An evening at the Kube Hôtel Paris

I have visited the Kube Hôtel Paris several times, tucked away in a small street in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. This 4-star boutique hotel from the Machefert group also features a restaurant and the famous Ice Bar on-site. In this article, I’d like to share with you the various evenings we spent with my favorite photographer at this hotel located in the 18th, in the heart of the popular La Chapelle district. If you visit, I suggest doing as we did: have a drink at the Ice Bar first, then continue your evening with dinner at the hotel restaurant.

Facade of the Kube Hôtel Paris with entrance closed off on a cobblestone street.

Kube Hôtel
1 Passage Ruelle, 75018 Paris
link to the hotel website

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The Ice Bar at the Kube Hôtel

As the name suggests, this is the capital’s only Ice Bar where you can enjoy chilled cocktails while wearing a down jacket in -22°C temperatures. A super original experience that I really recommend trying at least once. At the very beginning, you might think -22°C is bearable, but after 25 minutes, I can assure you that you really start to feel the cold, and it’s time to leave! It is better to leave the premises in stages, as the thermal shock is quite intense.

Inside the Ice Bar at the moment, the decor has a Cold War Soviet vibe, including a military jeep made of ice, and the cocktails are served in glass vials. The really funny thing is that due to the cold, you don’t taste the alcohol in the cocktails at all; it feels like you’re drinking nothing, but be careful because once you leave the Ice Bar, the effects of the alcohol hit you all at once!

Kube Hôtel Paris Ice Bar, jeep sculpture, and people drinking beverages.

Woman in a fur coat near a Jeep sculpted in ice at the Kube Hôtel.

Green glass bottles at the ice bar of the Kube Hôtel Paris.

Green hand held by another hand, blue and green ambient lighting.

Person in a fur hat drinking a bottle at the Ice Bar Kube Hôtel.

Woman with a bottle near a green ice Jeep sculpture at the Kube Hôtel Ice Bar.

Practical Information:

Down jackets are provided by the establishment, however, we were not given gloves. Personally, I strongly recommend that you bring your own because that is what becomes truly unbearable after a while (especially when you are holding an ice glass in your hands).
It is imperative to book your time slot and not arrive late, as you only have 25 minutes inside the Ice Bar (it’s difficult to stay longer, I assure you).

Ice Bar Kube Hôtel
Price: package at €25 for 25 minutes, including 2 cocktails and 1 shot
Online booking possible every day for lunch and dinner

The Sève Restaurant at the Kube Hôtel

After the Ice Bar experience, the perfect follow-up is obviously to go and recover from your emotions at the hotel restaurant. Until April 2023, the restaurant was called l’Après and the space, especially the decor, was inspired by a post-apocalyptic pitch: after a catastrophe (a bit like The Walking Dead, a series I love), we are stuck in 1959, and vegetation has taken over this private mansion. I loved the period furniture and the urban jungle decor of the place. Even the menu was printed on crumpled paper, like something “that had just been thrown in the trash.” You can see some photos of l’Après below.

Illuminated bar of the Kube Hôtel Paris with customers seated and bartender at work.

Clients at the Kube Hôtel Paris bar in front of the illuminated bottle display.

Dinners and botanical atmosphere at the Kube Hôtel Paris restaurant.

Dinner at the Sève restaurant of the Kube Hôtel Paris, wooden table with dishes and drinks.

Customer sitting at a table in the vegetated decor of the Sève restaurant at the Kube Hôtel.

Jungle atmosphere at the Sève restaurant at the Kube Hôtel Paris with clients and waiter.

Customers and bartenders at the bar of the Kube Hôtel Paris with liquor shelves.

Creamy pasta dish, pesto and parmesan shavings, served at the Kube Hôtel.

Burrata and squash puree on a bed of salad at the Restaurant Sève Kube Hôtel.

Lavender cocktail in a copper cup at the Kube Hôtel Paris.

Chilled green cocktail with seaweed garnish, Kube Hôtel Paris.

Yellow cocktail with a slice of dried lemon, served at the Kube Hôtel Paris.

Metal staircase and leather bench in a vegetated space at the Kube Hôtel.

Since 2023, the venue has become Sève, a festive restaurant centered around plants, but not only… You can find floral cocktails that highlight herbs, aromatic plants, and flowers (and here you will better taste their flavors than in the Ice Bar). As for food, there are high-quality tapas-style sharing plates with options for vegetarians, as well as for meat lovers.

Regarding decor, the space has kept the botanical and jungle atmosphere that I loved, with wood and marble furniture, velvet benches, and ottomans. The venue also hosts concerts and DJ sets in the evenings, from Tuesday to Saturday.

To taste: pea hummus (€9), roasted cauliflower with plant-based yogurt sauce and cilantro (€11), beef fillet aged 14 days and house-smoked (€18), or these delicious nettle gnocchi with basil pistou (€14). For dessert, I recommend the pear infused with rosemary and Espelette pepper (€11).

DJ stage with SÈVE neon sign on a plant wall at the Kube Hôtel Paris.

Smiling woman enjoying a cocktail at the Sève Restaurant in the Kube Hôtel Paris.

"SÈVE" neon sign on the plant wall of the Sève Restaurant Kube Hôtel Paris.

Two frothy cocktails with a slice of dried lime and a flower at the Sève Restaurant Kube Hôtel.

Sève Restaurant Kube Hôtel Paris interior with tables set on a green bench.

Green dip with sweet potato chips and toasted bread at the Sève Restaurant Kube Hôtel.

Pesto gnocchi served at the Sève Restaurant at the Kube Hôtel Paris.

Sève Restaurant Kube Hôtel Paris interior with guests and illuminated bar.

Modern lounge of the Kube Hôtel Paris: blue velvet sofa, gold coffee table, patterned armchairs.

Interior of the Sève bar at the Kube Hôtel Paris with amber lighting and vegetation.

Spicy roasted cauliflower served at the Sève Restaurant at the Kube Hôtel Paris.

Yellow cocktail with elderflower at the Sève Restaurant Kube Hôtel Paris.

Sève Restaurant
1 passage Ruelle, 75018 Paris
Price: sharing plates between €9 and €21 / cocktails around €14
link to the restaurant website

Tout Schuss 2022 Kube Hôtel at the Kube Hôtel

In 2022, the Kube Paris hotel offered an ephemeral winter concept, l’Après-ski, a winter village installed at the address from February 16 to 27. On the program: winter cocktails, a 100% comfort food menu with raclette, crepes, mulled wine… and especially the incredible ice petanque installed for the occasion.

Wintery and warm atmosphere at the Kube Hôtel Christmas market with DJ and raclette.

Directional sign indicating Ice Bar, Raclette, and Cashier at the Kube Hôtel.

Woman with a drink in front of a cable car cabin decorated for Tout Schuss Kube Hôtel.

Tout Schuss 2022 Kube Hôtel
from February 16 to 27, 2022, from 2 PM to 10:30 PM
Prices: raclette bowl €10 / crepe €5 / mulled wine €5

Thanks to the Kube Hôtel and the Machefert group for these invitations.

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Photo credits: Nicolas Diolez
Photos are not royalty-free, photographer's authorization is mandatory before any use

An evening at the Kube Hôtel Paris

The Ice Bar at the Kube Hôtel

The Sève Restaurant at the Kube Hôtel

Tout Schuss 2022 Kube Hôtel at the Kube Hôtel

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