Cocktail barCocktail bar€€Vieux-LilleMon-Wed 17:00-00:00; Thu 17:00-00:30; Fri-Sat 16:30-02:00; Sun 16:30-00:00
Le Quai des Bananes on Rue Royale in Lille is jungle-dressed and loud, pouring large-format tropical drinks with its own kitchen counter attached.
Signature drink: Large-format tropical cocktails
Food: Banana Kitchen, the in-house food counter
Tip: The alcohol-free list runs past forty mocktails, which is rare at this scale in Lille.
Cocktail barCocktail bar€€Vauban-EsquermesTue-Wed 17:00-00:00; Thu-Sat 17:00-02:00
Artchives on Rue Jacquemars Gielee in Lille runs a bar, an art gallery and a kitchen in one building, with paintings and sculpture across several floors.
Signature drink: Art-inspired house cocktails
Food: Urban canteen menu
Tip: The hanging changes, so the drinks list and the walls both move. Ask what is up before you order.
Cocktail barRooftop cocktail bar€€€Lille-CentreTue-Wed 18:00-00:00; Thu-Sat 18:00-01:00; Sun 18:00-23:00
The View is the top-floor hotel bar on Rue Pierre Mauroy in Lille, looking straight over the Opera and the roofs of the centre with a creative card.
Signature drink: The Aga'tea, plus a daily changing Decouverte
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: The bar runs mixology workshops for guests. Book those separately from a table.
Cocktail barCocktail bar€€Vieux-LilleMon 17:00-23:00; Tue-Wed 17:00-00:00; Thu-Fri 17:00-02:00; Sat 15:00-02:00; closed Sunday
Le Noao on Rue de Weppes in Lille pours classics and revisions, Old Fashioned through Basil Smash, with tapas and a vaulted cellar bar underneath.
Signature drink: Basil Smash, from the revisited classics
Food: Tapas
Tip: The basement room hosts themed nights and can be booked out, so check what is on downstairs.
Cocktail barCellar bar€Vieux-LilleMon-Thu 18:00-00:00; Fri 18:00-01:00; Sat 18:00-02:00; closed Sunday
La Planque hides down a staircase off Rue des Trois Mollettes in Lille, a vintage-dressed cellar where cocktails and half-litre beers both cost 5 euros.
Signature drink: Cocktails and 50cl beers, both at 5 euros
Food: Drinks only
Tip: There is no sign worth looking for. Find the staircase, then keep going down.
Cocktail barCocktail bar€€€Vieux-LilleTue-Wed 17:00-01:00; Thu-Sat 17:00-02:00; closed Sunday and Monday
Amor Amor occupies a former private mansion on Rue Royale in Lille, a hundred-capacity cocktail room with DJs, live performers and a tapas card.
Signature drink: Cocktails, wine and champagne
Food: Tapas
Tip: It works as a bar early and a dancing room late. Come before 22:00 if you want to talk.