My husband and I have a reservation for lunch at Taillevent in Paris this month --I have seen postings that indicate that their advertised 70 Euro lunch may not actually be (easily) available. Does anyone have any experience with this? Is the meal on par quality-wise with the rest of their menu? Merci.

HI
their website www.taillevent.com indicates that the 70 e "suggestions" menu (excluding wine) is available every day for lunch--I don't know why it would be not easily available.
Taillevent is one of the finest restaurants in the world, they would not reduce quality for one of their menus. They may reduce quantity, or the number of choices, but not quality or everyone would soon know. However, I don't know what they mean by "suggestions" menu, you could easily email them and inquire.

Why don't you check out the situation on egullet.com. That's where you'll find all of the food experts and everything there is to know about restaurants, including Taillevent.

I would imagine that a "suggestions" menu is like a tasting menu - a sampler of what the chef wants to show off that day.

I haven't eaten it, but from the web site, it does not appear to be a tasting menu (which they have but it costs more) but rather a special of the day thing, maybe some new dish the chef is trying out before deciding to put it on the regular "carte", or something they don't have regularly as it says it depends on the market and is his "last creation". Maybe they mean latest creation. I suppose it is possible that if they decide to feature something for that suggestions menu and the ingredient isn't available some days, it might not be available, but that appears to be the only prix fixe lunch menu at that rate. I imagine it is good quality due to the restaurant and that chef has gotten very good reviews, but like all of those specials of the day, you'd have to make sure it was something you wanted and if not, you might have to be spending more to order a la carte.

Thanks for your input. I think we will give it a try as we have never eaten at a top-rated Paris restaurant before and lunch seems to be a good place to start.

We had lunch at Taillevent in September. The food was exquisite. I don't recall the menu having a set lunch for 70 Euro. Just be prepared for your VISA bill -- $375 for the two of us, 3 course meal, plus one cocktail each. While it was indeed wonderful, I enjoyed our other, less expensive dinners, equally, and therefore would not likely plan a repeat visit.

Thanks Barbara. As we have not been to Paris in some time, could you share some of the other (lower-priced) restaurants that you also enjoyed? Merci.

None was cheap but all more reasonable, eg 100 Euro for two, incl wine. Les Bouquinistes, Le Reminet, Fish La Boissonerie, Les Olivades, Rotisserie D'en Face were all great.

Taillenvent is my favorite restaurant! I'm jealous

Please be sure to post a report after your lunch there. Thanks! It's been 3 years since I had dinner there but we have the menu in our house as a wonderful reminder.

Thanks to everyone. Sometimes I think half the fun is in the planning! I will post what I hope will be a good report in January.

Many restaurants in France, even the starred ones have a fixed price menu which includes three courses. These courses tend to come from the main menu and usually you get to pick one entree, one main and one dessert out 2 to 4 possible choices each. This tends to be the best budget way to eat at the best restaurants and much cheaper than eating ala carte or dinner. Your choices of what to eat are however more limited than picking from the entire menu so it is best to check the menu before dining to make sure there is something you wish to eat on the restricted menu.
Most of the three star restaurants in Paris have such a menu and when I last looked tended to be priced between E55 and E70 per person.

Hi
are you referring to three Michelin star restaurants?
Most of them would have menus (prix fixe), those that have them, that is, well above the range you mentioned