Fun and entertainment Ile-De-France

Guinguette-restaurant very popular with Parisian youth! To get in at night (the afternoons are much quieter), you need to be patient or arrive well in advance of the aperitif. But the setting is well worth the effort: what a delight to have a drink in the heart of the Buttes Chaumont, in a relaxed atmosphere! The place is obviously more pleasant on sunny days, and at aperitif time. The drinks are accompanied by a selection of tasty snacks. Prices are no less or no more expensive than elsewhere.

The bar at the Shangri-La Hotel Paris becomes the Bar Botaniste. A name that smells of nature... The idea was born in the mind of head bartender Arnaud Thirel, who wanted to pay tribute to Prince Roland Bonaparte, less well known to the general public than his illustrious relative, but who in his time created the world's largest private herbarium with 2,500,000 specimens. The à la carte menu features some fifteen astonishing cocktails, including vermouth, génépi, absinthe and the famous chartreuse. There are also some twenty gins and nine tonics.

On the corner of a pedestrian street in the center of town, this charming tearoom is the perfect place for a sweet break. Open all day, the establishment plays on a warm, cosy style, with small wooden tables, slightly fifties lines and comfortable seating, greenery and an elegant display case. An attractive range of teas is on sale, along with home-made pastries. On sunny days, you can also enjoy tea at the outdoor tables, or stop in for a savoury snack at lunchtime.

Situated on the edge of a charming square in the pedestrian center, a stone's throw from the Marne river, this bar and beer cellar is as much an opportunity to enjoy a convivial moment with friends as it is a place to rediscover beer, thanks in particular to its fine selections of craft beers from the region and beyond. Open almost every evening, you can see (and drink) Arpus, bière de Meaux, bières du Saule, bière du Cap d'Ona, Polygon and Piggy Brewing's famous beers, accompanied by a few savoury snacks. Nice terrace.

HintHunt is France's first escapegame. After getting rid of all your unnecessary belongings, you and your team are locked in a room for 60 minutes to escape. No contact with the outside world is possible. Using the many clues scattered around the room, you'll have to pool your data, think and master your self-control, all of which are challenges you'll have to overcome before, perhaps, finally finding the liberating code! Quiz Boxing is the latest new feature to be tested.

We know Bam karaoke on rue Richer, but we love it just as much on rue d'Aboukir. The concept is always the same: have fun with friends in high-tech, private karaoke rooms. At Bam Karaoké Box Sentier, 5 rooms for 6 to 12 people are now available for all those who want to sing along without getting carried away. The immersive, festive experience is a real success, with touch screens and light shows! And if you're thirsty, there's a great cocktail bar on site.

It's sure to delight board game aficionados, as this is its specialty. You'll find a plethora of games, from the most classic to the most complex. The café also organises sessions for individuals. So you'll find plenty of amateurs to compete with! And so that you don't have to race against the clock, there are also a number of options for having fun with access to the board games and nibbling on a few delicacies, including a Sunday brunch.

An offbeat and friendly way to have fun with friends, with this escape game concept, where logic and team spirit are the keys to success. In three themed rooms - Russian Theater, Psychiatric Asylum and Ancient Egypt - players are challenged to solve enigmas in a suspenseful one-hour scenario. The establishment also offers home and corporate escape games, as well as the organization of private events (birthdays, bachelor parties, etc.).

Located in the Pontault-Combault shopping district, this escape game is one of the best-known in the region, with a reputation to match. The aim of the game? Get out of one of the three themed rooms on offer, using your logical mind and a cooperative approach! From two to seven players, groups can discover three universes: "Emilie's Nightmare", "Deciphering" and "Infiltrated". The facility is also available for events such as birthdays, EVCs and seminars.

Lulu White is a So-Pi bar where people really like to party. As for its name, it's that of a famous naughty and libertine matchmaker... The Art Nouveau setting evokes the Belle Époque and, above all, absinthe, the star of the house, harmoniously blended with other elixirs. Great classics, notably from New Orleans, and new flavors are drunk against a backdrop of swing, jazz (especially on Sundays) or electro music. You'll also discover what's on the menu and in the decor, with familiar faces watching you!

Well-known in northern Paris, the Recyclerie is an unusual place where a restaurant, a bar, a repair shop, a garden, an aquaponics greenhouse, and numerous workshops and events come together. Come and enjoy an aperitif, a drink on the terrace, or tapas, for example. Later in the evening, you'll appreciate the house cocktails. A place we love, but one that has unfortunately cut back on its opening hours: it's now open from Friday to Sunday...

