Bar Les Ambassadeurs Bar
Palace Hotel Cocktails Historic Frescos
Bar Les Ambassadeurs
Champs-Élysées & Madeleine
$$$$
Crillon palace bar with eighteenth-century frescos, Kévin Rigault's 'A Sense of Memories' menu.
Cuisine Guide
Best Cocktail Bar Restaurants in Paris
Paris's dining scene spans every corner of the world. These are the finest Cocktail Bar venues in the city, each one personally vetted by our editorial team for quality, atmosphere, and experience.
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Venues
Bar Hemingway Bar
Historic Wood Panelled No Reservations
Bar Hemingway
Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal
$$$$
The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room, bookless reservations and a serious dry martini
Experimental Cocktail Club Bar
Speakeasy Late Night No Reservations
Experimental Cocktail Club
Sentier & Bourse
$$$
The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations
Little Red Door Bar
Cocktail Intimate Speakeasy Ish
Little Red Door
Le Marais
$$$
World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.
Candelaria Bar
Speakeasy Mezcal Agave
Candelaria
Le Marais
$$$
Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.
Sherry Butt Bar
Whisky Leather Intimate
Sherry Butt
Le Marais
$$$
Whisky-led cocktail den behind a discreet 4e façade, Vogue called it one of the world's 20 best.
Andy Wahloo Bar
Cocktail Courtyard Pop Art
Andy Wahloo
Le Marais
$$$
Mazouz brothers' Marais cocktail bar, North African-Pop Art mash-up, since 2001, with a hidden courtyard.
Le Syndicat Bar
Cocktail Bar French Spirits Only Hip Hop Soundtrack
Le Syndicat
Canal Saint-Martin
$$
French-spirits-only cocktail bar in a graffiti-clad doorway, World's 50 Best Bars regular.
Combat Bar
Cocktail Bar Female Led Natural Wine
Combat
Canal Saint-Martin
$$
Female-led cocktail bar with bi-fold windows on the Belleville-Canal axis, zero pretension, real depth.
Cravan Bar
Cocktail Bar Art Nouveau Guimard
Cravan
Trocadéro & Passy
$$$
Franck Audoux's cocktail bar in a 1911 Hector Guimard Art Nouveau building.
L'Hôtel Particulier Montmartre Hotel
Boutique Hotel Cocktail Bar Secret Garden
L'Hôtel Particulier Montmartre
Montmartre
$$$$
Five-suite hidden townhouse on avenue Junot, Le Très Particulier cocktail bar, 900m² Benech garden.
Bisou Bar
Cocktail No Menu Sustainable
Bisou
Le Marais
$$$
Haut-Marais no-menu cocktail bar, bartender asks your mood, builds the drink around French organic seasonal produce.
Castor Club Bar
Cocktail Speakeasy Wood Panelled
Castor Club
Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice
$$$
Saint-Germain hunting-lodge speakeasy by Thomas Codsi, Le Fooding-listed, weekend basement DJ floor.
Lavomatic Bar
Speakeasy Cocktail Hidden Entrance
Lavomatic
Canal Saint-Martin
$$
République speakeasy hidden behind a working laundromat, push the right washing-machine door, climb the staircase.
L'Entrée des Artistes Pigalle Bar
Cocktail Natural Wine Small Plates
L'Entrée des Artistes Pigalle
Pigalle & SoPi
$$$
Pigalle bar-restaurant by Fabien Lombardi (ex-Prescription), natural wines, aged cocktails, PUNCH-listed.
Le Bar du Bristol Bar
Hotel Bar Palace Cocktail
Le Bar du Bristol
Champs-Élysées & Madeleine
$$$$
Le Bristol's curiosity-cabinet bar, Maxime Hoerth, first bartender awarded Meilleur Ouvrier de France (2011).
Le Bar Long Bar
Hotel Bar Palace Philippe Starck
Le Bar Long
Champs-Élysées & Madeleine
$$$$
Royal Monceau's Philippe Starck-designed long bar, Forbes Travel Guide Star Bars 2025 pick on Avenue Hoche.
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