Underground & cool · Speakeasy bar · €€ · 10e · Canal Saint-Martin & Gare du Nord
Lavomatic
A cocktail bar reached by pressing a button on a fake washing machine inside a working-looking laundromat; upstairs, pop-coloured poufs and swing seats.
Booking through this link may earn par.is a commission. Same price as anywhere.
Reserve if you want the swings. Closed Sun–Mon.
Getting there
- République358911170 m · 3 min walk
- Jacques Bonsergent5220 m · 4 min walk
- Temple3230 m · 4 min walk
Around the corner
Place de la République · 170 m away
The Place de la République is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. The square has an area of 3.4 ha. Named after the First, Second and Third Republics, it contains a monument, the Monument à la République, which includes a statue of the personification of France, Marianne.
Wikipedia ↗Walks that pass nearby
- Canal Saint-Martinstop 1 of 6 · 170 m
Place de la République
1880, redesigned 2013. The 9.5 m bronze statue of Marianne (allegory of the Republic) at the centre, with the three smaller figures at her feet representing Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Pedestrianised in 2013; one of the few large public squares in the city without traffic in the middle.
The square is a major demonstration site — if there's been an event in the news, the base of the statue is often covered in candles, flowers, and posters. Walk to the north-east corner of the square; that's where Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple begins, and the canal is one block north.
- Hidden Parisstop 6 of 6 · 210 m
The smallest house in Paris
39 Rue du Château d'Eau (10th): one room wide, one window per floor, three floors total. Built around 1880 to fill a property dispute — the family on either side refused to sell, so the inheriting daughter built up vertically in the alley between them.
Walk along Rue du Château d'Eau between Place de la République and Boulevard de Strasbourg. The house is between nos. 37 and 41. It's a private home — don't ring the bell.
- Cocktail Barsstop 6 of 6 · 330 m
Bisou
15 Boulevard du Temple, opened 2018 by ex-Mary Celeste bartender Nicolas Munoz. No menu — you tell the bartender what spirits and flavours you like, and they make you a drink. The deliberate inverse of the cocktail-book ritual: every drink is bespoke.
No menu means you have to talk. Try "something with mezcal, smoky, not too sweet" or "surprise me with a gin drink" — both will be taken seriously. The bar is small, around 20 seats; arrive early or expect to wait. End of the cocktail tour, or the start of a longer night.
- Upper Maraisstop 1 of 6 · 600 m
Square du Temple
Where the medieval Temple complex once stood — the headquarters of the Knights Templar in France, demolished by Napoleon in 1808. Louis XVI was imprisoned in the Temple's tower from 1792 until his execution. Now a gentle public garden with a bandstand and a playground.
Enter from Rue de Bretagne. The bronze plaque on the south wall traces the outline of the medieval Temple precinct. The garden's hidden secret: a small carp pond at the back, almost always empty of visitors.
Within a few minutes' walk
- Ofr.Bookshop & gallery€ · 6 minAlexandre and Marie Thumerelle's bookshop in the Haut-Marais, the supply line for independent fashion, photography, design and art magazines from Seoul to São Paulo. A small gallery behind it runs rolling exhibitions and launches.
- Le BaravWine bar with food€ · 7 minA corner wine bar with some 250 references you can drink on site or carry out from the attached cave, set against boards of charcuterie and cheese. Lunch is a short list of tartines, salads and a homemade plat.
- Le Verre VoléNatural-wine cave à manger€€ · 9 minThe original Paris cave à manger on Rue de Lancry — four hundred natural wines, an open kitchen, a chalkboard.
- Le CambodgeCambodian€€ · 10 minA family-run Cambodian room near the canal with bo bun rated among the city's best and a Phnom Penh soup to match.
- Edgar Suites – Jules FerryServiced apartments€€ · 10 minEleven serviced apartments on the boulevard that edges the Canal Saint-Martin, each with a full kitchen and its own layout, with hotel-style cleaning and check-in but no lobby theatre — an apartment you can book for two nights.
- Little Red DoorCocktail bar€€€ · 10 minA fixture on the World's 50 Best list, it builds each menu around one argument — the current one ties every drink to agriculture and sustainability. The name's red door is a feint; there is no trick, just the bar.
Where to stay near Lavomatic
- Hôtel Providence ParisBoutique hotel€€ · 7 minAn 18-room jewel box of velvet and brass near the Canal Saint-Martin — every room has its own cocktail tap, with a much-loved bistro and bar downstairs.
- Le Grand QuartierBoutique hotel€€ · 9 minA former industrial building reorganised around a planted central courtyard, with a café-bistrot, a shop and a rooftop folded into the same address. The 77 rooms keep the warehouse proportions; the ground floor functions less like a lobby than a neighbourhood canteen.
- Hôtel Ginette à la FolieBoutique hotel€€ · 10 minA four-star between République and Oberkampf whose rooftop is planted with two fig trees. Rooms are individually decorated, with a spa that can be booked out privately, within a short walk of the canal.
Booking through this link may earn par.is a commission. Same price as anywhere.
The district · 10e
Canal Saint-Martin & Gare du Nord — Canal ParisThe locks and iron footbridges of the Canal Saint-Martin, the South Asian Passage Brady, the Faubourg Saint-Denis food strip, and two big stations. Young, mixed, and where a lot of the good cheap eating is.
Best for: Twenty-somethings and food-first travellers; lively rather than pretty.
Everything we've verified in the 10e →How we verified this
Confirmed currently operating as of October 2026,cross-checked against 2 sources:
The full verification ledger — everything checked this week, and what we marked closed →More underground & cool, nearest first
par.is is a living map of Paris. Every place here is a real, currently operating destination — re-checked over time and removed the moment we can no longer confirm it's open. No paid placements, no scraped directory: just opinionated picks worth your trip.