GET Your Paris Restaurant Guide 👉 https://bit.ly/4jLQbmQ
RECOMMENDED THINGS TO DO in PARIS
👉 https://bit.ly/RecommendedParisGuidedTours
👉 https://bit.ly/RecommendedParisViatorActivities
👉 https://bit.ly/RecommendedGetYourGuideActivities
👉 https://bit.ly/RecommendedClassesWorkshops
RECOMMENDED DAY TRIPS
👉 https://bit.ly/RecommendedParisDayTrips
👉 https://bit.ly/VIPDayTripToChampagneFromParis
👉 https://bit.ly/PrivateNormandyToursFromParis
👉 https://bit.ly/VIPDayTripsFromParis
PARIS AIRPORT TRANSFERS
👉 https://bit.ly/RecommendedParisAirportTransfers
GET YOUR ANTI-THEFT TRAVEL GEAR
👉 https://geni.us/AntiTheftTravelGear
==== OTHER WAYS TO CONNECT WITH LES FRENCHIES ====
https://www.instagram.com/lesfrenchiestravel
JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP
https://www.facebook.com/Les-Frenchies-Travel-101008388957696l
For Business Inquiries: lesfrenchiestravel@gmail.com
As you can imagine, we’re on the go most of the time. So it may take us a little bit of time to get back to you and respond. Just be patient, we’re doing our best to get back to everybody 😁
#lesfrenchiestravel
==== DISCLAIMERS ====
⚖️ All clips are used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). Almost all, if not 100% of the clips are sourced via an active royalty-free license agreement with Storyblocks. (https://www.storyblocks.com/)
In compliance with the FTC guidelines, please understand the following about some of the links in the description :
📌 A few links on our channel’s description are affiliate links from which we receive a small commission from sales of certain items, but the price is the same for you.
📌 If we post an affiliate link to a product or service, it is something that we personally use, support, and would recommend even without an affiliate link.
📌 Our first priority is always providing valuable information and resources to help you create positive experiences during your visit to France, and we will only ever link to products or resources (affiliate or otherwise) that fit within this purpose.
📌 We do not accept money from vendors to showcase their products or services. Oftentimes, we pay for them out of pocket.
📌 Finally, the small commission we earn helps us create more videos like the one you watched.
© 2024 Les Frenchies Travel. All rights reserved.
45 Comments
The restaurants in Paris ripped us off (or, at least attempted to), more than any third world country that we have visited. The wait staff in other countries were always kind, and helpful, and appreciated the attempt to order in the native language. Only in France did we feel targeted for meal scams in every single place we went. Even the 'non touristy places" were scamming us. Yes, behaviors matter, and we follow them (my daughter lives in Paris) but as soon as they hear my Tennessee accent, we are scam targets by waiters all over Paris….there is no way to change this. Just prepare to be scammed and treated like an uninvited house guest.
I am going to Paris in 45 days. Does anyone have tips where to convert dollars to euros? Also a good estimate of how much to covert for a 5 day stay. Hotel and round trip aifare are already covered. Thanks Y'all ❤
How safe is to have a picnic in front of the Eiffel Tower? Once I saw a video with mouses
at nightin the picnic area. 😢Great video 👌
You can use the same rules in Portugal.
Bonjour! I think I've caught up with all the videos and I haven't seen too much on vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Paris. Is this something you would consider doing a video on? Merci!
I love your scarf!
If I told the average Parisian….When you're in the USA,…It is mandatory,… you make eye contact with the host and say 'Good morning/afternoon Sir/Madam' before saying anything else…..How would they respond?
Brilliant advice because these things we learned the hard way although we sort of knew but forgot- they are not forgiving even though you try to make amends – so for that – not visiting anytime soon. I go on vacation to relax- not to be be rudely treated ( yes I was treated such ) by “ going by the rules”.
Correction- rudely treated by NOT going by the rules
When I was in Paris, our AirBnB host told us to say bonjour when we entered any store or restaurant. Then they will know by our terrible accents that we don’t speak French and they will speak to us in English. Also to ask for a carafe d’eau.
Where is my Kilt Pin? You don't like when I am busy with Scottish Legends. Do you want me to get busy with Space Nuki Hazelnuts? Very Nuki, Nuki Hazelnuts… Get me my kilt pin. I will wait until Tuesday, after that count just 6 months before getting Nutty and Radiant taste of Hazelnuts from Space! Remember sir Robert the Bruce!
"No substitutions!" Chef Didier in the Last Holiday
Lol…I just Saw René Artois at the end off the video…that waiter with the mustach… 😂
I have some dear friends who are originally from Liverpool but have been living in California for the last decade plus. Recently, they visited their family back in the UK. Upon their return, Debs remarked, "My God! I realized we've become completely American!" because they were both wanting to make modification to the dishes they were ordering at restaurants. 🙂
Any society that rips off diners should be avoided. If you want to be disrespected, enjoy.
