Cocktail Bar in Paris

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

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

Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.

Saint-Germain hunting-lodge speakeasy by Thomas Codsi, Le Fooding-listed, weekend basement DJ floor.

Female-led cocktail bar with bi-fold windows on the Belleville-Canal axis, zero pretension, real depth.

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

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

Five-suite hidden townhouse on avenue Junot, Le Très Particulier cocktail bar, 900m² Benech garden.

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

French-spirits-only cocktail bar in a graffiti-clad doorway, World's 50 Best Bars regular.

World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.

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