You are visiting Paris for Christmas? Good Idea! Christmas in Paris is certainly one of the best periods to visit the French Capital thanks to its Christmas lights, its decorated windows, its markets and mainly its gourmet restaurants where you can have a wonderful Christmas dinner.
We have selected for you a list of restaurants or brasseries where you can have an authentic Christmas Eve dinner in Paris . You can have a reservation for Dec.24 or Dec. 25.
Typical French Brasseries
Le Bofinger
Le Bofinger is a very famous Brasserie with a historic glass canopy that makes the restaurant a listed building.
The specialties are Alsatian dishes and seafood.
It’s one of the best places to have a family meal. Of course, the Christmas menu can be a little bit expensive (€135) but it will be unforgettable.
5-7 Rue de la Bastille, 75004 Paris – Mo Bastille
Xmas Paris Dinner Cruise Or Lunch Cruises
Have an unique experience with a Christmas Eve dinner in Cruise by Capitaine Fracasse or a unique lunch You will have a fine gourmet meal and enjoy an exceptional scenery among Paris Christmas lights.
One of the best choices for a Gourmet Xmas Eve Dinner in Family.
Price for dinner : from €185
>>book your Capitaine Fracasse dinner cruise
The most appreciated company for a gourmet dinner is certainly the Bateaux-Parisiens.
>> book with Bateaux-Parisiens
You can also opt for a lunch on December 25th
Price for lunch:€125 (about US$ 125 )
La Crémaillère 1900
This typical brasserie very know in Paris, opened about 1900 in Montmartre . You can find traditional French dishes in a typical Parisian atmosphere. Located in the picturesque place du Tertre, this restaurant attracts many tourists, but also some Parisians who appreciate the Belle-Epoque interior and the lively ambiance.
Price : €90
Madame Brasserie Lunch at the Tour Eiffel
This is the restaurant at the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower. It is a brasserie with good traditional French food. the menu est designed by a famous French starred chef.
The view is wonderful and the staff is very friendly.
1, Tour Eiffel, Champ de Mars, 75007 Paris – Mo Bir Hakeim
Price : € 111
Le Terminus Nord (Sold out)
This famous Parisian brasserie, very appreciated by travelers organize special Christmas .
Eve dinner, in the heart of Paris, very closed to the Gare du Nord Train station. Foie-Gras, Champagne, the restaurant proposes a genuine festive menu .
2 services are possible : the first service at 7pm , the second one at 10.30 pm
Price : €85
Le Train Bleu
Dining at the Train Bleu is an experience that every real Parisian has to live at least one time in his life.
Housed in a former train wagon it is known a listed building. The specialties are the gigot and the sweetbread.
For Christmas, there will be a special menu. Price about 120€
1st Floor, Gare de Lyon, Place Louis Armand, 75012 Paris – Mo Gare de Lyon
More affordable restaurants and Brasseries For Christmas in Paris
Bouillon Chartier
Bouillon Chartier is an institution in Paris! Since 1896 the aim of the owner is to serve good and traditional dishes without breaking the bank.
It is known a very great brasserie with waiters in traditional clothes, the owners have changed but the aim has not changed. The restaurant is often busy and it is impossible to book in advance. So you will have to be patient but ones inside the staff is efficient. Price about 30€ for Xmas
7 Rue du Faubourg Montmartre 75009 Paris – Mo Grand Boulevard
Upper scale and sightseeing restaurants
Christmas Eve Dinner Show at Moulin Rouge
You can celebrate Christmas at this very famous cabaret. For tDec. 24, the Moulin Rouge proposes a gourmet dinner followed by its famous show “féérie”.
Price : €280
>>More about Moulin Rouge Xmas Dinner & Show
Christmas Eve Dinner Show at the Paradis Latin
The Pardis Latin is a high-class cabaret located in the Latin Quarter very appreciated by tourists and Parisians.
For Christmas, the Paradis Latin offers an amazing Eve dinner and Show.
>> More about the Xmas dinner & Show
>> Book now your Hotel in Paris for Christmas & save money
Les Ombres
This restaurant located at the rooftop of the Musée du Quai Branly offers a beautiful view of the Eiffel Tower.
It is also a refined gourmet restaurant with good French food.
27, Quai Branly, 75007 Paris, France- – Mo Bir Hakeim or Pont de l’Alma
Xmas Paris Dinner Cruise
One good way to have a French Xmas dinner and a beautiful view on Paris is also to book a river dinner cruise. Many companies have special offers for Dec.24.
You can find a selection Xmas Dinner cruises there
Le Violon d’Ingres
The Violon d’Ingres is a gourmet restaurant where you can have an unforgettable Christmas dinner and it certainly is one of the best value thanks to its chief Christian Constant. Price for Xmas dinner about 150€
135 Rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris – Mo Pont de l’Alma or Ecole Militaire
Le Jules Verne
Located on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower, the gourmet Restaurant offers you a wonderful view and an unforgettable Xmas dinner
1, Tour Eiffel, Champ de Mars, 75007 Paris – Mo Bir Hakeim
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