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    Balagan

    4.5 (72 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Classy
    Good for groups
    Good for dancing
    Good for kids

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    Kelly K.

    Best meal in Paris! From start to finish, Balagan delivered. We had an amazing meal and experienced the utmost hospitality. Our server sat down to explain each and every dish at length. She took her time to get to know our tastes and made recommendations. We ended up selecting the set menu 24€/pp. Starter, bruschetta roast beef (4/5) thinly rare sliced roast beef on bread, bone marrow, and an amazing pickled vegetable (fennel?) Tahini bread (5/5) the bread was thin, crunchy and perfect for dipping into the creamy tahini sauce Main course, sea bass shashouka (5/5) spicy red pepper and onion sauce with perfectly cooked sea bass and boiled egg. Served in a pot and piping hot, this spicy dish was my favorite! Main course, Festif spring chicken (4/5) carrot purée, couscous, and smoky roasted chicken (perfectly cooked and juicy) with a grilled lime. I was expecting something slightly spicier but this was still a solid dish Dessert, tahini ice cream (4/5) this was more of a cold tahini butter rather than an ice cream. The sesame brittle, candied pine nuts, and kataifi added the necessary crunch to a very rich and thick dessert (that by the way, does not melt) Dessert, cheesecake (comped) (5/5) not like the traditional cheesecake. More of a thick creamy pudding with fruit purée and crumble at the bottom. Whatever it was, my husband inhaled it! Lunchtime at Balagan is leisurely and easy going. Dinner, I hear, has a larger menu and is more like a club. An amazing restaurant with super reasonable prices! We will be back!

    Crack Pie
    Alison J.

    This lively place near the Tuileries is a favorite spot of ours. You know you've found a good spot from the moment you step inside. The staff is immediately greeting you and making you feel comfortable. Once seated, the menu is presented and the fun begins. The only difficulty is making a decision, but your friendly server is there to help with that. We have enjoyed every meal at Balagan and look forward to returning on our next visit to Paris.

    Courtney H.

    I never go to Paris without going to Balagan at least once. The servers are friendly, accommodating around dietary restrictions and always super attentive (not an easy find in the EU). This Israeli inspired restaurant is on an unassuming quiet corner of Rue d'Alger & Rue de Mont-Thabor. Such a fun vibe with the most delicious dishes. Check out the back room for great music and a nightcap!

    Israeli cheesecake
    Nivi R.

    I was here with a friend for my birthday dinner. Our hotel concierge helped us get reservations the day off at the bar. However, once we reached the restaurant they were super accommodating and gave us the table. I cannot say enough about how good the service was - right from the checking in, wait staff and the wine sommelier, everyone was excellent. We got the bread and dip (delicious), sea bass for the main course and finally the surprise dessert which was the Jerusalem cheesecake (I would never have chosen this dessert off the menu, but it was beyond delicious.) I can't wait to come back!

    I really enjoyed Balagan! The food was great and the service was pretty good as well! My friend and I tried to make reservations three days in advance and they were already totally booked and were only able to get us in at 10:30pm. Definitely a popular spot. Would recommend if you're in the mood to drink and party! The music is insanely loud and everyone was singing and dancing along. Fun vibes but definitely not for people wanting a casual dinner!

    Babaganoush and txatziki with bread, very good!

    AMAZING!!! If you enjoy middle eastern food this place is your Heaven! This restaurant is very trendy, the kind that French locals visit, very original, fun and quite delicious. Probably the best middle eastern food I have ever tried. The Fattoush salad was perfection- again the best restaurant salad I've ever had. Not to miss! The Seabass is phenomenal! Went for lunch and will be back for dinner and probably lunch again! It's that good! Chef David makes for a fun and spontaneous vibe if you are sitting at the bar. My favorite in Paris

    Sea Bass
    Hannah D.

    Great choice for dinner in Paris if you want something different. This restaurant has a great atmosphere and knowledgeable staff who are very friendly and add to the experience! They offer many vegetarian/pescatarian dishes to choose from which was wonderful as there were a handful of restaurants who barely had anything without meat. The place is tight so be prepared to be seated closely. The bar is a great option too especially if they are busy or you don't have reservations.

