Rooftop Cocktail Bars

Laurent Taïeb's reborn 1888 central post office with rooftop ROOF and Eiffel-facing terraces.

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.