Hello Alexth, You seem to be right on with your restaurant recommendations and I am looking to branch out from my regular favorites. What are your favorite little neighborhood places? Where do you go for great ethnic cooking?
Looking forward to trying something new. Thanks!
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well, something that is funny, is that when i am with a friend, and we wonder where to go dinner, we never have any idea lol! even if we went to hundreds of restaurants. well, restaurants i went and i liked, are of course le 1728 for a really romantic dinner, very personnal.
when i dont have any special idea, we go to la grande armee or any costes restaurants (avenue, murat etc), they serve late, it%26#39;s ok and not too slow. georges also is nice, on the top of baubourg, a bit fashion with modern decor, but if you have a table near the view it%26#39;s great. king is also fashion, and nice decoration (but if you can the 2nd floor is better, better view, it%26#39;s near la samaritaine). in the first, near colette there is a place, place du marche st honore and there are some restaurants there, i had dinner in 2, barlotti which is an italian chic restaurant, and another one outside but dont remember the name.
one day i went to an african restaurant, very very small, something like 3 tables, but it was fun i think it was la jungle in the 2nd, i%26#39;m sure it was in the 2nd so i suppose it was this one, it was very colored.
in the marais, i like place ste catherine, there are some restaurants there, the food is not wonderful, but in the summer when the weather is nice, there are people doing things in the streets, %26#39;spectacles%26#39;, and it%26#39;s very nice. this is a little place near bastille. in the marais we went also one time to caves st gille, nice ambiance spanish food. and many nice restaurants also in le marais, i like sometimes just walking and to stop in a little restaurant.
i like walking around 5th or 6th district, there are many little restaurants there, near rue de buci, rue st andre des arts, between st germain and odeon. there are some little restaurants also rue des cannettes or just near, and a creperie les etoiles, with lots and lots of choice, rue princesse.
in the 7th, when we dont know where we want to go, we often go to 7eme sud it%26#39;s a nice little restaurant, i like the food, it%26#39;s simple but ok.
i went in many restaurants in the 8th, because i lived next (in the 16th) and there are many restaurants, i used to go out a lot also and that%26#39;s where all the nighclubs are. i like buddha bar, it%26#39;s a mix of asian french food, fashion restaurants to have a drink also. for japanese food i went 3 times to lo sushi, rue de berri, nice food. in front of it there is a great chinese restaurant, with fishes on the floor, very exotic decoration lol and big restaurant. l%26#39;appart is a restaurant that looks like an appartment, the food is ok but we waited very long to seat. market is another fashion restaurant, with nice world food, like nirvana that serves indian food, a bit expensive but nice decor very kitsch. i went 2 times to asian in the 8th also, asian food big restaurant it was good. i used to go often to have a drink at tanjia, a marocan fashion restaurant-night club, dont know if it still works, but downstair the decor was nice, i liked it a lot.
i like spoon also it%26#39;s good, world food but a bit expensive. i like la maison blanche also, it is expensive but the food is greeeat and the view also. for libanese pastries i go to al diwan or noura, in the 8th, they do restaurant also. a great chinese restaurant is diep, it%26#39;s not cheap but the food is nice. la cantine du faubourg is a fashion restaurant, the decor is modern, the food nice. when i go out i eat at doobies because we stay there after, they have a great brunch on sunday.
one day i was in a russian restaurant, near bastille, i think it was kazaki, we ended singing with the owner of the restaurant, everyone was drunk it was very funny. i was also one time to la favela chic, it%26#39;s a bresilian restaurant, nice ambiance but you have to know that you will seat at the same table than people you dont know, on a bank, and the menu was not huge but nice place.
if you like chinese food you can go to 13th, it%26#39;s not beautiful but you will have hundreds of restaurants, some japanese but mostly chinese restaurants, in a funny ambiance beecause some are like %26#39;cantines%26#39;, and you eat between only chinese people, it%26#39;s noisy, but it%26#39;s fun and not expensive. but they also have more chic restaurants.
i went one time to la butte aux cailles, there are little streets with many restaurants or bars, it can be nice during the summer, lots of people were walking in the streets.
in the 16th, i liked le petit pergolese a nice little restaurants, great food but not cheap but ok. i would like to try chalet des iles because my friends told me it%26#39;s really great, it%26#39;s in bois de boulogne on an %26#39;island%26#39;. i used to live almost in front of la gare, which is an old metro station, now a big restaurant. i would like to try also cristal room baccarat, it seems so beautiful. i went also to casa tina, a really smal spanish restaurants, with tapas etc in the 16th also. i often go to coffee parisien, an american restaurant with great hamburgers, pancakes etc. often lots of people. to have a great pastry, when i am in the 16 i always fo to the cool. you MUST try the starlette lol, they only have the receip and no one can do it as they do it. it%26#39;s 0%, so good and non caloric.
in montmatre well like lots of people i like walking place du tertre, with all its little restaurant, or in the descending streets around. i prefer it in the summer, when you can eat outside.
i was one time in the 14th to palais de vandan, an indian restaurant, it%26#39;s not beautiful inside, but the food was nice and really not expensive.
i live near rue monge, i mean by car it%26#39;s not too far so sometimes we go rue mouffetard, there are many restaurants, near or rue mouffetard, creperies also, greek restaurants, some with %26#39;fondues and raclette%26#39;.
well i dont know if this helped you lol, but that%26#39;s some of the restaurants or places i go to have dinner, but i went to many others but probably dont remember them. so my favourite neighborhood places to have dinner in little restaurants are st germain-odeon, marais and near rue mouffetard, but i often go in the 8th in fashion restaurants also (some i wrote but many other one like barfly, man ray etc).
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kong not king for the restaurant near samaritaine.
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What is the address of that restaurant 1728? And do they have a website?
Merci
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www.galerie-1728.com/old_pages/flash.html
they are rue d%26#39;anjou in the 8th, near concorde and madeleine.
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Thank you Alex. Will be visiting Paris end of May. Looking forward to it. 16 more weeks to go.
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I went to 1728 website and they don%26#39;t have a menu and a price list, how much would I figure it would cost avec un bouteille de vin rouge pour diner.
Thank you
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it%26#39;s not cheap but it%26#39;s not too expensive, for two with one plate each one, wine, cheese, a dessert and 2 teas it cost us something like 100-120 euros. the food is good, the meals are not huge lol but if you take cheese dessert you will have your belly full.
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Thanks Alexth. I%26#39;ve been to Chalet aux Iles, it was fun but the food was just ok. Looking forward to trying La Jungle.
