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Thanks so very much for these reviews of Le Vieux Pont, even though quite old now. We are fortunate enough to be dining there this September and will actually be staying a week in Belcastel in one of the two gites that are located in the village. This gives us a chance to enjoy the region.

We'll be in Lyon in February and I'm considering Le Petit Leon for lunch. Any opinions here on this bistro? What are the lunch prices? Thanks so much.

The other site I have used twice to reserve is http://www.bestrestaurantsparis.com/principal.php This is a free service!

Thanks John, Since we were unsuccessful in January making reservations, I want to have this done before we leave for France. I just stumbled on a site "Context:Paris" which will make the reservation at Aux Lyonnais or a handful of other restaurants in Paris for you for €5. It's the first time we've paid to have a reservation made for us, but it's better than repeatedly calling them. We already have reservations for Gaya, Le P'tit Troquet, Carte Blanche and Louis Vins for our Sunday in Paris. We'll also be spending a week in Brittney, where I plan on enjoying many galettes!

Have you secured a reservation at Aux Lyonnais? We are also trying to reserve here for our upcoming trip, but we've been told to call back 1 week in advance. We tried this in January and they told us then that they were booked up when we waited to reserve 1 week ahead of time. Any suggestions?

How did you like Residence Versailles? Did they serve dinner there? We stay at a B&B near Isle-sur-la-Sorgue which we love. (lestroisfiguiers.fr) They serve a 3 hour+ dinner there each evening for all the guests. It's a highlight of our trips to Provence.

Great place, see my review here; it's at 6 rue Lamartine in the 9th, 01.48.78.12.20 ← Thank you so much John! It looks very creative. I appreciate your help.

I'd like to try Carte Blanche on our next trip to Paris but can't seem to find the address. My search on this site has been unsuccessful although I know it must be here! Can anyone please give my their address and phone and any review that may be posted here. Thank you so much.

This is the photo I took last week of Le Comptoir under renovation. Again, we were told they wouldn't reopen until June. Le Comptoir

We had a wonderful dinner at Le Pre Verre last week. Fixed price menu was 25.50€ each. Everything was excellent, food, wine, atmosphere and service!

We have just returned from a short trip to Paris. We tried to make reservations at Le Comptoir du Relais before we left and were told that they were closed until February. We decided to stop in on this trip to make reservations for April, and found the restaurant totally torn apart. It is under construction on the inside, gutted, a total mess. We went into the hotel and asked when they would reopen and were told that it would not reopen until June. Does anyone else have any news on this?

BHV has a wonderful selection of the high quality French lace in their fabric department. Buy as much or as little as you wish in several patterns! It makes wonderful curtains for your kitchen windows!

I think you'll be very disappointed in Atelier Maitre Albert. We dined there in February and 90% of the diners were Americans. Overpriced and disappointing, although the dining room is attractive.

An excellent 1* is Les Magnolias, 48 av. Bry 01 48 72 47 43. It is outside of Paris proper, but you can easily get there with the RER. Do a search on this site for directions and reviews. It is open on Monday evenings. Be sure not to miss the last train back if you go. We caught the last one back the last time we dined there! I also highly recommend Les Fables de la Fontaine, 131 St.Dominque 7th , 01.44.18.37.55. This is owned by Christian Constant and they serve fish only. Cooked!! Excellent and friendly. Cinq Mars 51, rue de Verneuil 7th 01.45.44.69.13 is an excellent bistrot. Very comfortable setting, with excellent food. La Cigale Recamier 7th 01.45.48.86.58 4, rue Recamier on the Sq. Recamier is an excellent, sunny location for lunch. Souflees are their specialty, but they have a varied menu. We loved it there. They are open Monday for lunch. As for Guy Savoy, we had an excellent dinner there a few years ago. Just don't fill up on their bread! They brought a bread cart with every course and it is to tempting and to filling! Enjoy.

