Au Taquet

Bière coupée, serveur pas aimable, c’est simple je n’irai plus !

Une bonne ambiance et des prix carrément hallucinant !!! On y vient pour son patron hyper sympa et ses shots à 1,50 €. La clientèle est plutôt étudiante et multiculturelle. En plus, la musique est cool. Également, ils diffusent les matchs.
Bref ce bar est le cocktail étudiant parfait !

So I ended up coming here because I heard of their insanely cheap happy hour — 2.50 pints from 4pm til 2am. It’s apparently paris’ cheapest happy hour and it scores extra points in my book since the prices don’t suddenly spike up at the end of happy hour (because essentially, happy hour is all night here). If you like going out, you know that prices like that are basically unheard of in Paris.
They also offer tripel karmeliet for 5 € a pint, and overall the drink menu is pretty cheap — 4 € cocktails, wine for 2 €, shots for 1.50…
Besides the cheap drinks, this is also a restaurant and you can order food here. Prices were pretty standard for Paris, and the food was fine, albeit nothing special. A friend who ordered a burger with goat cheese said the cheese was a little off, but besides that, no complaints.
I would definitely recommend making a reservation if you know you are coming here, as it does tend to fill up quickly and you’re going to want table seating. Even though it’s a café/​bar, it gives off more of a café/​restaurant vibe (or at least, that was the case until 11 or so when we left). Perhaps it becomes more «bar” — like later in the night.
It is conveniently located not too far from grands Boulevards area, so I could see this as a place to stop for drinks before heading elsewhere. It also works great for big dinner groups (like for birthdays), provided you reserve and if cheap drinks are a priority for you. If amazingly delicious food is your #1 priority and you don’t care much about cheap drinks, I would maybe look elsewhere.
Shame you can’t give half stars on Unilocal — I would give this place 3.5 stars.
EDITED: an important point that I didn’t mention last time. I’ve been back here since, and each time it’s dimly lit and loud music (even at like 7pm on a Tuesday night). I thought it was just like that on Saturday nights, but I guess not lol. It’s really hard to describe the vibe here. The seating is set up kind of like a café/​restaurant (for the tables and such). But the dj/​bartender plays loud music and there’s even kind of some disco lighting going on. Haha, sorry hard to describe, but all in all, I would say it’s an eclectic place and something to be checked out. Hello did I say 2.50 € pints until 2am? And Picon only 3 €? What are u waiting for?!?