Do you want to share a game of blackball with your friends? You have come to the right place. I have found a few bars with pool tables in most of the arrondissements of the capital (they are even ranked by arrondissement). So, play on!
To start off, let’s locate those bars on a map:
In a rush? Here are my top picks:
- The bar with the most pool tables: Club 8&9 Billard Voltaire
- The cheapest bar: Belushi’s Gare du Nord
- The most fun bar: Le Bar Aux Pintes
Au Caveau Montpensier
15 Rue de Montpensier, 75001 Paris
8.4/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
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Number of pool tables: 1 (Blackball)
Au Caveau Montpensier is located in the heart of Paris (1st arrondissement). It is held by an English owner, and the attendance of this spot is international.
There is a Blackball pool table with a red carpet in the back room. It has with a “neighborhood pub” style, with only beers and cocktails and some light music. The shop’s mascot (the owner’s dalmatian) will sometimes come to your table.
We love: home made hot wine
Price: €6.5 (the pint)
https://www.facebook.com/AuCaveauMontpensier/
Corcoran’s Irish Pub Grands Boulevards
23 Boulevard Poissonnière, 75002 Paris
7.6/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of pool tables: 1 (Blackball)
Not too far away from the subway stop Grands Boulevards, the pub Corcoran’s Irish Pub has an Irish atmosphere. This is a place where you can relax after a day at work.
This typically Irish pub has a Blackball pool table (€2 per game) facing the counter. Have some of their draft beer while enjoying sports broadcasts and live (bagpipe) concerts.
And if you want to celebrate your birthday there, it will be possible for you to bring your own birthday cake. Cutlery will be provided, if needed.
Price: €8 (Draft Beer Pint)
http://grandsboulevards.corcoransirishpub.fr/en/
⭐ Are you with a group for a birthday or an event? Privatize and book one part of, or the entire place (website in French)
Le Bar’Ouf
182 Rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris
8.2/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of pool tables: 1 (Blackball)
Here is an exceptional bar in Paris! Reserved for women and located in the 3rd arrondissement, Bar’Ouf welcomes all the ladies who want to enjoy a moment of relaxation with each other.
In a sporty, musical or quiet ambiance depending on the theme of the evening, come sing, dance, or play pool, ladies. Tournaments are organized there with an 8-Ball pool table.
You can have your birthday here, with privatisable rooms provided for such occasions.
Price: €3.50 (1664 Half-Pint), €6 (1664 Pint)
https://www.lebaroufparis.com/ (website in French)
The Auld Alliance
80 Rue François Miron, 75004 Paris
7.8/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of pool tables: 1 (Blackball)
With a Blackball pool table made by Jean Marty, one of the last pool table artisans in France, you can only appreciate this “Made in France” pool table in The Auld Alliance in the 4th arrondissement where the staff will be happy to serve you the best beers and whiskeys of Scotland.
This bar with a sporty ambiance will welcome you with many sporting events on display. soccer and rugby broadcasts, darts games or pool tournaments… many things are at your disposal and will keep you entertained during the night.
A room annexed to the barroom is waiting for you with its (great quality) Blackball pool table. Every Thursday at 8:30 P.M., tournaments in partnership with the site Paris Billard will take place. The registration is free and on spot.
So come to The Auld Alliance to challenge your friends or the true champions of this game.
We love: the menu with more than 100 whiskey brands, and the 8 TV screens.
Price: €9–€24
http://www.theauldallianceparis.com/
O’Sullivans Rebel
10 Rue des Lombards, 75004 Paris
8.1/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
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Number of pool tables: 1 (Blackball)
Once a Splendid theater, then a latino club in the 80s, the unmissable O’Sullivans Rebel Irish pub, with its retro style, is awaiting you to play a game of pool in the 4th arrondissement. Boredom is not accepted there.
As for relaxing for an afterwork, enjoy the Happy Hour with home-made craft beer while eating finger food and while watching live sports broadcasts or playing table soccer .
The blackball pool table has its own room, where we believe that Depardieu would have played there. there are high and dark stools and velvet benches; all of this seemingly coming straight out of a movie. Snap, place a €2 coin in the slot, and the game begins.
