The best bars and cafés France

In a warm atmosphere, you'll be served refreshing, sweet, fruity or strong artisanal mousses, brewed in the region or further afield. Over 100 references of beers, wines, charcuterie boards and Auvergne cheeses. Planchas are available, as well as a country terrine from Saint-Flour. As soon as the weather warms up, order from the city's restaurants and enjoy rock, pop and other music concerts on the terrace. As soon as the cold weather sets in, hot chocolates are served with marshmallows.

It's a real little piece of London that you'll find in this bar in the heart of Metz. On Rue du Palais, the Churchill is already a real eye-catcher, just by its name. Inside, a giant portrait of the famous Prime Minister, cigar in the mouth and gun in the hand like a gangster, welcomes you and sets the tone. Here the atmosphere is rock, retro, a bit rebellious and warm like in any good pub! The place is spacious but friendly and it fills up quickly on weekend evenings or during theme nights. There is a large choice of beers and cocktails but also something to eat and have fun (pool, darts, photo booth...). So let's paint the town red !

More than a bookshop, it is a meeting place. Created by a Belgian couple who fell in love with the Bigouden country, this café has added to the already rich commercial offer of the city. You will find all kinds of films, but with a strong preference for works related to cinema. In partnership with the cinema of Kérity, exchanges are proposed all year long. Thus you can attend a concert, meet an author or debate around a theme. The menu offers coffee and tea, organic wines, local and Belgian beers and snacks.

Taken over last March, the new owners of this restaurant in the heart of the Cité de la Voile have totally reinvented the place. La Baleine, which had been dehydrated, is now rehydrated again, with fresh, local cuisine (burgers, salads, tartines, boards), a drinks menu and a flurry of entertainment. We love the sharing corner, which invites groups of 2 to 4 people to share "Flam's", topped with fromage blanc, tomato and fresh herbs. The idea of an open-access bar area is also ingenious and convivial. Promoting!

After climbing up to the historic heart of the town of Autun, take a gourmet break in this delightful tearoom with its refined decor. The mother-daughter duo Annick/Axelle provide a truly enchanted interlude. While Axelle puts all her talent into preparing delicious sweets (entremets, viennoiseries, cookies...), her mother Annick serves with a smile. Each season has its own speciality. Here, we work the traditional way, using as many local products as possible. Cream, butter, flour and fruit come primarily from Burgundy.

Its red storefront catches the eye as you stroll down the lively Rue Sainte-Marie... Welcome to Ô P'tits Crus! Part wine shop, part wine bar, this welcoming place, like its owner Rudy, offers delicious wines, from small organic producers to grand cru and biodynamically grown wines. Ô P'tits Crus regularly organizes fun blind tasting evenings: the perfect way to challenge your friends! Pair your glass with a cheese and charcuterie board, and you've got all the ingredients for a great evening out!

An atypical bar, which is at the same time a beer bar (with a nice selection of Bud' and IPA), a restaurant, a snack bar and a vapo bar. You will be able to nibble on the go with friends while watching a game and sipping a beer, and if you are a vapoteur, buy, repair or get information. A surprising concept, to say the least, but which seems to work well according to the many regulars of the place. In short, if you are looking for a drink or a meal in Cateau-Cambrésis, go to Craft and Co!

Wouldn't this be the most beautiful terrace in Mimizan? Sweeping the horizon from the North beach to the South beach, the LA O rooftop offers you a 180° panorama on the ocean. So, who can say better? Perched above the Garage Toqué, this new trendy address, but accessible to all on a first-come, first-served basis (70 seats) is a cocktail and tapas bar. The chef works with frog legs, sweetbreads, citrus fruits... The selection of alcohols is just as fine. Here, we do rather in the top of the range for a moment nec plus ultra!

Sheltered by the pines, on the wooden terrace, Coco'Bat Carcans is the perfect place to treat yourself to a vitamin-packed breakfast or a post-surf comfort break! Here, everything is fresh, colorful and healthy. Opened in April 2021, this beachside canteen rolls out a menu as tempting as it is delicious: smoothie bowls, pressed fruit juices, açai bowls, detoxifying, antioxidant and energizing juices... Special mention goes to the Azure bowl, their signature recipe made with blue spirulina and passion fruit pulp. Many vegan and gluten-free options.