Thank you; very helpful. Luckily I did everything right my last 2 trips to Paris. 😊
Good advice, but I'd be a little bit wary of the 'chalkboard' menu outside as a guarantee of quality. A lot of touristy restaurants use this because it looks fresh and local but in fact they never, ever change what's on it and it may not even be chalk but a permanent white marker
Even in the US, practically all sit-down restaurants that offer counter service to go will not allow you to sit at the tables. It’s two separate entities within the same operation.
2:07 When I visited Milan, this happened: at Ristorante Papà Francesco, someone was out front trying to pull customers in. Once I was inside, I noticed most of the customers were speaking English.
Bonjour Antoine and Colleen Amusing and helpful. Way to start my Saturday morning 😊
Good saterday afternoon.
Thank you both for sharing.
"Six Euros! Six balles sans politesse!" OMG, that's awesome!
On both our trips to Paris in 2007 and 2023, we made sure to avoid the tourist traps. There was this one place on rue de Lille near rue des Saints-Pères, I think it was La Calèche, but I'm not sure. We were hungry, the place had just opened for dinner service and my wife, who wasn't feeling well, ordered the salmon cause it was light. It was a lso very delicious, but she couldn't finish it. The waiter picked up our dishes, and a couple of minutes later, the chef came over to see us to find out if there was anything wrong with the salmon because my wife barely touched it. She explained that it was very good, but she wasn't feeling well. He came back with a little digestif and told her "Prenez ça, madame, ça va vous aider à vous sentir mieux.". Another place, Chez Rafaello, which is now closed, was on Avenue du Maine near our hotel. That was also in 2007. The first time we went, we were talking and the server came and asked us if we're from Canada. So I said yes, we're from Montreal. She came back and introduced us to one of the owners who was from Laval, just across the rivière des Prairies from Montreal. At the end of our meal, he came and gave both of us a digestif on the house. The other times we returned, we got the same treatment.
We plan to go back for maybe 3-4 days at the end of our Normandy/Hauts-de-France trip next year and just walk around and finding some other hidden gems like that. Hope to see you, Colleen and Antoine while we're there. Salut!
I’ve been married to a French guy forever & so, we’ve been going back & forth, forever. Everything you say is spot on. My advice to those unfamiliar with France’s food culture: Don’t assume anything you believe about ordering in a French restaurant to apply to what you know in the U.S. Apart from allergies, they will be offended, & rightly so. II you say “hold the onions, no garlic, etc.,” they’ll react badly. Being a chef is a highly respected profession in France & they spend time developing their recipes. Don’t ever assume you can tweak them to your personal taste.
Not saying Bonjour is like saying : "Yo, beer now !" which guarantees great service worldwide.
Ok, it’s official… You’re my official ‘How to prepare for my first trip to Paris, Coach! Love your videos!
Rounding up to €25 on a bill that totalled €22.50 is paying a 10% service charge.
I nor anyone I know in France would ever leave an additional 10% tip in a restaurant in France.
Love these informative videos!❤
I agree with most of your suggestions but think you guys give way too much importance on how not to offend the servers / restaurant…in my experience I’ve found that many servers in Paris can be rude to you for no reason.
Thank you for sharing great ways about eating there in Paris. So nice!😊
the fake flower places just make me angry, I have one such as part of my building, on the corner of the street… the very one you show actually… I don't know if they are any good, they are expensive and I boycott them for turning that street corner into a circulation problem because of all the tourists rubbernecking and taking pictures
the "casual" area of the train bleu, that would be the brasserie at ground level under the train bleu proper, right?
LaCoupole! One of my favorites. ❤
and you"re right, it's rather hard to get a change in menu, or in dish recipe… which is why a picky eater like me will often avoid very good places, because everything they offer has a this or that I don't like, and you'd have to, like, know the chef and staff personally to make that kind of specific order, so it's much easier to find a place where I can get something I won't dislike, even if I'm missing something.
What I found… the plat du jour is the way to go. Need to get yourself sorted out. When the waiter comes to you…he will have a pencil in one hand and a pad in the other. Be ready and rehearsed.. No questions or hemming or hawing.
So, is ok and honest for the french to charge more of what they supposed just because someone didn't say "bonjour" ?? Sorry, that's nasty here and china. In México we say "hola bienvenidos" to the tourist because we want people to feel welcomed to our country
This was very informative!
If someone is charging you a fee for not knowing their archaic formalities, you are not the disrespectful one.
LOVE your videos!
Agree 100% with your tips on identifying a great restaurant. Give us a café with a limited selection of the standards and two or three specials on the board and we're happy.
I don't understand about the Formulair lunch. How do you make sure you pick only parts that are included?
merci beaucoup les Frenchies!
Americans just need to remember the infamous Seinfeld "soup nazi" episode – if you follow the simple rules it will be worth your while! 😂
You visit the US and bring your bad habits. In fact, you all love the US so much you use our YouTube
11:17 also in Deutschland ist es ne reine, steuerliche Geschichte. Wenn du sitzt und vor Ort ist, sind es 19 % und wenn du was mitnimmst und unterwegs ißt, Sind es 7 %. Es kann sein, dass der lokal noch ordentlich was draufhauen.