10 Best Nightlife in Les Grands Boulevards, Paris

This cocktail bar does a highly successful three in three—drinks, food, and ambience—a feat not to be taken lightly. What's more, the high-quality drinks include sourced coffees, tasty craft cocktails, and small-producer wines; basically anything your finicky heart desires. A menu of Mediterranean-inspired dishes is great for lunch, dinner, or sharing over cocktails or a glass of wine, and the café's late-morning and late-evening hours are a big plus in this neighborhood.

Tucked away beyond a cobbled courtyard and up a winding back stairway, this cozy (only 24 seats) bar achieves an intimate, parloresque ambience thanks to floral chintz wallpaper, plush armchairs and poufs, and Asian rugs. For a hotel bar it has well-priced Moroccan-inspired cocktails and small plates, making settling in for the evening a tempting option. Considering the Hoxton Hotel's other bustling spaces, this is a nice little getaway. It gets crowded, so arrive early.

At New Morning—the premier spot for serious fans of avant-garde jazz, folk, and world music—the look is spartan, and the mood reverential.

Parisian cocktail lovers squeeze into this beautiful intimate space—the beating heart of the Hôtel des Grands Boulevards—to imbibe some of the city's most ingenious and delicious cocktails concocted by a trailblazing mixologist. But the innovation doesn't end there. The Shell specializes in "mocktails" and lets drinkers watching their intake choose their dosage of alcohol, with commensurate prices, starting at €8. Anyone can get behind The Shell's motto: "No more hangovers." 

This roomy pub, with several locations in central Paris, has an ample menu, a sleek bar, a pool table, and old-timey photos and quotations on the walls—such as "He who opens his mouth most is the one who opens his purse least." It's basically a classic Irish pub. Copious plates of pub food and frosty glasses of beer fuel conversation. Dancing at night has a regulated guy-to-girl ratio, so men shouldn't try coming alone.

A favorite not only for its prestigious location between Opéra and Place Vendôme, but also for its worn-leather chairs and English-private-club feel, the Westminster Hotel's bar offers drinks like the "James Bond" and "Duke's Martini." At times, you get the feeling that Monsieur Hercule Poirot is lurking just behind that wing chair.

Also known as Harry's New York Bar, this cozy, wood-paneled hangout decorated with dusty college pennants is popular with expats and American-loving French people who welcome the ghosts of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, both of whom drank themselves unconscious here. Gershwin composed An American in Paris in the piano bar downstairs, and the Bloody Mary is said to have originated on-site.

At the Royal Monceau's innovative bar your mixologist will fix your drink right next to you at the illuminated, Philippe Stark–designed bar. The collection of glasses on the walls isn't just decoration—you may choose which to drink from. A light tapas menu is served between 6 and 11 pm.

One of the newer outposts in a neighborhood with plenty to choose from, this scene-y hangout strikes a cool balance between a cocktail lounge, a Mediterranean restaurant, and a club—it's all of these. Set on three floors, Magniv has streamlined, vaguely futuristic decor, arched mirrors, and dusky lighting—perfect for dining, drinking, or dancing. Expect inventive tapas and truly delicious cocktails.

David Lynch named his nightclub after a reference in his Oscar-nominated hit, Mulholland Drive. Silencio, which hosts concerts, films, and other performances, is open only to members and their guests until 11 pm; after that everyone is allowed. Guest DJs spin until 4 am Tuesday through Thursday, and until 6 am on Friday and Saturday.