We will be staying at the Hotel DeLodeon for <BR>two nights in September before going to the <BR>Loire Valley for seven days and would like <BR>any advice on resturants in this area. It is located in the 6th add on Rue Saint Sulpice. <BR>This will be only our 2nd trip to Paris and still feel very unknowledgable. Paris is such an overwhelming city. Looking for local area resturants within walking distance and not the glamour types like Guy Savoy although wonderful food, prefer something simpler and perhaps a little easy for americans that do not speak french to order. Thank you to anyone who can help. Ward <BR>

<BR>If you can find my request"3 days in Paris on my own" in this new board, Mike gave me many suggestions for Parisian restaurants. If you can't find it, e-mail me and I'll send them to you.

You will be staying in a great part of Paris-enjoy. I spend a lot of time in France because my husband is French and one thing my American friends seem to like is going to Marriage Freres on 30-32 rue de Bourg-Tibourg in the 4th. It is an old tea salon and tea shop. They have great tea to buy and to drink and they have a restaurant that has pretty good food (lots of it made with tea-like green tea madeleines, but also non-sweets like salmon with a sauce made of tea) and nice Sunday brunch. They also sell tea jelly and little sterling tea measures that are affordable and light to carry gifts. <BR> <BR>The advantage is that it is non-smoking! Most Americans love that-the tea shops and chocalate shops are all non-smoking. This Marriage Freres (the other one is in the 6ht) is in the Marais-a great part of Paris-it is between the Hotel de Ville and St Paul. <BR> <BR>Another restaurant friends like is the La Ferme Saint Hubert on 21, rue Vignon-it specializes in cheese and you can get a really nice lunch. While you are there go across the street to the Maison du Miel-they sell nothing but great honey <BR> Also in the neighborhood is Fauchon's the amazing food store. It is on Place de la Madeleine and you should go in the various little shops-there is one that is only a deli another a bakery, etc. They have a cafe where the food is pretty good on the second floor of the deli I think. These are all in the 9th arrondisement... <BR> <BR>Also, ice cream at Maison Berthillon on Ille St Louis is fun. 31 rue St-Lois en L'ille overlooking the back of Notre Dame. <BR> <BR>Finally, I eat a lot of ethnic food in Paris because sometimes it is more reasonable and then I wait until I am outside of Paris to splurge on French food. One of my favorite restaurants in Paris is near the Orsay museum and is a well know Vietnamese "nouvell cuisine" restaurant called Tan Dinh on 60, rue de Verneuil in 7th. <BR> <BR>Lots of time I eat lunch out at a restaurant and then picnic around Paris in the evening to save money! <BR> <BR>Hope this helps

Our favorite meal a couple of weeks ago in Paris was at L'O a la Bouche - 157 Blvd. Montparnasse in the 6th. It's closed Sun, and Mon. They have daily 2 course specials for about $25 at dinner - even less at lunch. Everything was delicious, the decor was lovely, and the waiters were so helpful and eager to serve. <BR>Enjoy! <BR>

I was in Paris this June, and brought along the book "Cheap Eats in Paris" by Sandra Gustafson, which I heard about from a woman named Donna on this forum. It was a wonderful book! We stayed in the 7th arr. (near the 6th) and her book is arranged by these districts, so we would look up different places to eat each night. It was important for us to find places we could walk to because I was with my 83-year-old grandmother, who did great! We probably went to 8 different restaurants from this book in 1 1/2 weeks, and we were never disappointed. You'll love French restaurants! <BR>

Ward - Before you have ice cream at Berthillon on the I'le St Louis as suggested in one of the other answers (which is something you must do!!), have dinner at a fun restaurant on the Blvd St Louis called the Tavernne of the Sergeant Recruiter. It has a full, price-fixed country-style dinner, reasonable by Paris standards, in a very atmospheric 17th cent tavern. Waiters are lots of fun and add alot to the overall experience of the evening. Enjoy.

Has anyone dined at a restaurant called Jules Verne (located on the 2nd level of the Eiffel Tower)? I am meeting up with friends who want to dine there.

There are many nice little places on rue Guisarde and around the Marche St Germain/metro Mabillon. The Bistro de la Grille is nice and pretty reliable. You can find Berthillon ice cream at Cafe Mabillon, on blvd St Germain in the same area. In front of St Sulpice, there is the Cafe de la Mairie, which is a fun place to hang out (can't vouch for the food, though). <BR>

You are staying in restaurant heaven, when you stay at Hotel de L'Odeon. Walk down the two streets which lead north towards the river out of Place St. Sulpice and you'll find a whole bevy of restaurants. <BR> We had a nicely served birthday celebration meal on the Blvd. St. Germain at Le Vagenade - just up (west) on Blvd. St. Germain from where the Carrefour Odeon basically meets St. Germain. It has wonderful turn of the century decor, and apparently is a frequent stand-in for Maxim's in movies. <BR> Some Franco-American folks sent us to L'Ecluse, a small group of wine bar/restaurants in Paris. We went to the one on the Quai des Augustins - just off the Blvd. St. Michele. It was not cheap - but it was very tasty. The manager was charming and the wine was wonderful - all Bordeaux. Both these restaurants seemed to be patronized by French as well as visitors. <BR> I have been to Paris many times - and usually I just trust that most food at the Brasserie/ordinary restaurant level will be good, because despite the incursions of American fast food, the French still believe that the simplest food should be decent. This trip was no different. however, two discoveries: <BR> The cafe's in the museums are very good. The one at the Musee d'Orsay served us a very nice lunch. We went twice to the huge American-style (but French quality food) food court underground at the Rue du Rivoli entrance to the Louvre. The draw the second time was for the quantity of fresh fruit and veggies and the air conditioning in the just-passed August heat wave. <BR> The other discovery was the old Jewish Quarter of Paris, on the right bank, basically kind of in between the Marais and Les Halles - on the Rue du Rosiers. On a Sunday afternoon, the place was jumping - and we thought we had falled thru a small time warp into an earlier time. On the recommendation of the staff in the bookstore at the Hotel du Sully (headquarters for all the historic monuments in France) we ate at Chez Marianne. We'd go back in a minute. <BR> Best yet - don't take any of these recommendations - just explroe and follow your eyes and nose! Check out the fresh open market area on Rue du Bucci, across Blvd. St. Germain from where you are staying.

<BR>For $9.95, you can order Best Restaurants in Paris. There is an order blank at www.top-restaurants.com. It has many great restaurants listed in the 6th arrondissement. My favorite is La Rôtisserie d'en Face at 2, rue Christine, 6ème. It is a Jacques Cagna restaurant. His Mich 1-star is en face.

Jules Verne in the Eiffel Tower is great, but only if you have a window table. I have been there 3 times - always made reservations months in advance and always had a window table. They do honor their reservations, whish is great. Food is very good, view is spectactular, and prices are high. <BR> <BR>tallevent is as good as always. <BR> <BR>Cafe La Jatte in Neuilly Sur Seine is a bit out of the way for most tourists but a good local spot. <BR> <BR>Les Bouchons de Francois Clerc is great if you love good wine. Wines are sold at wholesale prices and the food is good. <BR> <BR>La Coupole is still good and fun. <BR> <BR>Tour d'Argent is still a temple of haute cuisine but you need reservations. Even if there are empty tables, you may be turned away without a reservation. <BR> <BR>If still there, Au Sauvignon is a nice little wine bar near Blvd. Raspeil. And Ferme St. Simone a nice local restaurant in the same general area.