Journey is an all-day restaurant and bar at 44 Rue des Petits Carreaux, in the Sentier district of Paris, that can be booked for private events of 10 to 100 guests. The 200 square meter venue spreads over three levels: a main room, a mezzanine and a basement space with its own bar. Organisers can hire one level or the whole place.
Seminars and company events
Journey fits evening and lunch formats: team dinners, afterworks, professional cocktails, business meals and brunches with a client group. The three levels let an organiser match the space to the group. A team of 30 can take the basement, a department of 50 can take the mezzanine, and a company party of up to 100 can take the whole venue. The main room has large windows and high ceilings, which gives a bright setting by day.
No meeting room with a screen or a plenary layout is described, so a full-day workshop is not the target. Wi-Fi is available, and groups can play their own music in the mezzanine and the basement. The mood changes through the day, from a lounge tone in the daytime to a more rhythmic one in the evening, with a dance floor available when the evening turns festive.
Weddings and receptions
Journey does not describe a wedding offer. It suits a rehearsal dinner, an engagement party or a small informal reception for up to 100 guests, with the closed spaces giving more privacy than the main room. A couple should confirm directly that a wedding-related event is accepted before planning around it.
Rooms and capacities
The venue lists four ways to book it. A few tables in the open restaurant take from 2 to 100 people. La Babel Funk is the basement space, closed, with its own bar, for 10 to 30 people and with the option to play your own music. La Mezzanine is a closed space for 10 to 50 people, also with your own music possible. The entire establishment is available for 30 to 100 people. The interior is minimalist and was designed by Jessica Mille, with a design-led atmosphere that suits product presentations and styled evenings.
Catering
The kitchen is led by the Filipino chef Artemio Ganddi, formerly of Yaya. The menu is built on sharing plates, with cheese and charcuterie plates, a pizetta, shrimp dim sum, chicken or vegetarian spring rolls, hummus, tuna crudo, beef tataki and salmon gravlax. The bar offers signature cocktails and a selection of organic and biodynamic wines, along with beer. Seated meals and boards are offered. The venue states that it does not provide standing cocktail dinners and does not supply birthday cakes, so an organiser planning a stand-up reception should plan the format around plates and boards.
History and setting
The restaurant presents itself as a concept new to the Sentier district, with the character of a place for the whole day, from breakfast to dinner. The room mixes a bar, a restaurant and a lounge, and its volumes and large glass walls give it an urban look.
Getting there
Journey sits in the 2nd arrondissement, between the Sentier and Bonne Nouvelle metro stations. Both are a short walk from the door, and the district is central, with offices, shops and many transport links, which makes it easy for colleagues to arrive from different parts of Paris.
