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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The wine bar inside the Septime universe — 90 natural references, 30 standing seats, no booking.

Oberkampf natural-wine canteen, charcuterie and small plates, run by ex-Chateaubriand.

Naturophile cave-à-manger by the canal — visiting chefs, no reservations, minimum-intervention list.

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