Mobissimo

Fine dining in the US is more about being casual rather than an event.  Americans kinda strive to make things less formal.  In Paris, and well, most of the other dining cities of the world, the dining experience is exactly that, an experience and not a fuel stop.  So things in Paris are always a little bit different for Americans, even though we saved them from speaking German twice, they seem to enjoy looking at us like cretins.  The 10 commandments via Fodor's.  Read more and try to fit in.

The rituals of dining in Paris are far less complex than, say, in Japan, but observing these few basic principles of dining will increase your chances of obtaining good service.