Bordeaux: Cocktail Workshop with a Professional Bartender
Learn how to make two signature cocktails and enjoy your creations during a friendly workshop in Bordeaux led by a professional bartender.
Le Castan is a bar in Saint Pierre, Bordeaux.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Plateau de fruits de mer
Tip: Order the smallest plateau and a half-litre of white from the Entre-deux-Mers; the room photographs better in low light from 19:00.
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Address: 2 Quai de la Douane, 33000 Bordeaux
Vintage Bar in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the rue Saint-James rum bar near the Grosse Cloche, pouring over 150 rums with a daily happy hour to 20:00.
Signature drink: Aged rum flights
Food: Cheese, charcuterie
Tip: Daily Happy Hour 16:00-20:00; the bartender will build a comparison flight across Caribbean and Reunion rums.
ApOthEk in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the dim-lit cocktail bar on Rue du Cancera with a menu of refined creations and a strict no-Mojito, no-Sex-on-the-Beach.
Signature drink: Complex creations, no Mojitos
Food: Small bites
Tip: Strong dress code and no walk-ups after 22:00 on weekends; book a back-room table for the quietest setting.
ACC Bordeaux in Saint-Pierre is the cocktail collective on Rue des Bahutiers, a barteam-led room running house signatures, revisited classics and a rotating.
Signature drink: House signatures and revisited classics with DJ sets
Food: Bar snacks alongside the cocktail program
Tip: Open Tue-Wed 19:00 to midnight, Thu-Sat to 02:00; closed Sun-Mon. The intimate room fills fast on weekend DJ nights.
Point Rouge in Bordeaux's Saint-Croix is the cocktail bar and restaurant in a wing of Chateau Descas, with a menu of around 100 cocktails that walks.
Signature drink: House cocktails across 200 years of history
Food: Tapas and charcuterie
Tip: The lounge upstairs is the calmer drinking room; the kitchen of chef Christophe Girardot is the dinner-only sister.
Symbiose Cocktail Bar in Bordeaux's Chartrons is the speakeasy behind the bookshelf at Symbiose, with homemade syrups, forgotten ingredients and a working.
Signature drink: Homemade-syrup signature cocktails
Food: Bistronomic small plates
Tip: No reservations on the cocktail side; arrive 19:00 to claim a stool or stay through dinner for a guaranteed seat.
Vintage Bar in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the rue Saint-James rum bar near the Grosse Cloche, pouring over 150 rums with a daily happy hour to 20:00.
Signature drink: Aged rum flights
Food: Cheese, charcuterie
Tip: Daily Happy Hour 16:00-20:00; the bartender will build a comparison flight across Caribbean and Reunion rums.
ApOthEk in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the dim-lit cocktail bar on Rue du Cancera with a menu of refined creations and a strict no-Mojito, no-Sex-on-the-Beach.
Signature drink: Complex creations, no Mojitos
Food: Small bites
Tip: Strong dress code and no walk-ups after 22:00 on weekends; book a back-room table for the quietest setting.
ACC Bordeaux in Saint-Pierre is the cocktail collective on Rue des Bahutiers, a barteam-led room running house signatures, revisited classics and a rotating.
Signature drink: House signatures and revisited classics with DJ sets
Food: Bar snacks alongside the cocktail program
Tip: Open Tue-Wed 19:00 to midnight, Thu-Sat to 02:00; closed Sun-Mon. The intimate room fills fast on weekend DJ nights.
Bar de l'Hotel de Seze in Bordeaux's Golden Triangle is the hotel cocktail bar of the 18th-century townhouse on Allees de Tourny, with a leather-banquette.
Signature drink: Classic French cocktails
Food: Charcuterie boards
Tip: Best for a pre-dinner drink before the Grand Theatre; the bar opens to non-residents from 17:00 every evening.