Bars in Monaco

The American Bar at Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo is the most prestigious hotel bar in Monaco — an extraordinary 1863 Belle Époque palace bar within the most historic and legendary luxury hotel in the Principality, where generations of European royalty, film stars, and business titans have enjoyed cocktails steps from the Casino de Monte-Carlo. The hotel's remarkable 160+ year history and its extraordinary Casino Square location create a bar of genuine Monaco luxury heritage significance.

The Bar at Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo is one of Monaco's most beautifully appointed luxury hotel bars — a Belle Époque masterpiece building (1896) whose magnificent winter garden (a conservatory designed by Gustave Eiffel) and outstanding cocktail program create an extraordinary bar experience in one of the Principality's most prestigious luxury addresses. The Hermitage's remarkable Eiffel winter garden and its outstanding service create a bar of considerable Monaco Belle Époque heritage significance.

Monaco's luxury cocktail bar scene serves the world's most exclusive sovereign state — a 2.02-square-kilometer principality where the average wealth per resident is the highest of any country on earth and where cocktail bars must compete to serve an extraordinarily sophisticated and demanding clientele who have access to the world's finest hotels and bars. Monaco's remarkable concentration of ultra-high-net-worth individuals and its extraordinary Mediterranean luxury setting create cocktail bars of genuine global luxury significance.

Café de Paris Monte-Carlo is the most famous brasserie and bar in Monaco — a legendary Casino Square institution operating since 1882 that has been the preferred gathering place of royalty, celebrities, and the international jet-set for over 140 years, serving coffee, cocktails, and extraordinary seafood overlooking the Casino de Monte-Carlo. The café's extraordinary 140-year history and its incomparable Casino Square location (directly opposite the most famous casino in the world) create a bar of genuine Monaco cultural heritage significance.

Monte-Carlo Beach Club's Elsa restaurant and beach bar is the most prestigious beach club bar in Monaco — a certified organic Mediterranean restaurant and bar on a beautiful private beach at the Monaco-France border that serves as the preferred summer destination for Monaco's most distinguished residents and visitors. The Monte-Carlo Beach's extraordinary 1929 history as a Monaco institution and its remarkable organic dining philosophy create a beach bar of considerable Monaco luxury heritage significance.

La Rascasse is Monaco's most famous Formula 1 bar — a Port Hercule restaurant and bar that occupies the famous Rascasse corner of the Monaco Grand Prix circuit, where races are decided and where the hairpin turn has produced some of the most dramatic overtaking attempts in F1 history. The bar's extraordinary position on an actual Formula 1 circuit (the only permanent bar on an active F1 circuit in the world) and its remarkable racing heritage create a bar of singular Monaco motorsport cultural significance.

The Grimaldi Forum Monaco's bar and event spaces serve Monaco's premier convention and cultural center — a magnificent modern building on the Larvotto seafront designed by Christian de Portzamparc that opens directly over the Mediterranean Sea and serves as the venue for Monaco's most important cultural events, conventions, and art fairs. The Grimaldi Forum's extraordinary architectural ambition and its remarkable cultural programming make its bars and event spaces important Monaco social destinations.

Stars 'n' Bars is Monaco's most beloved and community-oriented American-style sports bar — a Port Hercule harbor institution that has been a welcoming haven for the English-speaking yachting and F1 communities in Monaco since 1993, presenting live sports, excellent American bar food, and a refreshingly unpretentious atmosphere in the world's most exclusive small country. The bar's remarkable inclusivity and its extraordinary harbor location (overlooking hundreds of superyachts in the Port Hercule basin) create a bar of considerable Monaco community and social significance.

Monaco's Port Hercule waterfront bar scene is one of the most spectacular in the world — a harbor basin where 700 superyachts moor permanently and thousands more visit annually, creating a floating city of extraordinary private wealth that provides the backdrop for an incomparably glamorous waterfront bar experience. Port Hercule's remarkable transformation from a modest Mediterranean fishing harbor into the world's most prestigious private yacht port and its extraordinary wealth-display culture create waterfront bars of singular Monaco significance.

Yacht Club de Monaco is the most exclusive sailing club in the world — a Prince Albert II-patronized institution whose extraordinary contemporary building by Lord Norman Foster (2014) overlooks Port Hercule and the Mediterranean from one of the most prestigious maritime addresses in the world. The Yacht Club's remarkable Foster architecture, its extraordinary sailing heritage (Monaco has been a significant yachting center since Prince Albert I's pioneering oceanographic expeditions in the late 19th century), and its outstanding bar create a club bar of genuine Monaco maritime heritage significance.