La Barbote is a bar in Beaux Arts, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It opens seven nights, rare for a brewery bar; go early for a seat, the room is small and local.
Address: 1 rue des Deux Ponts, 34000 Montpellier
Drapeau Rouge brews on the Faubourg Boutonnet and feeds its own taproom with pub plates and slow-cooked meat burgers, a student-quarter fixture.
Signature drink: House craft beers
Food: Pub food and slow-cooked meat burgers
Tip: Weekday lunch in a working brewery is the quiet way in; evenings fill with the Boutonnet student crowd.
Les Canons pours natural wine through the afternoon near Saint-Pierre cathedral in Montpellier, 150 references and 10 euro corkage at the tables.
Signature drink: Natural wines off the shelf
Food: Market lunches
Tip: An afternoon bar as much as an evening one, and Wednesday's late close is the night to settle in for a long session.
ZooBrew opens its Castelnau-le-Lez brewery bar on the eastern edge of Montpellier two evenings a week, pouring fresh house beers where they ferment.
Signature drink: House-brewed beers
Tip: Thursday and Friday only, straight from the tanks; the tram 2 gets you close from the centre.
Le Comptoir des Brasseurs brews and serves at Odysseum in Montpellier, a big brewpub pouring its own beers seven days a week with a full menu.
Signature drink: Beers brewed on site
Food: Brasserie menu
Tip: Useful before cinema or arena nights at Odysseum; the house lineup beats the mall setting.
La Distillerie has been the Écusson's rock bar since 2007, local craft beer and house arranged rums under a permanent rock-photography hang.
Signature drink: House arranged rums
Food: Drinks only
Tip: Happy hour runs 18:00 to 20:00 Tuesday to Saturday; the walls carry Eric Canto's rock portraits year round.
Aperture is Julien Escot's pared-back cocktail room on Rue des Trésoriers de la Bourse in Montpellier, opened in December 2018 with wine alongside.
Signature drink: Rotating creations by Julien Escot
Food: Small plates
Tip: Escot won the 2012 world cocktail championship before opening this room; go early, the counter takes no reservations.
