Cocktail barSpirits bar€€€Vieux-LilleTue-Wed 18:00-01:00; Thu-Sat 18:00-02:00; closed Sunday and Monday
Genever on Rue Saint-André in Lille builds its bar around the northern grain spirit of the same name, poured neat and stirred into spiced cocktails.
Signature drink: Genever with lychee
Food: Drinks only
Tip: This is the easiest place in Lille to drink genievre without ordering a bottle in an estaminet.
Cocktail barCocktail bar€€Vieux-LilleTue-Thu 18:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00
Bartown on Rue Saint-Sébastien in Lille serves gourmet tapas boards beside house cocktails named for city landmarks, Eglise Caipi and Tour Mojito among them.
Signature drink: House cocktails named for Lille landmarks
Food: Tapas boards
Tip: The room is small and fills after 21:00 at weekends. Go early for a seat at the bar.
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.