A class act, this, as you might expect of a Costes café whose lofty, arcaded terrace overlooks the Louvre's glass pyramid. Reached through the passage Richelieu (the entrance...

The city's most stylish American bar is an institution beloved of expats, visitors and hard-drinking Parisians. The white-coated bartenders mix some of the most sophisticated...

A little detour off avenue de l'Opéra, down an 18th-century staircase, and you find an unexpected congregation spread across the pavement: half are here for this little bar...

This veteran girl bar remains a popular venue for lesbian locals and visitors. Beer is the drink of choice; pull up a seat and enjoy the regular cabaret nights.

This enticingly kitsch corner bar might be Noir by name, but is definitely scarlet in tone - and attitude. A framed Gainsbourg portrait fights for attention among...

For a cultivated cocktail, head to Le Saut du Loup in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, with its sober mix of black, white and grey reflective surfaces, a well-heeled crowd and...