With a menu of some 23 different champagnes and designer decor (slick wooden panelling, blue walls and red velvet), Paris's first champagne lounge certainly looks the part....

Dubbed the 'African Bar' by regulars, this wannabe-hip spot hams up the colonial with zebra skins, masks and a throne hewn from a tree trunk. Beer, wine, tea and standard...

Stylish but low key, this four-star contemporary bar makes a mean martini: fresh fruit, Polish or Detroit, with a wellyful of Zubrowka or Krupnik chucked in for good measure. A...

Unusually for this part of town, Libre Sens is reasonably priced and down to earth. The design is slick, with low lighting and comfortable seating - particularly attractive are...

The Palais de Tokyo is one of the hippest destinations in the overwhelmingly staid 16th. The majestic neo-classical building has a stripped-back interior and stunning outdoor...

For fun art world drinking, the bar inside the Palais de Tokyo fits the bill perfectly. The decor - all industrial concrete and bright, trendy tables - is as wacky as the...

Once the city's most fêted gay clubs and the only venue that could hold a torch to the Rex, with a roster of top local DJs holding court, Queen's star faded a little in the...

A bit of an anomaly, this. Grand and imperial, and located within sight of high-end glitz, Sir Winston does a nice line in jazz and gospel brunches on a Sunday. Colonial...