Venues similar to Castor Club

République speakeasy hidden behind a working laundromat — push the right washing-machine door, climb the staircase.

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

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.

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

Pigalle absinthe speakeasy — 50 Best Discovery, the Little Red Door team's Storyville room.

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

Pigalle bar-restaurant by Fabien Lombardi (ex-Prescription) — natural wines, aged cocktails, PUNCH-listed.

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

Sentier rum den behind a grilled-cheese counter — Joseph Akhavan's 100-plus-rum library, Diffords-listed.

Le Bristol's curiosity-cabinet bar — Maxime Hoerth, first bartender awarded Meilleur Ouvrier de France (2011).

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

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

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

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

Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name — 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique

Franck Audoux's cocktail bar in a 1911 Hector Guimard Art Nouveau building.

Châtelet jazz club since 1984 — 300+ concerts a year, free Friday-Saturday midnight jam.

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

The only Palace hotel on the Left Bank, 1910 Belle Époque on Boulevard Raspail.