    S K.

    Must visit while visiting Paris. Amazing food Great Breakfast, and Diner The octopos was Great and my wife had a steak which was amazing.

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    Excellent! Loved all of the fresh food! of one the most tasty and unique meals we had in Paris.

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    Awful restaurant and not great food. Surprised that it's a Michelin star restaurant. Spend your money on other great restaurants in Paris.

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    Very food Mediterranean Food, great for brunch, the chicken gyros isnexcellent, beef tataki is great and the seabass is excellent

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    Little Red Door

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    Quite the place, very unique in it's décor, cocktails and service. You might need to wait a bit for…read morea table, but unless it's raining, that's no problem. The cocktails are very fun, and they even have a few beers here if that's your thing. The servers speak fluent English, and it is popular with foreigners, but it's not a tourist trap by any means.

    A friend recommended this place and Paris and the vibes are alluding, mysterious, and sexy. I found…read morea new drink I love I will try to make at home! So the little red door has a cute red door but the bouncer lets you in through another door (novelty observed haha). The man takes your jacket and umbrella (what a gentleman!) and sat us on the second floor. While the space between the couch and the seats were rather small, we were able to manage. I got the permaculture and resilience. The resilience is a club favorite and my favorite too! The way the sorghum, pineapple sage (syrup), pasquet cognac, and savanna rum all tied together was a blessing. I was going to get a third but I was tipsy by my second drink. My first drink was the permaculture and while I was considered it would be strong, it didn't seem strong to me. I love clarified dairy in alcohol so this was a win in my book. It consists of chestnut, butter, wakaze umeshu, avallen Calvados. The bar let's you stay for an hour but if you sit elsewhere, you can stay as long as you want. 5 stars and I hope to come back someday!

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    (15 reviews)

    Concorde/Madeleine, 8ème

    It was rated the best champagne bar in Paris on google search. but it was hard to find this…read more place! It was tucked in the corner, construction everywhere, we asked around n no one knew about it! and it really took effort to find this bar. Glad I did! There was a piano singer the night we went. The champagne is good, the music was in English, not too loud that you can carry in a conversation.

    Christmas Eve cocktail while walking the sites. Our…read moredaughter treated after her co workers recommended it. In this elegant hotel, after navigating valeted sports cars, chauffeur driven Maybachs, and the nicest classic Citroen performance sedan I've seen, you enter a lobby cocktail lounge that is the Canlis of cocktail lounges! From the valet and door staff to the hostess, maitre d and elegant servers the service could not have been much finer. Including coat check from the table and lounge settee with chairs. The bar appears to be full of whatever you would like but a signature cocktail menu that reads like a beautiful coffee table book is given to everyone. The drinks with names like Corn, Apple, etc are given to elaborate cocktails that are crafted with multiple layers of ingredients. Seems weird but everyone loved theirs and we all shared sips. I highly recommend that here if you are familiar with your companions. Call your banker first as $30 per drink is average! But the girl I raised bought it so whatever? Wish I photographed that menu!! Service is bright with ample and thoughtful olive and nuts assortments and water backs for all without asking. For a splurge I could not urge enough of you to try!! Seeing this hotel property alone is worth it right down to the gilded bathrooms excellently attended. We did not try the food as they were just about to convert to first dinner service and we had Xmas Eve dinner for the family booked at a different Michelin star restaurant later. I'll bet the food is the shizzle though!!!

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    Probably the most expensive yet the most accurate representation of a classy speakeasy bar. First…read moreoff, the bar is located at the Ritz, so you'll have to make your way from the hotel entrance through the beautiful hallways of the Ritz to get to the bar. Then when you check in, they'll walk you to your seat, where you're immediately transported to a Parisian movie from the twenties. It's a wood paneled intimate bar with limited seating, and it's easy to pretend that Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald are among the customers there too. Did I mention their menu is like an old school newspaper and that my drink came with a beautiful white rose? Talk about jazz age perfection!

