The best bars and cafés Hérault

This bar allows you to bet on horse races but also to watch sports events on the big screen. If you are a little hungry, salads, burgers and other dishes are offered. And at aperitif time, you can also order tapas which you can enjoy on its large terrace facing the port.

Feet in France and head in Spain! The Plaza is part of these places marking the breakthrough of Iberian culture in Béziers. Colour and gold walls, photographs of bullfighting scenes, a bar of azulejos and a genuine head of bull attached to the wall ensure the change. But beware of a priori, the Plaza is not reserved for Mediterranean macho.

For the morning coffee or lunch break, a rich clientele of men, women, young and old alike. The atmosphere is good child as in a true seville bodega. So if you go to the neighborhood, do not hesitate, you will be well received!

Just a stone's throw from Halles Laissac, we discover this charming beer and rum bar. Opened in 2017, the establishment is cosy, intimate and friendly: perfect for releasing the tensions of the day. Inside, the bartender offers a variety of beers that beer lovers are sure to appreciate! If you don't like beer, don't worry, this English pub-style venue with its modern musical ambience also offers a wide selection of rum. Thanks to his expertise, the barman will sometimes improvise!

Analog is the bar of Karen and Kévin, native Irish and Montpellier by adoption, who had one day the insane idea to brew their common passions: beer, music and cinema. You can imagine a classic beer pub, but it's not at all. Pretenses are played here, in a more rock'n roll and vintage atmosphere, with modern and offbeat style, sleeves of old vinyls on walls and cult film posters. The mismatched recovery furniture, the armchairs in old movie spirit, the candles in corpses of bottles make this place a unique bar, authentic, intimate and cordial. An analogy of beer is drawn here, happy hour until the early morning, with more than fourty different beverages: Barbar, Chimay, XX bitter, Cuvée des Trolls, Delirium, Hommelbier and Belle En Goguette (draught), Gouden Carolus, Jever and Schneiderweisse for p'tites allemandes or Brooklyn Laber, straight from the States. Analog attracts crowd, young and old people, all in connection around the same desire, conviviality. Thus, you should come early to find a place here, because the terrace fills quickly and no way to go hunting and lose your place there!

Salva and Steph, two boys with impeccable figure, but also with strong breadth and a kind of ZZ top look, welcome you at the Inglorious Bar with of course the rock as an argument. Do not think to annoy them! To start up the evening carefully, from 6 pm to 8 pm, happy hours in a friendly atmosphere: a good plan. From 9 pm, the purist rock regained their rights for a great pleasure of our ears: Led Zep, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Blues Rock, Rock Sudiste with no holds barred... and the good beers flow there in liters. The atmosphere is very nice, the customer too. One of the most popular places of the city! "Quiz" evenings are held regularly, and animated by the regulars of the bar. And as every Thursday, it is the Happy Night, the pint of blonde is at a very low price all evening, and the "Maison Close" group deals with a musical part (free concert) from 7:30pm...

A stone's throw from the Jacques-Coeur pond, this specialized address offers several hundred hopped references for sale and tasting. My Beers has quickly become the favorite outing address for local residents, attracting both beer lovers and the curious looking for a terrace to relax on. If the latter is a little noisy during the day because of its proximity to the Avenue de la Mer, it finds its calm when night falls, only animated by the conversations and the friendly atmosphere created by the references of the house. These laters are so numerous and obscure that you should not hesitate to ask the bartenders for advice, they will be excellent guides. The same goes for the cellar, which still contains more than 400 references of beer bottles, barrels, boxes and beer drawers.

In 2017, the team behind the famous Empanadas Club restaurant opened an adjoining space to offer Montpellier residents a cocktail bar and club. At Mosquito Latino, we eat Latino, drink Latino and dance to the wildest rhythms. As for the cocktail menu, we are delighted to see rare, even unique proposals. They are presented on a menu of Latin America and each country has its own cocktail. They are generally made using products that are emblematic of the place. As an example: Colombia is composed of aguardiente and the Chile contains pisco. Then, all that remains to do is to impress your loved ones with some inspired dance steps.

