Andy Wahloo Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail Courtyard Pop Art Andy Wahloo Le Marais $$$ Mazouz brothers' Marais cocktail bar, North African-Pop Art mash-up, since 2001, with a hidden courtyard.
Bisou Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail No Menu Sustainable Bisou Le Marais $$$ Haut-Marais no-menu cocktail bar, bartender asks your mood, builds the drink around French organic seasonal produce.
Candelaria Bar Bar Confronta Speakeasy Mezcal Agave Candelaria Le Marais $$$ Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.
Castor Club Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail Speakeasy Wood Panelled Castor Club Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Saint-Germain hunting-lodge speakeasy by Thomas Codsi, Le Fooding-listed, weekend basement DJ floor.
Cravan Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail Bar Art Nouveau Guimard Cravan Trocadéro & Passy $$$ Franck Audoux's cocktail bar in a 1911 Hector Guimard Art Nouveau building.
Experimental Cocktail Club Bar Bar Confronta Speakeasy Late Night No Reservations Experimental Cocktail Club Sentier & Bourse $$$ The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations
L'Entrée des Artistes Pigalle Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail Natural Wine Small Plates L'Entrée des Artistes Pigalle Pigalle & SoPi $$$ Pigalle bar-restaurant by Fabien Lombardi (ex-Prescription), natural wines, aged cocktails, PUNCH-listed.
Little Red Door Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail Intimate Speakeasy Ish Little Red Door Le Marais $$$ World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.
Sherry Butt Bar Bar Confronta 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.