Best Cocktail Bars in France

French cocktail bars borrow from bistros, palace hotels and design studios, and the best cocktail bars in France now reach past Paris. Bar Nouveau, No. 15 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, recasts an Art Nouveau bistro on Rue des Haudriettes. Little Red Door, which was No. 5 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2022, still hangs no sign over its crimson door on Rue Charlot. At the Hôtel de Crillon, Les Ambassadeurs pairs cocktails with live music over Place de la Concorde, and Margot Lecarpentier runs Combat in Belleville. In Montpellier, Aperture treats light as its raw material; it closes Sundays and Mondays. These are the bars we would start with.