Hookahs are what it’s all about in this recently redecorated Middle Eastern tearoom and lounge. People come here to lie around on the cushions and benches and watch all the big sports events on a large flat screen. The ‘1001 nights’ is in a little street just off the very busy rue Mouffetard in the Latin Quarter well known for its bars and drunk students. Here, however they don’t serve any alcoholic drinks, only tea and home made fruit cocktails as well as a selection of sweet pastries... Read more

A warning when you enter this bar you couldn’t get any further from a Buddhist temple, this bar is one of the hang-outs for Parisian and international jet-setters. There is a huge and impressive seven-foot golden Buddha, which lends its name to the bar, but it is the Gold Card that is revered here. This an ideal spot if you want to impress business clients and future partners while you sip a cocktail and nod to the syrupy lounge sound track which has become an enterprise in its own right. The... Read more

This place-to-be hotel bar with an impressive luxurious turn of the century decor is the perfect place for star spotting. It's also the ideal spot for sipping a glass of champagne or two (but don’t forget your gold card). If you are feeling brave enough you could sprawl onto the sofas, which is apparently how Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis literally fell for each other. Proper dress is advised unless you are very famous yourself, or your arrive accompanied by a model or a celebrity. Read more