I am extremely displeased with the service I received onboard the Bateaux Parisiens. We were celebrating two big events in our life - an engagement and a birthday. We heard wonderful things about this dinner boat cruise but were disappointed in the service, food, boat and overall experience. I am not one to write negative reviews towards companies but this experience left such a bad taste in my mouth that I need to warn the general public. We paid EUR 378 for a dinner for two and did not receive even half the value of that during the cruise. We paid extra for Privilege service and were treated worse than the those sitting next to us with Etoile service. They were greeted, waited on, served drinks + dinner before us. They were given a full historical overview of the sites we were seeing while passing and not once did our waitress engage with us. Their website boasts high quality service specifically... "Our teams focus on offering each passenger a warm welcome, service and comfort to ensure a unique experience" - HAHA. While we were waiting in line to be admitted on the boat, my fiance was yelled at by the hostess for standing in the wrong line (there were two attendants standing at the counter with 15 people deep and only one of them helping diners). Our glasses were constantly empty, while we had plentiful amounts of wine left. We were rushed to order and not given any elaboration or recommendations on the food selections. Our table seated by the window was in full sunlight the entire cruise. While this is not controllable, there was no guidance beforehand to prepare ourselves to bring hats or sunglasses. My fiance and I took turns sitting in direct sunlight, scorching hot and miserable. Another issue with our seating arrangement was the dirty glass windows. Being that the boat is fully enclosed the only opportunity to take pictures of the scenery is through the glass. All of our pictures came out terribly with dirt and water stains... My last and final complaint is the limited appetizer and dinner options. Both of our appetizer selections tasted terribly and after a few bites we decided to stop eating for fear of being sick. We paid extra EUR 20 for a birthday candle in our dessert and didn't get to select what type of dessert it is. The dessert tasted terribly and after being told we were getting chocolate cake ended up with a miserable fruit tart. How disappointing. I do not recommend the Bateaux Parisiens. Spend your money + time elsewhere in this beautiful city. read more

We planned a very special dinner cruise for our family including two grand daughters. We bought the most expensive package to insure prime seating at a table in the extreme bow of the vessel to insure an epic viewing experience. This was very pricey considering the children would not be drinking wine/etc, but I felt the viewing experience would be worth it. To our surprise, we did not receive bow seating but sat in the only table for six in an area well aft of the bow. The food, service, & entertainment were fine, but the viewing and ambience were not as represented. When I discussed this with Staff I was told "too bad!" Overall this event was a Rip Off! read more

This is my first time in Paris and my boyfriend surprised me Bateaux Parisiens river dinner cruise. I was really excited about having dinner on a cruise. My boyfriend paid for the window seat which was the privilege service. The seating that we got was terrible. There was a float which is like a life jacket type thing was behind my seating area and all the photos we took was just terrible with that behind me. After we got seated, it took a while for the waitress to take our order. She was taking other people order that came later than us. She also messed up on what we wanted on our main course. For the appetizer I got the Half smoked salmon fillet heart, avocado, mango and coriander and he got the french-style cream of seafood and peas with crab meat. I enjoyed the smoked salmon however the french style cream of seafood was not tasteful at all. It was just bunch of shredded crab meat with mashed up peas underneath it. Highly disappointing. For the main course I ordered the beef tournedos and he ordered the duck fillet. It took so long for that main course to come to the point where we were almost done with the river cruise. Service is very slow. When the main course both of our meat were tough to chew and extremely difficult to cut through it. Then we got the cheese and it didn't come with any side of cracker or bread to eat with it. The cheese was just too heavy to eat it alone. For dessert we got the fondant chocolate nougatine and that did not taste anything spectacular. This dinner river cruise was expensive since we paid for privilege service and we did not receive the service we expected. Photos were being taken and it costed 20 euro for just one photo. Not even a complementary photo was given out. read more

Underwhelming. Mean staff. Unprofessional woman named Paola yelled at me for trying to use the restrooms, saying they were closed, when she clearly could have let me use them. The audio guide on the tour didn't work. In spite of the unprofessional staff, the below average tour and the horrible service, the amazing city of Paris and my awesome family and great weather still had me in a good mood. But I wouldn't recommend this cruise. read more

