Les Trois Maladroits — Restaurant in Paris

I stumbled into this bar thinking it was just a quiet hole in the wall—it had just opened. The bartender was super friendly and made me a cocktail I instantly loved… I went in thinking I’ll get one drink here and go to another but I ended up having three that night! I came back three more nights during my short visit to Paris. The hospitality from the three Lebanese guys behind the bar was so warm, I started calling it my local bar. I even brought some Parisian friends, and they fell in love with it too. The cocktails were next-level—creative, flavorful, and made with amazing ingredients like sumac, cardamom, cumin, thyme, and sesame oil. I tried SO many of the drinks and these were my top favorites— Gin Basil, Spice it up, Afterwork and La Touché Man’ouche (Lebanese pizza-inspired cocktail that sounded odd at first but totally blew me away).

The drinks kept bringing me back, but it was the welcoming energy and love from the team that made it unforgettable. If you're in Paris and want good cocktail, this is...

I don't really understand the high reviews. It is a nice enough place in terms of atmosphere, but nothing special. I had a beer last night, and the keg was tapped and not pressurizing properly. Instead of changing it out, the guy spent 10 minutes pulling a flat beer, and then charged me 8.50 euros. I pointed out it was happy hour, so it should be 6.50 euros. He agreed, but didn't have a 50 cent coin, so just charged me 7 euros. He was unhelpful and frankly rude. Maybe I go unlucky, but I won't be back...

Food and drinks are good. I however booked on a Saturday for a large group of people with a per-person formula. And while I was promised ample space and good music to dance, we had to repeatedly ask the staff to tell people to move from our tables, as they sat other people down at our tables twice. The music was so low, and despite the fact that we asked them many times to increase the volume, they claimed it was impossible but still managed to do so by the end of our night, when we were...