The place to be! You can also dine here, sleep here of course, and, as most people don't know, enjoy the hotel bar! It's a particularly pleasant place to enjoy a drink or two with friends. If the weather's fine, don't hesitate to take a table in the garden terrace at the rear of the building, where you can enjoy absolute peace and quiet. This area is also ideal for aperitifs with friends. After a couple of hours in this peaceful setting, you'll leave feeling like you've escaped from Paris.

A new brewery has set up shop on the banks of the Loing, offering a range of attractive local, artisanal beers. Production is concentrated on four cuvées: white, blonde, amber and Christmas beer. The organic production insists on respect for the terroir and artisanal methods, developing top-fermented, unfiltered and unpasteurized beers for maximum authenticity. The beers are then aged for six months in the cellar, to allow them to express their full aroma once on sale.

Here's a space that's all its own, with a wide range of offerings. Full of life, Gallia is a café, a restaurant, but above all a place with an intense cultural and social life. Pell-mell, you can attend conferences, discover artists - with a penchant for contemporary music - who are sure to get you dancing, meet wine producers, play darts or take part in Sunday bingo - in short, have a good time in a friendly and often committed atmosphere. The program is rich: check it out before you go!

Go to Rue Montmartre, and if possible take the pedestrian walkway that leads quietly to Les Halles. This is where you'll find the Café Noir, a small local institution. It's a lively place where you can enjoy a drink all day long, with a vast terrace stretching out onto the street in fine weather, and at particularly attractive prices - which isn't always the case in the area. Add to this a rather high-quality snacking offer, and you've got yourself a sure bet.

This vast space offers a wide range of activities for the whole family: you can let off steam by taking part in frenzied games, in which you choose the number of participants. But that's not all: there's also a Quiz Room. The idea is to answer questions on different themes, in teams of up to 18 people! All in all, it's a space full of fun possibilities: kids love it, and not just kids!

While for some, Hoba evokes the cry of the Marsupilami, for others - and they're right - the name rhymes with gourmet and sustainable cuisine, but not just anywhere. In fact, this living space in the heart of Martin Luther King Park precedes the HO(food court) with the BA, which now offers a wide-ranging program focusing on food-related issues around a café set in a ^19th-century forge. When you come here, you'll be nourishing your mind as well as your taste buds: 5 committed chefs will be cooking up some excellent dishes.

A cultural landmark in the town, the Centre Culturel Picasso is a beautiful 290-seat venue (including 6 places for people with reduced mobility), offering a fine program. Comedy, dance and theater are just some of the possibilities on offer (and the list is not exhaustive). In 2024, headliners such as Pierre Richard and Manu Payet will be stopping off here. The simple price structure means you can also take advantage of special rates if you book several shows.

We go there with friends or family, alone or accompanied, but there is never a bad time to go to France. This coffee shop helps you slow down, teach you to relax, all thanks to a Zen setting and a smiling service. We accompany coffees, cappuccinos and other drinks from home, delicious homemade pastries. But what makes the quality of France so high is the fact that the company specializes in roasting. The brand's attention is focused on the entire production chain, from planting to the cup. On site, you will also find all the necessary accessories, as well as coffee for sale, in beans or ground.

Nemours got off to a good start in 2024 with the opening of Zig-Zag. After more than 100 years without a brewery, the town needed a friendly place to meet after 7pm! And that's not all, as beer is also produced within its walls! Zig-Zag is already a favorite with locals. The friendly owners, Luis and Matthieu, know their stuff and are happy to advise newcomers. The à la carte menu features a wide selection of local produce, and the atmosphere is just the way we like it. A real favorite!

This is the latest incarnation of the Artichef team, which not only offers excellent dining, but also makes a point of imagining atypical places. Mission accomplished for Tonton Becton, stuck in the 1970s. Mind you, only the premises are decorated in the style of that decade, because as far as the plates are concerned, the menu changes every two weeks, with products from small producers cooked just right. The place has a bar, a terrace and even a hidden space!

Go-karting, bowling, Laser Game, billiards, arcade, cocktail bar: a combo that's sure to please everyone, from 7 to 77. Here, go-karting is practised on one of the largest indoor tracks in France (with a 600 m circuit), on which the machines roar to provide the pleasure of speed and mechanical sports in complete safety. The complex is also home to Europe's largest laser game. So if you're looking for a thrilling alternative to video games, you've come to the right place!

It's an incredible place with multiple possibilities. As its name suggests, the venue is dedicated to escape games, offering a wide range of possibilities to suit every age, skill level and number of participants. The spaces, designed as worlds in their own right, invite you to discover 1930s Chicago, an abandoned orphanage or to experience "Mittsu Doa", which takes you from one universe to another at breakneck speed. Beyond that, the place is a place of conviviality: aperitifs and themed evenings are organized.