The ship and the cruise itself were very nice. But the dinner was kind of disgusting. I didn't like any of the choices on the menu so I went with what sounded the best. Everything was cold even though it was meant to be hot. The lentil soup, the chicken with potatoes, and then the rice pudding did not have rice that was cooked all the way. The rice was crunchy. I do not recommend the dinner cruise but if you want to get great pictures of the Parisian Landmark stand this is the way to go. read more

I was amazed by how bad this was. I have discovered over the last 9 days on my first trip to Paris everything is either amazing and wonderful or absolutely terrible with not much in between. We went as free perk from my wife's work (she's here for meetings and I am tagging along). It was supposed to be 151 Euro for me to get added but a few work people dropped out so I took their place and escaped paying. Here was our experience. The Good: The ship is nice. The setting is romantic. This wine is good and they just kept bringing it when we asked. The filo cheese pastry at the beginning was great. The "live" music. This is a stretch as it is basically good singers doing karaoke to a sound track. But I like karaoke and they had great voices. The Bad: The food. It was probably the worst meal I had in the last 9 days. There was no menu and looking around everyone got the same thing. Every course had two opposite dishes trying to please everyone and keep it simple. First dish was a Pate and a single shrimp swimming in crème with egg white on top. Pate was good. Shrimp was inedible and the egg white gave it the consistency of snot. Main course was a small white fish filet over black legume's and a small cube of veal over mushy veggies. The fish was decent and the veal was a hockey puck of boot leather. Dessert was a little chocolate cake/mousse, and the other was a bitter currant sorbet. Each dish one was edible one wasn't and it wasn't because I am a picky eater. I would say it was cafeteria food. The view. First, there is approximately a 10' wall on each side of the river so you get to just see the tops of the buildings if at all. It is literally the worse view you can get in Paris. Secondly, if you are unlucky like me and get a chair facing the middle of the boat you don't get to see anything except under the bridges. Across the boat is a glare on the window and you have to turn completely around to see anything out of your window which is very uncomfortable. The ugly: 6 people at our table got their main dish course and it was stone cold. So they took their plates back and microwaved them. Then, they brought them back the food and got the plates mixed up. So people got other peoples food after the staff microwaved their $151 meal? Yep. Nasty. The price. For $300 Euro you could eat at Les Ombres and have a much better view and light years better meal.... and have enough left over for your meal the next night. Don't waste your time or money. Total tourist trap. read more

Stopped in for a cocktail after taking the boat cruise. Wait staff ignored us. It wasn't even busy. As much as I love he location and vibe, the service was so terrible I won't be returning. read more

Tourist trap! Part of the Paris Pass so we decided to try it, however, that's where it all ends. After exchanging the pass for a ticket, we were told to be in line waiting for the 12:30 which is an hours after we exchanged the tickets. We decide to follow the ticket attendant's instructions and wait an hour in line. After the boat arrived later for the 12:30 cruise, they realized they over promised the 12:30 cruise. We ended up stuck in their queuing area after admitting for another hour until the 1:30 boat. The staff is not very forthcoming, because they know that there are other competitors on the same dock and if they told you the truth, you would choose otherwise. If you are reading this, do your due diligence and find alternatives. Don't rely on the Paris Pass first of all, since many people use this source, the activities recommended are always overbooked. Since your travel time is valuable and limited, your time is money. This will guarantee to waste half your day for not much gain in site seeing. If you are spending a month in Paris, then half the day is of no issues. Don't do my mistake and get trapped! read more

Purchased tickets as a gift. The day before the scheduled tour I received an email stating the tour was canceled due to flooding on the Seine. Only after I inquired directly did they tell me they hadn't been running tours for weeks due to the flooding. The weather isn't their fault but it was not mentioned anywhere on their website. I asked for a refund and was told it would take 2-3 weeks. That refund time line is ridiculous to me (no explanation or even reply was provided when I asked why it would take so long) but, even worse, it's been 3 weeks, still no refund (starting to get worried they're have a cash flow problem). Terrible business practices, would not recommend such an unscrupulous operator to anyone. read more