We have returned from our time in Paris, which was wonderful, despite the transportation strike the day we arrived. We took Airport Connection into town, which went very smoothly. Very little public transportation was running that day. Our dining was sucessful because of all the help from those of you on this board. Thank you. Lunch at L'Abadache 89, rue Lemercier 17th This was our most disappointing meal. We walked here from the 7th, quite a hike since taxi's were no where to be found and the strike prevented us from using the metro. The 18€ menu wasn't mentioned to us, although I did see the small blackboard with the menu after we ordered. The regular priced meals on a larger blackboard was brought to our table to order from. We decided to just order scallops and risotto, which were very disappointing. We also ordered the Fondant which was excellent. ]Bread wasn't offered to us, quite unusal for Paris. Every table was filled for lunch though. Dinner at Les Fables de la Fontaine 131 St.Dominque 7th Dinner here was just wonderful. Yes, it's a tiny room, but the fish is excellent. Everyone seemed to love their fish, and the French couple seated next to us were quite friendly. They have a son studying in New Orleans and shared their thoughts of the food here with us in English! The black board with the menu was a bit hard for me to understand, but the waiter helped explain some of the choices to me in English. We each ordered soupe d'Etrilles aux croutons dores (crab soup) and also ordered rouget en ecaille de pomme de terre and Croustillants de Langoustine au Basilic, both just excellent, 1 order of fromage de saison and a bottle of Sancerre Lucien Crochet 03. The bill came to 95 Euros. We wanted to lunch at Androuet but found that they no longer serve lunch at any location in Paris. Instead we bought some cheeses to go and enjoyed them on a bench! Dinner at Dominique Bouchet 11, rue Treilhard 8th This is a bit upscale and very attactive dining room. I loved it. Our bottle of wine was 34 € and the 1 Liter of Evian was 4.50€. We drank every drop! I ordered the soup of the day, I have forgotten what it was, chestnut maybe?? with a large slice of black truffle, and the gigot d Agneau. My husband had the foie gras de canard and aiguillette de canette. We also had tea. The bill was 120€. My gigot d Agneau was the highlight of the meal, although everything was excellent. Our one complaint here was the service. Our waiter wanted to pour our wine and water, but didn't attend our table often enough so we would get very low on both. Many people tried to walk in for a table on this Friday evening, but all were turned away. They were fully booked. We had a wine break at Cafe Constant one afternoon. We ordered no food, but the blackboard menu looked very inviting. The tables are so, so close together and very tiny, so it might be a bit uncomfortable eating here. We had lunch in Bercy on Sunday after we shopped at Clignancourt. Shopping here was so much fun! Lunch was galettes at a very busy, large dining room, but they were pretty good. We then did the Paris Walks Pere Lachaise Cemetery walk in the afternoon. It was excellent. Dinner at Cinq Mars 51, rue de Verneuil 7th This bistro is so attractive and inviting. We were the only ones speaking English here, but were warmly welcomed. We had our entrees of salade concombre and avocat crevettes when the table next to ours was seated. The French woman took a look at the avocat crevettes, then walked right up to the plate and stared and stared at it. It was so funny. She was delighted in it and promply ordered one for herself. It was the highlight of our meal here. We also ordered thon grille and espadon with 1 ananas for dessert and a bottle of Fleurie and 1/2 bottle of Evian. The bill was 90.50€ Dinner at Ateleir Maitre Albert 1,rue Maitre Albert 5th This is Guy Savoy bistro, but doesn't live up to his excellence in our opinion. The dining room is very attractive, but also very, very warm. The rotisserie was going at one end, and the fireplace at the other. First thing most of the men did was take off their sweaters or jackets. Service was to fast, and there were many American diners. We ordered 2 Creme de Champignons, a Filet de Bar, Volaille Rotie and a bottle of Chateau Ludeman. The bill came to 106,50 €. It is overpriced for the quality. Although good, it's a bit plain and nothing special. The service is very attentive, just to quick, with no time between courses. Also no artichoke soup was on the menu, which is listed on the menu on the internet. I loved this soup at Guy Savoy, so was disappointed in it not being offered