The bar-restaurant serves cocktails and tortillas, and if you wish to stay, quizzes, entertainment and DJs will entertain you.
Price: €9.80 (Mojito)
https://www.osullivans-pubs.com/en/irish-pub/chatelet-pub/
The Long Hop Pub
25 Rue Frédéric Sauton, 75005 Paris
8.2/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
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Number of pool tables: 1 (Blackball)
Do you want to take a break, have fun or hang out with your friends in the 5th arrondissement? The Long Hop Pub is for you. This neighborhood bar is a gathering place for everyone, young or old, you’ll find your place there.
Afterworks, quizzes, themed evenings, sporting events, darts games, baby-foot or pool games… you won’t be bored. Upstairs, a more cozy area can be privatized; don’t forget to book your table.
An 8-ball pool table is near the bar. The advantage of this location is to be able to rapidly order a little craft beer and a plate of meats to share (or not).
Accompanied with good music, you’ll be in a true English pub.
We love: open everyday until 2 A.M.
Price: €5 for the Beer of the Moment (25cl) or the Virgin Cocktail.
Pub Saint Hilaire
2 Rue Valette, 75005 Paris
8.4/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of pool tables: 1 (Blackball)
Pub Saint Hilaire is an English pub in the Sorbonne neighborhood (5th arrondissement) that has a Blackball pool table, as well as a baby-foot table, darts games, and board games.
Like all pubs out there, this English pub with a Rock’N’Roll ambiance offers a large range of craft beers along with a large menu of major cocktails. Your choice will of course depend on your taste.
Open until 4 A.M. on weekends and the eves of national holidays, students can hang out with each other at night to watch the sports broadcasts or during concerts organized upstairs by the bar.
We love: a festive ambiance for the students; the view of the Panthéon.
Price: €5.50 (Pint or Cocktail until 2 A.M.)
http://www.lepubsthilaire.com/ (website in French)
Hurling Pub
8 Rue Descartes, 75005 Paris
8.8/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of pool tables: 3 (American)
The Hurling Pub. One of the nicest local bars in Rue Descartes. If at first its exterior appearance seems dark and a bit narrow when entering, in the back you will discover exactly what you were looking for.
Indeed, there are 3 American pool tables (with a larger surface than Blackball tables) in this pub costing €2 for a game: 2 tables are in the back room and another one is upstairs on the balcony. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, get ready to prepare queting!
With a diversified clientele and a friendly stage, this pub in the 5th arrondissement is rather quiet on weekdays, but a large crowd comes in during soccer games. This bar has 2 darts boards at its disposal.
We love: an pluri-generational clientele, it is English-speaking, and the pints are cheap.
Price: €5 (the pint)
Pub Saint Germain
17 Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie, 75006 Paris
7.8/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
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Number of tables: 1 (Blackball)
Find the entrance of this small cubicle to gather with friends and challenge each other at the Blackball pool game to enter the Pub Saint Germain pool room, with its speakeasy style. A waiter will help you choose between the 26 brands of beer from all over Europe.
Reruns of your choice are possible, from the greatest international soccer competition or golf and the Olympic Games. There is a musical ambiance with a DJ on Fridays and Saturdays.
The pool room can be privatized for all your events.
Price: €4.90 (Guinness Half-Pint), €8.70 (Guinness Pint)
https://pubsaintgermain.com/en
Ha’Penny Bridge
153 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
8.9/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of tables: 1 (Blackball)
Let us now go to the 7th arrondissement, where the Ha’Penny Bridge pub will give you the impression that you are traveling to Temple Bar, the most famous district of the Irish capital.
Only 5 minutes away from the Iron Lady, this pub will give you a change of scenery with its setting, its Irish Coffee, its overseas and English beers, along with the ambiance that sticks to it. Colette, the owner of the place, and her authentic Irish accent will transport you to Dublin!
An 8-Ball pool table is available for pool fans, with reruns of soccer or rugby games, themed evenings, darts games, and the Happy Hour events on weekends.
We love: an authentic Irish ambiance.
Price: €6–€17
The Freedom Pub
8 Rue de Berri, 75008 Paris
8.4/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of tables: 1 (Blackball)
To enjoy a great evening with your friends, this typical English pub located in the chic neighborhood of Faubourg-du-Roule is one of the best places to have a drink.