My husband and I concluded our Paris trip with a dinner cruise with Bateaux Parisiens. It is pricey but well worth it! The food was great and the wine was overflowing. We were taken care of by Linda who provided impeccable service. Highly recommended if you can afford to splurge (it is Paris after all!) read more

7/14/2015: Worst night in Paris. We spent the extra money to have our group sit in the front table, with beautiful views. I ordered a steak medium-rare, and when it came well-done I asked if I could have another one. A manager, not our nice waiter Midi, came over to our table and started yelling, really yelling, at me that there is no such thing as medium rare in France (first time I have heard that in my 10 years traveling there) and I can have it rare or well done. I didn't respond and kept my steak, but he had me in tears and embarrassed me in front of a big room. What a jerk! And for 200 euro a person, I would expect MUCH better service. It ruined the night. read more

Seriously think twice before booking with this company they are extremely unprofessional. I booked an extra reservation and have requested for almost 3 months to be refunded and still have not gotten my money back ($322). The experience itself was lackluster and in no way worth the amount of money they charge. Save your money for something actually impressive. read more

I only reward them with one star because no stars doesn't seem to be an option. I'll also admit this is my first online review of a company and I wish I had not had the experience that results in this post. What a horrible experience, and we neve even got on the boat! I had our hotel book the 8:30 dinner cruise on the Seine month's in advance. The hotel concierge also reconfirmed our reservation for four several days prior to the cruise. I was looking more forward to this than any other part of our trip. We arrived at 8:10 pm for the 8:30 cruise. When we approached the company rep who was checking the guests in, she had a scowl on her face before I even opened my mouth. I gave her my name and she did a two second perfunctory look at her computer screen before announcing that we had no reservation for that night and rudely dismissed us without another thought. I politely asked her to check again as I was sure that there must be some mistake because the hotel reconfirmed the reservation just days before. She then insultingly suggested we did not know which cruise company we had booked and suggested we go find the boat at which we had made a reservation. I informed her that we were 100% positive that we had the correct boat. We asked her to call the hotel concierge which she reluctantly did. After a minute or so of conversation she hung up, looked at her computer, and with a condescending smirk announced to all before her that she had found our reservation: for tomorrow night's cruise. Well, we knew that was B.S. We had been copied on the email between the hotel and the boat company confirming our resrvation for THAT day. We told her as much, and at that, she curtly discharged us with a wave and implored the next person in line to step forward. While the French are well known to have many among them who loath Americans, to have an employee, whose primary job duty is to engage with tourists ( a large number of them Americans), to be so brazenly discourteous and unhelpful was shocking. We had been nothing but polite to her and received nothing but bad mannered, insulting, dismissive behavior from her. Realizing we were not getting on the boat that night, we made our way back to the hotel, the San Regis( which was nothing but positive experiences from beginning to end), where an extremely apologetic concierge found us a reservation at a terrific little restaurant in Saint Germain (review of this little gem forthcoming). The next morning, the concierge who had made and reconfirmed the original reservation, called the company to try and figure what happened. We thought at that point we had just run into a bad employee on a bad day. Not quite. After "looking into the situation", another employee called the concierge back to inform him that we had in fact had a reservation for the previous night's cruise; however, we had failed to show up! Wow! Obviously, our experience with the employee from the night before was not an outlier: this company simply doesn't care about good customer service and had no intention of owning up to their mistake. As it turns out, after further digging by the concierge, the company had oversold the previous night's cruise, and instead of simply owning up to their mistake, offer an apology and attempt to rebook us on another night's cruise; they determined that surly, discourteous, deceitful behavior was a sound business strategy. As my experience is surely not common with all their guests, as this company is regarded as one of the best cruise operators on the Seine, I would encourage those who choose this company to reconfirm their reservations multiple times, and with the company directly! read more

