Our splurge for Paris will be the 100 euro prix fixe lunch at Guy Savoy on August 1. Forgot to ask them if a jacket and/or tie is required for men. It will be very hot, I'll bet and they say that GS is rather informal [?]. Thanks.

I would wear a jacket..no tie....

Hi D,

I would wear a jacket and a tie.

You can always take them off if you're overdressed.

Definitely a jacket and tie.

We were there in May for lunch. Most of the men wore jackets and ties (including my husband) and all had at least a jacket that day. It was in the mid 80's and sunny.

Wear a lightweight short sleeved dress shirt and put the jacket on right before entering the restaurant which will be comfortably air conditioned. You could skip the tie in the heat of summer but I wouldn't.

I absolutely agree- jacket for lunch, tie optional. My husband wears one to dinner but not for lunch at Michelin starred restos.

Definitely a jacket.

Maybe a tie, but why not, there are so many beautiful ones to chose from.

Put a shine on those shoes. That's important believe it or not.

Nothing is worse than a man dressed in a jacket/tie wearing top-siders. Ugh!

Even if a jacket wasn't "required", wear one. Some times/places just warrant grown up clothes. A tie takes up absolutely no space in the suitcase.

For lunch in starred restaurants, my observations have pretty much been that the business people wear ties, many others do not..a mixture, especially in the summer. But, as another has said, a tie does not take much place in your suitcase...

You will enjoy Guy Savoy...I know that I always do........

Copain says,

>Nothing is worse than a man dressed in a jacket/tie wearing top-siders. Ugh!<

After living on a sailboat for 15 years, the only shoes I have are boat shoes.

I shall not be intimidated by the Clothing Police.

From now on, I shall put on a jacket and tie whenever I leave the house, even if only to put the recycle box out.

In Europe, you are perfectly dressed with

- top-siders (clean, of course),
- jeans,
- polo shirt and
- jacket.

Even in an upscale British restaurant whose dress-code read "collared shirt, jacket or tie, no jeans, no trainers" this outfit was perfectly welcome.

In Europe, it is the overall impression that counts, not a single item.

I'm with traveller1959, and would probably go with jeans and a jacket, unless there is some specific prohibition. I would not wear a tie - I don't like them.

There IS a rule at Guy Savoy- or rather a hint, because he's French and is FAR too professional to tell his customers how to dress

"Une tenue soignee sera appreciee"

That's it. This is a restaurant - not one of those preposterous Italian churches where they measure your skirt length. The asumption is, you know what tenue's soignee and what's slobbesque.

But if you need help, being soigne has NOTHING to do with jackets, ties or any of the absurd box-ticking third-rate restaurants invent. In properly pressed jeans and a tasteful polo shirt you're soigne. In a suit jacket that's been crumpled in a suitcase and was tasteless even when ironed you're almost (though not quite) as slobbesque as in bermuda shorts.

My experience of 3* Michelin places is that in a jacket and tie, I'm in a minority in midsummer and the majority in winter. And that in Paris au mois d'aout, as the song puts it, you aim marginally for relative casualness (never losing that tenue soignee of course).

All of which said, if you haven't got REALLY smart casual, fall back on the jacket and tie box ticking.

Ira....

Touché mon vieux ...touché. May your neighborhood be so well dressed.

How does one keep the jeans well pressed while on travel status?

The temperature on the street has been over 100° F the past few days in Paris. Do you really want to wear a jacket and tie in this heat just to impress the proprietor of a restaurant you are paying to feed you? Is the restaurant air-conditioned (if not, no point in even going there)?

The difference between tie and no tie is:

- Those who wear no tie pay the bill by themselves.

- Those who wear a tie have the bill paid by a corporate expense account.