    Tucked away in a corner of the Hôtel Ritz this elegant bar was named after the famed American…read morewriter Ernest Hemingway, who was a frequent patron. The bar exudes an old world charm with oak paneled walls adorned with vintage Hemingway photos and memorabilia. They had an impressive lineup of signature cocktails, but in a rare flash of memory from English Lit 101, I felt compelled to channel Hemingway's Jake Barnes in The Sun Also Rises, and chose Champagne instead. As expected the service was flawless. Immediately upon being seated, a young lady brought us olives and mix nuts in a divided dish. The waiter soon followed to take our initial order. Pro tip- They open at 5 pm so get there 10-15 minutes before to stand in line. We got there at 4:45 and there were several people ahead of us. It's a small intimate bar that only seats about 20 something people and it filled up within minutes after we were seated. We saw multiple people getting turned away and when we left, there was a long line at the door. Cheers!!

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    Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, 6ème

    After a day of walking for hours while taking in the priceless art and history of the city, I had…read moreto fill my prescription. Unassuming, this cocktail spot in the 7th is a perfect start to a fun evening. My prescription began with an old fashioned coup tailored with "The One." Citrus vodka based classic. It was very good! The champagne foam on top was a first for me. Made the drink trendy I suppose lol. I hung out downstairs until I got hit on by a cute photographer, I'm engaged, so that's a no! But a good sign for single people. It's an environment that creates open conversations. I guess I wasn't done exploring when I ventured upstairs and sat right in between to groups of friends chatting. To my left what looked to be grad students talking about future career plans. They complimented my dress, very nice of them. And to my right a group of friends discussing the topic of dating men who like "going in the back door". One of the ladies seemed very against it but mentioned, "if he really wants to I will atleast one, but i do not prefer it." The mood is intimate and chic. Overall a great time!

    We really wanted to like this pretty little place, but the wait staff was rude, and the drinks were…read moreway overpriced and "complicated". We sat at the bar and looked at the drinks menu. Boyfriend turned on the flashlight on his phone to see the menu, as it is quite dark in the bar, but was asked to turn it off by the obnoxious bartender. She said it was too "aggressive" to use actual light to see the menu. He turned it off, and I used the background light from my phone to make out the drinks on the menu. All of them were very "stylish" and expensive, with a lot of unnecessary ingredients. When a table opened up, we moved to it with our drinks. We decided to just have one cocktail, then bail to go to a friendlier, less complicated place. The waitress for our table had an attitude and was just plain rude. Never going back.

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    Dirty Dick

    (287 reviews)

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    Pigalle, 9ème

    Went here in September 2025…read more Such a fun place. Think of the times you've been to a bar where the person making your drink really put their all into it. That's this place. Go see for yourselves. We liked it so much. It was our planned stop in route to Moulin Rouge, and that proved to us that we just had to bring our tribe with us on the way back. That's right. Two stops. One night. Enough said.

    Dirty Dick may officially win the award for "most questionable name attached to a genuinely great…read moretiki bar." When we arrived the place was dead quiet -- like "did we accidentally come during a private apocalypse?" quiet. But as the evening went on, more people slowly wandered in and the atmosphere picked up. The drinks were fantastic: huge, strong, colorful, and dangerously fun. Exactly what you want from a tiki bar. The bartenders were incredibly sweet too. They answered all our questions, made recommendations based on what we actually like, and clearly knew their menu well. Always appreciate bartenders who don't just point randomly and say "this one." The decor and vibe were awesome -- dark, tropical, quirky, and full-on escapism. Felt like stepping into a hidden island bar in the middle of Paris. Only thing that threw us a little? The music. At several points it sounded less "tropical tiki escape" and more "waiting 45 minutes for Space Mountain at Disney World." Not bad exactly... just unexpectedly wholesome for drinks strong enough to make you text your high school friends at midnight. Overall though, we absolutely loved it and would 100% go back. Great drinks, great staff, fun atmosphere -- and honestly the weird Disney-adjacent soundtrack somehow became part of the charm.

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