Seminars and company events
Le Calife and L'Estello are two restaurant boats moored on the left bank of the Seine in Paris 6th, facing the Pont des Arts. Groups can book them for a company dinner, a client evening or a team celebration, with the larger boat taking up to 100 guests and the smaller one up to 50. The site invites groups to call for private hire, and L'Estello has a dedicated group formula quoted on request.
The format is a dining cruise rather than a meeting room. There is no projector, plenary room or breakout space on the official pages, so this is a place for a dinner, a reception or an end-of-seminar evening, not for working sessions.
Weddings and receptions
The official pages do not describe a wedding offer. They do show that the boats host seasonal evenings and one themed event, a Paris and Tokyo evening, which gives an idea of how the team handles a dedicated program. Anyone planning a private celebration should ask the team what can be arranged for a private party.
Rooms and capacities
Le Calife is presented as a floating historic monument. The site compares its atmosphere to a lounge of the Orient Express, with lanterns and views of the river. The stated maximum is 100 guests on the New Year's Eve cruise. A Salon Lounge on the same boat is sold as its own option for that evening.
L'Estello is smaller and described as a private box on the Seine. The official pages give a maximum of 50 guests for the Christmas Eve dinner and 40 for New Year's Eve.
Cruises last two hours. The regular departures are 12:40 for a lunch and 20:40 for an evening on Le Calife, and 18:30 on L'Estello. Boarding starts earlier, and the Christmas and New Year schedules differ.
Catering
Catering is on board and is part of every formula. Menus run from a cocktail, starter, main course and dessert to formulas with wines and champagne, coffee or tea, and a Prestige formula served with Ruinart champagne. L'Estello has a champagne formula with cheeses. Special evenings add a welcome glass of champagne and canapés. The official site mentions a seafood allergy only in a guest review, so dietary requests should be confirmed with the team before booking.
History and setting
The cruise follows the Seine from the Institut du monde arabe past Notre-Dame, the Hôtel de Ville, the Pont des Arts, the Louvre, the Pont Alexandre III and the Eiffel Tower, and turns at the Statue of Liberty. Guests board at the Port des Saints-Pères, quai Malaquais, so the journey starts and ends in the heart of Paris.
Getting there
The mooring is at the Port des Saints-Pères, quai Malaquais, 75006 Paris, facing the Pont des Arts on the left bank. On the left bank, take metro lines 4 or 10 to Odéon, or RER B or C to Saint-Michel. From the right bank, take metro line 1 to Louvre-Rivoli or line 7 to Pont-Neuf, or RER A to Châtelet.
