paris water
 

Hello to everyone.
Silly question but.
Does anyone know what a bottle
of mineral water costs in a cafe or a restaurant in Paris.
Thanl you in advance.

Looking through fairly recent receipts, a bottle of Badoit mineral water at Le Bouillion Racine cost 6€, at Le Bistrot Mazarin, a bottle of Pellegrino cost 4.20 €, and at Le Marigny Bar Brasserie, a nice glass of kir sauvignon cost only 3.20 €! What on earth was I thinking, drinking water in Paris??? :d

As per Mermaid's reply - a 6 pack of 1.5l bottles was 6.95€ from the Franprix store (but a 75ml of chardnay was 2.60€) ... at the Louvre a 33ml of water was 2.05€ and at resturants a 50ml was about 4€ (where as a 50ml of wine was 8-12€, so water was rarely our drink of choice ... BTW a 33ml can of Coke & a glass of wine were usually about the same price at most resturants).

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The tap water is excellent. Ask for a carafe d'eau [carafe dough]. More euros for wine!

last time i asked for a carafe d'eau at gundel in budapest they charged me 5 or 6 euros for it and SAID it was mineral water.
they got an interesting letter of complaint from me, after complaining to the waiter to no avail.

will i be charged in france for my carafe??

Yeah, I was just there a few months ago and dropped by my neighborhood cafe for a HALF of bottle and was charged 5.50 Euros. I almost had a heart attack. I've been vacationing in Paris almost annually since the mid-70s, so it's not that I'm not used to the high prices, but that was beyond ridiculous. Unfortunately I arrived on a Sunday and the supermarket...across from the cafe was closed...I usually go there and buy about 4 1-litre bottles of Evian or Vittel which is real cheap. I was VERY dehydrated after a long flight from Los Angeles and it was Very hot and dry outside...a REAL weather fluke for the end of March...it had just snowed hard the week before... I was desperate for water that day ,but should have asked the price before having ordered, but I honestly didn't think it would have been that much. Happy Travels!

Th carafe déau is free. There´s even a law in France (or at least there was) that said tap water has to be free in bars and restaurants. They might not like it, but it definitely is free. Most business owners have absolutely no problems with you ordering just tap water.

If you´re thirsty try pastis. It comes with a carafe d´eau. Always. It´s quite strong alcohol, but you are supposed to mix it with water. Usually costs about one half or even one third of what a soda would be. Most typical price for a pastis is 2€.

On the same topic, what can we expect to pay for regular bottled water in London and in Dublin? Thanks!

They have water in Paris?

Just kidding - but it was amusing when we asked for water, they always asked, 'With gas or without?".

Badoit is very nice mineral water to drink with meals. However, tap water is fine. Most locals have an inexplicable attachment to bottled water, and so local restaurants tend to assume that you want bottled water when you ask for water, unless you specifically ask for tap water.

50 ml of wine is 8 to 12 euro? That's about 3 tablespoons. The French do have some nice wines, but 10 euro or so for 3 tablespoons?

Or does ml stand for something other than millilitre?

I imagine travelmaster meant cl, not ml. 50 cl is a typical size of a small carafe or pitcher of wine, and 33 cl for a soft drink can. I have never paid 8-12 euro for 50 cl of wine in a cafe, though, nor wine that wasn't bottled. I don't buy real expensive wine, however, I'm sure you could. I think I've usually paid 3-4 euro for a 50 cl bottle of mineral water in a restaurant/cafe.

Christina/Rufus ... yes, I errored, as in Canada the cans/bottles are marked as 'ml' while in France they were maked as 'cl', so while I correctlt recalled the # difference I missed the descriptor ... Z