Paris Recommendations
I have read all of the posts on here and still am not sure where to go for one special dinner and one special lunch. I am going to Paris with my mother and we have eaten before at L'Arpege, L'Astrance (our favorite) and even Le Tour d'Argent, but we are looking for some new wonderful restaurants. For lunch we are more than willing to splurge but we would like both a beautiful ambiance and amazing food. For dinner we would like food that is wonderful, but maybe not as expensive as some of the top tier restauarants (we are considering Senderens). Any recommendations?
By marygray
on Nov 22, 2009 08:35 PM
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Well, the way to get better recommendations is to be more specific about what you like and expect, what your food experience is, etc. Another way to make up your mind is to browse through blogs and phot gallery, say for instance mine (picasaweb.google.fr/zejulot) and see what inspires you. When there are too many options in a menu, what I do is I close it and I order what I remember from it.
There are few places like l'Astrance in town (or anywhere else), especially in the top restaurant category. If what you like is the high precision, then l'Ambroisie, la Grande Cascade, Le Cinq, Ledoyen, Joel Robuchon (Table and Atelier) are first in line. If what you liked was the invention, I suppose Gagnaire, maybe Ledoyen, and less high end restaurants like Bigarrade (actually pretty similar to Astrance in many ways), Chateaubriand, ZKG, Bistral, Avant-Gout, Pré Verre... If what you liked was the informal service and modern interior, then probably Savoy. Agapé, Le Restaurant are possible suspects.
For less expensive top dinner, indeed Senderens is an option, though it is often a gamble especially when it comes to savory food. La Grande Cascade has an 85€ menu bi, hard to beat for high end dinner.
In general, less expensive for dinner than lunch of course goes against the trend. Rostang for example has that wonderful "club" lunch, all included, for 95€, whereas dinner is likely to be at least 250. Robuchon and Sormani have 60€ "club" deals.
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