Seine dinner cruise?

How good is the food on the Seine dinner cruises? Would we be better off having dinner at a restaurant and take a narrated cruise instead? The dinner cruise prices seem very steep for what could possibly be terrible food and wine. Any suggestions for restaurants close to the cruise? I was concidering Brasserie Zimmer. Can you start the cruise close to Notre Dame or do they all start at the Eiffle Tower? We will be there in June, how cool will it be at night?

Thanks for the advice.

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There are several Seine dinner cruises; wherever you purchase the tickets, ask questions, choose wisely. You don%26#39;t need to purchase prior to your arrival in France. Tickets for the boat trips are sold at many locations and easy to obtain. I don%26#39;t remember the name of the cruise, but we purchased our tickets at a location on the Champs Elysee, close to the Arch of Triomphe. The one we went on was excellent. The boat was beautiful and the dinner %26amp; wine excellent. There was a live band and dancing. A photographer was also on board for the purchase of photos if you like. They have the casual boat rides (that was fine too if you just want to see the sights) and the elegant ones. We were there last May. Mornings were very cool (50 degrees at most / turtleneck), afternoons warm (70-75 degrees / turtleneck was way too hot), evenings comfortable anywhere from 60-70). What was great was that it was light well into the late evenings (10 pm). Hope that helps.

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Thanks CQ that helps alot, I just had not read any reviews on the actual dinner, wine and service. Nice to know about the music and dancing as well, could be very romantic (it is our 15th wedding anniversary trip). Anyone know the name of the company perhaps?

Cheers

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Maybe

bateauxparisiens.com/OLD-SITE/…

Am looking for dinner cruises myself, missed this post in my search.

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There is one very close to Brasserie Zimmer, the Vedettes du pont neuf (vedettesdupontneuf.com). You could easily walk there from the Zimmer. It%26#39;s at the tip of the Ile de la Cite.

There is one really good dinner cruise, the Yachts de Paris, but it is very very expensive.

Les

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Thanks Les.

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No one in their right mind takes one of these dinner cruises expecting %26#39;..great food..%26#39;. There are two schools of thought on Seine Dinner Cruises:

The first is the %26#39;..smart money...%26#39;---that you have dinner at a better or less expensive restaurant ashore and then take a regular 1 hour Seine sightsseing cruise later.

The second is the %26#39;..go for the experience..%26#39;---that even indifferent champagnes and wines and okay-to-good food tastes infinitely better when the view over the rim of your flute is the illuminated facade of Notre Dame, Palais du Louvre or a %26#39;twinkling%26#39; Eiffel Tower slipping past your line-of-sight.

We%26#39;ve fall into the latter category on a couple of occasions (and probably will again on some future trip). The %26#39;..experiences..%26#39; have been fun. %26#39;..Touristy..%26#39;?? Certainly....but then so is going to the top of the Eiffel Tower, visiting Notre Damem Sainte-Chapelle, viewing the %26#39;Big Three%26#39; at the Louvre or the Impressionists at the d%26#39;Orsay.

Perhaps the best (relatively speaking) food served by any of the Seine dinner cruise operators is that aboard the YACHTS de PARIS boats...which will also be the most expensive of all of the various dinner cruises. Beyond this, the food on any of the rest will most likely be equally %26#39;..good..%26#39; from operator to operator.

www.bateaux-mouches.fr/English_index.htm

http://www.bateauxparisiens.com/english/main.htm\

http://www.vedettesdeparis.com/

www.yachtsdeparis.com/cruise,on,the,seine.php

http://www.marinadeparis.com/va/index.htm

http://www.parisseine.com/index.html

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Is Brasserie Zimmer good? We were also considering the dinner cruise, but with only two nights in Paris, I am skeptical about the food and don%26#39;t want to be disappointed. I was hoping to find a nice restaurant near to where we would get the boat - have dinner first and then do a later cruise.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Donna

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