We did the Bateaux Parisiens tour from near the Notre Dame. The tour was OK. We couldn't really hear what the boat captain was saying sometimes and he was saying it very fast since he was giving each description in 3 languages (French, English, Spanish). It was still a nice hour out on the water and was quite relaxing (especially since we took an 8:20pm tour and it wasn't hot/sunny any more). We had a bit of an issue with the tickets: We bought tickets online and got the Quai about 25-30 mins early. We were the 4th or 5th in line to get on the boat. However, (and this was really, REALLY annoying), when we got to the ticket collector and showed him our online tickets, he asked us to go to the ticket office (thankfully right near the back of the line) and get paper tickets. He didn't offer to let us back on early or hold a seat. This happened to another 2 families and they were all quite mad. There were absolutely no signs or information anywhere that this was required. We ended up being the last in line. I complained at the counter and again to the ticket collector and he told me "you are right, there is no way for you to know but they don't give me a device to scan your mobile ticket." We lucked out and there weren't that many people on the boat so we got good seats on the top deck. However I was quite mad and ready to complain again if we couldn't get seats. I would STRONGLY encourage the Bateaux Parisiens folks to 1) post signs near the boat that any electronic tickets need to be exchanged for paper tickets, or 2) ideally get their ticket checking people an electronic ticket checking device, similar to every other attraction in Paris. If we hadn't had the ticket issue, I would have probably gone with 4 stars. read more

We reserved a "premier" lunch online for 7 adults and a 4 yr old. My friend decided last minute to bring along her 9 month breast feeding baby and they insisted that she pays €34 for the baby as a "seating fee"!!!! I went back and read the details on their website and it did say children - 12 are €34, but SERIOUSLY????? Even the airplanes do not charge kids under 2 yr old let alone a baby of 9 month. They were also very rude and acted like we were trying to "sneak" a baby in on them. Come on, we were paying €89 per person for a lunch! It was my first time inviting my friends to Paris and the experience really left a bad taste in our mouth! I am giving them a 2 bc our waiter was actually very nice once we were inside. read more

The worst company I have ever experienced during many trips to Paris. They are rude and arrogant, the customer service staff, in this case the very rude Sophie Baudet, are awful. Treated me like a piece of dirt, talked down to me and then hung up. Sent shockingly bad replies to emails and why?? because THEY cancelled a trip due to unexplained 'technical issues'. I had already paid for my partner and daughter. The other dates offered didn't work as they would not be in France. My partner requested a refund and three weeks later, nothing. Rude responses or none at all. When emailed and told we had sent messages three times they replied SO?... They have stolen our money and not given it back. Reporting them to Paris Police for theft and fraud. Do not use this company. Awful read more

Go at sunset! We took this cruise at 9pm in August and it was lovely to sit on the top deck and watch night fall over the city. We wouldn't have gone on the cruise if we didn't have free tickets, and we're so glad we went! For us it was just to see the sights (we went on our 6th day in the city) and give our feet a rest, so sitting on the top deck with almost no commentary was perfect. Commentary is available on headphones in the interior space. Arrive 15-20 minutes early. read more

We had booked a trip to cap off a wonderful European vacation with our elderly parents. We suffered unimaginable delays due to street rioting in our attempt to get to the dock on time, in spite of leaving our apartment 90 minutes before our scheduled departure. The closest subway is a 20 minute walk to the dock which wasn't an option with our octogenarian parents. I called the office 4 times along our journey to explain that road after road was closed due to protesters. The first time I begged to rebook but they said we should continue our journey as we should be able to make it. One time our wonderful taxi driver spoke to their staff to explain and beg them to either change our reservation or hold the boat for a mere couple of minutes. We were told that as long as we made it to the dock at 8:30 it would be ok by the company representatives. When we arrived at 8:35 the boat had left and the rude people at the dock acted as if we were just lazy and incapable of making it on time. Our taxi driver was almost in tears she was so upset for us. The staff at the dock said we needed to be there by 8:15 and that everyone else seemed to get there on time. They did not care in the slightest. It is quite clear that there is NO communication between the phone reps and the arrogant folks that work the dock. The next morning I called the office again. I finally reached a compassionate human being who was willing to put us on a lunch cruise on our last day, but unfortunately refused to refund the difference in cost which was quite a large amount of money. I wrote a lengthy letter to the customer service representative but they never even bothered to respond. Now that it has been over a month since our experience I feel confident that they truly do not care. Therefore I cannot recommend them. There are plenty of companies that offer the same service. Bateaux Parisiens is replaceable. read more

