Paris resturants
 

Looking for a nice place for dinner in Paris. Not the most expensive but not the cheapest either. Thanks

What does "nice place" mean? What does "not the most expensive but not the cheapest" mean? How many euros do you want to spend? Type of food? Type of atmosphere? Restaurant? Bistro? Brasserie?

Trying to be gentle here -- but do you have <i>any</i> idea how many thousands of restaurants there are in Paris?

Like StCirq says -- A specific budget?

Type of food you like? etc etc

And maybe where you are staying unless you want to hike across town.

Take a look at "The Food Lover's Guide to Paris" by Patricia Wells. You can download the app and see where you'd like to dine (www.patriciawells.com).

I also like to dine around where I stay as I don't like having to travel around at night for dinner.

Is that a consideration?

We just returned from 2 weeks in Paris. Below is something I sent to a friend.

Paris Restaurants

We were in Paris for 2 weeks in October 2015, and decided to dine at several "Historic" brasseries. We used the book "Brasseries of Paris" as our guide to finding these places.
We've dined at several of them in the past couple of years also. In addition, we dined "locally" at some "old favorite" non-brasseries (we stayed in the western 7th at the corner of Rue St Dominique and Ave de la Bourdonnais) plus a few restaurants that looked interesting based on descriptions in the Michelin Red Guide and in France Today magazine. Most of these places are within walking distance of our apt, or a short bus ride away for dinner (we don't use the metro). We dined at 3 brasseries that required multiple buses to get there - so we had lunch at the brasserie instead. I think this visit was about our 16th & 17th week in Paris. We visit France for about 2 months almost every year.

Below is how we "judged" them - based on food choice and quality (according to "our" tastes), and atmosphere. Ratings are on a scale of 1 to 20. HB designates that the restaurant is an Historic Brasserie. * indicates that it is a Michelin 1 star restaurant.

Restaurant..................................Food.. Atmosphere
Bistro Balhara ...................................10..........9
le Violon d'Ingres* (many visits).......14........13
Fables de la Fontaine* (many visits)..12........11
Brasserie Gallopin HB........................14.......14
Les Climates* ....................................16........17
Mollard HB (2 visits)..........................11.......17
Grande Cafe HB.................................10.......15
Montparnasse 1900 HB.......................7........14
Julien HB (2 visits).............................10.......16
Citrus Etoile........................................12.. .....14
Fermette Marbeuf HB (2 visits).........14.......16

From last year
Le Dome HB (2 visits)........................15.......14
Train Bleu HB (many visits)...............14.......20

We had lunches at Brassorie Gallopin, Julien, and Grande Cafe. Julien is in a "dicey" area - and I would not go there at night.

Stu Dudley

We love Verjus. They do a four or five course tasting menu that is always fresh and creative. Their wine bar is also cozy for a drink before or after dinner. I think it is reasonably priced. It is near the Comedie Francaise.

We have a lot of favorites but does depend on what your interests are. The great thing is that Paris is embarrassingly rich on wonderful restaurants. I do like to read recent reviews on Trip Advisor when planning for dinners. What used to be great sometimes slips over time, so reading recent reviews helps me decide if some of my candidates are really worth it.

We also enjoyed Allard on our last visit and had not expected to like it so much. I love soufflés so I always visit Le Soufflé, as well.

Good luck.

I'm often at night in the area of Brasserie Julien.
On foot or on a bike. No worry there.

Now waiting for OP... There are a few restaurants in Paris.
Somthing that may work is to use TripAdvisor app - you can select something near you - click on restaurant?

Somebody who doesn't have any idea about what or where to eat might try using The Fork, too. Easy to book, see photos of the food, examples of menus and prices, location...

Paris By Mouth is a great site for restaurant recommendations in different areas of Paris