BPM stands for Bar Pub Melun, and guess where? On one of Melun's iconic barges, located on the Quai de Seine, Place Praslin. The venue, long known for its lively dance evenings, offers pleasant, convivial moments and even more, as it is now possible to book to organize private, professional or private events (meals, greetings, birthdays...). So if you're looking for an unusual place to spend an evening with friends or a group, you've come to the right place!

Bomb Squad is the capital's newest immersive experience. The concept? After a highly selective test, you find yourself a member of the elite battalion tasked with defusing a bomb (paint, phew!) in New Terrà. The course takes you through four rooms with a variety of challenges (laser beams, booby-trapped tiles, auditory stimuli...) allowing you to accumulate time for the final defusing. But watch out for the colorful finale if you're too slow! You've been warned... A one-hour adventure in 70 m² of leisure space.

An unmissable spot, which gives the impression of being in a seaside resort, with an often lively atmosphere! Maison du Passeur is a bar with a large terrace facing the Seine. Groups of friends come and go, and the boards and small culinary specialities concocted with brio on the premises make for a delightful way to spend your time here. Regularly, the place is the setting for organized parties, and generally very lively! Easy to find, the place is distinguished by its blue shutters!

Located in the heart of the city - and easily accessible by metro - the Théâtre des 2 Rives (known to regulars as T2R) offers a rich program all year round. Multi-disciplinary and aimed at a very wide audience, you can marvel at a dance performance, be moved by a circus act, reflect at a conference or film debate, thrill to a concert or, of course, be entertained by a play. A favorite with locals, it's well worth a visit.

Created by Laura, this friendly, cosy place is both a café and a boutique dedicated to the two most beloved hot beverages: tea and coffee. A passionate barrista, Laura ran a mobile café in the Château de Fontainebleau for 3 years before settling here. She makes her own compositions of teas to buy or taste on the spot. At every time of year, a gourmet and original selection is offered. As for the cuisine, the menu changes daily, with healthy, gourmet dishes. And on Sundays, we recommend brunch!

Every year since 2010, for 2 days in early July, La Ferme électrique has hosted some twenty concerts by emerging bands on the bangs of the music industry, as well as performances, participatory sound experiments, exhibitions and film screenings... Everything takes place in an old farmhouse converted and decorated by artists and DIY enthusiasts, using recycled objects that together can take the form of an organ chapel or a vinyl tree... A festive and convivial setting just 25 minutes from the Paris Est train station!

A must for regular visitors to the Belle Epine shopping center, Beach Bowling brings together fans of indoor games, both during the day (attractive rates) and in the evening. On the program: 24 bowling lanes in a fluorescent atmosphere, 11 billiard tables, a cocktail bar serving snacks, an area devoted to arcade games old and new, a karaoke room and a dance floor to set the dance floor alight. A great address in the Val-de-Marne for vacations, weekends and special occasions.

The brand operates several locations in the capital, and the one in Wagram, which the Petit Futé team visited, won us over! As well as a great restaurant, the place is a bar with an industrial decor, offering not only classics but also a large number of cocktails made on the premises according to the rules of the art. For an evening with friends, or an afterwork (with tapas!), the place is all set. Located just a few hundred meters from the Champs-Elysées, it also has the good taste of not being besieged by tourists!

An institution, which does not change and which does so much good: to those who do not know it, the Tagada Bar is worth at least a visit, and much more! This small, colourful place, run (perhaps we should say animated) by Jean-Mi and Max, is a small nugget of warmth and friendliness. People come to drink a glass (special mention to the drinks concocted on the spot, and to the selection of small wines from producers), and many also revel in some nice plates with friends, tapas or nice snacks that are also tasty. The recognizable red front is just waiting for you, and the terrace, on sunny days, is a must-see in the south of the hill!

Here is a pretty art and ceramics gallery at the foot of the castle, installed in an old village house recently rehabilitated. In addition to organizing exhibitions, the place, atypical and friendly, is also a nice tea room. One comes to enjoy teas, coffees, cookies and other pastries, all certified organic. On sunny days, a terrace is available on the place de l'Ecu. And on Sundays, a lunch is proposed. Note that small cultural events take place there all year long (poetry, music, tarot of Marseille...).

This chic cocktail bar in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés features a chic bar, where the bottles are sublimated by a visibly well-thought-out set-up, and a cosy basement where you can even dance the night away. Head bartender Jean-Michel Schibeny and his team offer a tempting menu of original signature cocktails and impeccable classics. You'll love the sharing plates, the pop/funk music and the fine selection of spirits. With its eco-responsible approach and homemade preparations, Arbane seduces with its know-how and inventiveness.

