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    Le Lakanal

    3.7 (38 reviews)
    ModerateBars, French, Cafes
    Open 8:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Classy
    Loud
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Olga H.

    Going out with kids in tow you can't be too choosey when they are hungry, especially when you are foodie. It it involves A LOT of compromise. Went to this place because it was across the street from the catacombs and had decent reviews. I was very pleased with my food. We got the chèvre pizza with honey, linguine special, a burger and the confit de canard (duck confit). They have a regular menu and a special menu you can find written on the chalkboard. For the price point, you get a lot of delicious food. I had the duck and it came with green beans, salad, zucchini squash with cheese, a fancy hash brown, roasted tomatoes, and duck leg, of course. It was not heavy, and I was able to finish it all without unbuckling my pants! The staff was super friendly and spoke moderate enough english to tolerate our terrible french. I would dine here again, for sure.

    Chardonnay
    Dean T.

    Great service and food. Stopped in after going to Eiffel tower and Sacre Coeur. So energizing!

    Mille Feuille Legumes- Roasted vegetables
    Emily C.

    D'awww, no lunch specials on Sunday. Oh well, that's the policy anywhere. Lunch specials were about 20 euros for a starter and main, or main and dessert, I believe. My friend and I came here hoping to go to the catacombs, but since it was closed without an explanation (maybe because January is an off-tourist month), we decided to get some lunch. My friend started off with the mille feuille legumes, which was like roasted vegetables in a warm cream that was molded together. My friend loved it so much, she got a bit defensive when I wanted to try a bit. I had the Clafoutis Chevre, which was a warmed batter pudding with goats cheese, smoked duck and sundried tomatoes. I've never had anything quite like it in my life and it certainly is one of the dishes I will crave from Paris. Imagine a savory creme brulee. That's what it was like. Goats cheese was perfectly smooth amongst the smoked duck (salted a bit heavily, but smoked perfectly. Mind you, this is one of the hardest things to do since you can oversmoke it). The sundried tomatoes were one of the best I've had and I had some in Italy. The flavors were not too overpowering and just right. Simply one of the best dishes I've had and I'm glad we found this brasserie at this point. My friend had the steak tartare italienne, with a nice pesto sauce and diced onions and I believe capers were involved. Very delicate and excellent bite, but after her appetizer, she was already pretty full. Came with a side of fries and salad, which were both nice. I had the entrecote grillee and it was a massive steak with perfect pieces of fat on some of the edges. OH.MAI.GAWD. I love the fatty pieces. So bad, but it tastes so good... this was excellently cooked. One of the best steaks I've ever had and I don't usually order it. I had it medium (a pointe) and it was juicy and flavorful. Perfectly seared so I had a crisp outer layer and excellent meat inside. A bit chewy but that's the name of the game. It came with sea salt on the side and bernaise sauce, but the steak was excellent with just a touch of sea salt or just plain. Bernaise sauce was excellent though. The best part was having these perfectly grilled tomatoes that bled such sweet juices that went excellently with my steak. The au gratin potatoes were nicely done but I was getting full. Service was good and the restrooms are down the spiral staircase. Overall, for two people, it was 50 Euros (my friend had tea for 4.20 Euro) and we left extremely full. Loved the taste. I think I'll be back when the catacombs open on my next trip to Paris.

    Awesome!
    Patricia M.

    Wow! Finally a restaurant with food worth writing about! Based on the waiter's recommendation on deciding what to order. I may add the service here was actually good. Overall the Parisians overall are hospitable. Do not listen to people's speculation. We both had the Salade de Cavatappi, Greek salad on a hot day, 80 degree weather. The salad was cold and refreshing. The feta cheese in the salad was spectacular. The Cavatappi (pasta) perfect al dente. Cherry tomatoes, bell pepper, & red onion nice & crunchy. The only down fall, the olives were a bit bland. Overall this place knows their food! May I add the ambience is awesome! Great seating!

    Paue de run steak grille rossini gratin de pot Cheu pleur
    Stephanie M.

    after we went to the catacombs we were looking for somewhere to eat that is on our way to the metro. Service is great, the place is very calm and rustic like with red furnishings and mellow music We ordered three dishes and expressos. The food was good but it is mediocre. There wasn't much depth to the dishes but the portions were okay. We shared three dishes, both steaks lacked flavor and were a bit past well done. Meh

    Liz F.

    My adult done days 10/10. . he had the pork, burgers delicious, risotto tasty, creamy. Service wonderful. Thanks, after the Catacombes we needed that!

    Amazing! Starving, having chkd in to our hotel this place was walking dist. English menus. Great service!! Merci Beaucoup!
    Kendra B.

    Awesome service, amazing food!!! English menus and servers speak english. Will be back for a FOURTH yes FOURTH time before going back home!

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    Good food and service. Friendly staff. Love the location to people watch and enjoy the outdoors.

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    Food was excellent! When visiting the catacombs stop here for a quick lunch. Two lunches, a wine and a coke $42 euros.

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    We are here on a whim yesterday evening, and it is fantastic. The food is solid, the ambience cozy and not too noisy.

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    Playing tourist, left our buddy to stand in line at the catacombs, we stopped here for a coffee.

