Paris at the First Lodges - Ducasse sur Seine dinner cruise

Plats excellents. Personnel à l'écoute, attentif. Les plats sont raffinés et les quantités petites. Belle présentation. Belle carte de vins.

It was a very rainy day and a dark and rainy night in Paris. In spite of the rain and the high river flow, we departed on time. That is the good news! The dining areas on the boat had no warmth or pleasant ambience. A bit like an expensive cafeteria. Service was perfunctory, at best. There didn't seem to be any leadership in the "front" of the restaurant. We certainly felt more like customers than guests. Food was not worth the price, even when considering the extra costs associated with a river cruise. During our 16 days in France, we ate lunch and dinner at many nice restaurants in Paris, Lyon, Chateauneuf du Pape, and Avignon, some Michelin starred and some not. Several quite expensive. This was the only restaurant where we felt like we wasted our money, paying a lot for average food and substandard service. The toilets ran out of towels in the sink area well before the dessert course. They were never resupplied even after staff was informed. Throughout the trip, there truly was little or no effort made to make the cruise a pleasant dining experience. In spite of the rain, Paris is always lovely and beautiful and the views were still nice out the windows. Because it was raining so hard, we asked the restaurant to call us a taxi or other car so we didn't have to walk back to our hotel through the street flooding. We made this request bout 20 minutes in advance of our expected arrival back at the dock. At the completion of dinner, no taxis were available, perhaps because of the high demand for taxis due to rain or perhaps because they never bothered to call anyone. Given their remote dock location and the expected needs of their "guests", you would think that the restaurant would have relationships with drivers and taxi companies that would be responsive to their needs. Eventually, one of the wait staff was kind enough to walk up the stairs to the avenue above, stand in the pouring rain, and hail a taxi. Bless her! We finally got out of the restaurant about 30 minutes after the completion of our meal. Save your money and don't go on this dinner cruise. There are hundreds and hundreds of better, and less expensive, dining experiences in Paris.

We made a reservation well in advance for a dinner (menu) COM tour by the River Senna. On the day of dinner, 30 minutes before the tour we received an email from the restaurant informing that it would not be possible to carry out the navigation through the Senna River. So, we asked if it would be possible to cancel, so they informed that NO, but that I could remarket for future dates (well distant). By our will we would have canceled... Then, without any other option, we held dinner with the boat PARADA. Unfortunately no “PLUS” was provided for this situation, but finally... We enjoy the evening and appreciate the menu chosen by us. The menu was excellent, the care of Vaiana was great, but we infallibly paid for an experience that we could not take advantage of, which was the dinner sailing the Senna River. That was the reason for my note.