Looking for some great restaurant recommendations in London and Paris..
 

We are traveling to London, Paris, and Amsterdam in June and are looking for some tasty restaurant recommendations in each city. Please share.....

You can find recommendations by putting the words "Paris Restaurants", etc., in the search box above. A few of our favorites in Paris are Le Regalade in the 14th Arrondisement, the Constant restaurants in the 7th, L'Epi Dupin in the 6th, Petit Troquet in the 7th and Ze Kitchen Gallerie in the 6th. Try also Pamphlet in the 3rd.

Yes, searching will provide you lots of recommendations. If you want suggestions specific to your situation, giving your budget and the type of cuisine you're looking for would be very helpful. No point in recommending a cafe if you're looking for fine dining (or vice versa).

Delicious in London: Tayyab's for Indian. Too good. Very cool and wonderfully delicious Italian, Buca di Lupo.

Both of these were recommendations on Chowhound.com, and we couldn't have asked for more. At Tayyab's, we had a dish of roasted baby pumpkin that was superb, and the lamb chop appetizer was meaty, charred and spicy.

Buca di Lupo: I had pappa al pomodoro, which was very good, but the real winners were the granitas (graniti?). We had two different flavors and both were memorable, but the burnt almond flavor was the better.

For fish and chips, we went to Masters Super Fish. This was a working man's type of place, but the fish was fresh and delicious. Not a destination, exactly, but my husband loves fish and chips and this was tasty.

At Borough Market, we followed everyone's advice and had the grilled cheese sandwich from the stall that sells, what else, grilled cheese. Very good.

The only one of the above meals that wasn't jeans and sneakers and inexpensive was Buca di Lupo. We are not chic, but we saw people there that were borderline chic.

Bookmarking!

There are <u>hundreds</u> of good/great restaurants in all 3 cities. No one can possibly give you useful advice w/o at least a tiny bit of info from you.

• Your budget?
• What sorts of cuisine do you enjoy?
• What kinds of atmosphere do you prefer? Uber-traditional? alfresco? trendy? Casual/formal? Romantic? Views? Michelin starred? Celebrity watching? Famous venues/chefs? Ethinc/funky? Anything . . .

Do a search and you'll find hundreds of threads discussing restaurants there . . . .

The Angus Steakhouses are an experience you won't forget.....

Some recent favorites from London: Maze, Leong's Legend, Yauatcha, Arbutus, Yming, North Sea Fish. Crushingly disappointed in St John, though.

Haven't been to Paris and my last couple of trips have produced no memorable meals. I don't find Amsterdam a great food city, but do enjoy a good ristaffel, raw herring sandwiches, and bitterball/krokets. FEBO is always a disgustingly good choice after a long night of drinking.

Should have said: "Haven't been to Paris recently."

I prefer to know more about a restaurant than that someone else liked it, so I usually get a restaurant guide or two. For Paris, my current favourite is Anthony Labrano's Hungry for Paris. I love his writing because he is wonderful at describing the ambiance of a place as well as the food. He also has a website, www.hungryforparis.com where he reviews restaurants not covered in his book

On our last visit we discovered from the website a lively traditional bistrot (La Cave Beauvau in the 8th) that we loved, so it's definitely worth doing a bit of research.

I use www.toptable.co.uk to pick places here in London

Bistro & C group in Paris:

http://www.bistrocie.fr/

Seven restaurants, our favorites Melrose and Breteuil. €38 menu includes apperitif, 3 courses, wine and coffee--a very good deal considering the quality of the cuisine, atmosphere and service.

I did a food report on our 9 days in paris this past January. Gives reveiws of restaurants along with costs. Click on my name to find it under my TR..

C_W: That is just mean :)

Travegourmet: we didn't like ST John, either. I haven't mentioned it, because everyone recommends it, but I wouldn't go back.

A crab on toast was just icky, and none of the rest of the meal was anything that I would go back for.

MagrietVB: I would guess that most people would prefer to know more than someone liked it. That's why I did a lot of research and cross referenced the recommendations I picked up on Chowhound.

LandMTravels: I also have a Paris dining report, but it is a year old. You can click my screen name, go under trip reports, and you will find my trip report that is short and includes a lot of food. By the way, I used Loprano and several other sources for that trip.

<i>Travegourmet: we didn't like ST John, either. I haven't mentioned it, because everyone recommends it, but I wouldn't go back. </i>

It is hard to express how disappointed I was. I had really looked forward to it for a couple of months. It was my chosen B-Day dinner and I was just deflated after the meal. Some of the stuff, like the marrow, was just okay/average, which I can live with, but some of it was just bad. Very disappointed. It sticks in my mind, too, because all of our other meals that weekend were just superb.

In London- the Ivy - need reservations.
In Paris- Cafe Bofinger - near place de Bastile.
It has a special of my favorites- Pate' of duck liver, canard de Margret and Wascheron with a half a bottle of wine. (forgive the spelling) Not as upscale as Ivy and not as expensive.

I know C-W was being ironic, but in case there's confusion, the above mentioned steak houses are truly horrible.

Good French food in London: Racine
http://racine-restaurant.com/


Good Italian food in London: Orsinis
http://www.orsiniristorante.com/

Now that you've gotten some useful suggestions, you can go online and read other reviews.