Paris Bistros/Bistrots/Restos Open on Sunday

[Schneier]

Benoit is open on Sunday.

We'll be there for lunch in three days

Bruce

[John Talbott]

I just found this old (1997) list, better double check if places still exist:

Le Vieux Bistro

Le Bistrot de Breteuil

Le Grand Colbert

L'Ambassade d'Auvergne

Bofinger

La Petite Cour

L'apparat'

Le Bistrot de Marius

Le Cap Vernet

Flo

Julien

Terminus Nord

Viaduc Cafe

Le Bistrot du Dome

La Cagouille

Vin & Maree

Pere Claude

La Butte Chaillot

Le Pre Catalan

La Grande Cascade

Le Relais du Parc

Zebra Square

Baumann Ternes

[42390]

I had a Sunday dinner on 06 June at Rotisserie Beaujolais. This one is affiliated with la Tour d'Argent so I expected something better than average. However, it was mostly a disappointment.

I had oeufs en meurette to start which was quite good, but the demi canette roti was way overcooked and the tart au fraise was no better than what you get at any below average patisserie. Skip this one if it somehow gets on your list.

la Mediterranee is open on Sundays for dinner. Based on one visit there I would return. Here is link. la mediterranee

[Janice]

I am in Paris for a training course on 6 & 7 of September and will be arriving in time for dinner on the Sunday before. I would hate to miss the opportunity to have a decent meal but I could do with some suggestions on places that would be:

1.) comfortable environments for dining alone - I'm not fussy about this but would rather avoid anything excessively busy or formal

2.) open on a Sunday evening

3.) interesting from a culinary point of view

My hotel is near La Villette but anywhere central would be fine.

Does anyone have any ideas?

I was wondering about Atelier Joel Robuchon but I am slightly detered by some of the negative reviews in this forum.

Many thanks

Janice

[grace3]

I dined on a Sunday evening at the Petit Celadon in the Westminster Hotel.

http://www.warwickwestminsteropera.com/

This is a central location, a lovely hotel and it was a pleasant evening. Take a look at the website and the 2 restaurants, Celadon and Petit Celadon (open on Sunday). They have a lovely bar area for after dinner coffee or whatever.

This is but one suggestion. You will find the hotels...Bristol, Crillon (Les Ambassadeurs), Meurice etc. will be serving on Sunday..........they all have websites.......

[John Talbott]

If you want a place that's consistently good, open on Sundays and very pleasant to eat alone (I do it all the time), I'd recommend Le Reminet, 3, rue des Grands-Degres, essentially on the left bank opp Notre Dame, 01.44.07.04.24. If you want more elegance, I agree with Grace3 that a hotel restaurant works well. I'm not sure how familiar you are with Parisian dining, but in France (as opposed to the US), often the hotels have the best not the worst places. Right now, I'm a bit tired of Celadon.

[Janice]

Thanks very much.

I will investigate the hotels although Le Reminet sounds like it might be perfect.

[nanuq]

Thanks John for the Le Reminet recommendation. My husband and I ate there Sunday night, it was great. I looked for someone who could be Janice, thoroughly confusing an American lady dining on her own in the process

I'll post later in the week on the other great meals we had.

Tracey

[John Talbott]

I'll post later in the week on the other great meals we had.

We'll look forward to your report.

[Laidback]

Janice,

you have been given 2 terrific suggestions but they are very different in substance. The Bristol, Meurice, etc. are marvels of dressy, sophisticated dining in lovely settings with concomitant pricing. Le Reminet is tiny, casual, very affordable and excellent value. Forget about l'Atelier de Robuchon unless standing in line and paying exorbitant prices for tiny bits of wonderful food served at the bar(no table seating) rings your particular bell.

[Janice]

For reference, I went to Le Reminet and had a thoroughly enjoyable meal and although a colleague ended up joining me, I would have been very happy to dine alone there.

It's great spot, especially for tourists because of it's proximity to Notre Dame and the Sunday opening factor.

[cigalechanta]

WAAAaaa!! I missed out. The Reminet was closed for two weeks when I was there.

You also have choices of some good Brasseries.

[tjdnewyork]

Went to Le Reminet. Decent food, nice place, etc. but I think I would have found more French people at Balthazar (New York) than I did at Le Reminet. It was packed completely with Americans or other English speakers at 10:30 on a Sunday night. Nothing against Americans (I'm one) but the point of going to Paris for me is to see where the Parisians go. Too bad.

[Barbara Moss]

the night we dined at Le Reminet it was a mix of French and Americans. You have to expect to see Americans in an area surrounding the 6th. It is, after all, a tourist area. The food was lovely and considering the difficulties of a Sunday night in Paris I thought it was great.