Before taking over this café-tobacco shop, Stéphane had done many other jobs. When he moved to Quimper, he wanted to bring the last of the Moulin Vert cafés back to life. From the first hour, many people come to have a coffee. It is a whole life of district preserved. But this Bistrot is also a large games room, with darts, billiards and table soccer. It is a good place to rest after a walk along the Steir, or to have a snack with the family. The owner also proposes the retransmission of the matches, on a giant screen.

Take a step up at Messidor. On the edge of downtown Quimper, this organic bakery has been around for many years. In 2021, its owner opened a rooftop above his back store. The place is discreet, vast and calm. What a pleasure to sit there on a sunny day! The place offers simple but original food: vegetarian salads, angus or vegetarian burger. Everything is organic and accompanied by refreshing drinks.

Situated along the banks of the Allier, right next to the Moulins Bain facilities, it's an ideal place to relax, far from the hustle and bustle of the city, perfect for spending a pleasant evening with friends, settled on deckchairs or in the thick cushions of the benches made from recycled pallets, on the covered terrace, with its Mediterranean air. Sunnys pockets, ice creams, waffles and hot and cold drinks. At aperitif time, a cocktail menu accompanied by charcuterie and cheese boards. Evenings are filled with music, DJs and goodies.

Plume et Café opened its doors on rue du Taur, inspired by Elodie's dream of opening a literary café. Surrounded by shelves containing some seven hundred novels, you can sit down for a snack, either in the cosy corner of the room, or on the terrace, surrounded by the frenzy of students and passers-by. Flip through the pages on the spot, or buy a second-hand book at a bargain price, to take the time to read it back home. A coworking space, occasional events twice a month (writing workshop, weaving or embroidery, cosmetics preparation...), so many moments of sharing in a lovingly planted space.

"It's like being at home here," says Véronique, the bubbly owner! And that's exactly what you'll feel in this place with its pretty bohemian decor. The atmosphere is relaxed, the portions are generous, and the produce is fresh and in season. During the week, take a break with the tartine du jour, followed by a homemade dessert. On Friday evenings, Véronique offers aperitif platters to enjoy with friends. The original feature of the place: you can choose your own music! After the market, which is just a stone's throw away, you can also drop in for a coffee.

Close to the Nantes-Brest canal, popular with cyclists, walkers and sailors, the Guerlédan brewery has become in a few months an unmissable spot. Both a craft brewery (Nathalie brews 6 recipes on the spot) and a brew pub, the place is lively and intergenerational. You can enjoy a froth while playing a board game, or in front of a concert in summer. The outside looks like a biergarten while inside, the hangar is warm with its antique furniture, its carpets, its stove in winter and its Canadian-inspired bar.

Amazing things are happening in central Brittany. Under the impulse of three friends, a beer bar / barber shop opened its doors in Ploërmel in 2022. The Beardy's has invested a very beautiful building in the historical center: stone walls, exposed beams, large glass roof... The place was magnified by a very recent renovation, decorated in an industrial style and nevertheless very warm. A magic combo, for an absolutely atypical place that you should not miss. Games, concerts and swings are also available... Curious?

In the St Cyprien district, on the lively Place de l'Estrapade, the Cacahuète bar is a spot to discover if you haven't already done so. This bar offers you as many opportunities as the days of the week in your agenda. It's hard to choose between a breakfast on the terrace on sunny days, a beer with friends on relaxing afternoons, a concert evening on Thursday night, a blind test on Saturday, a dj set on funny sundays. The terribly friendly team does not lack ideas to liven up your life with an eclectic musical selection (jazz, afro-latino, soul, rock...) and ensure a friendly atmosphere around local beers, selected wines, delicious cocktails... Top.

This completely atypical place is a playful café, a store selling board games and trading cards, and also a toy library. An hour's consumption gives access to the toy library and to Pierre and Oriane's advice and explanations. Once the game is underway, sip a hot or cold drink, with or without alcohol, and enjoy delicious homemade treats made with organic, local and seasonal produce. Events are organized regularly: board game tournaments, werewolves, role-playing games, proto evening..

What a delightful place this unique café is, whose name refers directly to the game of chess! The Dd4, as the intimates say, is the place of all possibilities. Here, customers and artists from all walks of life meet. On the program, two FIDE approved tournaments per year, exhibitions, concerts every Friday night, and more. One comes to relax around a good foam chosen on a card rigorously worked by the staff, but one can also sit down around a pizza, a burger or aperitif boards.