We took the 2.5-hour dinner cruise with the second-best seating option, i.e. along the side at the window. Be warned - they protect the romantic atmosphere in the evening cruise, so they won't point out the sights; they do give you a printed guide to the sights you'll be passing, so you can follow along with that. The food was good to very good, but it wasn't as fabulous as I expected for the price. The overall experience WAS fabulous, and our eyes truly sparkled as never before, thanks to the wine! I'm not sure it was worth the 165 Euros, though. NOTE - We had a little trouble finding the quay. We had to stop and ask some police officers, and they didn't know where it was either. Thank goodness, we had plenty of time to find it. I think we finally found their sign at the corner of Avenue de la Bourdonnais and Quai Branly. It looks like they also have an entrance from the bridge that comes right out of the Eiffel Tower (Pont d'Ilena), which is much easier to find! read more

Preordered tickets about a week in advance for a dinner cruise in August, and was sent an email about 3 days prior telling me the cruise had be cancelled. I was given the option to reschedule however, I was only in Paris for a night and therefore unable to. I've sent several emails, which apparently are being forwarded to their customer relationship manager Sophie regarding a refund...I have not received a single response from her and basically threw away $300CAD. read more

We did the Sunday brunch cruise. Brunch is served at a restaurant on the pier and included a boat tour. It was a rainy day but we decided to do it anyway. The brunch was mediocre, the food was cold, and there were birds flying around the restaurant... but the boat cruise was nice. We were able to see a lot of cool things like the love lock bridge and Notre Dame Cathedral. I would definitely do the boat cruise again, but would probably skip the brunch. read more

A cruise down the Seine River. Sounds nice, right? It wasn't bad, but might've been better if it wasn't so noisy and packed and had a better audio guide. The views were lovely - the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral being the highlights. And of course they took a good picture of me, printed it out and showed it to me, and wanted to charge me another 10 Euros for it - no thanks. But nice overall, especially if you don't have the time to actually visit all the places on the river you can see on the cruise. read more

I did a one hour cruise down the Seine..it wasnt a dinner cruise or waiter service - just a guy driving and pointing out the sights....He spoke in several languages, it was very inexpensive and fine. I had been in Paris for a few days already so I saw everything, but it was nice to sail down the Seine for an hour or so. read more

Very old school French boats with extremely slow lines to ticketing and no information on boat schedule. Take another company.

My family enjoyed this experience (myself, husband, two 8 year olds). It was well organized for the amount of people. The pace of getting your food was fine even for my 8 year olds. There is somewhat of a wait so I would suggest bringing something for the younger ones to do (they drew). We sat in the middle which was fine and I would not pay extra for the next to the window. We also had the cheapest food option which was great. The children were less but chose off the same menu (no wine of course - but juice). Plenty of wine served. There was a shade across the top which made it quite impossible to see at first (maybe there because it was raining a little) but once they removed it, it was a perfect view. The food was good, but I would not say amazing. It was more about the experience. There was live music which was not too loud, so nice. They take photographs and print them all out but then want 15euro each. Had they asked for 5 euro I would have bought one. They are all printed out anyway. Why not lower the price? I am happy we did it. read more

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A total tourist trap but still a great way to see the city. I would recommend doing this tour at the start of your trip. I have done this both during the day and at night and think the night tour is just so much more romantic and beautiful. read more

Funny, but wanted to make sure there was a bathroom on board. Not sure if the ticket seller understood us or what the story was, as she stated, there were no bathrooms on the 2 hr cruise, but there were on the 1 hr cruise. Okay, 1 hr cruise it is, was disappointed, that they had no snack bar or drinks bar. Got the tickets, waited a few, queued up, and then boarded the boat. We headed straight up top, and sat on the port side, right behind the bench part facing forward. We had to use our "brollies," a couple of times, but much better photo taking from up here. EXCEPT, there was an "entitled," few . . I have photos of them, who stand in front of everyone, blocking the entire view, some taking selfies, others taking photos of the highlights and blocking them off from the rest of us "peasants." RUDE RUDE RUDE!! Another problem is that there is no audio on the top, none. It's only an hour, hits the highlights as seen from the River Seine, but in most parts, there is a 10 foot wall, so some of the view is limited. We are glad we went, and would recommend, if you're looking to kill an hour, on the Seine. If you're looking for more, might want to look at the other cruise boats, and different companies. This not in the same league as the river cruises on the Thames river, in England. read more

