French Restaurant Relais de l'Entrecôte

Le Relais de l'Entrecôte
101 boulevard du Montparnasse
75006 Paris
01.46.33.82.82

There are various adresses for this restaurant. To know which one is near your hotel visit the WEB

Here to order you just tell how you want to be cooked the single main dish, the steak&French fries and sauce whose recipe is kept secret. The starter is a small salad with nuts, so you just have to choose the wine, the red of the reserve is very good and then the dessert on a long list.
It is definitively a good address.

Geraldine
Hôtel des Nations Saint Germain

Orangerie Museum

Musée de l'Orangerie
Jardin des Tuileries
75001
Web
Métro : Concorde (lignes 1, 8 et 10)
Bus : 24, 42, 52, 72, 73, 84, 94

Opening Hours(from 1st May to 25th December):
Opened every day except on Tuesday from 9am to 6pm.

Fares :(This can be modified at any moment)
Fare : 7,5 € + 2 € for temporary exhibitions
Audio guides : 5 €
Guided tour : 8 €

The Orangerie was built under Napoléon III to house the orange trees from his garden during the winter season and since 1873, exhibitions are held.
Monet’s Waterlilies (Nymphéas) are presented according to the painter wishes, a total of eight panels of several meters exposed in two oval rooms to remind of the running hours. The visit continues with paintings, Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Derain, Utrillo, Soutine.
The word museum is a bit misleading. It is an exhibition space of great interest. I advise to take the audio guide because the explanations are very comprehensive and if you are lucky enough and you arrive at the good time they may propose a guided tour to you.

Géraldine
Hotel des Nations Saint Germain

MUSIC MUSEUM PARIS

Musée de la musique
221, avenue Jean-Jaurès
75019 Paris
Tél. 01 44 84 45 00
Métro : Porte de Pantin (line 5)

After a long renovation period it opened to the public on March 2009 (see events blog). So we finally decided to go and see what it looks like…

First, prepare well your visit and don’t go there after 4 pm. The visit last about 1h30 (or more). So as we arrived around 5 pm, we couldn’t visit everything.

The museum is really to be heard as when you arrive there, they give you an audio-guide (English or French). Then go around typing your codes and hearing comments or instrument sounds. As I was with my sons I listened to both comments in French (adults and children) they were interesting.
Unfortunately every thing has an end and ours came too fast : around 5h45pm they kindly asked us to go out…

I just think I am lucky for living near Paris, so I can go back there and then I’ll tell you if this museum is really good to pay 8€ the visit...

Anaïs
Regetel

Restaurant SUSHI VILLA

SUSHI VILLA
216 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine
75012 Paris

This is a restaurant I really like. I have been there more than 3 times and it is always good!.
We also spend too much as we like everything and we never know what to choose. So we take too much.

I think our preferred are Onigiris : perfumed rice with cooked fish inside. And Chichachi Don : a big rice plate covered with 3 different fish. I also love their Wasabi because it has a light taste.
If you choose a menu remember it is accompanied with a small salad and a light soup.

If you take away the give you a small discount as many Japanese restaurants in Paris.

This restaurant is near Bastille square.

Anaîs
Regetel

EXKI
9 Boulevard des Italiens
75002 Paris

Those who love Organic food, will find some EXKI all around France.
I went with my sons to the one located at the 9th district near the Corona Opéra Hotel.
You go inside and serve your self : salads, sandwiches, soups, desserts, bread… For the soup you can add some croutons or cheese but you will have to pay an extra fare!
The soup had more a taste like the ready-ones you get at the supermarket. I expected more natural taste. The sandwiches were good but small. It seems after 5 pm you can get a reduction as the restaurant won’t sell them the next day. Desserts are good also…
Exki is not my preferred but if one day for lunch I pass near it I may choose it again.

Anaïs

Chevalier de Cœur
12 rue Cadet
75009 Paris

Good address near Hotel Corna and Hotel Touraine Opéra.

It becomes a tradition: we always go to take away at Chevalier de Coeur.
We all agree: it’s good, balanced (always fruits and vegetables), varied and really fresh!!
It is like homemade but much better.
Also every day the chef, a passionately fond of cooking, welcomes us friendly!

Today's menu was :
Peas soup
Beef, potatoes and courgette au gratin
Fromage Blanc (like a very smoothy yoghourt ) with banana and kiwi.
We just payed 8.50 €

Our best note for : soups, hot or cold and desserts which are original and delicious such as Mousse de fraise, Chocolate and pear mousse, carrote-cake...

Sophie, Nathalie, Sylviane & Anais

Le Suffren
84, avenue de Suffren
75015 Paris
01.45.66.97.86
Métro : Ecole Militaire (line8)

Located about 15min. walk from the Hotel Eiffel Capitol, the brasserie "Le Suffren" is to recommend. With a nice terrace and a warm-hearted services, this brasserie gives us typically Parisian dishes and ambience as well as a view on the Ecole Militaire. The big abounding and delightful salads acompanied with a Côte de Provence wine mark the return of the summer.

Florence
Hotel Eiffel Capitol

Le pain Quotidien
18, place Saint Honoré
75001 Paris
www.lepainquotidien.fr

It's a restaurant with terrace on a pedestrian square in which there are shops restaurants and a market on Wednesday. All the knack Paris come here and others because the Pain Quotidien have some more addresses in France and abroad. I really like the slice of country&bio bread cooked in the oven and generously furnished. I really like too the veggie bio juice! Delicious I had it twice!
It's in absolutely a good address at lunchtime or for having a late breakfast, they serve it till 5pm during the weekend.

Géraldine
Hotel des Nations Saint Germain