Must-see nightlife in Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

  • Le Perchoir

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Sunset is the best time to hit this iconic, 7th-floor bar for drinks overlooking Paris' rooftops and – on Saturday night – on-trend DJ sets. Greenery…

  • Grand Café Tortoni

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    A favourite address with hobnobbing socialites in the 19th century, this historic Italian cafe is suddenly the trendiest spot in Haut Marais to linger…

  • Le Mary Céleste

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Snag a stool at the central circular bar at this eternally fashionable, brick-and-timber-floored cocktail bar or reserve one of a handful of tables online…

  • Candelaria

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    A lime-green taqueria serving homemade tacos, quesadillas and tostadas conceals one of Paris' coolest cocktail bars through an unmarked internal door…

  • Beans on Fire

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Outstanding coffee is guaranteed at this innovative space. Not only a welcoming local cafe, it's also a collaborative roastery, where movers and shakers…

  • Cinéma Café Merci

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Dedicated to the seventh art, this street-level cafe adjoining concept store Merci is graced with retro film posters and projects vintage films on one…

  • La Commune

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    An atrium-style covered timber deck strewn with plants and comfy sofas marks the entrance to La Commune. Like its 10e sibling Le Syndicat, cocktails made…

  • La Caféothèque

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    From the industrial grinder to elaborate tasting notes, this coffee house and roastery is serious. Grab a seat, and pick your bean, filtration method …

  • Little Red Door

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Behind an inconspicuous timber façade, a tiny crimson doorway is the illusionary portal to this low-lit, bare-brick drinking den filled with flickering…

  • Bambino

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    A cool new headquarters for devotees of both vin (wine) and vinyls, Bambino mixes music with an outstanding wine list packed with natural wines. Linger by…

  • Sherry Butt

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Named for the sherry-seasoned oak casks used to age whisky, this dimly lit, stone-walled bar is one for serious cocktail connoisseurs. Seasonal menus…

  • Le Perchoir Marais

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Paris' original rooftop bar, run by the talented mixologists behind Le Perchoir in 11e, is a trendy sky deck languishing atop department store BHV. Seine…

  • Boot Café

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Born in a former cobblers' shop, bijou Boot is a fashionable spot to grab a quality coffee and an accompanying sweet morsel. Colombian beans are roasted…

  • Café Charbon

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Night owls, this is your address. Canopied by a gold-stencilled navy-blue awning, Veteran Charbon remains one of the best bars in Ménilmontant and is…

  • Ob-La-Di

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Coffee roasted by Paris' Café Lomi is the big draw of this pocket-sized coffee shop, clad with large mirrors, geometric blue-and-white tiles and glass…

  • La Belle Hortense

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Behind its charming chambray-blue façade, this creative wine bar named after a Jacques Roubaud novel fuses shelf after shelf of literary novels with an…

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    Yellow Tucan

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Beans from Parisian roaster Café Lomi and loose-leaf teas from 1692-established French tea purveyor Dammann Frères are perfectly brewed at this charming…

  • Fluctuat Nec Mergitur

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    On pedestrianised place de la République, this glass-box cafe-bar and sprawling terrace overlook the square's 9.4m-high bronze statue of Marianne, symbol…

  • Le 50

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    HQ for discerning coffee lovers in Belleville since 2019, this vintage corner cafe with wood panelling and signature blue bistro tables is a simple yet…

  • Micro Brasserie Balthazar

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Balthazar's house brews, such as La Vibe (fruity pale ale), La Badas (black IPA), La Pickpocket (a double IPA), L'Ibu Profane (session IPA) and La…

  • Wild & The Moon

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Wild & The Moon's largest space yet, this newly opened hangout has taken over a former wine bar, complete with original vintage signage and a generously…

  • Fondation Café

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    One of the city's smallest cafes, Fondation has just three teeny tables inside and four on the pavement outside (and no toilet). Yet Parisians flock here…

  • Marlette

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    This snug, two-room ode to good coffee (by Parisian roasters Coutume) in Haut Marais is the latest opening by coffee-shop empire Marlette from Brittany's…

  • Loustic

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Brit-born, Paris-adopted Channa Galhenage is the barista energy behind this north Marais espresso bar. Hermès wallpaper, geometric prints and 'golden…

  • Peniche Marcounet

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Moored by the Pont Marie in the Parc Rives de Seine, this beautiful 1925-built timber barge has a cosy bar onboard, and a fabulous umbrella-shaded summer…

  • Café La Perle

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    A treasure of a neighbourhood cafe by day, filled with regulars from early morning on, this wonderfully retro space with bright orange bar stools is where…

  • Le Ballon Rouge

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Sleek new-generation wine bar Le Ballon Rouge has dozens of natural-wine references covering every major French region, and hosts regular tastings with…

  • French Riviera

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Female mixologist Adèle Fardeau is the creative energy behind this stylish newcomer. Vintage posters for Nice, Menton and other beach resorts on the…

  • Le Petit Fer à Cheval

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    A Marais institution, the Little Horseshoe is a minute space with an original horseshoe-shaped zinc bar from 1903. The place overflows with regulars from…

  • Quetzal

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    This perennial favourite gay bar is opposite rue des Mauvais Garçons (Bad Boys’ Street), named after the brigands who congregated here in 1540. It’s…

  • Le Barbouquin

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    After browsing Belleville's busy market, relax over an organic tea or freshly juiced carrot-and-apple cocktail, or tuck into a gluten-free focaccia or…

  • L’Ébouillanté

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Set on a pedestrian, stone-flagged street just footsteps from the Seine, with one of the city's prettiest terraces, cornflower-blue-painted L'Ebouillanté…

  • Aux Deux Amis

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    From the well-worn, tiled floor to the day’s menu scrawled in marker on the vintage mirror, quintessential neighbourhood cafe Aux Deux Amis is perfect for…

  • Andy Wahloo

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Casablanca meets pop artist Andy Warhol in this cool lounge inside a former fabrique de chemises (shirt factory). Its clever name means ‘I have nothing’…

  • Le Loir dans la Théière

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    The Alice in Wonderland–inspired Dormouse in the Teapot is a wonderful old space filled with retro toys, wooden tables, mismatched chairs and comfy…

  • Les Nautes

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Along pedestrianised Parc Rives de Seine, this bar has two waterside terraces with panoramas best savoured over a cocktail, beer or wine and tasty cheese…

  • Le Pick-Clops

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    This spirited 1950s-styled bar-cafe – all shades of yellow and lit by neon – has a mosaic-tiled façade, formica tables, red-vinyl lounges, framed concert…

  • Fragments

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    With its exposed brick walls, Bruce Lee poster and vinyl spinning on the turntable, Fragments is a hot address for excellent coffee made with a gleaming…

  • Panic Room

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    A wildly flavoured cocktail – such as Duke & Gonzo (mezcal, apricot brandy, peach bitters, smoked thyme and lime) – is the thing to sip at this cool bar…

  • La Mangerie

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    A heaving ‘after work’ drinks venue, La Mangerie offers a good choice of wine by the glass and Spanish-inspired tapas (with plenty of gluten-free options)…