Man I keep hearing about 200.00 Euro dinners. I really don%26#39;t want to spend a fortune eating dinner. Brasseries and Bistros have good food right? And not too expensive?
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Walk down the Mouffetard which is packed with decent restaurants. They%26#39;ve all got fixed priced lunch/dinner menus (eg fondue dinner) of 10-20E or so complete with wine...not too different from your US Denny%26#39;s or Olive Garden excursion. However, in the US, you%26#39;re not going to find any good French dinners for less than 20E! That%26#39;s for sure.
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BTW, my wife and I had a ~50E fixed menu _lunch_ at Jules Vernes, plus 60E in drinks :-) We were so full we didn%26#39;t eat dinner that night.
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On the flipside, when I was a poor student, I%26#39;d get ten yoplait cups for 7FF (about 1E), or have rice, quenelles and a bottle of good wine in the dorm kitchen for all of 20FF (3E), or a full rotisserie chicken with potatos (from street vendor) and a full bottle of wine for about 35FF (5E). You can get good bottles of wine for 2-3E easily at the grocery stores. Cost of living in France is actually relatively low. However, in recent years, they%26#39;ve had a pretty good climb in inflation...about 10% per year on housing.
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Well 30 to 50 euros each is okay. We%26#39;ll be staying in the 7eme arrondissment, which I%26#39;m sure they really don%26#39;t have those prices. Hopefully we%26#39;ll find a Bistro and Brasserie .
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Spring,
You%26#39;ll find all sorts of good meals in the 20-30 euro range. You%26#39;ll find very good meals in the 30-50 euro range. And you%26#39;ll find meals you%26#39;ll remember for a lifetime in the 100-200 euro range.
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On an average Sat evening I and my girlfriend will spend 70euro max between two people for main courses, dessert, a bottle of wine and coffee.
This isn%26#39;t a comprimise but most often great food that doesn%26#39;t cost much.
being honest, I personally haven%26#39;t visited a lot of the places mentioned on this forum that are expenisve. A lot of tourists here seem to be willing to spend $$$ to enjoy something that maybe they can%26#39;t find at home and will enhance their overall holiday.
But it doesn%26#39;t mean that you can%26#39;t get great food at good prices if you%26#39;re not that type of tourist...
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Well I feel better. We do plan to have lunch at Les Crayers in Reims for a special lunch for our wedding anniversary. I keep hearing what a wonderful place that is and have already made reservations.
Thank you all
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You%26#39;ll find places from 7-8-9 euors per plate all the way up and past the price you mentioned. There are more restaurants in Paris at all price ranges than you can even imagine. There are also a number of taiteurs (delis), or butchers, or take-away places where you can get anything from a roasted free range chicken, to cheese, to plain old sandwiches- And the quality is usually first rate.... Street markets provide another good source for high quality cooked food as well as just about everything else.
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I live in the 7th and I am with ptegan... dinner for two with plenty of wine generally runs us 70E total. These are really good restaurants with great food, but they tend to be off the guidebook radars.
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Hey Phread,
You live in the 7th. What do you think of Cafe Constant?
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