here. Lunch at La Cigale Recamier 4, rue Recamier This is a very attractive, comfortable, somewhat upscale dining room. What a lovely place for lunch, with the sun streaming in the large windows in the front. Most diners were dressed up, enjoying a fancy lunch. We ordered the souflees which were about 16€ apiece for the mains and 8 or 9 € each for dessert souflees. Other items were also on the menu. We each ordered a glass of wine with our lunch. Dinner at Regalade 49, av. J. Moulin 14th We had never dined here before and depite the poor reviews lately, had a wonderful time, with good, although not excellent food. We had reservations at 8 p.m. everywhere we ate, and even though some tables turned, not all did, so having 2 seatings was never a problem for us. 3 tables were American diners, the rest French. The waiters were very rushed, but it didn't disturb us. They did bring me the wrong dessert. I thought it looked delightful, and the French woman next to me told us it was a very good choice. I was about to try it, when they rushed to my table and removed it, giving it to her! We got a good chuckle out of the situation, and my apple tart arrived. Her dessert was better than mine! The bistrot is attractive and comfortable and not expensive. We went to Rouen the next day. I was so looking forward to excellent galettes and cider here. We were disappointed. The galettes were not nearly as good as those we have had in Chartes in the past. Dinner at Le Clos Des Gourmets 16, Ave Rapp 7th Our dinner here was just excellent. The dining room is very charming and bright and inviting. They do have an English menu, and about 3 of the tables were filled with Americans. This did not distract from an excellent meal, and excellent service. It didn't feel touristy at all. The menu was 33€ each and we didn't order anything with a suppliment. My husband ordered pigs head and I ordered salmon. I thought I was settling, when I ordered salmon, but it was the best salmon I have ever had! The macaroon desert, a bit dressed up, was excellent also. Our check was 105 €, including a bottle of wine and 1 cafe, everything was excellent. We complimented the chef when we left. We went to Rambouillet for half a day. The Chateau is being worked on, but they still gave us a tour, for free! It was a private tour, in French, but was delightful. My husband understood most of it and translated for me. The gardens were lovely, we walked around the canals to the cottage, and the day was warming to about 60 degrees F! We wanted a quick pizza before taking the train back to Paris. We found a place that served them and tried to order just 1 to share and a pitcher of wine. They refused us. I couldn't believe it. We had to order 2 or they wouldn't serve us. We said no, we wanted only one, they were quite large. Finally we agreed to buy one to go and brought it to the local park, along with a screw top 1/2 bottle of wine and enjoyed it sitting by the lake. Dinner at L'Ourcine 92, rue Broca Menu here is 28€ with wine and water our bill was 88€. The menu was very, very hard for me to figure out here. Again on a blackboard, with so many words that I had no idea what they were. Usually I can do pretty good, but I was baffled here. Madame came over and helped me out in enough English to help. The writing was "curly" and some letters just didn't look like what they actually were. We both ordered the duck stew which was just excellent. The entree and dessert wasn't as good. The French table next to us ordered much better than we did. I think we were just to confused to order properly here. The bistrot is very, very plain, and the closest metro was closed so we had a longer walk than we had thought. That was no problem though. They were very kind to us here, and we were the only Americans. This was on Wednesday and the weather suddenly turned very warm. It was 22 degrees!! The whole city came outside on this day. The outside tables were filled, the sidewalks jammed, the parks overflowing. What a joy to have bright blue skies, and very warm weather. The week before it had snowed so the whole of Paris was in a joyful mood! We also went to Brasserie Lipp for hot chocolate one evening before dinner. We were frozen through and the break was good. The hot chocolate was nothing like that at Angelinas though! I went looking for the toliets here and wandered upstairs into the dinner hour for the staff. I had a laugh with them as I admired their cheese course! What a way to prepare for the dinner hour. Thanks again for everyone's help here. We had excellent dinners at reasonable prices. Hopefully the dollar will strengthen soon.

