Degres de Notre Dame: "Don't Miss Couscous while in Paris!" Top 5 Page for this destination Paris Restaurant Tip by BeatChick

HOTEL LES DEGRES DE NOTRE DAME
10 RUE DES GRANDS DEGRES

Situated on the picturesque Square Restif de la Bretonne (rue de la Bûcherie meanders from this street to Shakespeare & Co.), you'll want to feast on the terrasse on piquantly spicy, tasty couscous. The current trend in Paris tends towards North African cuisine and this very inexpensive couscouserie is great place to try it. Couscous is a grainy pasta served on a platter accompanied by a huge tureen with broth & veggies (potatoes, carrots, turnips) along with a spicy sauce with choice of meat (merguez sausage, chicken, lamb). The owner, Monsieur Tahir, is Algerian so the cuisine is tres authentique!

Attached to the hotel of the same name, this combined restaurant/bar is a different dining experience; some guides list the hotel as an "auberge", a designation for a country inn hotel/restaurant. Food & service are wonderful!

This hotel/resto is shown in the background during the 1995 movie Sabrina.

Bar stays open all night except for Sunday.

April 2003, I tried the couscous with the merguez (non-pork) sausage, a kir & a glass of wine.

Listed in the following guides/books:
Cadogan Guides Paris
Charming Small Hotel Guides (Paris and around), a Duncan-Petersen guide

shrimp56 wrote about it , too!

E-mail : contact@lesdegreshotel.com
Contact: Nicole, manager, who is fluent in English
(she is eager to try her English idioms & slang on you!)

Photos: April 2003 & Feb 2006

Favorite Dish: Couscous with merguez sausage
A very good choice for couscous, I must say!

Dinner Total: 16euro

Address: 10, rue des Grands Degrés
Comparison: about average
Directions: From Place Maubert walk north 2 blocks up rue Frederic-Sauton or from Quai de Montebello walk south on rue du Haut-Pave (halfway between Pont au Double & Pont de l'Archeveche)

Metro: Place Maubert-Mutualite
othercontact: 01 40 46 95 34 Fx#
Phone: 01 55 42 88 88
Price: US$11-20
Rating: 5
Theme: African
Website: http://www.lesdegreshotel.com

• Updated Sep 29, 2006
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