Menus outside Paris resturants, with prices??

Is it usual for Paris resturants to display menus and prices outside so that you can see what is on offer, and the prices?

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As far as I know, every bar/pub has to display it%26#39;s menu outside with prices.

I don%26#39;t know if the same applies for restuarants or not but I don%26#39;t think I%26#39;ve ever seen one that didn%26#39;t display it%26#39;s prices.

From memory, I have never gone to eat in Paris and only seen the menu as soon as I was seated.

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Just back from lunch. Every restaurant had a menu outside.

I wouldn%26#39;t consider going into one that didn%26#39;t :)

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Just returned from Paris on Tuesday. I don%26#39;t remember seeing a restaurant that didn%26#39;t post it%26#39;s menu outside. Most of time, it%26#39;s located on a stand or post outside the doors or in the cafe or restaurant%26#39;s window. In fact, some of the menus were in French with an English translation that followed which made it very convenient for travellers not %26quot;food-fluent.%26quot; I%26#39;m the kind of person who likes to know exactly what I%26#39;m ordering so the English translations were wonderful! It%26#39;s also very helpful because you know exactly how much you%26#39;re paying before you actually enter and are seated. Tip: My boyfriend and I always went with a %26quot;carafe%26quot; of water which allowed us to drink what we usually drink, water, without having ten or so Euros added to the bill for mineral water. It tasted fine!

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some also have english translations under each item

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Restaurants all over France are required by law to display their menu with prices.

Not an invariable rule but I think there is a fairly high correlation between menus with English translations and mediocre/overpriced food. There are certainly exceptions, le Polidor on the rue Monsieur-le-Prince comes to mind.

Bon appetit!

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I love the Polidor. I make a point to eat there. Reliable good food, not expensive, and the house wine is served in a carafe and you only pay for what you drink!

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;Not an invariable rule but I think there is a fairly high correlation between menus with English translations and mediocre/overpriced food%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

The reason why more and more restaurants are offering English language sub-titles or English menus is simply because English is probably the single most frequently spoken or understood %26#39;..second language..%26#39; of most visitors to Paris--Americans, Canadians, Spaniards, Italians, Japanese, Greeks, Danes, Bulgars, Germans, et al. English language translations are simply a convenience for both the clients and the establishment. So the notion that the addition of English sub-titles or English-language menus somehow implies mediocrity or over-pricing is largely nonsense.

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I%26#39;ll agree with everyone else and say that yes, menu%26#39;s are always posted outside w/ prices.

And as a sidenote.. be careful of places that don%26#39;t list their prices! I (stupidly) ordered a slice of cheese pizza and a can of diet coke (in London though, not Paris) without seeing prices listed. Thinking it wouldn%26#39;t be that much. They told me to sit down %26amp; they served me %26amp; I paid afterward... Needless to say, it was quite expensive. (came to about $20 US dollars) Live and learn. Now I%26#39;ll always be sure I see prices beforehand.

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Yeah, I thought every restaurant had to display their prices, however, when I went past l%26#39;Ambroise in the Marais, they did not post their prices.

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;I love the Polidor. I make a point to eat there. Reliable good food, not expensive%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

Ah, another Polidor junkie! The very first meal I ever ate outside the British Isles was lunch at the Polidor, a long time ago now. I was just turned 17 and on my own in France for 3 months, studying. (Well some of the time, anyway...) To someone who grew up in the culinary desert that N. Ireland was then, and largely still is, it was a revelation!

I eat there, usually lunch, every time I am in Paris, even if I%26#39;m only there for a few hours on my way to somewhere else. I%26#39;ve long since lost count of how many times that is, but surely a couple of dozen.

It%26#39;s just a sentimental thing, really, but it still feels like %26quot;going home%26quot; and the %26quot;cuisine grand%26#39;mere%26quot; certainly helps that feeling. I%26#39;m not sure if anything on the menu has changed in all those years except the prices, and certainly the decor hasn%26#39;t. Still very good value.