Le Violon Dingue — Restaurant in Paris

Amazing pub where you can drink great cocktails 🍹🍸, a good selection of draft beers 🍺or a large variety of alcohol 🥃

The barmaids/bartenders are cool, speaking both English and French and you don't wait long to be served, of course except when it's crowdy 😊

Prices are really correct according to the service/quality/quantity, compared to other places in Paris where stingy bartenders calculate every ml 😊.

There's a good selection of various genres of music playing all night long (a computer playlist) and the volume is not loud so people can have a chat without shouting 🙂

A food ordering is possible but I don't remember at what time they end the food ordering service.

It's also possible to play darts 🎯 or beer pong at the back of the pub. There are tv screens so i guess you can enjoying watching a game ⚽🏈🏀🎾.

So why the Violon Dingue is a great pub compared to the other ones around? Because there's also an underground floor.

The access is from a spiral stairs and it looks like you are entering to the french catacombs.

When down, the floor is kinda separated in two zones: there's a dancefloor to the right side with a booth to leave your stuff and clothes to a staff member (you have to pay a little fee for that) and to the left side you have a sort of "chill zone" with toilets access upstairs.

Of course, there's a large bar joining the two zones and DJ's 💿🎛️🎧 are performing (I think it's every Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays) from 11pm till 5am! 🔥🔥🔥

The sound system 🔊 looks brand new, sound quality is good and It didn't bleed my ears 😊

The music selection varies from top UK/US charts to other stuff like French/International 80s/90s, Pop-Rock, Disco/Funk, etc...)

The floor is clean, bartenders are nice but you have to wait for you order when it's crowdy (they are only 2 bartender/barmaid to serve 100+ customers).

For the record, I used to go at the Violon Dingue at least 5 to 10 years ago and I must admit the new owners did a great job!

They really managed to make this pub a good place with a better crowd management, drink quality/variety, food ordering, etc..

I definitely recommend the Violon Dingue and will continue to go there enjoying a cold pint of delicious beer...

Violon Dingue is a stalwart in Paris nightlife history marked in the memories of generations of students as a great place to work into their night out.

Their happy hours are legendary (actually being the first Parisian bar to introduce happy hour back in the 1990s). If you're in a group and want to be able to sit down together on a busy night you might need to reserve a table but otherwise standing room is plentiful as are the choices of drinks in this eclectic watering hole.

If you've not been - take a bunch of your friends over to the left bank and have a great night. I've been popping in there since being in Paris for work in the 90s it's as good as ever - apparently they have a cellar bar now which goes to 5am! Just as well that wasn't a feature when I was 33 years younger.!

I've only rated food 4 as I didn't eat. People seemed to be enjoying their food. If true to form it will be uncomplicated, delicious and just what you need to keep you going on a night...

Bonjour chère communauté,

j'ai eu récemment le plaisir de me rendre au violon dingue, chaleureux bar à l'ambiance voluptueuse, idéalement situé non loin du Panthéon. A la première heure du jour, nous avons mes compères et moi-même d'abord eu la chance de profiter de la salle principale du bar, plutôt calme et adaptée à une discussion joviale autour d'un cocktail admirablement réussi. Mais bientôt, notre désir de se mêler à la foule rassemblée dans la célèbre salle souterraine du Violon Dingue se manifesta, et nous nous en allâmes vers les tréfonds de ladite cave. Quelle ne fût pas notre joie de découvrir une "playlist" autant éclectique que plaisante ! Le temps fila bien vite et la fièvre de la soirée nous porta jusqu'à 2 heures passées, où un évènement fâcheux nous ramena à la dure réalité de la vie nocturne. Cet évènement avait ce soir là l'apparence d'un timide mètre 75 d'une trentaine d'années, armée d'une calvitie bien installée et d'un regard qu'aucun ne qualifierait de charmeur. Ce curieux personnage se permit d'importuner physiquement une amie de façon plutôt explicite, puis de se frotter à ma personne de façon appuyée et prolongée. Je dois vous confesser ma tristesse d'avoir si peu réagit, le fustigeant simplement de s'éloigner. Son compère présent le défendant âprement et cherchant à discuter autrement que par les mots, j'abandonnai mon idée de laisser moi aussi discourir mes phalanges. Je ne me faisait de plus pas à l'idée de passer le reste de cette belle nuit en cellule de dégrisement.

Cet évènement fâcheux semblait habitué des lieux, ce qui n'enlève aucun charmes ou presque à ceux-ci. Je me permets simplement de rappeler à chacun que de telles péripéties se trouvent bien souvent quotidiennes, et tarissent irrémédiablement la volupté d'une soirée.

Bien...