Famous for being a Hemingway haunt, Harry’s is responsible for the invention of the (now) classic cocktails the Bloody Mary, the French 75, and the Sidecar. Stiff, white coat clad bartenders keep a strict dress code in check so shorts aren’t going to cut it. Pants (sigh) are required if you’d like to make it through the door of this historic bar.
— Catherine Down, July 2013
Practical information
Address: 5 Daunou street, 75002
Nearest transport: Opéra (3,7,8)
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 12pm-2am; Friday-Saturday 12pm-3am
Telephone: 01 42 61 71 14
Average price for a cocktail: 15€
Website
Reviews of interest
Hipsters in Paris (2014) “Everything here is old school. You won’t find artisan snacks or house made unicorn syrups. The bar has made few changes past 1911 and it is a good thing…The open-all-day-every-day boozer is best experienced on quiet afternoons, where grown men in white coats will whip up kicking Manhattans and ice cold Martinis.”
World’s Best Bars (2012) “Cosmopolitan, sophisticated and chic with a like-minded clientele, order a Dry Martini and soak up some old-world style.”
Photo courtesy of Harry’s New York Bar’s Facebook page
My father drank here in 1918 after WWI.
When my medical device company was going public in France, I spent wonderful times here.
Racing the Tour Auto in a Ferrari, I celebrated here.
This is home. Great, atmosphere and fabulous drinks.
Super bar tenders.
Very cool pub! I could also suggest the Hemingway Bar in Paris.
Harry’s is, and always has been, a civilized place for civilized people.
On my first visit to Paris last year I visited Harry’s and LOVED it. I will certainly go back again.
ML