My wife and I are trying to stay positive about the world situation-so we are still planning for our second honeymoon trip to Paris. I'm wondering if someone could suggest a few romantic restaurants that I could take my wife to while there for a weeks stay. It doesn't need to be Jules Vern that I've read about but something on the order of candlelight or just a street level view. Thank you in advance for your help. I've just started my Internet research and found this site's boards. Someone suggested travel boards as a great source.<BR>Hope to hear some fun suggestions. I know I'll be back with more dumb questions.<BR>Paul

My husband and I had our favorite Paris meal at the restaurant below. Truly spectacular, the service, the setting the wine and the food. Also found it much easier to secure reservations to then Jules Verne. Have a wonderful time, we just returned from Paris on Saturday and had a spectacular visit. <BR><BR>http://www.fermettemarbeuf.com/anglais/default.htm

Do a text search here for- Romantic restaurants AND Paris- you'll get lots of ideas.

I haven't been there, but I've heard Le Coupe Chou in the Latin Quarter (www.lecoupechou.com) and l'Orangerie on the Ile St Louis fit the description.

Thyra, Please tell me what the price range is at fermette marbeuf. The setting looks beautiful on their website! Thanks! Laurie

My old favorite restaurant is Chez Julien, in the 4th, corner of 1 rue Pont Louis Philippe and 62 rue de l’Hotel de Ville.. Telephone 42-78-31-64. Closed Sundays. These days it will cost 60 euro each, not counting wine. You can spend less if you order the fixed-price menu. It is simple but pretty, with very good food. Not very dressy, but not jeans. The restaurant had a short appearance in the film “The Accidental Tourist” when William Hurt was <BR>briefly shown dining there. It’s a little hard to find, the first time. <BR><BR>Someone else on this message board recently kindly provided the following walking directions:<BR>Pont Louis Phillipe is the bridge from Ile St. Louis to the right bank that is at the west end of the island. In other words if you go to the back part of Notre Dame and walk across the bridge to Ile St. Louis and take the first left on the Ile, you'll go across that bridge and run into Chez Julien just a half block past the river.<BR>

Thanks for repeating my directions, elaine. I was just going to make the same recommendation once again. Sounds like the perfect place being requested by plunketp.

One of our favorite restaurants is PONTE VECCHIO, 65 quai Tournelle, almost directly across Notre Dame at Pont Archeveche.<BR><BR>Ask for a window table and you'll have the loveliest view of Notre Dame softly lit through the trees bordering the river. Candlelight, wonderful Italian wines, and you MUST have the aubergine appetizer. (Enough for two, but you won't want to share!) Also the best veal piccata I've had anywhere. <BR><BR>Best of all, later you can just step across the bridge for an after-dinner stroll on Ile St. Louis or Ile de Cite. Bon appetit!