Paris Restaurants with One Year Old

[BDWiener]

Hello All-

My wife and I are taking our son to Paris in May for 10 days. He'll be 14 months old at the time of our visit.

We already have a few dinner reservations (Grand Vefour, Seize au Seize, Meurice) that we know we'll need a babysitter for.

How about lunch? Will we get the stinkeye from waiters or other patrons if we try and bring Henry (our son) anywhere except a chain restaurant or tourist trap for lunch? My wife and I don't want to compromise too much on our dining standards. But we don't want to make a contribution of our own to worsening Franco-American relations.

Overall comments on the etiquette of dining with a small child are appreciated. As are suggestions of good, baby friendly restaurants that we could visit.

I assure you that Henry is very well behaved for a one year old. He only throws every third piece of food we try and stick in his mouth.

Thanks,

Ben

[John Talbott]

See my reply in Paris Gastronomie.

I've had kids/grandkids 3-6 months, 2-3 years and older.

If half the food still goes on the floor, Vietnamese, Flo-chain brasseries, Italian and the like might be better. On the other hand, I like it that you don't want to compromise your level of pleasure. Back when we used to stay in hotels, I found that the hotel staff usually knew of nearby places that were used to kids.

One thing that's great is that you'll be presented stuff (usually finger-food, eg salami) for the kid that isn't on the menu.