Thank you for your suggestion! I've removed La Fontaine des Mars from my list and a couple of others. My new list includes: L'Abadache Les Fables de la Fontaine Dominique Bouchet Cinq Mars Ateleir Maitre Albert L'Ourcine Regleade - since I'm one of the few who haven't dined here yet. I know they have a new chef. A few others on my, wish I had time for list are: La Table Lauriston Au Bon Accuel - but we have dined here before La Cerisaie We have made several reservations so will keep those of course!

Thank you so much for your excellent reviews! I've been waiting. Where was the v fancy place you dined where the men all wore suits and ties, and were out of there in 59 minutes or less?? Still wondering! Thanks for all your help.

Thanks John! I'll keep it open! I did reserve Dominique Bouchet. I happened upon a web site www.reservethebest.com that will reserve from their list of restaurants at no charge to you. Great for those of us with limited French!

Thank you so much for tweaking my list! This has been fun to do, so much research on food! We have been to Paris many times, and finding new restaurants is so much fun! Actually my husband traveled to Paris often for work one year, and I would tag along on occasion discovering this wonderful city on my own. We had to decline an offer to move there for 6 months during that time, which I'll always regret. Okay, my new list: Ze Kitchen Galerie I first thought it'd be to contemperary for my tastes, but why not!! Dominique Bouchet I'll bite, the menu on the web looked excellent, and I love those golden stone walls! L'Ourcine I haven't seen a bad review of it yet! I love your reviews raisab! Thanks for all your great input. You must be with an airline and fly to Paris often. Just my guess, am I correct! Lucky you if so. Ateleir Maitre Albert for Sunday. We've dined at Guy Savoy which was fantastic, (thankfully when the dollar was strong) so would like to try this baby! Le Florimond Many good reviews, hope it holds up. Au Bon Accuel I loved it the first time we ate there, although my husband got sick that night following dinner. Hope it wasn't connected, but it was in his head at least. This was probably 5 years ago and I see it's been redone inside so we'll return and see the changes! Les Fables de la Fontaine or Le Troquet or Fontaine de Mars??? Guess I might have to pull one out of a hat. Which would be best for lunch? I really want to go to l'Abadache so I'll see if it's open for lunch. We're doing 2 days trips, 1 to Rouen so lunch will be crepes and cider there! Why can't I buy French cider here in the U.S.? Or am I just looking at the wrong places?? I know you only live once, but we have a 3 week trip to Italy and Switzerland this summer, so I'd better save a few USD for that one also! Then, there's our daughter's wedding in the fall.... Not a bad year, I have to admit! Thanks again so much.

Thanks so much for your suggestions! We have dined at Au Bon Acceuil in the past, but it was several years ago. Have they changed since then? We did enjoy the dinner, but wanted to try something new. Maison de Jardin and Le Troquet were on my list of possible choices, so I will revist the list. Dominique Bouchet looks very interesting, although it seems it would cost 50€ for 3 courses. Which of my restaurants would be best to remove from our list? We are staying in the 7th, but don't mind traveling for dinner. Thanks again!

We will be returning to Paris for a week in March, and I'm making my final choices for dinner. We want to keep the price reasonable considering the weak dollar. I'd love your input on my choices. l'Abadache L'Ourcine Le Dix Vins Ateleir Maitre Albert Le Florimond Fontaine de Mars Les Fables de la Fontaine Thanks for your help!