Between Place Saint-Pierre and Place de la Daurade, Les Tricheurs have brought together over five hundred different games. With so much to choose from, there's sure to be something for everyone, whether you're a team player or a duo, whether you prefer reflection to speed, whether you want to exercise your dexterity rather than your management skills... The principle: one drink per hour per player gives access to all the games. Above all, you benefit from the explanations and good advice that go with them: smart, for those who don't feel like wasting thirty-five minutes reading an instruction manual! So as not to let the call of the stomach spoil your game, the house offers a variety of regressive nibbles: sausage boards, spreads, nachos and even small bowls of candy! Special evenings are regularly organized: tournaments, of course, but also quizzes and musical blind-tests.

In a natural setting at the foot of the Etang de Bétineuc, come and discover this atypical place where we take care of you! L'Éprouvette is an associative project whose aim is to offer something to eat, drink and listen to... Every week, an eclectic program of events (workshops, concerts, conferences, children's activities) fills you with culture and conviviality. In addition to the bar, a snack bar is available on site. A grocery store selling local produce and a farmers' market are also on hand to tempt your locavore taste buds!

Just a stone's throw from the historic district, enjoy a moment of relaxation with friends in this charming tea room, set to a background of delicate classical music, where you can savor home-made pastries, carrot cake from Nantes and chocolate cake, accompanied by tea or other hot or cold beverages served by Jean-Philippe. Snacks at lunchtime, vegetarian savoury tarts and mixed salads. Sunday brunch. Exhibitions of new works every quarter. Philosophy café. And don't forget the kids, who can even take home a bear.

We feel like in the times of the pharaohs in this Egyptian themed bar. On the program, DJ evenings to dance, delicious cocktails to sip, music to get drunk, champagne to sparkle and good vibrations. On Thursdays, don't miss the afterwork evenings when you get off work, head to Betheny for a relaxing evening before the weekend with special offers on consumptions and a nice buffet filled with cold cuts, tapas, verrines, savory pies and other delicacies. If you want to play like Cleopatra for an evening, the room can be privatized and can accommodate your events, birthdays, EVJF ...

Dimitri Tikhonkikh, a winegrower in Sannes in the Luberon, opened La Bonne Quille in Le Puy Ste Réparade, a few kilometers from Aix, with Hency, Cave and wine bar. The place is convivial, and it has to be said that the 2 partners are bon vivants. There's no fuss here, just sit out on the terrace around the barrels, or share the big table inside to enjoy a plate cooked by Dimitri or homemade tapas with a glass of wine. Great welcome, superb wines with Hency's advice, beers, spirits, delicatessen.

A group of friends came up with the idea of opening Autour d'un verre - Le Bar. Located 100 metres from their first store, Autour d'un verre - La Cave, the bar reflects the image of the 5 friends: tender, friendly and lively. More than just a bar, it's also a restaurant, offering simple, home-cooked food made with the finest ingredients! A charcuterie board to share with friends, or tapas on the go with a beer! An essential stop if you're passing through Salins!

After the success of Chez Thérèse, an atypical restaurant located in Saint-Michel, the team has taken on a new challenge: the Comptoir Thérèse, a neo-bistro and gourmet wine bar. You can have lunch and dinner with local dishes (oysters from the Basin, entrecote from the Capucins market...), without forgetting to accompany them with some good wines. At aperitif time, we share boards and spreads, which can be taken away since the place is also a canning and delicatessen store. And every first wednesday of the month, we enjoy a tasting evening with animation.

Who says latino atmosphere says caïpirinha or mojitos, but also says salsa, bachata and kizomba... Well yes, Sanaka Café is all that and more. This bar, it is the party all the year or how to forget all its worries the time of one evening. A place where all generations meet, united around the same pleasure of moving on rhythms favourable to sensual swaying. You don't know how to do it? No problem, Sanaka regularly organizes classes as a prelude to parties. A drink and some tapas, and it's happiness!

What more could you ask for than a bar with themed evenings and concerts? At L'Entrepote, recently opened, all the ingredients are gathered to spend a good evening. The atmosphere is there, enhanced by an atypical decoration that will immediately immerse you in its universe. Food: a very limited but excellent menu for lunch. In the evening and during events, aperitif boards will accompany beers and cocktails. We like the place for the quality of the service and the kindness of its teams!

