Disneymania! Happy Travels!