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    Little Red Door - A red door that is not used to go through but should be

    Little Red Door

    4.4(282 reviews)
    4.1 kmMarais Nord, 3ème
    €€

    I loved Little Red Door when I went with my friend Ava B. a couple years back, and I wanted to take…read moremy husband Matt B. when we were in Paris this month. We ended up going with Ava and her boyfriend Yassine, lining up after dinner, around 10:30 on a Friday night. There was a small crowd waiting outside, and it took us about a half hour to get in. The place was fun and busy, and as charming as I remembered. We got seated in a loungey upstairs area and received excellent table service. There was free popcorn and even a complimentary round of welcome drinks, a strong mini cocktail of Gentian and peated whiskey. The menu had changed over completely since my first visit. The cocktail offerings were printed onto thick printed leaves arranged on metal branches, forming a cool little tree centerpiece that replaced a paper menu (there was also a more detailed menu available online). Several of the cocktails were labeled with raindrops, indicating they were available as mocktails--helpful for Yassine, who doesn't drink alcohol. Matt and I shared two rounds, sampling a good chunk of this new menu. Everything was delicious. The Carbone was a bright, interesting cocktail made with beetroot, black garlic, Origin smoked gin, and Dartigalongue Un-Oaked, served with a cube of frozen yogurt that melted lushly into the beet-red drink. The Serre Solaire was smooth and boozy, with black tea, green walnut and milk, Cointreau, and Rémy Martin cognac. The Résilience was a highbrow tropical cocktail, with sorghum, pineapple sage, Pasquet cognac, and Savanna rum. The Permaculture was creative and flavorful, with chestnut, butter, wakame umeshu, and Avallen Calvados. I also tried a sip of Ava's Aquaponie, a light, juicy vodka drink with basil, lemon and sweet clover, St. Germain, and Grey Goose. I love Little Red Door and I'm glad I got to visit a second time and share it with my husband. We do live kind of far away, but I hope a third visit is in the cards.

    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.

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    Little Red Door - Specialty cocktail

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    Danico - TUPÁNANCHISKAMA and titicaca

    Danico

    4.6(32 reviews)
    3.8 kmBourse, 2ème, Palais Royal/Musée du Louvre
    €€€

    Get the Elotes if you like cheese, otherwise, the Chicha Morada is good on a warm day. Their drinks…read moreare inventive and goodl. Would return to try their classics. Speakeasy vibes since they are in the back of an Italian restaurant (Note part of what was once Jean Paul Gaultier's flagship store). A small space with nice decor and swanky. It's probably not too difficult to get into. Many patrons are visitors so expect quick turnovers. The staff and service are welcoming. 2026 Europe's Best Bars #19 (2025 World's Best #30) ranked by "The World's 50 Best Bars Academy comprising more than 800 drinks experts, including renowned bartenders and consultants, drinks writers and cocktail specialists."

    We arrived in Paris after almost a full day of travel and decided to go out for a drink after a…read morelazy hotel dinner. I found Danico Bar on one of those World's 50 Best Bars lists, and as it was walk-in only and like half a mile from our hotel, we decided to stroll over and try our luck. It was around 10:30 on a Wednesday night, and there were only a few people waiting ahead of us. Every guest we saw was an obvious tourist like us--many with shopping bags and actual luggage--who'd probably found Danico on the same World's 50 Best list. We got in after a short, comfortable wait, maybe ten minutes, all of them spent sitting down. The bar was dark and glamorous, a speakeasy-style spot in the back of an Italian restaurant. We got a table, which was great. The space was loud and busy, but we had our little perch. Table service was polite and efficient. We hung out until midnight and got in a couple of rounds. There was a thick book of a menu, with thirty cocktails celebrating Danico's tenth anniversary--three definitive drinks from each year. More than half of these were, unfortunately, sold out (it looked like a lot of them were pre-made in finite batches). We did well with what was left, though, including a few signatures available in unlimited quantities. All four of our cocktails were delicious. The Mirror Selfie was the lightest of the bunch, a fizzy highball with Citadelle gin, sweet vermouth, grapefruit, sakura tea, and bergamot perfume. The Sakura was a stronger drink, also with Citadelle gin and sakura, a Negroni variation rounded out with sweet vermouth, Campari, and umeshu. The Sado Miso was an Asian dessert of a cocktail, nutty and creamy but not sweet, made with Pierre Ferrand 1840 cognac rye whiskey, brown butter miso, anko, black sesame, egg, and rice and tofu milk. Then there was the Krakatoa, a wild milk punch with peanut butter distillate, Planteray 3 Stars rum, palm sugar, mango, pineapple, cucumber, sweet potato, lime, and soy milk. I was curious what it would taste like and didn't even know while I was drinking it, but it was fantastic. We had a a lovely time at Danico. The drinks were creative and the vibe was fun, while still easy enough for two elder millennials to enjoy with travel exhaustion. I'd recommend this place if you want interesting cocktails and don't mind drinking among (other) tourists.

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    Danico - The Elotes cocktail next to a medium-sized candle.

    The Elotes cocktail next to a medium-sized candle.

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    Bar Hemingway

    Bar Hemingway

    4.3(108 reviews)
    4.0 kmPlace Vendôme, Concorde/Madeleine, 1er
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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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    Bar Hemingway - Bar Hemingway - Ritz Paris

    Bar Hemingway - Ritz Paris

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