Bisou Bar Bar Compare Cocktail No Menu Sustainable Bisou Le Marais $$$ Haut-Marais no-menu cocktail bar, bartender asks your mood, builds the drink around French organic seasonal produce.
Candelaria Bar Bar Compare Speakeasy Mezcal Agave Candelaria Le Marais $$$ Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.
Castor Club Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Speakeasy Wood Panelled Castor Club Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Saint-Germain hunting-lodge speakeasy by Thomas Codsi, Le Fooding-listed, weekend basement DJ floor.
Experimental Cocktail Club Bar Bar Compare Speakeasy Late Night No Reservations Experimental Cocktail Club Sentier & Bourse $$$ The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations
Harry's New York Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Expat Piano Bar Harry's New York Bar Sentier & Bourse $$$ Mahogany expat bar from 1911, birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme
Le Bar du Bristol Bar Bar Compare Hotel Bar Palace Cocktail Le Bar du Bristol Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Le Bristol's curiosity-cabinet bar, Maxime Hoerth, first bartender awarded Meilleur Ouvrier de France (2011).
Le Duc des Lombards Bar Bar Compare Jazz Live Music Intimate Stage Le Duc des Lombards Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Châtelet jazz club since 1984, 300+ concerts a year, free Friday-Saturday midnight jam.
Le Syndicat Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Bar French Spirits Only Hip Hop Soundtrack Le Syndicat Canal Saint-Martin $$ French-spirits-only cocktail bar in a graffiti-clad doorway, World's 50 Best Bars regular.
Little Red Door Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Intimate Speakeasy Ish Little Red Door Le Marais $$$ World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.
Mabel Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Rum Small Room Mabel Sentier & Bourse $$ Sentier rum den behind a grilled-cheese counter, Joseph Akhavan's 100-plus-rum library, Diffords-listed.
Sherry Butt Bar Bar Compare Whisky Leather Intimate Sherry Butt Le Marais $$$ Whisky-led cocktail den behind a discreet 4e façade, Vogue called it one of the world's 20 best.