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Café Marly, Paris

photo from the Louvre website: louvre.fr - Paris
photo from the Louvre website: louvre.fr
by ExGuyParis
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Café Marly: Chic Place to recover after the Louvre.....
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  • Lady_Mystique
  • Updated By Lady_Mystique on August 23, 2006
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  • Karl Lagerfeld  (website pic) - Paris
    Karl Lagerfeld (website pic)
    by Lady_Mystique
    A charming bistro/cafe with Continental cuisine: The Café Marly, which is considered a chic place to meet, is located under the arcades of the Louvre in front of the pyramid.

    This is one of the best places to recover from your trek through the Louvre!
    There is a sunny terrace where you can enjoy a drink at sunset or have an excellent meal.

    Some will even say you can't get a feel for Paris without sitting at least once on the terrace of the Cafe Marly, facing Pei's beautiful glass pyramids at the Louvre...no more than 50 yards away.

    The food is a touch on the expensive side but its lush red decor and amazing views make it one of the nicest place to dine in Paris.

    A very dressy crowd of fashion and literary notables has staked out its turf here---you may find yourself sitting next to Karl Lagerfeld! Fans are optional! ;o)

    ~ Open 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily

    On the terrace, under the sun have a very tasty club-sandwich (14euros) and a café (4euros).

    It's expensive...but what a view!!!

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  • Price: US$21-30    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: 93 rue de Rivoli, Cour Napoléon du Louvre, 1st
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum: in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre Metro: Palais Royal
  • Website: no website available as yet
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    Café Marly: Lunch with a view : Eating at the Louvre
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  • mariev
  • Updated By mariev on January 29, 2006
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  • La galerie du Cafe Marly - Paris
    La galerie du Cafe Marly
    by mariev
    Situated in the Louvre itself, overlooking the square and the pyramid, The cafe Marly offers an unique location.

    Sure, it's a bit pricey (count some 50 Euros for a lunch with a glass of wine) but having done that you may tell everybody that you ate at Louis XIII's terrace, just some feet away from Mona Lisa...

    If not exceptional, the food is good (refined and traditional french cooking) and once again, what an emplacement.

    The cafe Marly beeing famous and considered 'in', reservation is recommended (either for lunch or for dinner) but you can always have a snack here inbetween (and it will be more affordable).
    The cafe Marly is open from 8am to 2am 7/7.

    Chose what you want, but try to be seated at the terrace facing the Pyramid (at sundown or after dark when the Pyramid is alight, it's feeric).

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  • Theme: French
  • Price: US$41 and up    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: 93 rue Rivoli - 75001
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum (facing the Pyramid, you can access from rue de Rivoli by the Passage Richelieu)
  • Website: none
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    Café Marly: Food With a View
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  • ExGuyParis
  • By ExGuyParis on September 26, 2003
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  • photo from the Louvre website: louvre.fr - Paris
    photo from the Louvre website:
    louvre.fr
    by ExGuyParis
    You couldn’t dream of a better location; this café is located in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre and overlooks the Cour Napoléon and its pyramid. In nice weather, you can drink and dine on the outside terrace and appreciate the grand views.

    Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week (8 AM until 2 AM). It is also a great place for a drink.

    The café is in fashion, and is often populated with the fashion crowd. The decor is striking, with deep reds, gold, and teal tones. Prices are a bit high, but of course you are paying for the location as well as the food. It offers an atmosphere much more refined and calm compared to the other high-priced tourist dining traps in the area.

    Café Marly is another successful creation of the very successful Costes brothers.

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  • Theme: French
  • Price: US$21-30    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: 93 rue Rivoli 75001
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum
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    Café Marly: TRES BRANCHÉ, VERY HIP
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  • ForestqueenNYC
  • Updated By ForestqueenNYC on May 25, 2007
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  • Le Café Marly, Terrace - Paris
    Le Café Marly, Terrace
    by ForestqueenNYC
    Cafe Marly is known to be one of the hippest and most trendy restaurants in Paris. It is very pretty and it is perfectly placed in the courtyard of the former home of Catherine di Medici which is now the Louvre. You may find yourself sitting among celebs, but for sure you will be among very chic and well dressed people. This would be the time to leave your trainers at home and put on your Manolo's unless you are going there after the museum tour and are sitting outside. The food is good, but nothing was memorable for me. If you get an invitation to go there, however, don't turn it down. That is how I ended up there.

