Beste bars & clubs in Paris

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

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

Mahogany expat bar from 1911, birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme

The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations

The Marais corner where natural wine, oysters and serious cocktails collapse into one room.

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

Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.

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

Mazouz brothers' Marais cocktail bar, North African-Pop Art mash-up, since 2001, with a hidden courtyard.

The wine bar inside the Septime universe, 90 natural references, 30 standing seats, no booking.

Oberkampf natural-wine canteen, charcuterie and small plates, run by ex-Chateaubriand.

Marble-clad tapas-and-wine room next to the old Chateaubriand, Rem Koolhaas interior, natural-wine list.

Naturophile cave-à-manger by the canal, visiting chefs, no reservations, minimum-intervention list.

French-spirits-only cocktail bar in a graffiti-clad doorway, World's 50 Best Bars regular.

Female-led cocktail bar with bi-fold windows on the Belleville-Canal axis, zero pretension, real depth.