Kawaa Daumesnil rents out two meeting rooms and its 102 m² café for seminars, workshops, general meetings and private parties in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. The larger room seats 40 and takes 50 standing. The venue is a café, shared kitchen and coworking space at 24 avenue Daumesnil, close to Gare de Lyon.
Seminars and company events
Kawaa lists seminars, conferences, meetings, general assemblies and team building among its professional formats. Its own references include a management committee that held a strategy day away from the office, and a group of eight that booked the smaller room for a morning workshop and had lunch in the café. The rooms come with tables and chairs, a screen and video projector, a photocopier and access to a terrace. The team provides a welcome desk, cleaning, an animation service and secured access. The venue opens at 8 am every weekday, closes at 8 pm on Mondays and at 10 pm from Tuesday to Friday, and a coffee break, lunch and an evening drink can all be organized on the same site.
Weddings and receptions
The venue also takes private events: birthdays, farewell parties, baptisms and weddings. These are small gatherings sized to the rooms described below. A standing reception fits the common room at 50 guests. For a larger group, the team can discuss using the café as well, with its capacity quoted on request.
Rooms and capacities
The common room, called la salle commune, measures 40 m². It holds 40 seated guests, 50 standing, 40 in conference or theatre layout and 25 in a U shape. The Bora Bora room measures 26 m². It seats 15 in a meeting layout or 24 around two tables. The café covers 102 m² and has a kitchen, a counter, a sofa corner and a shared table. Spaces are modular, so a day can combine a morning session in one room, lunch in the café and an afternoon workshop in the other room.
Catering
Food is made in house with a sustainable approach to sourcing. The formats on offer are a coffee break, an afternoon snack, a seated lunch, a bar and tapas service and a cocktail dinner. Menus are priced per event after a quote request.
History and setting
Kawaa presents itself as a café, a kitchen, a space for workshops and meetings and a shared office. It has held the French approval as a solidarity enterprise since 2014, a point that matters to organizers who want their event to match social and environmental values. Sister venues operate in other Paris districts, in Lille and in Marseille.
Getting there
The address is 24 avenue Daumesnil, 75012 Paris. Gare de Lyon is the closest major station and Ledru-Rollin is also listed as a nearby stop. Buses 29, 61, 87 and 91 serve the area, and a Vélib station is next to the venue.
