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mdorvill Jul 29, 2012 10:40 AM

Seine River Cruise

Hi, does anyone have any recommendations for a Seine River Cruise? Is the food good?

  1. morganwong Aug 6, 2012 11:26 AM

    The food was surprisingly good, even the wine. A bit overpriced, but I would recommend doing it at least once. Pay a bit extra to get a window table. Lunch is not as expensive. Evening is much more, on top of that, when the cruise is over, it is too late (or spooky) to take the subway home.

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    1. re: morganwong
      Parigi Aug 6, 2012 11:32 AM

      Wow. Surprising.
      With which company did you have the dinner cruise, may I ask?

      1. re: Parigi
        morganwong Aug 7, 2012 01:54 PM

        I went with Bateaux Parisens too. The food was decent.

    2. mangeur Jul 29, 2012 06:51 PM

      No romantic candlelight, but you can enjoy food and water by combining a picnic with the Batobus. eg: you could pick up picnic stuff at the Maubert-Mutualite (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday mornings) market, walk the couple of block to the river, buy your ticket and board the Batobus on Quai Montebello. Choose a place to debark and have a picnic beside the Seine. http://www.batobus.com/english/

      Note: Batobus operates April through September only.

      1. DaTulip Jul 29, 2012 12:12 PM

        I'll respectfully disagree. We have taken Bateaux Parisiens on two occasions. The trip was well done & the food was good. Nothing mind blowing, but not a microwaved bit of stuff either. I would recommend it as a fun evening as long as your expectations are more for the ambience than the food.

        1. Parigi Jul 29, 2012 10:50 AM

          No. It was not even not good. It was awful.

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