I'm going to be spending my honeymoon in France, beginning in Burgundy and ending in Paris. Can anyone recommend any romantic restaurants in the 6th? Not three star pricey, but more charming and undiscovered.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Closerie des Lilas

Le Petit Zinc
http://www.petit-zinc.com/anglais/default.htm

Not by any means undiscovered though

mclaurie, that was the first restaurant that I had dinner in on my first long stay in Paris
We were staying on rue Jacob and had no reservations for dinner. We just walked in and they gave us a table, in a corner by the door, we could watch everyone in the room.
It is a beautiful restaurant and the food was perfect.
Jenjen, I seem to remember they renovated, so I am sure it will be even more romantic and beautiful

Hi jenjen,

If it was charming and undiscovered you wouldn't hear about it here.

Le Petit Zinc gets my vote.

Here's another recommendation for Le Petit Zinc.

Louis XIII, a special place.

Would it be at all possible for you to at least consider the 3rd, 4th, or 5th????

Please, Intrepid, let's not make this more complicated than it already is.

Wow- thanks, everyone! Very helpful. And yes, I would definitely consider restaurants in other districts. Please let me know what you had in mind.

Le Petit Zinc was very small, nice, intimate in the 70s, 80s, before it moved near Deux Magots - into a heavy tourist haven. Its kitchen actually services two side-by-side restaurants, with similar menus, and the results are far from special now. Friends who live in Paris give it a thumbs down, and they suggest you try a place off the main streets. Actually they also said Patricia Wells is one reliable source you might check. Good luck.

Gee,

I was there in April, 2001 and found it pleasant and worth the price.

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. Closed Sundays. 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 briefly shown dining there. It?s a little hard to find, the first time.
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 Pont Louis Philippe and run into Chez Julien just a half block past the river.

I had been to le Petit Zinc and to Closerie des Lilas on my first trips to Paris and loved them, but I gave up on each of them several years ago when I felt that their food was not the best, especially given their increasing prices.

hi
just thought of a good one in the 6th, Chez Maitre Paul.

Elaine is correct on all points!!! And yes, by all means, try Chez Maitre Paul ion the 6th - we were there recently, using the Cheap Eats book, and it wa superb. The chicken dishes use the wines of their regions in their sauces - so good!!! Le Petit Zinc is now a tourist eatery, with very high prices. When it was in a previous location, the baloonists (Max Anderson et al) had their first dinner theree after the Atlantic crossing. It WAS a fabulouss place, and 20 years ago we enjoyed many meals there. Times have changed it, along with its move about 15 years ago.

L'Orangerie on Ile St. Louis. We celebrated my 40th birthday there in February. It is small, cozy, romantic, and we had a prix fixe meal, including wine, for 65 euros (each), if memory serves me. The prix fixe included 5 or 6 choices in each category, and everything that we had was fabulous.

Patricia Wells 'Food Lovers Guide to Paris' is a great resource for restaurants in Paris. We've used it many times and always found it to be reliable (and we're pretty demanding!)

Two off the beaten track places (though not in the 6th):

le Maraicher (in le Marais)- intimate, charming, imaginative cooking, not too pricey (for Paris anyway)

le C'amelot (a bit out of the way, near Bastille and not far from Place des Vosges): A fantastic place we stumbled into two summers ago. Tiny, you'd never even notice it from the outside, but inside it's quite cozy and elegant in an earthy sort of way. Candle lit and yes, romantic. The whole carte is one set price menu/pm (though there are a few choices within the menu.)The last time we were there, we had 4 courses, including loin of lamb, risotto with tons of fresh chanterelles,a rich chocolate dessert, great house wine - and we spent under $30 each. Definitely a find.