At the Troquet du Tambour, while Simon, the owner, plays the double bass or the guitar to make a beef with his band and some musical customers, Bertrand, in the kitchen, is in charge of cooking it! On the menu, beautiful pieces of meat from the Guiset butcher's shop accompanied by vegetables from local market gardeners, but also planks of cold meats and oysters to be enjoyed on the terrace while admiring the view of the magnificent façade of the Musicians' House. Here, the emphasis is on organic produce and short circuits, including drinks: fruit juices from the Ardennes, beers from the Marne region and even a champagne premier cru from Sacy that Simon makes himself!

The first entirely vegan concept-store has just opened its doors in Reims! Vegan herself, Noémie Coibion had the excellent idea to gather in one and the same store a beautiful selection of gourmet and cosmetic products which are not issued from animal exploitation, as well as articles for the house and fashion accessories made from natural materials, alternative to leather. And that's not all, installed in a small and cosy lounge, you can taste delicious hot drinks with vegetable milks and vegan pastries as well as sandwiches, croques and savory pies to enjoy at lunch time.

La Planque is THE place to be if you want to relax with friends... or even meet new people on your own! Here, you can enjoy a drink, home-cooked food, exhibitions by local artists or a lively karaoke session. In fact, it's a hybrid, relaxed place where time flies by because of the friendly atmosphere. To make the most of all the events and make sure you don't miss a single one, follow La Planque on social networks.

Have you always dreamed of being a bartender and using the tap yourself? Au Fût et à Mesure is the ideal bar to try this unique tasting experience! A pump is installed at each table, you just have to put your card and serve yourself according to your desires and your meetings. A festive and friendly concept that will seduce beer lovers with creations from craft breweries such as Reims Senses Brewing to discover on draught. And if you prefer cocktails, the house also offers a nice cocktail menu, without forgetting a monthly promotional offer on the featured cocktail which is also available without alcohol.

The Halles district has a newcomer in the shape of La Gobeleterie, on the corner of Rue Bannelier and Rue Quentin. Since summer 2022, owner Tristan Simon, a cocktail specialist, has been offering some twenty unique and original recipes worthy of shaker aficionados. And there's something for every taste: the fresh Loa Mota, mixing rum and fruit; the powerful White Trash Fashioned with bacon-infused whisky; and the chauvinistic Bourgogne Sour made with white Marc de Bourgogne. With aperitifs, non-alcoholic variations and the possibility of making classic cocktails on request, the world of mixology will soon hold no secrets for you!

The ingredients used are of the highest quality, with organic buckwheat flour and wheat flour from the Roupsard mill in Le Vicel. In addition to crêpes, you can also enjoy salads, ice creams and local products such as cider, aperitifs, camembert, ham, terrine, andouille, salmon and oysters. The crêperie's chef, Marceau Leleve, is looking for products with character to delight your taste buds. Don't hesitate to contact La Gravelette crêperie for more information or to reserve a table.

Welcome to the temple of the trendy nights… Restaurant-bar lounge. The entrance door, a long room adorned with rounded benches, offers you its plasma screens at the walls. This is the ideal meeting point in the Old Nice to find yourself for a drink. It has excellent sound. The hotel is equipped with Amadeus sono, used in theatres and large concert halls. A very bright atmosphere at the beginning of the evening… then the dj lâche and climbs the sound… and the atmosphere is up! Feel free to taste the famous cocktails of this hotel: the pink liqwid (rose oil, litchi liquor, champagne and vodka) or the Liqwid Paradise! In addition, in the themed evenings, enjoy a free champagne cup or play the music quiz. Beautiful, filtered customers at the entrance.

It's a bar where you can eat. Here, we give its soul to the birds that timbres around you, budgies, nightingales and sparrows, they would not harm a fly (which is an all made image).

Some evenings, artists take place on the little scene at the bottom of the room. A pleasant and well-known address in Old Nice.

The Thousand and One Nights have their embassy in Nice. In a zen and soothing decor (poufs, richly decorated cushions, drapery, sculpted bass tables, fontaines furniture), and a small living room decorated in Asian trends… Fabrice, the master of the places had to adapt due to the new anti-smoking law! Finished the thick smoke plume of the hookahs! Let's leave the pleasures of mouth only! Here tea, this old companion of all the nomads of the world, is king!