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  • Theme: French
  • Price: US$31-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: 93 rue Rivoli 75001, Cour Napoléon
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum Métro stop: Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre
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    Café Marly: Don't Let Them Know You're American!
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  • By lizzymenilmontant on September 18, 2008
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  • There are waiters at Cafe Marly who are more than willing to take absolute advantage of their american customers. When the bill came after a very nice meal, our waiter asked, "Would Monsieur like to add a tip?" Most americans don't realize that the tip is ALWAYS AND COMPLETELY included in the price of the bill. The Cafe Marly waiters take advantage of that cultural difference and, as in our case, insist that the tip "is not included." Our waiter told us, "That number by the subtotal is a tax that goes to pay for Sarkozy's social programs." Our waiter then added $50 on our $110 dinner and said, "Would Monsieur like to pay this?" My husband, who wasn't as keyed into the scam was about to say "OK" when I did some quick math and said "NO WAY". He then added a slightly smaller number to the bill - the whole while explaining how the waiters depended on tips 'to survive' - and said, "Would Monsieur like to pay this?" Again, I yelled NO WAY. Finally after more arguing, haggling over the bill and Sarkozy's social programs, my husband gave up. We ended up spending an extra 15 Euros ($25) on the 'tip.' It is a sick, sad, insulting scam that these waiters are pulling. Please be aware! I will not recommend Marly simply for this reason. They allow disgusting unethical behaviour to go on in their establishment.

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  • Theme: French
  • Price: US$41 and up    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: 93 rue Rivoli 75001
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum
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    Café Marly: Better than the Louvre itself!
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  • aflaneur
  • By aflaneur on October 8, 2004
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  • Cafe Marly is not your ordinary museum restaurant. It is excellent. Fois gras is great, the salads impeccably fresh and flavorful, and standards well above average. Had the croque monsier as a main, which was toothsome. Nice list of wines by the glass. Best dish: gateaux aux tomates avec chevre frais...the dense flavor culled from the tomatoes combined with the incredibly fresh goat cheese will beat anything hanging on the walls of the Louvre. I eat in the exterior tables looking out onto the throngs queuing to enter the Louvre and couldn't be more content.

    Gateaux aux tomates avec chevre frais...Not to be missed!

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  • Theme: French
  • Price: US$21-30    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: 93 rue Rivoli 75001
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum
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    Café Marly: Book in advance
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  • aylar
  • By aylar on January 3, 2005
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  • Make your reservation one day ago before you go. It is usually so crawded.

    Nothing so typical. You may encoy any French type.

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  • Theme: French
  • Price: US$21-30    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: 93 rue Rivoli 75001
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum
  • Other Contact: Fax : 01 49 26 07 06
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    Café Marly: Bad service and Bad Food
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  • tintingerri
  • Updated By tintingerri on July 1, 2007
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  • We were here after our long trip in Louvre. The service was so bad that they denied us to take the free seats with a view instead they placed us next to some smoking snob French. I ordered a club sandwich and asked if they can eliminate eggs on it but the waiter said its not possible because its already prepared which gave me the hint that the food they served was not fresh. The pasta my husband ordered was overcooked. No need to say, that everything was highly overpriced... I was disappointed with their service and the food. If you still want to go there, but not feel like eating bad and expensive food, sit down at one of the tables in front of the café on the square (they only serve drinks there) - but also be prepared...

  • Theme: French
  • Price: US$31-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: 93 rue Rivoli 75001
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum
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    Café Marly: Bad Service and Bad food
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  • tintingerri
  • Updated By tintingerri on July 1, 2007
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  • We were here after our long trip in Louvre. The service was so bad that they denied us to take the free seats with a view instead they placed us next to some smoking snob French. I ordered a club sandwich and asked if they can eliminate eggs on it but the waiter said its not possible because its already prepared which gave me the hint that the food they served was not fresh. The pasta my husband ordered was overcooked. No need to say, that everything was highly overpriced... I was disappointed with their service and the food. If you still want to go there, but not feel like eating bad and expensive food, sit down at one of the tables in front of the café on the square (they only serve drinks there) - but also be prepared...

  • Theme: French
  • Price: US$31-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: 93 rue Rivoli 75001
  • Phone: 01 49 26 06 60
  • Directions: Louvre Museum
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