This place is packed with young business types on the town every weekend. It has to be said that the building is very impressive with its Eiffel structure of metal beams, a classy staircase, glass roof, winter garden, warm colours and large polished wooden bars. The theme is Cuban of course with rum based cocktails and a strictly Latino soundtrack which lures the crowd into hip wiggling whether they want to or not. However the atmosphere is very after work, a sort of office out of context, not... Read more

This elegant piano-bar with its wood and red moleskin interior has been the meeting place for Americans in Paris since 1911. Of course these headquarters also accept Canadians, Brits, Irish and the French as long as they are well behaved. The crowd always seems a little subdued and calm at the beginning of an evening but as the night goes on they get more and more relaxed, which isn’t surprising as there is a choice of 270 cocktails and 160 different types of whisky. If you’ve got time to... Read more

Legend has it that Ernest Hemmingway himself liberated the Ritz on August 25th 1944. After having inspected the corridors spattered with bullet holes, he sat himself at the bar and downed 50 Martinis one after the other egged on by the German soldiers. To pay homage to this thirsty and prestigious man, the place gave his name to the smallest and warmest bar, which not so long ago was for ladies only. In order to access this discrete little place filled with comfortable club armchairs, you have... Read more