I will be in Paris with my daughter for the Christmas Holidays. We are looking for restaurants to eat Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We thought that the Marais section might help us during that time. Are there any restaurants that are open in the Marais or by the Arc de Triomphe, where we will be stayintg? Any help would be appreciated.
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Many restaurants have special, and pricey, menus on Christmas Eve, with reservations needed well in advance. You might want to ask your hotel%26#39;s concierge for help with that. On Christmas Day your best bet will be hotel restaurants, again with reservations.
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Last year, we visited Paris from December 24-30. We stayed at the Hotel Lyon Mulhouse, right off the Bastille.
We arrived in Paris late in the afternoon on Christmas Eve. I was a bit nervous about dining options on the 24/25 which turned out to be totally unfounded. Almost every restaurant in the Bastille and Marais was open on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. The Dalloyau branch across the street from the hotel was open all day on Christmas as well as the Le Notre around the corner. Almost all the cafes and restaurants around the Bastille were open early on Christmas and stayed open late.
Christmas Eve we had dinner at Chez Leon. We had a wonderful Xmas lunch at Cafe Phare. The prix fixe price at Le Petit Bofinger was a bit higher than other nights but it was absolutely worth every Euro!
Keep in mind that a restaurant can look dark, abandoned and firmly closed at 6:30 and at 7:30 it is open, jumping and totally packed. If you do not make a reservation, arrive right at opening or accept the fact that you will eat much later in the evening.
As the previous post noted, there are more formal, expensive traditional menus available which may take some effort to book. However, there are many casual alternatives.
You will be amazed by Paris on Christmas!
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Stick with chain restaurants and brasseries.
Chez Leon (all over Paris), Hippopotamus (same except it is mostly beef when chez Leon is mussels or fish), Chez Clement etc.
Restaurant prices go up on Xmas eve and also on NYeve because of tourists mostly, as French people tend to stay with family or friends for those %26quot;events%26quot;.
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Christmas eve is a great night to %26quot;go ethnic%26quot;. If you have trouble finding somewhere, a Moroccan or African restaurant is a good alternative.
I have to disagree with la photographe about Hippopotamus though - I dined in a hippo on Christmas day 2 years ago and found it a terribly disheartening experience - no flair to the food or service at all.
I have, on the other hand, dined at the Terminus Nord on christmas day, and can recommend the Cafe Flo Christmas experience as good one.
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