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

Bastille is riddled with cafés, clubs and concerts, and La Croche is part of the parcel. Here you can eat great Italian food while you listen to musicians perform or watch a match on the large screen. In fact the screen is not only used to show all the main sports events, but also to transmit concerts by famous national and international artists when there isn’t a live band playing in the bar. The live music here is varied and often followed by DJ sets transforming the bar into a mini club... Read more

This pub is just by the busy boulevard de Montparnasse and is always busy, always loud (mostly good quality rock music) and filled with a boisterous crowd downing pints of Irish beer. The landlord, a jolly fellow, says that he doesn’t throw people out if they get too drunk; he just serves them another drink. Indeed the crowd certainly let their hair down-they dance, jump around, shout and generally have a laugh without giving a sh*t what anyone thinks. You can order beer by the litre,... Read more