Grouvie can host private cocktail evenings, afterworks and dinners for up to 105 seated guests or 120 standing, in a bar on the second floor of Brasserie Des Prés, in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris. The address is 6 Cour du Commerce Saint-André, in the 6th arrondissement. The bar belongs to La Nouvelle Garde, a group of French-style brasseries that sells group bookings, partial hire and full hire in all its venues.
Seminars and company events
Grouvie is a format for evening events rather than for day-long meetings. The group lists lunches, dinners, cocktails, breakfasts and afterworks among the occasions its venues are hired for, and the bar fits a team celebration, a client cocktail, an end-of-project evening or a networking drinks reception. With 120 places for a standing cocktail, it holds a sizeable department or a client list in one room. The site does not describe presentation equipment or a conference layout, so a speech-based programme should be discussed with the privatisation team first.
Weddings and receptions
The group states that its brasseries can be hired for events including weddings. For Grouvie, the capacity figures suit an evening reception, a rehearsal dinner or an after-party rather than a full wedding day. Ask the privatisation team what is possible in this bar and in the brasserie below it, which the group lists with 90 seated and 130 standing places.
Rooms and capacities
Grouvie is a single room with published figures of 105 seated guests and 120 for a cocktail. The group offers group bookings, semi-privatisation and full privatisation in all its brasseries, so the exact formula, whether the bar alone or combined with the brasserie, is set during the quote request. A brochure and a quote form are available from the group's privatisation page.
Catering
Food and drink are provided on site. The bar is built around signature cocktails created under the direction of Jennifer Le Nechet, whom the group presents as a world mixology champion, and guests can also pick at small dishes through the evening. The brasserie kitchen downstairs follows the group's approach of home-cooked French dishes made from seasonal produce, and a dinner or a breakfast can be discussed with the team.
History and setting
The bar sits on the second floor of Brasserie Des Prés, the fourth address of the group, in the Cour du Commerce Saint-André, a lane on the left bank. The group describes the room as warm in colour, intimate, like a modern boudoir, open every evening and run to a playlist chosen for the place. Grouvie is therefore a bar with a clear evening character, which suits a private party better than a daytime meeting.
Getting there
Grouvie is at 6 Cour du Commerce Saint-André, 75006 Paris, a few steps from the Odéon area and the Boulevard Saint-Germain. The official page does not name a metro station, so confirm the closest stop with the team when you book. Paris is served by two main airports, Orly and Charles de Gaulle, each about 45 minutes to an hour away by road or rail.
