Best Bars in Montmartre, Paris
Cabarets, hidden gardens, cellar bars — Montmartre's drinking life beyond the postcard.
Montmartre is overrun with tourists but locals still drink here — you just have to know which streets to walk. Below Place du Tertre and away from Sacré-Cœur, the small streets toward Lamarck-Caulaincourt and Avenue Junot hide some of the most romantic bars in Paris.
Eight Montmartre picks for a slow evening above the city.
The best bars in Montmartre
Le Très Particulier
Hotel Particulier Montmartre's hidden cocktail bar. Garden seating, strong cocktails, the most romantic hidden bar in Paris.
Lapin Agile
Rue des Saules cabaret from 1860. Picasso drank here. Nightly French chanson, the most heritage Montmartre night.
Le Sancerre
Rue des Abbesses neighbourhood café-bar with rotating wine list. Locals' default, terrace seating, perfect aperitivo location.
La Recyclerie
Boulevard Ornano former rail station turned garden bar. Repaired-furniture aesthetic, weekly markets, the alternative Montmartre.
Au Lapin Agile
Rue des Saules historic cabaret. Live French songs nightly, no menu, you pay for the heritage atmosphere.
Le Carmen
Rue Duperré 19th-century mansion turned music + cocktail venue. Live jazz, late dance floor, the most theatrical bar in Paris.
Bar à Vins
Rue Lepic wine bar with rotating natural producers. Standing-only, charcuterie, the locals' wine-after-work.
L'Étoile de Montmartre
Rue Gabrielle local pub at the foot of Sacré-Cœur. Cheap beer, post-card view from the terrace, no tourist pretensions.
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