Charles DeGaulle Airport

[docsconz]

I will unfortunately have a four hour layover at Charles DeGaulle on my way to Barcelona. Is there any decent food there? Will this layover leave me enough time to eat?

[Gifted Gourmet]

CDG .. lots of security lines and other things but there is a description here of the eating options:

Dining / Charles de Gaulle offers almost as wide a variety of dining possibilities as the city it serves. Restaurants range from fast-food joints, located on the ground floor of terminal 1 or at the departure level of terminal 2, up to a real gastronomical experience at Les Etoiles restaurant at the boat-shaped Sheraton Hotel (also designed by Paul Andreu). Here, for $50-$60, you can enjoy crayfish and sweetbreads in an herb sauce, then tuck into roast lamb, and finish with a dish of roast figs with licorice ice cream. This is the choice for fine dining at de Gaulle.

If less fancy will do, terminal 1 travelers should go to La Terrasse on the 11th floor, where for $20-$30 you can sample good French food and have a view over the runways. For those in terminal 2, Maxim's bar is a spinoff of the Paris landmark that serves enticing salads. The Brasserie FLO is another Paris trademark that's nice to experience one last time before takeoff. It offers a respect-able sample of French brasserie food, including fresh fish and seafood and regional French dishes.

Hemispheres Magazine (undoubtedly very biased!) All depends upon which terminal you are flying to/from .. separate buildings make up CDG ...

[Behemoth]

I will unfortunately have a four hour layover at Charles DeGaulle on my way to Barcelona. Is there any decent food there? Will this layover leave me enough time to eat?

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It will take about four hours to find your gate in that hell-hole.

[lizard]

I will unfortunately have a four hour layover at Charles DeGaulle on my way to Barcelona. Is there any decent food there? Will this layover leave me enough time to eat?

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That's too funny! We'll be in the same situation en route to Madrid in three weeks. I was just going to post something similar, but came across your post first.

DH & I spent a night in the "cocoons" in Terminal 1 about 5 years back, and it seems food selection really depends on the time of day. When we were there (late evening), our choices we limited to a smoky bar or Monsieur McDonald.

La Terrasse sounds like a decent choice, non?

If not, maybe you can have a Royale with Cheese with this guy. He lives just across the way:

The Real Story behind "The Terminal"

PS: Any notable restaurant plans for Barcelona?

[Bux]

. . . . Hemispheres Magazine (undoubtedly very biased!)  ...

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Here's what John Talbott had to offer last December. You can follow the link back to the earlier thread, but it veers off quickly.

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OK, here's the deal; I've researched it a lot over the years and you either eat in town (35-40 min) or at the Sheraton where there's a branch of the Brasserie Flo open 7/7 lunch and dinner (but I had a disappointing meal two years ago, even tho I ordered defensively) or their top resto - Les Etoiles which is much but not incredibly much better; it's closed weekends but that doesn't apply to you.  There are towns (eg Roissy) around but I've scouted around to find a place without success.  Indeed between Paris and Beauvais & Amiens things are pretty slim.  About hotels in France, they're not like elsewhere, often the best restos in France are in hotels, Paris being the prime example - Crillion, Cinq, Bristol, etc etc, so that's not the issue. . . .

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[Schneier]

The good restaurant is in the Sheraton hotel, at the airport.

[docsconz]

Apparently we arrive at Terminal 2C and depart from 2F.

Lizard, I won't actually be spending any time in Barcelona on this trip. We head straight up to Roses for a visit at El Bulli.

[jackal10]

No there is no decent food at the airport. Good duty free shopping though.

It will take most of your time to find your way.

For those that remember Pauline Reage's novel, it always amuses me the airport is at Roissy.

[DCMark]

I remember having a great meal at Maxim's there in the late 1980s. I suppose that is long gone?

[John Talbott]

I remember having a great meal at Maxim's there in the late 1980s.  I suppose that is long gone?

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It's still there, at least it was when last I was in Term 2.