One Night-One Dinner
 

My wife and I are spending 1 night in Paris on our way back to the states. We arrive at 7:40 pm and do not depart until 2pm the following day. It just so happens to be our wedding anniversary that night. I am looking for an unforgetable evening for my wife. Any recomendations for dinner, celebration, etc...?

P.S. It's our first time in Paris.

Probably a couple of items that might help us help you - date and location you will be staying?

May 25, 2012. Not sure where yet. I'm leaning towards the Le Meridien or the Westin. I will be redeeming SPG points.

Search chowhound.com France board also Parisbymouth. Depends a lot on your budget and taste.

If you want something romantic and spectacular, I don't think you can do any better than: http://www.lejulesverne-paris.com/

If it's your first time in Paris, you can only follow this suggestion.

The Westin is much (much !) better than Le Méridien.

What is your budget?

If you have no problem dropping 1000 US$ the Jules Verne is good.

Look at this one:
http://www.alain-ducasse.com/en/rest...%C3%A9n%C3%A9e

or this one:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restauran...de_France.html

Help us by giving us a price range.

There is a cheaper restaurant also by alain ducasse called Benoit; reasonable (for high end paris restaurants) prices and very classical french food.

If you love truffles this is a classy place, not over the top, quiet and rather romantic; http://www.maison-de-la-truffe.com/

If you are gastro-adventurers:

Pierre Gagnaire


If you are more classical with some modern flourishes:

Taillevent

I think Taillevent is one of the best dining experiences around.

Le Pre Catalan in the Bois de Boulogne may be very romantic

Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V is also outstanding

Benoit is fantastic too....

We adore Benoit. We go there every time we're in Paris. You're only going to be in Paris one night, on your anniversary, so I would recommend something "fancier" I have heard Taillevent is fabulous. My husband and I had a very memorable (in a good way) and romantic dinner at Laserre. Mid-way through dinner the roof opened. Pretty cool.

Thanks for the suggestions. 1k for dinner! Wow! I would like to spend no more than 300 usd. Is this "cheap" in Paris?

Several of the suggestions on this thread so far are for high-end, name restaurants which are very expensive. Many like that atmosphere, others like me find a lot of them pretentious and way too much money. I have a friend who took his 12 year old daughter to Jules Verne for lunch to make the day special. The cost was incredible, and I asked him how the food was. He said it was ok. To each their own.

300 USD is about 220 Euros and for that you can get a great meal in Paris, but you'll have to do your homework. I'd suggest looking at the blog Paris by Mouth, which has 12 serious foodies blogging reviews of the Parisian food world. I especially like John Talbot's posts, though that could be subjective since I've met him (I think).

I like Benoit too, especially for the price/value ratio. But it's not really the place for a special anniversary. And we should warn the first-timer OP that the high end places generally require a jacket and maybe a tie and are VERY formal in comparison to what you find in Texas.

As you have a long time to prepare, do a little more research and narrow it down to a few choices and we can perhaps help you further from there.

Try to search on internet and contact through email with them and tel them that send you quotation. After that you can finally decide according to their services and charges

I will try to be more specific. My wife and I do enjoy high end restaurants however, we are coming from Thailand so there won't be any jackets or ties packed. I'm looking for something memorable. Whether it is the setting, ambiance, etc...Of course the food needs to be good too.

This place might do. http://www.alcazar.fr/Home/index.php They are accustomed to English speakers, but it's quite trendy among the locals and in a very vibrant neighborhood for an after dinner drink.