Recently picked up by Sébastien, in Belgian pub in the St-Roch district, beer flows. Three tables on the terrace, a room with mezzanine behind the counter, the hétéroclite bottom wall consists of press clippings, beer and ticket capsules. Eight draught beers and twenty-four beers. A restoration, with all kind of tapas, egg to a euro, slate of the local cheeses and six euros and delicious deserts like their famous cheesecake. The map evolves over the seasons and according to their desires, which will be yours too! Pop-rock music to accompany everything, and the trick is played!

Comptoir de l'Arc has arranged the tables of its terrace - heated in winter - on the most beautiful square of the Ecusson, place de la Canourgue, behind the former Palais de justice. Bruno and Alain warmly welcome you in their very Parisian bar. A refined setting, two floors and two atmospheres. The walls are used as an exhibition space for artists, the place is very sought-after by slightly bobo clientele. Personal touch of the owner: homemade vodka and arranged rums, with all flavours or almost (melon vodka, strawberry or lemon rum, malabar or mint) and very excellent mojitos. As for the prices, know that the place de la Canourgue is a little more expensive! But at least, you are served late at night, which is rare in Montpellier, and the place is open on Sunday (copious brunch from 9am to 5pm) and also on Monday! The lunch set menus are tasty, change every day and it is solid. Become a must for Montpellier people, come and enjoy the atmosphere of Comptoir de l'Arc that has a good reputation. The service is very professional and you can enjoy a good coffee here from morning until evening.

Felix, a nice man and a jovial fellow. With his wide terrace with tables covered in red and white gingham tableclothes, his big blackboards on which we never know what to choose, his high wooden stools, inside, the messy decoration but so well done and his menu. The menu is full of good things to eat or to drink, his delicious cocktails, his tasty wines but not expensive and the kindness of the waiters, really, Felix is a very friendly guy!

With its large shaded terrace located just before entering the Héliopolis shopping mall, Le 1664 is a must. During the day or in the evening, it is always crowded and very often, concerts are offered. It is also here that you will have the possibility to follow the sports broadcasts. The other particularity of the 1664, is its incomparable card of alcohols which makes the pride of Zeus and Jean-Christophe. They offer at least 80 beers, whisky and rum, which will satisfy the amateurs, especially since there are some small wonders, to be consumed of course, with pleasure but in moderation. Right across the street, there is a bowling alley and there is also a game of bowls in the evening, sometimes even until closing time. If you are hungry, next door you have the Bangkok, an excellent Thai restaurant and, a little further, the BBQ 16, specialist of barbecued meat.

A few steps from the tourist office, this end of the street awakens when the first begins to fall asleep. On the pleasant terrace, there is a rich clientele with an appointment from the beginning of the evening. And for the reason, the place is aréable and the music excellent. The bar is on the right, you will turn on the left for tapas, as for wines, you only have to move a little, they are basically! You t easily where our eyes and ears settle… Two small glasses of Minervois and some tapas further, we rejoice our choice. A place that brings together both the young people of the Worldwide Festival and the native sétois, or the pt'its couples who love everything that goes on there. Take a look, you won't be disappointed.

A clandestine bar decor, a jazzy and intimate atmosphere, cocktails each more original than the next, Willie Carter Sharpe is a must for Montpellier nights. This unusual address is inspired by the Prohibition era in the United States, it recalls with charm and authenticity this time when clandestine bars flourished in order to brave the forbidden. In this offbeat and resolutely vintage setting, a team of talented barmen produces amazing cocktails, far from the ever-present Mojito and Sex on the beach, as well as a menu of delicacies for the snack. Jazz and swing fans will also love the concerts organized every Sunday.

Le Fou du Roy, which Roby has just created, offers you two possibilities to enjoy an ice cream or to eat tapas at the aperitif hour. You have the terrace which faces the port and from which you can see the whole of the Cape or, if you wish more intimacy, the inside of the Fou... There, in a lounge atmosphere, you will discover a combination of decorative styles that give the place a very original cachet. In front of the long bar, the sixteen sofas have been placed to form alcoves, which allows you to meet in small groups around a drink while enjoying visual or musical surprises.

The terrace in the corner of this bar, situated on the edge of the promenade, is a relaxing stop to enjoy the sea view or the beach animation.

This trendy establishment, with a colourful design design of the 1970 s on the theme of cartoons, is the rendezvous of young people, whether they are biterrois or tourists. Bar, walk, ice cream, world beers, cocktails… Musical ambiance.

