The 10 Best Bars in Paris
Paris drinking starts with Bar Nouveau, No. 17 on World's 50 Best Bars 2025, and the bench behind it runs deep: we list 24 active bars across the city. 5 of them hold verified international recognition, from the 50 Best lists to the Spirited Awards. Every listing below is verified by BarMagazine, with addresses, opening hours and the signature drinks worth ordering.
- Bar Hemingway★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar
Bar Hemingway
Twenty-five seats, unchanged decor, and a Dry Martini recipe that has survived every trend the cocktail industry has produced since Ernest Hemingway drank here with F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920s. The Ritz's jewel-box bar delivers tailor-made cocktails with a formality that reads as genuine rather than performative, ladies' drinks arrive with a rose, and the bartender remembers your order from your last visit. Bar Hemingway does not compete with modern cocktail bars. It occupies a category they cannot enter.
15 Place Vendôme, Paris 75001Daily 5pm-12amFull profile 
★ TOP 10Cocktail BarBar Nouveau
Co-founded by twins Sara and Hadrien Moudoulaud alongside Marc Puzzuoli and Rémy Savage, the 2022 World's Best Mixologist, Bar Nouveau distils its program to six cocktails and executes every one with the focus that a limited menu demands. The Art Nouveau setting on Rue des Haudriettes frames modern interpretations of classic and lesser-known French bistro drinks. At No. 17 on the World's 50 Best Bars, this Marais bar proves that constraint can be a creative accelerant. Savage's involvement bridges his work across three Paris venues into a coherent philosophy of quality through reduction. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best New International Cocktail Bar at the 2024 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. The bar holds No. 5 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.
5 Rue des Haudriettes, 75003 ParisMon-Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 1pm-1am, Sun closedFull profile- Bisou Canal★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar
Bisou Canal
Nicolas Munoz opened this mezcal-focused bar on the Quai de Jemmapes in April 2025, stocking over thirty bottles and building eight signature cocktails, half centerd on agave spirits. Bartenders Romain Dubois and Emmanuelle Navas work a white-and-silver two-level space designed by Studio Mur.Mur, and takeaway bottled cocktails extend the program beyond the room. Bisou Canal represents a growing Parisian interest in mezcal that Le Syndicat's French-only policy explicitly rejects, proof that the city's bar scene thrives on creative disagreement. Paris enters 2026 with the launch of Europe's 50 Best Bars on the horizon, a list that will almost certainly deepen the world's understanding of a city whose cocktail depth runs far beyond its current three global entries. The Marais, Belleville, the Canal Saint-Martin: every quartier pours its own conviction. Bonne chance resisting the fare.
Quai de Jemmapes, Canal Saint-Martin, Paris, 75010Full profile - Combat★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar
Combat
Margot Lecarpentier, a former lawyer who retrained as a bartender in New York, runs this Belleville venue with a sustainability focus and a cocktail program that now extends into her role as head mixologist for the Alain Ducasse Group. The Minto Martini, built with gin, sake, pear, dry vermouth, and peppermint, captures a style that balances botanical complexity with approachable construction. Exposed brick, bright yellow tiling, and foliage ceiling give the room an energy that Lecarpentier's expanding influence across Paris gastronomy only amplifies.
63 rue de Belleville, 75019 ParisWed-Sat 6pm-2am, Sun-Mon 6pm-12am, Tue closedFull profile 
★ TOP 10Cocktail BarDanico
Bar Director Nico de Soto has operated from the former Jean Paul Gaultier flagship on Rue Vivienne for long enough that Danico now functions as an institution of Paris's modern cocktail era. Ranked No. 30 on the World's 50 Best Bars, the program carries the confidence of a venue that helped establish the city's reputation and continues to shape it. Head Bartender Corentin Gaudin runs daily service with a team that balances de Soto's creative vision with the consistency that regulars demand. Danico is the bar that made the 2nd arrondissement a cocktail destination. It won Best International Restaurant Bar at the 2024 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. It currently stands at No. 19 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.
6 rue Vivienne, 75002 ParisDaily 5pm-2amFull profile
★ TOP 10SpeakeasyExperimental Cocktail Club
The bar that ignited Paris's speakeasy movement in 2007 still operates without reservations from a Rue Saint-Sauveur basement that looks unchanged from opening night. Part of the Experimental Group collective that now spans hotels and restaurants across Europe, ECC retains the energy of a founder-led independent: gin-forward, tequila-curious, and resolutely nocturnal. The venue's influence on Paris drinking culture cannot be overstated, every craft cocktail bar in the city traces a line of descent back to this room.
37 rue Saint-Sauveur, 75002 ParisMon-Thu 7pm-2am, Fri-Sat 7pm-4am, Sun 8pm-2amFull profile- Le Syndicat★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar
Le Syndicat
The Organization for the Defence of French Spirits works exclusively with French-produced alcohol, no exceptions, no compromises. Robin Davalo took over direction in November 2022, with Rémy Savage serving as associate director, and the Faubourg Saint-Denis bar continues to prove that France's distillation heritage provides sufficient depth for a complete cocktail program. Calvados, armagnac, cognac, pastis, and domestic gin replace the usual international suspects. Le Syndicat turns a nationalist constraint into creative liberation.
51 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, 75010 ParisDaily 6pm-2amFull profile 
★ TOP 10Cocktail BarLes Ambassadeurs
Head Bartender Arnaud Volte and Bar Director Kevin Rigault deliver the 2025 menu, titled A Sense of Memories, from a room overlooking Place de la Concorde that drips with Parisian grandeur. The program layers seasonal French ingredients with techniques that honor the Crillon's heritage while pushing into contemporary territory. Live music fills the space nightly, and the terrace beneath the arcades provides one of the city's most elegant outdoor drinking positions. Les Ambassadeurs earns its place through setting, service, and ambition in equal measure.
10 place de la Concorde, Paris, 75008Daily 5pm-1amFull profile
★ TOP 10Cocktail BarLittle Red Door
The Rue Charlot pioneer that helped launch Paris's cocktail renaissance reopened in July 2024 under new ownership by Hugo Gallou and Hyacinthe Lescoët, with Oliver Eardley, formerly of The Savoy, London, installed as head bartender. The transition marked one of the year's most closely watched bar stories, and the early program signals ambition: technically precise, narratively driven, and built on the kind of hospitality intelligence that Eardley honed in London's most demanding rooms. Little Red Door's second act may surpass the first.
60 rue Charlot, 75003 ParisMon-Thu, Sun 6pm-2am, Fri-Sat 6pm-3amFull profile
★ TOP 10PubThe Cambridge Public House
Hyacinthe Lescoët's upscale cocktail pub climbed nineteen places in 2025 to reach No. 20 on the World's 50 Best Bars, earning the Nikka Highest Climber Award and the Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award in a single ceremony. The July 2024 acquisition of Little Red Door expanded Lescoët's influence across two of the Marais' most significant addresses. Bar Manager Nicolas Goradesky oversees a program that integrates sustainability into every decision, waste reduction, seasonal sourcing, energy efficiency, without sacrificing the warmth of a British pub transplanted to Rue de Poitou. The latest lists place it at No. 7 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.
8 Rue de Poitou, 75003 ParisDaily 3pm-1amFull profile
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