Looking to get away from it all? You don't have to go to the Antipodes, just to Marne-le-Vallée and Emerainville. There, you'll find an indoor game inspired by the famous Fort Boyard: Prison Island, a concept that has already won over more than a few fans! In teams of 2 to 5 players, you'll have to take up challenges of all kinds and solve enigmas, all within a limited timeframe. The aim: to escape, of course! An experience that fosters team spirit, for a moment of pure fun with friends or children!

A former dairy farm built at the end of the ^19th century in a superb industrial style, since the 1990s Ferme du Buisson has become a cultural mecca in Seine-et-Marne, bringing together a variety of theaters, cinemas and open-air exhibition spaces. On the program: eclectic exhibitions, classic or atypical plays, festivals, films, etc. The website provides precise program information. Online ticketing is also available, excluding cinema screenings.

Eric and Gina's theme bar brings a festive spirit to the heart of the Pays d'Ourcq, with its large room in the center of the village, where you can admire a stunning village square décor, with house facades, balconies and mannequins, a fountain, and a resolutely popular spirit. Open to all ages, it's a great place to meet up at the end of the week, for a slate of charcuterie and cheeses, a drink with friends, and why not a stint on the dance floor!

Le Petit Cormier is a charming boutique that's all about diversity. Primarily a tearoom, it's the perfect place to enjoy a delicious seasonal ice cream over a cup of tea or fruit juice. It's also a gallery showcasing the work of local and Parisian artists. In addition to exhibitions of paintings, sculptures and photos, there are warm-hearted events such as mini-concerts, readings and various convivial workshops. Strolling through the premises, you'll also discover a delicatessen and decoration section.

An exceptional venue in an equally exceptional setting: the Radio France Auditorium is located in the house of the same name. The 1,461 seats are arranged in balconies around a central stage, itself surmounted by a huge organ, with particular attention paid to the location: the audience farthest from the stage is only 17 meters away. A unique experience.

Unusual and purring! Café des Chats is the kingdom of a tribe of pampered cats, all adopted from animal protection associations. Free to roam, they climb onto the tables and fall asleep on your scarf. You're welcome to pet them, but you must respect their wishes, and it's forbidden to feed them. The space is large and comfortable. The pastries are homemade, and the hot chocolate is divine! Café des Chats also offers brunch on Sundays, and meals throughout the week.

Here is an atypical coffee shop! +82 offers you an immersion in South Korea. Its specialty: the famous bingsus, a dessert made of finely crushed ice cream traditionally covered with boiled red beans (but the bingsu also comes in other flavors). In summer, it's perfectly refreshing, a real treat! +82 Paris will also make you discover other sweets with a Korean sauce, like matcha cookies. The place is cosy, the staff welcoming and caring. A small drawback, however: you will sometimes have to be patient before sitting down; the space is not very big, but it is very popular with fans. Second address in the 11th district: Paris Dabang.

Nikito Domus, the new 10,000 m² leisure center, is located in the Domus shopping center in Rosny-sous-Bois. Keep your eyes peeled for unique indoor activities in a galactic, scenic universe! One area is dedicated to families, with a trampoline park, laser game and arcade games. The other is aimed more at young adults. From virtual reality to bowling or electric karting, AR darts and much more... Not forgetting the cocktail bar and restaurant. The new entertainment HQ!

Unlike a classic escape game, you're not locked in a single room, but in 10 different rooms for 1 or 1.5 hours. A real journey through time, taking you through 7 epochs (themes). You'll face challenges, solve riddles, and manipulate objects, and you'll have 3 minutes per room to complete your mission. Ideal for birthday parties, couples, or colleagues. This adventure is suitable for children aged 12 and over.

Set to open in 2021, the Terrasse du Moulin de Nemours has everything it takes to please. Once summer arrives, this festive guinguette on the banks of the Loing offers music (concerts, karaoke...), entertainment, a short-lived bar, a food market...A must for anyone looking for a relaxing evening on the weekend... A foretaste of summer vacation. A word of advice: keep an eye on the Facebook page for all the latest information on the program and events.

The escape game is an ideal activity to enjoy with family or friends in your spare time. It's a team-builder that will test your brains. The settings plunge you into an immersive world, and you'll quickly get hooked. Here, you can choose between three moods: defy the notorious Al Capone at your peril, venture into the house of Mama Cortez, a voodoo priestess, to find little Mary, or escape from prison!