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When in Paris look for a delicious French cuisine restaurant but don't stop here! I will start with the entry till the exit. Upon arrival, we were a party of 3, greeted and sat down with in minutes of arriving. We ordered sparkling water and beer while we look at the menu. It was 12:55pm and it was not too busy. The waiter took our order about 1:15p, a twenty minutes wait to put our order in. About five minutes later, we received table bread and about 10 minutes after that we received our cheese plate and tomatoe with ricotta and basil. No photos, as we're starving at this point. About 5 minutes after our appetizers arrived we finally got our sparkling water and beer. At exactly 2:05p we finally received our food plate, which was the daily special of chicken breast with a cheese drizzle and baked potatos. We were starving and I just wasn't happy to eat over an hour later. Save yourself the disappointment, waiting over an hour is NOT worth any of the food we had and the service is extremely slow! read more

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DO NOT BOOK WITH IS COMPANY!!! You have been warned. Take your money to a more professional and worthwhile company. We were scheduled for a lunch cruise on 9/22/18, it was a Saturday so the boat was at capacity. Once we finally found which boat we were assigned to (only after being sent to the wrong boat twice) we were informed of a terrible situation. The boat representative informed us that the boat motor was incapacitated and we would not be able to leave the dock. We had two options 1) have lunch on the stationary boat and take a river cruise separate, for free at a later time or 2) reschedule for another day. Initially we of course were disappointed as we were not given any prior warning of the boat's disability. We had planned our entire day around the lunch cruise only to come to the realization that it was not going to happen. We decided to reschedule as we had another week in the city. However, upon additional consideration of our schedule we decided to cancel all together. This is where the problem goes from inconvenient to complete and utter frustration and disgust. The boat representative informed us she could not refund our money, rather we would need to contact their "customer relations representative". I emailed Sophie who took a couple of days to respond back. Finally after several emails back and forth she agreed to cancel our reservation and refund our money. Well that was 2 weeks ago. Since then I have emailed Sophie at least 5 times to inquire how long my refund would take...she has yet to respond. I guess if you have no problems there is not use for the lack of "customer relations." At this point I'm going to contact my credit card company because I have an awesome travel card and I hope they can take action. I would like to strongly encourage you to spend your money on a fine dining restaurant and take a boat cruise with a more reliable company. That is all I have to say about that! read more

Personally I found this tour to be a waste of my time, but I was on a short trip. It really wasn't all that exciting, but it was nice to have shelter from the rain! The info given was super minimal and I can't believe I paid for this. I was quite cold even with the shelter surrounding us and it was the beginning of May! read more

This is not a tourist trap, at least in my opinion. My wife and I had a wonderful experience on Christmas night. The boat itself was much classier than I expected, and had full glass windows with exquisite views of the city. Service was quite pleasant, especially considering that it was Christmas and I'm sure the staff would have rather been doing anything but working. The food was surprisingly very good and very typical French: escargots, foie gras, duck, cheese course, macarons. There was live music, which consisted of multiple vocalists and a violinist - and they were quite talented. The launch site was right at the base of the Eiffel Tower, so what night view could be better? read more

(7.24.15) I did absolutely no research and used my limited internet access to book a little last minute cruise while I was in Paris. I was insanely worried that I'd picked some fraudulent waste-of-money, but boy, was I wrong! The extra Euros for a window seat was well worth it. I got some awesome shots of the Eiffel Tower. Even the food was better than what you'd expect on a cruise like this. I'm pretty sure they gave us 4 bottles of wine for the two of us. Whatever it was, it was so much that I passed along our unfinished bottles to a neighboring table. They were graciously enthused by that. There was live entertainment - mostly covers of more recent hits like "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk & Pharrell and Bruno Mars songs. But that didn't appeal to me nearly as much as the gorgeous views did. We started near the Eiffel Tower at dusk and watched the city lights turn on as night fell and ended back up at Eiffel with it all lit up. It was indeed a beautiful night. Highlight of my trip! read more

