A dinner on the Seine River on board a Parisian boat is an incredible experience. The view of the most famous monuments of the city is worth a trip, and menus are often refined. There are several options like the Bateaux-Mouches, the Bateaux Parisiens, the Capitaine Fracasse, or the Marina de Paris. Read our tips and recommendations to help you choose the best dinner cruise in Paris in 2024.
Dinner Cruise by Bateaux Parisiens
The Bateaux-Parisiens Company offers you a gourmet dinner as you cruise along the Seine. The huge bay windows of their boats offer panoramic views, giving you a unique view of the Parisian monuments. It’s perfect for a romantic evening on the Seine. It is certainly the best dinner cruise in Paris, appreciated by tourists and Parisians.
The company gives you the possibility to choose between 2 services. One at an affordable price (starting at 6:15 pm), and the second one with luxury dinners (with champagne). The 6:15 pm cruise lasts 90 minutes and the 8:30 pm cruise lasts 2 hours 15 minutes.
8:30 pm Dinner Cruise:
- The Étoile dinner: €115
- The Découverte menu: €139
- The Privilege dinner: €185
- champagne and a window table
- The Premier dinner: €215
- champagne and a table at the front of the boat
6:15 pm Dinner Cruise:
- prices : from €95 to €149
Find out more about Bateaux-Parisiens.
The Maxim’s Boat Restaurant
The Maxim’s proposes a high-class and refined dinner on the Seine River. You will have an incredible experience in this intimate boat restaurant. Tourists and Parisians appreciate the quality of the food. The refined gourmet meal is prepared by a French chef and served with selected wines.
The large bay windows allow the guests to admire the magnificent panoramic view of Seine banks and Parisian monuments like the Eiffel Tower or Nôtre-Dame Cathedral. It is the reason why we consider it the best dinner cruise in Paris in 2024.
The Restaurant proposes services :
1st Service
- departure : 6pm
- price : €155
2nd Service:
- departure : 9pm
- price : €210
Address: Paris Seine, Port de Solferino , 75007 Paris .
The boarding is very easy , very close to the Musée d’Orsay and Saint-Germain-des-Près
A Romantic Dinner by Paris Seine
The romantic dinners proposed by Paris Seine has also a very good reputation. You will enjoy a unique experience in one if their refined boat . The Marina offers an evening of entertainment with a DJ and a typical french gourmet dinner. The staff is always friendly and efficient. it is certainly the best value for money in 2024
It was awarded by the Tripadvisor travellers choice 2023.
Dinner cruises starting at 6:45 pm ( duration: 1h15) :
- Gourmet menu without drinks :from €85
Dinner cruises departing at 9:15 pm (2 hours) :
- Tasting Seine Paris menu without drinks: €100
- Order drinks as an extra
- Tasting menu with drinks: €119
- Includes 1/2 bottle of wine
- Tasting menu with VIP drinks: €130
- Includes 1/2 bottle of wine
- Table close to the window
- The romantic dinner cruise: €165
- Champagne
- Table close to the window
Read our selection of Luxury Dinner Cruises in Paris.
Dinner Cruise by The Bateaux Mouches
The Bateaux-Mouches company, the oldest boat company in Paris, proposes a cruise on the Seine for 2 hours and 15 minutes with a gourmet dinner. You’ll admire the City of Light while enjoying a refined dinner. The menu is delicious, and a music band plays live music during the tour. Our advice: Book in advance! The Bateaux Mouches have large picture windows so you can admire the most beautiful Paris monuments. It is the most famous boat tour company in Paris.
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Le Diamant Bleu (Blue Diamond)
The Blue Diamond is a high class cruise with dinner . It is one of the most appreciated cruises in Paris thanks to the gourmet menus always prepared by great french chiefs. This very beautiful barge with a refined decor allows you to enjoy an amazing view on the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Eiffel Tower in a lounge atmosphere.
Price : from €89 to €144
The Capitaine Fracasse Dinner
This very large barge is an emblematic boat on the Seine. Here, you’ll be able to enjoy dinner on board a boat in Paris at a more affordable price than the Bateaux-Mouches or Bateaux Parisiens.
The departure point is Swan Island near the Eiffel Tower. Dishes are prepared by the Chef Martial with great passion. This dinner cruise lasts between 1 hour 45 minutes and 2 hours 15 minutes and is one of the best value-for-money dinner cruises in Paris. The 1st service is at 6:30pm, the 2nd service is at 9pm
There are different menus:
- The Fracasse menu:
- A gourmet menu
- Drinks not included
- 1st service (6pm): €74
- 2nd service (9pm) : €90
- The Admiral menu:
- A gourmet menu includes 1/2 bottle of wine water and coffee :
- 1st service (6pm): €84
- 2nd service (9pm) : €100
- The Champagne menu:
- A gourmet menu Includes 1/2 bottle of Champagne, Water and coffee
- 1st service (6pm): €94
- 2nd service (9pm) : €110
>> Find out more about a Capitaine Fracasse dinner
Read our comparison review of riverboat companies in Paris.
Read more about Capitaine Fracasse boat Company
Gourmer Dinner by Ducasse sur Seine
Alain Ducasse, one of the most starred chefs in the world, offers a gourmet meal on the Seine River. You will enjoy a high class cruise on a silent electric boat. It is the High class gourmet cruise on the Seine. It is an unique experience.
Price:
- 4-course-dinner excluding drinks : €160
- 4-course-dinner with food & wine pairing: €265
Péniche Ivoire
The Barge , Péniche Ivoire , proposes also an original cruise with on the Seine River. With this option, you will also enjoy a good moment . Of course you will not have the most refined meal in Paris but more un food that you can taste on a Parisian “bistro”.
Prices :
- Dinner at 6.30pm : €49
- Dinner at 9.15pm : €59
Paris en Scène Boat + Meal Tour
Paris en Scène is more affordable than Capitaine Fracasse and you’ll have the opportunity to have dinner on a river boat starting from €42. You’ll get a starter/main course/dessert with a choice between 2 dishes (duck leg or salmon fillet). The cruise lasts 1 hour 15 minutes.
- A service without drinks: €60
- A dinner cruise with wine: €70
- A service with meal and champagne: €80
>> Find out more about Paris en Scène
We hope those tips give you enough information to choose the best dinner cruise for you on the Seine River. All those companies offer an amazing experience on the most beautiful avenue of Paris , the Seine river.
How about a more upscale dinner such as on board the Yachts de Paris? Find out about our selection of luxury dinner cruises in Paris.
4 comments
Plan to be in France April 11 through May 11, 2020. Renting a Motorhome for the entire month we are there and hope to get in on a dinner cruise or 2… some time during our trip…
Very good idea! We reallly recommend you the dinner cruise by les Bateaux Parisiens/ Good food and an amazing view
We tried en December the dinner cruise by Bateaux Parisiens (Service privilege) . It was wonderful: the meal was very good and the view amazing thanks to Christmas Lights. The staff is also very friendly. We clearly recommend
My favourite one is Bateaux Parisiens. Very good food and the staff is friendly