Hi Seth, Sorry, I haven't been on the board lately. Planning another trip you know! Our trip to the Loire and Dordogne was great! It was a very quiet time to go, before Easter. We first went to Chartres and had a nice, filling lunch of galettes at Trois Lys Creperie, 3, rue de la Porte Guillaume. We joined the afternoon tour given by Malcon Miller of the cathedral. He had just returned from the U.S. and his mothers funeral. For dinner we just had pizza, but it was excellent, at LaPassacaille Pizza and Italian Restaurant. We drove from Chartres to the Loire. First we visited Blois chateau. At Chambord it was 6 degrees, so cold in the Chateaus, but bright and sunny outside. We next visited Cheverny, and not to many tourists were there. We stayed at Hotel La Roseraie in Chenonceaux which was a nice place to stay. That evening we ate at Le Cheval Blanc in Blere. This is a 1* restaurant and was just excellent. It was totally booked. The menu was 40Euros each. The next morning we visited Chateau Chenonceau. We were the only people touring for the first hour. We used the brand new ipod guided tour they are the first to use. It was great. We went onto Amboise and Le Clos Luce, and the Chateau d'Amboise. Chaumont-sur-Loire was closed until April 2. We drove onto Loches which is a small town which we loved. There is a little tea salon here with a large selection of teas and cakes. The owner has loads of personality. It was a great break. We ate that evening at Hotel La Roseraie restaurant. We heard it was good, but we were disappointed in it. The next morning we went to the Chateau de Langeais which I just loved.They have an outstanding tapestry collection. We went onto Villandry where we visited the gardens but didn't go into the Chateau. What a fantastic place, even in early spring. We at at l'Etape Gourmande, a restaurant at a goat farm here. It was the best experience we had!! http://www.letapegourmande.com will give you the details. I ordered a la carte and it was delightful. The restaurant has several table and is in a stone building.We bought some of their goat cheese to take with us to snack on the next couple of days. On to Usse Castle, Chinon Castle, and spent the night in Chinon at Hotel Diderot. It was a great place to stay, but Chinon was absolutly desserted. Everything was closed, from restaurnats to shops. We had the worst pizza here. This is not a town to stay in off season. We drove to Oradour-sur-Glane on our way to Sarlat. This is the village the Nazi's gathered all 623 town people together, 4 days after D-Day, and machine gunned them in the church and then burned the church. Only 1 woman survived from inside. This is a very moving museum, then you walk through the ruined town, still as it was left. Very moving... We stopped at Collonges-la-Rouge where a few shops were open. It's a beautiful village, then went onto Sarlat. We stayed at Hotel Madeleine, a nice large hotel, but very, very unfriendly staff. We had a very nice 22 Euro dinner at Quatres Saisons. It was a bit upscale, and didn't have the awful tourist menus so many restaurants have here. Many restaurants were still not open for the season yet. This was a problem the whole trip. We visited some Gites the next day to see their locations for future travel and drove to Domme, which was desserted. We found La Esplanade and did eat there that evening. All of your comments were correct. We did stick with the fixed menu the middle one. It was fine food but nothing special. It thinks it's very special which is a turn off. The Fermes Auberges La Colombia on D46 was closed until after Easter as was Le Centenaire Hotel and restaurant. We went inside here to find someone to talk to, but noone appeared and the interior was quite a mess. They were still cleaning up for the opening later in the month. We enjoyed Chateau Beynac so much more than Caselnaud. We went to Font-de-Gaume, a cave with guided tours. Reserve ahead. It is excellent. We also had to get tickets for the English tour at Lacoste II. La Roque St.Christophe is a wonderful Trogladyste site. Well worth the time. We stopped at a very tiny town near here and had an excellent salad sitting at a picnic table along the river with the weeping willow trees all along the banks. Such a special hour. A tiny restaurant was open here, just for take out. Pitchers of wine, salads, and sandwiches were available at Le Dejuner sur L'Herbe. Chateau de Biron was off the beaten path, but was a nice stop, and the town of Monpazier was a quick stop for us. We had little time for Racamadour, but I love to go back for the day on a future trip. Onto St. Emilion where we stayed at Hostellerie de Plaisance. This is a Relais & Chateaux. We had the tiny room for 120Euros. It was wonderful, of course and not so tiny. We had a great lunch at Amelia Canta. I think most of the town was here enjoying lunch! They have inside and outside dining. After lunch we took the excellent tour the TI gives of Trinity Chapel, the Catacombs, underground church etc. It's the highlight in town for me. It was Primeurs Week here, but it was winding down.We ate dinner at L'Envers du Decor and of course had a nice bottle of St.Emilion wine. We took the TGV from Libourne back to Paris. and had dinner again at Les Magnolias. They were thrilled to have us return, and it was again just excellent. They hoped we would return again. We had a wonderful time talking with a French couple at the next table. This was their first dinner here and they too were very impressed. I was impressed with their friendliness towards us during the meal! We peaked in at L'Atelier while in Paris since it was just down from our hotel. It looked like it would be an interesting dining experience. When we arrived the next morning at CDG I found that my name had been removed from the boarding list. They bumped me, not a nice thing to do to someone who had flown 3 round trips to Paris in 3 months. Air France, after a 30 minute search of my record, walked over to the Delta agent and put my husband and I in business class for the return flight. Thank you Air France. In 3 weeks we return to France. We are staying at our very favorite B&B outside of a very tiny village east of Avignon. Restaurants there... the 25Euro 4 hour meal including many courses, and much wine at the B&B itself!!

La Belle Etoile in La Rogue-Gageac doesn't open for the season until April 4 so we won't be able to enjoy dinner there

Thank you so very much for the recommendations. I did make a note earlier about the Fermes Auberges on D46. I hope to go there. We have been in Sarlat before, but just for a few hours. We're thrilled to go back for several days this time. We're going to St. Emilion for 1 night to hop onto the TGV back to Paris from Libourne. Do you have any good dinner recommendations there? I'll post another post for that question. Thanks!

Thanks! No your post isn't a waste of time! How long is the drive from Domme to Sarlat? We are staying in Sarlat so will be driving back there after a late dinner!