Right across from the former Le Royal cinema, La Fabrik is one of the Ecusson's coolest bars! In a modernized industrial decor designed by its owner, with "rusty" iron stools, you can sit down at the counter for a quick drink and a chat with friends. The soft lighting gives the place a pleasantly trendy feel. The menu features 100 bottled beers and 16 draught beers. You'll also find whisky, rum, cocktails and delicacies (sausage boards, etc.). Pizzas and burgers can also be ordered and eaten on the premises at affordable prices. With its friendly atmosphere and music (of all styles), La Fabrik will delight young working people in the city center for a drink after work.

At the corner of the famous Place du Pouffre, here is a cheerful address that is easily noticed by its blue front. One comes gladly at the end of the day, at the time of the aperitif, to benefit from a moment between friends on the terrace. The team advises you to choose a good bottle of natural wine that you will accompany with a board of cold cuts and cheeses, with some tapas. The welcome and the service are pleasant, the wine list is well supplied with small natural nuggets. One thus benefits from a soft and cordial moment.

Yellow and green with the colors of Brazil, the straw hut of Nubia and Thierry is a small warm and colored corner. Everything is there: fruit juices, Brazilian milkshakes, fruit cocktails, nice salads, tapas menu but also iodized dishes. In case of small hollow, you will inevitably find sweetness to your palate. One feels good, lying on a deckchair, toes in fan, a bossa nova tune in the ears while sipping one's drink facing the sea. From time to time, the music goes up a notch and the evenings become more festive.

On the quay, this address is noticeable thanks to its colored oilcloths with white polka dots and its terrace made of bric-a-brac. At Tata's, you come to enjoy a wild cabaret evening, savor a dinner show, listen to concerts, discover an improvisation theater group, spend convivial evenings around a brasucade. We melt in the middle of the regulars to share some tapas and sip a drink. We don't come here to taste great food but to have fun in a warm and no-fuss atmosphere. We love it!

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In a charming cobbled street, under a garland of lights, a pretty terrace lined with olive trees attracts us. Then we settle down in this friendly atmosphere to relax around a table that is filled with tasty local products. In the glasses, we toast with carefully selected local wines. We share a board generously garnished with cold cuts and cheeses, we crunch in some toast, we enjoy a live concert or a karaoke night. The welcome is very pleasant, just like this high quality aperitif.

On the roof of the refined Hôtel Impérial *** are hidden its bar and its panoramic terrace which offers a splendid view. In a chic, lounge atmosphere, you can sit on sofas or deckchairs to enjoy a beautiful sunset over the sea, with the lights of the city gradually appearing. The bar is open to non-hotel guests, where you can share a cocktail with friends or colleagues while enjoying live music. You can also organize a private or professional reception to treat your guests.

To spend an evening with friends or family, to meet new people in a lively atmosphere, Opalma is a musical bar where you can come to sip cocktails while sharing some tapas. There is also a large choice of rums. It is above all a festive place with a program of theme nights, shows and concerts throughout the year. Most of the time, the evenings take place on weekends and, in fine weather, you can enjoy the terrace. For private or professional events, it is possible to privatize this large establishment.

Montpellier remains France's second-largest gay city after Paris, and boasts several gay-only establishments. Le Coxx, located in the heart of the city near Place Saint-Roch, is the oldest. This bar, frequented by the entire LGBT+ community, hosts drag shows and DJ sets every weekend. The welcome is warm and friendly...in every sense of the word!

Where does this chorus of music come from? Maybe from the karaoke bar concept. You come to sip a cocktail (with or without alcohol), a cold beer, a glass of wine, accompanied by pizzas or tapas platters. We come especially to try karaoke, to choose a song, to listen to others, to dance, to have fun on the track with neon lights, alone or with friends, or on the occasion of a privatization for an event. On Saturdays from 4pm to 7pm, it is the children who take the microphone to reveal their talents (5 years old minimum accompanied by an adult).

Behind a beautiful stone wall, we discover this very cosy tea room and coffee shop. We are welcomed with a big smile, the decoration is neat, the atmosphere warm, the shaded terrace very pleasant. At the tea factory, you can enjoy home-made pastries, nibble a cookie or a muffin, sip a lemonade, enjoy the fresh and gourmet menu, share a brunch served continuously. You can also come and fill up on tea or coffee for the house, and take away some sweets.