You can appreciate a premium quality cuisine, like the unmissable Fish and Chips or sandwiches, with a beer, a cocktail, or strong alcohol as a drink.
Open until 2 A.M. on weekdays and 5 A.M. during the weekend, it’s a place to party up while attending live concerts on Thursday and Friday.
A room with an 8-Ball pool table is at your disposal to challenge your friends, but you can also play darts or dance, with sports broadcasts on Sky, BBC, Canal+, Bein Sports, and many more.
We love: an amazing service for afterworks.
Price: €4 (London Lager Half-Pint), €6.5 (London Lager Pint)
The French Flair
75 Bis Boulevard de Clichy, 75009 Paris
7.7/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of tables: 1 (Blackball)
It’s in the heart of the Pigalle district, in the 9th arrondissement that The French Flair, with its sporting ambiance welcomes you. Maybe you’ll even leave this place while singing Les p’tites femmes de Pigalle by Serge Lama.
Its setting being reminiscent of those old Texan saloons, it’s a major location to watch sport reruns such as soccer or rugby with friends, have a good glass of beer, or dance accompanied by a DJ from Thursday to Saturday night.
The pool room is found in the back of the pub, and can be privatized for your event, for up to 50 people, and remains open for groups who are there after 2 A.M.
Price: €4.5 (St Idesbald Half-Pint), €7.9 (St Idesbald Pint)
https://thefrenchflair.fr/ (website in French)
⭐ Are you with a group for a birthday or an event? Privatize and book a part of, or the entire place (website in French)
Belushi’s Gare du Nord
5 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris
7.9/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of tables: 1 (Blackball)
Known as the Number 1 sporting bar in all of Paris, the Belushi’s bar located a few meters away from Gare du Nord in the 10th arrondissement is a true meeting spot for all the soccer recasts with 21 screens.
With its international ambiance and its all-you-can-eat brunch with live concerts and a DJ almost everyday there is enough to make you want to dance until very late at night.
A Blackball pool table is at your disposal in the back room, beginners, amateurs or ardent fans… come challenge your friends for the evening.
Price: €4 (Half-Pint), €7 (Pint)
https://www.belushis.com/bars/paris/gare-du-nord
Le Bar Aux Pintes
111 Rue Saint-Maur, 75011 Paris
7.6/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
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Number of tables: 10 (Blackball and American)
It’s in the neighborhood of Oberkampf in the 11th arrondissement that BAP (or “Bar Aux Pintes”), with its atypical architecture and its many ambiances, will welcome you for your evenings with your friends.
The bar offers a large choice of beer, both craft and bottled, as well as cocktails, at cheap prices.
There are 4 areas: a bar with sports reruns, an area for baby-foot, darts and chess, a mezzanine area for more intimacy, and of course BAP has an area dedicated to pool. 10 pool tables, including both the Blackball and American variants, are there to be rented for €13-15 per hour for all the activities.
We love: a panoramic space with a view of all the activities.
Price: €9–€24
https://www.lebap.fr/le-lieu/ (website in French)
Club 8&9 Billard Voltaire
9-11 Cour Debille, 75011 Paris
7.6/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
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Number of tables: 20 (American) + 2 (Carom)
In the heart of the 11th arrondissement, Club 8&9 whose name used to be Billard Voltaire 20 years ago, welcomes you into one of the oldest pool rooms that ever opened in Paris until 2 A.M.
This pool room has twenty American Pool tables and two Carom Pool tables as well as other games such as 4 Chinese Pool tables, electric darts boards, backgammon, and chess.
You also have the possibility of sitting down upstairs, in the small and private tea room to enjoy a quiet cup of tea.
That is what makes the charm of an authentic Parisian pool room!
We love: the variety of games along with the small tea room.
Price: €16 per table and per hour (weekdays), €18 per table and per hour (weekend and national holidays)
https://fr-fr.facebook.com/club8n9/ (website in French)
Rush Bar
32 Rue Saint-Sébastien, 75011 Paris
9.5/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of tables: 1 (Blackball)
Rush Bar in the 11th arrondissement is a user-friendly bar that has a pool room at your disposal to challenge your friends.
