Unlike some places that eschew good food for alcohol and a funky interior, colourful Ave Maria scores highly for all three. The kitsch interior is decked out in a canopy of...

Lap up every detail - this is once-in-a-holiday stuff. Whether you're out on the historic terrace or looking up at the ornate stucco ceiling, you'll be sipping in the footsteps...

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...

Café Thoumieux is a laid-back destination for cocktails, tapas and big-screen sport. Banquettes snake around the room, and spiky Aztec-pattern lamps light up the faces of the...

When she sold her café back in March 2007, Jeanette handed over to the young team from Chez Justine because they promised not to change a thing. Now the monstrous 1940s lights,...

Chez Prosper welcomes punters all day long with that simplest of pleasures: a smile. Yes, even when squeezing past people queuing for a spot on the sun terrace, the waiters are...

The food at Dédé's is reminiscent of an American diner (burgers, fries, ketchup on the bar, etc), but the look (distressed walls, bustling smoking terrace) and the attitude to...

As its name suggests, J'Go (pronounced gigot) is all about lamb - well, meat actually: a buzzing Toulouse-style wine bar in the Marché St-Germain by day, it becomes a...

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...

The hippest of Xavier Denamur's merry Marais bars. Cocktails are punchy, traditional tipples just as good, and the salads and snacks are reasonably priced and tasty - but it's...

Set on the cusp of the ninth and 18th arrondissements, La Fourmi is an old bistro that has been converted for today's tastes, with picture windows lighting the spacious,...

La Fourmi was a precursor to the industrial-design, informal, music-led bars that have sprung up around Paris - and it's still very much a style leader, attracting everyone...

Set inside a former bordello, the Jungle runs a programme of live afro-jazz on Wednesdays and Fridays (€2 extra on drinks), DJs on Saturdays, and jazz and blues on Sundays....