Comments on: Paris: Restaurants for vegetarians, vegans, and travelers with dietary restrictions https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-restaurants-for-vegetarians-vegans-and-travelers-with-dietary-restrictions.html EuroCheapo editors take on the world of budget travel. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3 By: bonya https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-restaurants-for-vegetarians-vegans-and-travelers-with-dietary-restrictions.html#comment-51448 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:27:28 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=7187#comment-51448 My husband is seriously lactose intolerant. We have several friends who travel to France every year, and they tell us it will be difficult for him to get dairy-free food. We’ve been told to write out cards explaining his condition, practicing our pronunciation, etc. Our friends say, they will still serve you what they have… dairy-free be damn.

Does anyone know of a reliable restaurant in Paris that will serve dairy-free menu? Or any suggestions.

]]> 7187 51448 2010-02-26 04:27:28 By: Recent Reads: Backstage at The Nutcracker, Vegetarian Dining in Paris & Christmas in Bethlehem – Travel Blissful | Travel Blissful https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-restaurants-for-vegetarians-vegans-and-travelers-with-dietary-restrictions.html#comment-50886 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:45:06 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=7187#comment-50886 […] Liz Webber of eurocheapo blogs about how vegetarians and vegans can stay happy during a trip to Paris. […]

]]> 7187 50886 2009-12-18 18:45:06 By: Benny the Irish polyglot https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-restaurants-for-vegetarians-vegans-and-travelers-with-dietary-restrictions.html#comment-50844 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:35:03 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=7187#comment-50844 I’m a life-long vegetarian and have found some cool ways to eat healthy without making a fuss as I travel. I also lived in Paris for 9 months, so here are some thoughts to add to your article.

* I never ate in veggie restaurants; they were too far from where I worked. Every restaurant has a vegetarian option. I even had to eat in a beef restaurant on occasion (as you say, it’s something of a punchline for the French, so I had to swallow my pride and be social with my Parisian coworkers wherever they chose). The beef restaurant still had a very French “salade de chèvre chaud”; the hot goat’s cheese gave the feeling of having a hot meal even though it was still a salad.

* As well as Asian, I ate regularly in Indian and Italian restaurants which are extremely good for catering for veggies. Italian restaurants / pizzerias are all over the place. Even pizza hut is a nice filling option.
* Paris is one of the few places in the world that I have been refused to be given a slight alteration of something on the menu that looked tasty if they could prepare it without chicken. It happened a few times and I was shocked and annoyed each time. It’s important to remember that the restaurant business is a pride thing in France, requesting a change in the menu is like you are insulting their well thought out plan. They would rather lose a paying customer than change “perfection”.

For other ideas you can see the article I wrote.

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