In a typical Parisian setting, you can drink beer, sangria or cocktails while watching a game of soccer.
The pool room in the basement can be privatized if you have an event planned, and you will have the possibility of having your own music being played.
We love: the sangria!
Price: €7.50 (Pint of Cider)
⭐ Are you with a group for a birthday or an event? Privatize and book a part of, or the entire place (website in French)
Shoot Again Billard Nation
9 Cité Debergue, 75012 Paris
9.1/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of tables: 15 (American) + 2 (Carom)
I found a jewel in the 12th arrondissement, Cité Debergue, able to host up to 120 people for both the amateurs and the professional pool players (with an FFB licence),. Here is Shoot Again Billard Nation.
With its half-English Pub, half-theater style, pool fans will find their match: There are many well maintained pool tables (both American and Carom). It is now your turn to “snook”.
Shoot Again offers two types of pool games: 2 Carom Pool tables (three balls) and 15 American Pool tables (16 balls). Don’t hesitate to try the 2.8m Carom Pool, a professional table.
Come in to play, no matter what your level is. You can even stay until 4 A.M. The owner organizes events, you can even rent the whole place. be warned, correct outfit required.
The menu has appetizers and drinks, champagne, beer, and cocktails. What better way is there to freshen up between 2 games of pool, or when coming as a mere spectator.
Price per hour: €16 from Monday to Thursday, €18 from Friday to Sunday + National Holidays, €10 the day (American Pool Price), €13 for students.
Indiana Club Maine
77 Avenue du Maine, 75014 Paris
7.6/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
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Number of tables: 10 (American) + 1 (Carom)
Indiana Club Maine is a restaurant-bar with bright colors and Native and modern styles. It has 10 American Pool tables and one Carom Pool table of with a very good atmosphere.
This restaurant-bar in the 14th arrondissement offers a musical ambiance with pop-rock concerts broadcasts, DJ come during the weekends, and on some Sundays close-ups or balloon sculptor come to your table.
We love: the possibility to just have a drink, a meal, or a game of pool.
Price: €9-€24
https://www.indianacafe.fr/restaurants-clubs/46/maine.html (website in French)
Celtic Corner
88 Rue de la Croix Nivert, 75015 Paris
8/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
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Number of tables: 1 (American)
Another typical Irish pub. Celtic Corner, has an 8-Ball pool table in a user-friendly setting for the visitors who want to have a pleasant time after a long day at work.
Located in the 15th arrondissement, this bar with an Irish Bistro style serves burgers with beers or cocktails. there are other activities such as board games along with a library for those who prefer to read.
Every Monday, a quiz is organized with various themes (cinema, games, etc.). And Wednesday is Blind Test Day. A great musical ambiance.
We love: the friendly and relaxing ambiance, the library area.
Price: €9-€24
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100035028406112 (website in French)
Corcoran’s Sacré Cœur
9-11 Rue Foyatier, 75018 Paris
8/10: France Hotel Guide’s expert rating
Number of tables: 1 (Blackball)
Are you tired of climbing up the Montmartre stairs? Then, take a break between two steps, at Rue Foyatier, Corcoran’s Sacré Cœur is waiting for you to freshen up with a glass of Guinness and maybe have a cannon with the pool game.
On the outside, you will find a shaded terrace which offers a beautiful view of Montmartre. Irish pub come with pool games, music, a nice atmosphere, dance, games and beer. Personally, I doubt you’d want to leave this place.
On the main floor there is a bar-restaurant. Sit down at the counter to enjoy a Mojito or at your table with Fish & Chips, all while following sports events, listening to live music, or checking out the darts games and Blackball pool table. There are tournaments in which you can wow the crowd, whether they know how to play or not, a great friendly moment that’s looming on the horizon.
In the basement, there is a dance floor with DJs to have fun from 11 P.M. to 5 A.M. You will certainly climb down the hill while humming a song by Jean Renoir.
We love: Good relaxing moments with friends around a game of pool.
Price: €8 (Craft Beer Pint)
https://www.mcbrides.fr/corcoran-s-sacré-coeur (website in French)
⭐ Are you with a group for a birthday or an event? Privatize and book one part of or the entire place (website in French)
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