Planning a trip tp Paris and my teenage son wants to eat at the Eiffel Tower. Would like some feedback on whether on not we should try.
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That depends on your son and your budget. Jules Vernes is a very formal restaurant with meals lasting 2 1/2 to 3 hours. The food is excellent and it is the kind of dining experience one rarely gets to enjoy in the US. Meals are approx. 100E per person, so it is also kind of pricey.
If that is not for you there is a second dining option on the Eiffel Tower.... Altitude 95. This is still a traditional french place, but the style is more bistro, the environment more casual, and the meal time is shorter, but you are still dining with Paris at your feet. Be sure to ask for a window table.
Either way it is a memory you will all remeber for years to come.
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Lunch at Jules Verne is not as much as dinner. We were there in December, ordered a la carte and each had a drink (beer %26amp; gin and tonic). It came to $142.00 with trying to scrimp. There was a Parasian woman with her young (maybe 10 yrs. old) son or grandson sitting next to us and he seemed to enjoy it too. Reservations fill up a month or so ahead of time. If you make your reservation for 12:15pm (opening time), you are more likely to get a window table. They said jacket %26amp; tie are required but saw nicely dressed men without them. You can find their fax and phone number by searching for the official Effiel Tower website.
Judy
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As has been suggested, JULES VERNE is a very pleasant, higher-end restaurant. And though dinners tend to be expensive; luncheons are much less so--in the range of 50-60 Euro per person. If it fits into your budget, it would certainly be an experience that you would all remember. There is also another restaurant on the level below Jules Verne, ALTITUDES 95, that is less expensive...but it tends to cater to escorted-tour bus groups. Rather than eat at Altitudes 95, you would probably be better off buying a ticket and going to the top of the tower...then dining elsewhere afterward. But id simply dining in the Eiffel Tower is your priority, then go for it.
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This one gets asked a lot. Great setting, it goes without saying, but the food does not live up to the setting (although I suppose that it%26#39;s a little unfair to expect it to). I%26#39;d say to go up to the top of the Tour Eiffel and then go eat somewhere that the food, not the view, is the main attraction.
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Our lunch was very good.
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I agree that Altitude 95 caters to the tourist crowds. Unlike the Louvre, Pompidou and even perhaps the Champs Elysees, which are all frequented by locals, the Eiffel Tower in general is primarily a tourist attraction.
It is still well worth the trip and I thoroughly enjoy inviting our younger visitors to Altitude 95 for the thrill of dining with Paris at their feet.
The haute cuisine of Jules Verne is also full of tourists and generally unappreciated by the younger crowd. Unless, of course, your teen is the exception, then it would be a treat.
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