On the banks of the Canal de la Peyrade, Le Barbu is a warm place to have an aperitif with friends, to spend a nice evening, while tasting good wine, beer or cocktails. It has become the meeting place for thirty-somethings in search of relaxation without fuss. A tapas menu accompanies the evening and a festive atmosphere is infused throughout the hours. One can be tempted by a game of table soccer, enjoy a concert, a musical atmosphere with Latin accents, and a sunny terrace at cocktail time.

At the pretty Café des fleurs, we come to look for Marion's smile and the good things she proposes. For breakfast, a break or a gourmet snack, there are cookies, pancakes, fruit tarts, pavlova, banana bread, banoffee... There is a wide range of sweets. The products are bought as much as possible in bulk or in large packages to limit unnecessary packaging and come from the region, from France or from a sustainable agriculture. We can also privatize the place for special occasions.

On the avenue of the campings, once passed the entrance of the case with rum, one is transported in the islands. The setting is exceptional, the terrace is a green setting with a bamboo lounge that stretches out its arms for us to settle down. Here, a hammock is a sight to behold, and there, comfortable cushions are installed on a bench. In this Creole address in the exotic garden, we come to share ti mangé (Creole tapas), insects, ice creams, cocktails...

This address is both a bar and a microbrewery, nestled under beautiful vaulted ceilings. Cool design, jazzy music and an intimate yet friendly atmosphere attract many visitors. Behind the bar, you can admire the imposing fermentation tanks that sit proudly here. Jean-Philippe brews twice a week and offers an extensive menu of different hop flavors. Herbaceous, fruity, resinous, peppery... There's something for every taste, and of course you can always ask for advice. With its foam, you can share a little cheese and other tapas.

In the superb setting of the Maison Noilly Prat, one comes here to enjoy a subtle cocktail. At the bar or on the terrace, the setting is calm, romantic, chic and hushed. On the menu, you will find the entire Noilly Prat collection in cocktails signed by Julien Escot, a mixologist who has won several awards for his creations. After a sunny day, one can sip a refreshing "Amber ginger" - an aromatic variant of Moscow Mule with amber Noilly Prat, vodka, vanilla, lime, mint, ginger beer. Oysters and tapas are also on the program.

This bar is named after one of the most beautiful islands in Thailand. Outside, benches are installed under an arbour of Virginia creeper, tables are facing the Criée. Inside, we discover a pretty decoration, a surprising lighting, a plant wall and a playlist of the most effective! We come to sip cocktails and share tapas. Shrimp tempura, can of sardines from the Maison Janicot, some gyozas, baked camembert, eggplant caviar... And we take advantage of the DJ evenings to get in the mood.

A small quality address, the Hoppy Gallery can become both your local wine shop that distills advice as well as passion, and your meeting point to discover beautiful brewery and wine nuggets. Inside, we discover a large choice of craft beers, beautiful bottles installed under vaults and tables that offer us the opportunity to settle down. We then sip a glass while sharing a small aperitif board in a friendly atmosphere. We can also be tempted by the spirits.

Avenue des Vacances: the address is already a good omen. In its pretty little modern and cosy room, L'Aviateur offers tapas, pizzas, wine and cocktails. The welcome is warm, the atmosphere pleasant to come for two, with friends or family, you feel good. We start with some patatas bravas, pan con tomate, some mussels with escabeche and a bottle of wine while waiting for the pizza. The dough is thin, the toppings tasty, the whole thing is generous, cooked on a wood fire. Vegetarian options are also on the menu.

On the flea market square, the front of this bar - which also serves as a wine cellar for bulk and bottled wines - immediately announces the color: a large photograph with Brel, Ferré and Brassens is pasted, with the words "Les copains d'abord" (Friends first). In this neighborhood bistro, one comes to find a very friendly atmosphere, which immerses us in the Sète bath. Whether it's market day, a concert or the return from a pétanque competition, you can share a drink here almost like at home. The regulars meet again, the meetings are joyful.

