Dress For Dinner At The Eiffel Tower

Which restaurant?

We are eating at the restaurant on the first floor.

You're fine.

Save your money and dine elsewhere. Yes, we had lunch there 5/12/09 and what a disappointment. We have eaten in Altitude 95, now renamed Tour Eiffel 58, on 3 previous occasions and the food was good, not great, but at least it was a nice environment. The new restaurant is a cross between a McDonald's and a buffet with food that is only passable.
After you are seated and read the directions on how to place your order you walk to a counter, where all the appetizers are on display in plastic dishes, select your appetizer and order your meal. The servers behind the counter are all wearing baseball caps just like McDonald's.

You return to your table and your order is delivered to you in a basket . . . all of it in hard plastic containers, like at a fast food restaurant. You also get a roll in a paper bag. Total cost for 4 appetizers, 2 hamburgers, 2 plates of pasta and 2 glasses of house wine -- 118 Euros.

We even complained and were told that everyone else seems to love it because "you're able to get in and out fast." We doubted that and our experience was not actually that fast. I would not recommend it unless the sole reason you are going is to skip the line. That is really the ONLY benefit.