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When temperatures go down, you may want to take more or longer breaks indoors during your explorations of Paris. There are literally thousands of cafés and restaurants in the city, but some have a better ambiance for winter. With fireplaces, candlelit tables, or really comfy decors, you can enjoy a hot drink, cocktail or meal at the super cozy bars and restaurants in Paris.

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This is an image of a stocked bar and a cozy little room with arm chairs and mood lighting.

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Le Hibou 

This great café in the St-Germain district is definitely among the best cozy bars and restaurants in Paris – and for several reasons. It sits on a charming little square and has a great terrace which usually has extra cozy decorations in winter. Inside, it has dark walls, old-style paintings, and low lighting that add to its appeal, but the best is yet to come. Upstairs it has a fantastic fireplace lounge with cushy leather armchairs, so try to land a seat here. The café also has really delicious hot chocolate, which is the perfect beverage to warm you up on a chilly day.

Le Hibou | Saint-Germain | WA

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Le Loir dans la Théière

You almost don’t even notice this tea salon and restaurant while walking on the rue des Rosiers, but it’s a local favorite in the Marais. As you go through the doors, you’ll enter a series of rooms that have a playful decor of mix-matched armchairs, sofas, and posters plastered on the walls. It’s a great option for a lunch of warming quiches and daily specials or teatime with their FANTASTIC cakes and pies. Their desserts are displayed on a large wooden counter so pick one out yourself. This is a very hard task as they all look delicious, but if you’re having trouble deciding, their lemon meringue pie is to die for.

Le Loir dans la Théière | South Marais

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Le Coupe-Chou

If you’re looking for a cozy romantic restaurant, then you can’t go wrong with this uber quaint place. Situated on a quiet lane in the non-touristy part of the Latin Quarter, its facade is covered in enchanting ivy. With a working fireplace, stone walls, and exposed wooden beams, the interiors make you feel like you’re at a countryside inn. The menu changes with the seasons, but in autumn and winter, you can expect cozy dishes like mushroom soup with goat cheese ravioli, duck breast baked in a gingerbread crust, and vegan-friendly roasted cauliflower marinated in maple syrup and old-fashioned mustard – yum!

Coupe Chou | Latin Quarter

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La Bagnoire 

For AMAZING contemporary cuisine within a really cozy setting, you have to try this fantastic bistronomic restaurant. Set on a tiny hidden square in the 2nd arrondissement, its name means “the bathtub” in French and a glamorous old-fashioned tub decorates a niche in the back of the restaurant. The atmosphere is incredibly romantic with a lot of candles on the tables and shelves. The menu changes frequently but includes a selection of really creative small plates. The restaurant’s chef, Cécile Lévy, likes to play around with surprising combinations of spices and influences from the four corners of the globe and the results are absolutely phenomenal.

La Bagnoire | Montorgueil-Sentier 

This is an image of an outdoor terrace with an open fireplace and cozy mood lighting.

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The Bar of Jules and Jim Hotel

After exploring the North Marais, stop in for a hot drink or cocktail at the bar of this artsy boutique hotel. Named after French New Wave director François Truffaut’s cult film, Jules and Jim, its terrace has a fantastic outdoor terrace that has a working fireplace in winter. It’s open to outside guests and is a great place to warm up in a cool trendy setting.

Bar – Jules and Jim Hotel | North Marais | WA

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Petrelle

This perfectly romantic restaurant in the South Pigalle neighborhood is another of the best cozy bars and restaurants in Paris. Only open for dinner (except on Saturday and Sunday), it has a small fireplace, candles on the tables, a flame projected onto a stone wall, and an eclectic mix of furniture. You can’t get much cozier than that! Its seasonal menu has nice and cozy winter dishes like creamy roasted squash soup, Gnocchi with wild mushrooms, and pork loin confit with Paimpol beans and salsa verde.

Petrelle | South-Pigalle 

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Les Cuivres 

For more modern coziness, try this restaurant in the hip 11th arrondissement. It has a whimsical ambiance with long sofa seating with throw pillows, fairy lights, and an old-school zinc bar. We love the vibe, but also its great bistronomic cuisine, which includes some vegetarian and vegan dishes.

Les Cuivres  | 11th | WA

This is an image of a low-lit cocktail bar with very regal, patterned furniture and red feature lights.

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Yago

If you’re looking for a cocktail bar with a seductive and cozy spirit, come to this stylish venue in South Pigalle. Found a few steps from the buzzing Pigalle bar street, rue Frochot, it has a discreet white facade, but a sexy pink neon sign. Like many of the other cool bars in the district, it used to be an escort girl haunt and they’ve left the former pole dancing pole next to the bar. Then there’s a fabulous boudoir-style lounge with a decorative fireplace and intimate seating. The menu focused on Japanese-influenced cocktails and small plates and it could be a good place for a nightcap after going to Petrelle, included above, which is a short walk away.

Yago | South-Pigalle 

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Lily Heise

A long-time Paris resident, Lily Heise is a travel writer whose work has been in Condé Nast Traveler, Huff Post, Fodor’s, AFAR, and Frommer’s, among others. When she’s not uncovering the city’s best secrets, she can be found on a Parisian café terrasse or traveling the globe.

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