IT is declined in very varied registers with more than 58 versions, all "bio": green teas, black teas, red teas, exotic teas and herbal teas. Not to mention tasty hot chocolate based on real cocoa. It is accompanied in the afternoon (from 16 h to 19 h) of pastries.

And then, when the time comes from the aperitif, around 19 p. m., the place transforms… and evolves towards a "tapas" formula and wines from the world. A new chef has just joined the team to make you travel through the scents and flavours of the world.

The Beau Rivage is no longer surprising. The Livingstone rollers are flooded with the lounge and invite you to enjoy a relaxing beach in the heart of winter. An intimate and modern décor, the cosy atmosphere of which is the result of a subtle blend of living and relaxation. A zen and surreal environment with the amazing contemporary creations of Stéphanie Marin and Céline Wright. Galets, music, tapas… The regulars are already there to enjoy a drink in "after work" in a jazz-lounge atmosphere.

In the afternoon, the place is transformed into a tea salon. On the menu, a dozen teas from large brands and good coffees will not make you regret Italy. Let's not forget chocolate, an area where the creativity of Lynda and Sebastien feels. Excellent address where you eat well, fast made and healthy. Sale also takes place and catering service on request.

This is the inescapable after-work of Nice. In a very intimate and intimate atmosphere at the beginning of the evening, the regulars are found for the aperitif around small appetizers. Then the dj rises the tone, the bodies begin to move a little, we discuss, we make its public relations. Music is very fashionable as we say! Care to treat your look at the entrance, the customer is rather class and sorted on the stream. Change of ownership this year… then we will see how the style evolves!

What to do at the Exit of the work (or the beach) when you find a place really not like others? Direction Le Flag, of course! It starts at the entrance, with an art gallery where artists'works are exhibited (opening every month). Then you get down in the main room: a square with white walls, where only the light games create reflections with glossy colors. You will be installed on sit-on-sit, large, adjustable poufs that fit the shape of your body. A very zen, minimalist decor (with some slightly kitsch touches like the lovely garden dwarfs!). The room, the bar, the DJ's cabin opens to the guests and it gives a sense of volume. Friendly people come here to drink a drink or bite a piece (suggestions from some tasting plates) and meet. Music is not too strong, one can easily agree. A well-studied cocktail card (about: 9 euros), glass of wine (€ 5 to € 4). The place is very popular with gay clients, but as Rodolphe, the owner of the places, we are also hetero friendly!

Spoken on all floors, here is a rite, it is a little snob that we give ourselves. If you speak German or Spanish, can you make yourself understand? Mystery… Or just Provençal, but no one is prophet in his country. Besides this, very good atmosphere, nice Coming who have nothing British, let us say it. The two rooms are often bursting with bursting. The first is the one where we are discussing a good beer, the other on the bottom is good pop-rock groups. A pretty young and good child, girls dance on tables.

Not an Anglo-Saxons who knows this address, and young and younger young people appreciate it, especially for the mood and sound of which the punch will not leave you insensitive. A well located establishment on this inevitable Saleya course where you can definitely beat the nightlife of Nice. Special evenings: Lady Thor on Tuesday, and Thorsday on Thursday.

The most famous and most experienced of international pubs. In the heart of Old Nice, a young but calm atmosphere, smart, many young couples, friends who spend a good time without heckling…

This is the trend during the day (they also do WLAN) or at the time of the aperitif. And then the DJ takes the orders, the atmosphere gets up and it's the delirium! An impressive calendar of events year round is simple, and always happens at the Master Home. Again, it is the bar that we leave with regret, so we feel good.

We love the British atmosphere of this pub: quiet, spacious benches and armchairs, wide selection of beers, whiskies and cocktails. Musical background rock, pop, blues, jazz. This is the perfect English pub for business, or for a few moments of real relaxation between gentlemen. In the family of English Pubs, it is undoubtedly the most class.

Completely remodelled last year, this pub is the temple of billiard players. A space is devoted to music and dance, another, calmer, adapts perfectly to discussions around a glass. A typical male atmosphere (beer and giant screen) and very nice. A considerable asset: its late opening up to 5 h of the mat '. When all the bars are closed and the disco atmosphere does not really suit you, it is a unique place on Nice to finish its evening. Note: during the World Cup football this summer, the Staircase will organise special evenings with guaranteed atmosphere! The beautiful plasma screen will broadcast all the major games live and the boss will even get back to the furnaces, offering a restoration formula.