Halal restaurant in Central Paris / General recommendations

[JapFreak786]

Looking for some advice please. I'm in Paris during September as a mini-break away with the wife (wedding is on the 30th August) and would like to know if there are any restuarnts within the area that are halal and a nice setting as it will be the first trip abroad. Ideally a venue with a good view/roof top. Leaning towards booking a table on the Eiffel Tower itself right now.

If not a halal venue, then a restaurant that does good vegetarian food or fish which is again a suitable venue. I've checked Trip Advisor etc but wanted to post here too.

We're staying in central Paris not far from the Eiffel Tower, I've eaten at Pasco before which was nice, their desserts were amazing!

I know I can travel north of the city where there are a number of halal venues however they seem more like take away shops than an eat in.

I do intend on stopping off at Laurdree on the Champs Elysees for some afternoon tea on one of the days too.

Thanks

[trunnie]

Hi, Although the website doesn't mention that it is halal, a quick check on a Muslim in Paris website suggested that this great Moroccan restaurant, just off the tourist sights (traps) on the Champs is halal. The website is here if you wan't to check with the restaurant.

http://www.restaurant-marrakech.eu/

For a terrace with a view, the non-halal Lebanese on the roof of the Institut du Monde Arab can't be beaten, but the service is slow and apparently according to the restaurant reviews, the food only so so. The tea is good though, so you may want to go there for the afternoon tea, rather than to eat lunch or dinner. They start closing up for tea somewhat before the 6pm suggested here, but are in no rush to get rid of you.
http://www.imarabe.org/preparer-ma-visite/restaura...

My excellent local Moroccan is halal, but as I live in a suburb, it's not much use to you. You should have little problem finding halal in Paris without going out to the sticks. One thing if you decide to go to a halal Indian restaurant here, they drop the spice level to French standards - i.e. virtually no heat at all.

La Duree near the Madeleine is a little less crowded than the Champs.

[JapFreak786]

Thank you, just the sort of information I was after

On a side note, worth getting advance tickets for the Lourve? I've been to Paris 4 times but never gone to the Lourve. Googling suggests using a side entrance and not the main one to get into the museum, and not buying tickets in advance

[trunnie]

I can't say, we get annual season tickets throught the company here that get us access through a side entrance reserved for them (Amis du Louvre) at a cost less than twice the price of a single ticket. The problem isn't so much buying tickets, but the queue to get in and past security.

Basically, there are two public entrances, above ground through the Pyramid, or subterranean from the Metro, both have queues when it's busy, but if it's sunny, for the underground one as the sun can be hot out by the Pyramid.

[trunnie]

And I just re-read your post. If Vegetarian is an option, then the Tibetan Vegetarian restaurant at Pema Thang
13 Rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève
75005 Paris

May be interesting. It's a bit unusual inside, like being in a Tibetan tea house.

[JapFreak786]

Trunnie, thanks again for your help. Wasn't able to check out the recommendations you gave me but did use the entrance to the Lourve from the shopping centre which was tiny compared to the one outside!

Paris was amazing as usual, did plenty of walking, over 10 miles a day. We ended up going to the halal kebab shops near Notre Dame on two days. Once when we went to Notre Dame and second on our journey to the airport as we had to do a swap over on the trains there.
My only regret to an extent is not using the metro more, but at the same time we stayed at the Pullman Tour Eiffel and did enjoy the walking around.