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This is a review by a vegetarian. My wife and I did the lunch cruise on this boat as our only "sightseeing" in four days in Paris. They were able to cater to our dietary choice without advance notice. We paid for the Service Privilège, which is the middle tier of the 3 offerings, for 77€ each. At this level, we were seated at tables by the portside windows, but not in the bow. The price includes a lightly narrated trip up and down the Seine through downtown Paris, and a wonderful meal, including spiced nuts, a cold pea/soybean/yogurt soup (way better than it sounds!), fresh bread, a pasta-and-vegetable main course, a dessert, bubbly water, champagne, white wine, and more red wine than it would have been wise for us to drink. The foods and the wines were all surprising in a good way. There was also live music: a very good fiddler and a chanteuse with a very pretty voice. The choice of songs is one reason I am giving 4 rather than 5 stars; "New York, New York" is up there among my least favorites, especially when pronounced "New Yor, New Yor" (quiz: what's the French word for 'pork'?). The other reason the cruise didn't get 5 stars is the slightly stifling atmosphere inside the boat. The tables are entirely enclosed, and there is no provision to allow air to pass through. We were there in July. It was nowhere near as bad as it would have been, say, in Tennessee at that time of year, but the Parisians don't seem to mind warm, closed spaces. If you go on a warm, sunny day, definitely consider requesting the frozen dessert option. read more

We purchased tickets for dinner and a cruise a day in advance. When we got there the next day, the boat was broken and they only offered dinner while docked and a voucher for a free tour at a later date. They couldn't refund us on the spot because we paid the day before. The whole ordeal took almost 2 hours to sort out. Very unfortunate and probably not worth your time or money. read more

A must in Paris. We had the "priviledge service" sat next to the window. Food and service was really good. One of the best expirience I had in Paris! read more

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Stopped in for a quick drink on a very hot day. We were told we couldn't sit inside (where the air conditioning was) unless we had lunch. I can understand that. So we sat outside. The waitress passed by us four times without so much as an acknowledgement we were there. After 20 minutes we got up and left. We passed the same waitress on the way out, and still she wouldn't even make eye contact. Don't waste your time. We got a couple of beers across the boardwalk in under 2 minutes. read more

No tour! On the top of the boat there was no tour, and on the bottom you couldn't see or the handsets were broken. They said there would be a tour on the top starting next week. How does that help me?!? Just go with another company. This boat is crowded and uncomfortable. They don't care about your experience or if they deliver what promised. My attempts to contact the company have been ignored. Waste of time and money! read more

Though the Bateaux Parisian is a little expensive it really was a good afternoon. We took the boat at about 11am and spent two hours on the boat. The tour lasted two hours in which we travelled up and down the Seine. During the two hours we ate a three-course meal, the food was surprisingly nice for being cooked on a boat. The interior of the boat was spacious and music was played. There was also a announcements indicating different buildings as we travelled along the river. I enjoyed the afternoon and would recommend it. read more

I went on a dinner cruise with my father and my lady critter. I can't speak to the price since my father paid for it. Pros: + Food was tasty + Service was timely + We were able to reschedule our reservation to a different day with no problems Cons: + Tasteless, poorly-performed music that was too loud for us to have a conversation + Portions were teeny tiny. I got the feeling they were trying to stuff us with cheap bread so we wouldn't notice the lack of actual food. read more

EXTREMELY rude staff, long lines, and they pack the ship with tons of people so it kind of ruins any relaxing experience you may hope to have. When we presented the tickets that our hotel provided us (a very reputable hotel in Place Vendome), they laughed in our faces (I'm not kidding) and told us our hotel were liars for providing the tickets. We insisted that we scan them anyways and they worked. Awkward. We went on the cruise because we already bought the tickets but would never recommend them to anyone and have passed on this feedback to our hotel. read more