Places in Paris

The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room, bookless reservations and a serious dry martini

Crillon palace bar with eighteenth-century frescos, Kévin Rigault's 'A Sense of Memories' menu.

Haut-Marais no-menu cocktail bar, bartender asks your mood, builds the drink around French organic seasonal produce.

1895 Saint-Lazare brasserie, Niermans mosaics, listed since 1989.

Madeleine institution since 1927, the first-floor caviar dining room above the boutique.

A Provençal bistro hiding behind Place des Vosges, and the city's largest pastis collection.

Royal Monceau's Philippe Starck-designed long bar, Forbes Travel Guide Star Bars 2025 pick on Avenue Hoche.

Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784, historic monument with a kitchen in transition

World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.

Ethiopian institution on rue Sauffroy, the 17e Batignolles room that has held the cuisine in Paris for decades.

Whisky-led cocktail den behind a discreet 4e façade, Vogue called it one of the world's 20 best.