At the entrance of the city, on the quai des Moulins, the Bamboo is both a lunchtime brasserie with a large terrace where the gourmet suggestions change regularly, but it is also a musical restaurant-bar where one comes to enjoy a festive atmosphere on the weekend. We go there with friends to share tapas, sip cocktails, toast together while enjoying an evening animated by singers during the meal, leaving then place to DJ to continue the evening on the dance floor. You can also privatize the place if you wish.

Not far from the Criée, here is a young promising address, like an urban straw hut, which offers lively evenings. One comes to L'Aïoli to share tapas while sipping cocktails, craft beers or local wines. The menu is concocted from local products, from the earth, from the sea, with also vegetarian recipes. Pélardon des Cévennes, cod accras, gravlax of red tuna, feta and spinach samoussas, fish ceviche... On Sundays it's brunch and brasucade. DJ evenings also animate the summer season.

Close to the train station, this neighborhood address is a den for music lovers who don't take themselves seriously. When you enter the room, you discover a ceiling covered with panties and bras of all colors. At the back, a small stage hosts concerts of swing, rock, jazz, blues, reggae... Karaoke evenings are also proposed by the house as well as open stage sessions. One comes to work a little its dehanché in all relaxation with the regulars who give themselves appointment there for convivial moments.

We climb a little to reach the famous Quartier Haut, one of the most picturesque districts of the singular Island, which contains in one of its streets this charming address that we like to share. On its pretty terrace, you can come to sip a bottle of wine, a pitcher of homemade sangria, a small cocktail or a cold beer accompanied by shellfish. We come to enjoy a concert, an animation or to see friends. One returns especially for the cordial environment which emanates from the place and the conviviality which reigns there.

From the outside, it is the electric daisy along the wall that attracts the gaze of passers-by. A closer look, the decoration of this bar to something quite unusual. On a bright blue background and yellow balloon, the furniture comes straight from an establishment of the 1970 s. Accoudés at the counter all along, customers - certainly from the neighbourhood - tchatchent around a coffee. The relaxed atmosphere and a little kitsch are worth a visit.

Set in one of the charming streets of the city centre, this cosy and minimalist bar welcomes you both in the day and in the evening. The atmosphere is relaxed and there are regular animations on the weekend. Side sounds, it's more electro-pop-rock oriented. It is the ideal place to start the evening before going to a disco. A good before.

Combining contemporary and cosy design, this lovely bar is located on the floor of the Antalya II restaurant. Besides the classics this Turkish bar serves the arak. At the bottom of the room you can dance or cause a pleasant ride in very comfortable red chairs. A few themed evenings follow in this welcoming area in the privileged location in the middle of the aisles.

Rendez-vous des Biterrois for lunch or afternoon coffee, Petit Moka offers a pleasant calm. The open stone room, its stairs and its vault are worth a visit. At the entrance, the cake window attracts the eye, and it is hard to resist it. Coffees, teas, chocolates are on all summer and winter tables. We love to see you as soon as the sun points out its nose, because its extensive terrace overlooks the town hall and allows you to watch Béziers.

These two bars have come together to offer their customers, every evening from June to September, variety animations. A nice initiative.

Close to the theatre of the sea, facing the beach, this restaurant restaurant-restaurant serves the entire shellfish and shellfish year, on a large protected terrace in winter to enjoy the view and the beach and, in summer, the great musical concerts that take place right across the way.

Held by a very nice young couple, this bar is the archetype of the village bar as it stands, with its cohort of used people: teenagers who came to kill the time, the belote players, the rabid rabid, three babushkas souls who go back to the world by drinking the drink at the counter, the accidenté on the roulant on the level of Muscat in the glass… That's this life.

Les Arcades, it's a village bar as it exists, with its clientele of high school students spend time on course exit, play billiards and baby. In the week, it serves as a canteen, with its small, affordable-hour economic menu, where you can recover from a kitchen and home. It's also the headquarters of the rugby team!

A tiny, unmistakable bar when you go on the main avenue of Lignan. Despite the time, it has kept its outdated aspect of the service stations of the 1970 s. It's a friendly place where the fuel customers stop. Young and younger people come to drink and talk.

A village bar as you love them, place of appointment for young people, clubs, sports teams. Huge TV for evenings or afternoons of games, billiards, Baby football.