[OAKGLEN]

Our consistently reliable choice on Sunday is the fish specialist, Goumard. Never seen another American here; this restaurant is not a favorite of the English web sites, for reasons I don't know. Try it; for a Michelin one star, the prices are not that bad and the crab soup and Dover sole are superb.

[Felice]

It was packed completely with Americans or other English speakers at 10:30 on a Sunday night.  Nothing against Americans (I'm one) but the point of going to Paris for me is to see where the Parisians go.  Too bad.

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I would imagine that Sunday night would not be the most popular night for dining out for locals, which might explain why you were surrounded by other non-French speakers. And I agree with Barbara, if you're eating in a pretty touristy area like the 5th or the 6th, you're going to find a lot of non-French speakers in most restaurants. You'll have to go to the outer arrondissements or more residential areas if you want to see where the Parisians go.

[John Talbott]

Went to Le Reminet.  Decent food, nice place, etc. but I think I would have found more French people at Balthazar (New York) than I did at Le Reminet.  It was packed completely with Americans or other English speakers at 10:30 on a Sunday night.  Nothing against Americans (I'm one) but the point of going to Paris for me is to see where the Parisians go.  Too bad.

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Since I am one of those who touts Le Reminet for Sunday eating, I'm a bit defensive and just want to restate that I eat 99% of my "out" meals at lunch and I can assure you that there are only a scattering of non-French folks (more often Asian than Anglophonic) at that time if that's what one desires. That said, I must admit that when I first saw their menu with English translations in the window (a few years after it opened) I was sure it would now be 100% tourists (that's us folks) but no, that's not true at noon. If you want 100% francophone Sunday dinners, I'd suggest neighborhood places in the far reaches of the distant quartiers (eg the 18th, 19th and 20th). But that's for another thread.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Went to Le Reminet.  Decent food, nice place, etc. but I think I would have found more French people at Balthazar (New York) than I did at Le Reminet.  It was packed completely with Americans or other English speakers at 10:30 on a Sunday night.  Nothing against Americans (I'm one) but the point of going to Paris for me is to see where the Parisians go.  Too bad.

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I couldn't agree more with your hope to find the typical local bistrot. I guess you missed my previous post on Le Reminet. On our visit, I didn't discern a single American-English table, since it appeared to be "Brit night". The noise level was horrendous, or what I might expect at a hip bistro in my home town. The chef noticed our discomfort and clued us in that we should request a table 'sous-sol' where locals dined. You might try it next time. This is a good little address, and one that locals are trying to hang on to. Good luck.

[John Talbott]

For those of us who loved Le Reminet, I have bad, sad news: an eGullet Society member (who would have posted this herself save her trouble logging on) phoned last night to inform me that Hugues Gournay has sold it, after ten years of hard work and it would be a totally different place hence.

[hughw]

Any reports on Reminet under the new owners? I'm arriving in Paris in February on a Sunday and the casual bistros that are open is fairly limited. Would Petit Pontoise be a better bet? Any other thoughts for a bistro at less than 50 euro?

[John Talbott]

Any reports on Reminet under the new owners? I'm arriving in Paris in February on a Sunday and the casual bistros that are open is fairly limited. Would Petit Pontoise be a better bet? Any other thoughts for a bistro at less than 50 euro?

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Better would be the Repaire de Cartouche; never had an off meal there as I have at Petit Pontoise. No one has reported on eG or the French press about Reminet.

[hughw]

Repaire de Cartouche sounds good, but Michelin shows it closed on Sundays. I know a brasserie is the usual solution to a Sunday evening, but we'll be going to one after the opera on Tuesday -- so a casual neighborhood bistro for our first evening (Sunday) is what we're looking for.

[John Talbott]

Repaire de Cartouche sounds good, but Michelin shows it closed on Sundays.  I know a brasserie is the usual solution to a Sunday evening, but we'll be going to one after the opera on Tuesday -- so a casual neighborhood bistro for our first evening (Sunday) is what we're looking for.

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Whoops, clearly I wasn't paying attention to the day. You and Michelin are correct. If you don't want a brasserie, then I'd suggest l'Equitable or Mon Vieil Ami. Edited January 7, 2007 by John Talbott (log)

[Laidback]

I read on another forum recently that Mon Vieil Ami is now closed.

[John Talbott]

Any reports on Reminet under the new owners?

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Le Reminet’s new team has finally taken over and it’s been reviewed in this week’s Figaroscope where Emmanuel Rubin gave it only one heart, stating that it’s gone from “bistronomique” to touristy, saying it is not ”totally bad” and giving the price as 50-60 € with a 50 € menu at dinner (that’s a sizeable increase).