Little Red Door Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Intimate Speakeasy Ish Little Red Door Le Marais $$$ World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023. Same category
Andy Wahloo Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Courtyard Pop Art Andy Wahloo Le Marais $$$ Mazouz brothers' Marais cocktail bar, North African-Pop Art mash-up, since 2001, with a hidden courtyard. Same category
Sherry Butt Bar Bar Compare Whisky Leather Intimate Sherry Butt Le Marais $$$ Whisky-led cocktail den behind a discreet 4e façade, Vogue called it one of the world's 20 best. Same category
Castor Club Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Speakeasy Wood Panelled Castor Club Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Saint-Germain hunting-lodge speakeasy by Thomas Codsi, Le Fooding-listed, weekend basement DJ floor. Same category
L'Entrée des Artistes Pigalle Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Natural Wine Small Plates L'Entrée des Artistes Pigalle Pigalle & SoPi $$$ Pigalle bar-restaurant by Fabien Lombardi (ex-Prescription), natural wines, aged cocktails, PUNCH-listed. Same category
Le Mary Celeste Bar Bar Compare Natural wine Oysters Corner Bar Le Mary Celeste Le Marais $$$ The Marais corner where natural wine, oysters and serious cocktails collapse into one room. Same category
Candelaria Bar Bar Compare Speakeasy Mezcal Agave Candelaria Le Marais $$$ Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form. Same category
Lavomatic Bar Bar Compare Speakeasy Cocktail Hidden Entrance Lavomatic Canal Saint-Martin $$ République speakeasy hidden behind a working laundromat, push the right washing-machine door, climb the staircase. Same category
Mabel Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Rum Small Room Mabel Sentier & Bourse $$ Sentier rum den behind a grilled-cheese counter, Joseph Akhavan's 100-plus-rum library, Diffords-listed. Same category
Le Bar du Bristol Bar Bar Compare Hotel Bar Palace Cocktail Le Bar du Bristol Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Le Bristol's curiosity-cabinet bar, Maxime Hoerth, first bartender awarded Meilleur Ouvrier de France (2011). Same category
Harry's New York Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Expat Piano Bar Harry's New York Bar Sentier & Bourse $$$ Mahogany expat bar from 1911, birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme Same category
Experimental Cocktail Club Bar Bar Compare Speakeasy Late Night No Reservations Experimental Cocktail Club Sentier & Bourse $$$ The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations Same category
Le Dauphin Bar Bar Compare Natural Wine Design Led Small Plates Le Dauphin Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$$ Marble-clad tapas-and-wine room next to the old Chateaubriand, Rem Koolhaas interior, natural-wine list. Same category
Cravan Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Bar Art Nouveau Guimard Cravan Trocadéro & Passy $$$ Franck Audoux's cocktail bar in a 1911 Hector Guimard Art Nouveau building. Same category
Lulu White Bar Bar Compare Speakeasy Absinthe Belle Epoque Lulu White Pigalle & SoPi $$$ Pigalle absinthe speakeasy, 50 Best Discovery, the Little Red Door team's Storyville room. Same category
Le Duc des Lombards Bar Bar Compare Jazz Live Music Intimate Stage Le Duc des Lombards Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Châtelet jazz club since 1984, 300+ concerts a year, free Friday-Saturday midnight jam. Same category
Loulou Restaurant Restaurant Compare Terrace Tuileries View See & Be Seen Loulou Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Mediterranean cooking with a Tuileries terrace at the foot of the Louvre Similar vibe
Les Deux Magots Cafe Cafe Compare Literary Historic Terrace Les Deux Magots Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church. Similar vibe
Le Comptoir du Relais Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bistronomy Natural Wine No Reservation Lunch Le Comptoir du Relais Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The bistronomy capital of Paris, on the Carrefour de l'Odéon. Similar vibe
Le Récamier Restaurant Restaurant Compare Soufflé Only Terrace Classic Le Récamier Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$ The soufflé restaurant of the 7e, behind Le Bon Marché. Similar vibe