Le 211 can host a seminar or study day for 150 seated, a cocktail party for 500 indoors and an event of up to 1,000 guests when the terraces are included. It also takes weddings, birthdays and product launches. Le 211 is a bar, restaurant and club in the Parc de la Villette, facing the Canal de l'Ourcq, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Seminars and company events
The venue can be hired in whole or in part, by day or for an evening, and has five modular spaces: three indoor rooms, two terraces and a rooftop. It lists company parties, team building, company seminars, study days, conferences, cocktail receptions, showrooms, product launches, after-work drinks, openings, film shoots, interviews and showcases among the events it hosts.
The main room, La Nef, covers 250 m² under a ceiling of about 7 m, with windows on both sides. It takes up to 150 people in a U-shape or seated at tables and 130 in islands for workshops, so a plenary session and lunch can run in the same space. Le Petit Club, with a speakeasy style and its own rooftop over the canal, takes 20 in a U-shape for a breakout or a board session. The venue is fully equipped, has a dedicated events team and allows late closing.
Activities can be added: DJ sets, a custom photo booth, karaoke, blind tests, quizzes, electric boats on the canal, team games, rallies and murder-mystery formats, escape games, shows, virtual reality, mixology and activities linked to corporate social responsibility.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and civil partnership parties are part of the offer, along with birthdays and leaving parties. For a large reception, the terraces take up to 700 guests standing, and La Nef up to 500 for a cocktail or 150 for a seated dinner. Le Carré RATP, a lounge of sofas and banquettes, takes 70 standing or 30 seated.
Rooms and capacities
La Nef: 250 m², 500 cocktail, 150 seated, 150 U-shape, 130 islands. Le Carré RATP: 60 m², 70 cocktail, 30 seated. Le Petit Club: 140 m² with 60 m² inside and an 80 m² rooftop terrace, 60 cocktail, 20 in a U-shape or islands. Les Terrasses: 800 m², green space or canal side, up to 700 cocktail, with 700 m² available for outdoor activities. The whole venue takes up to 1,000 people.
Catering
Le 211 works with a caterer using short supply chains and builds menus on request: breakfast, brunch, buffets, afternoon snacks, cocktail lunch or dinner, plated service, street food from food trucks, barbecue, burgers and hot dogs, and sharing boards of charcuterie, cheese or vegetarian food. Food stations include ham carving, a risotto buffet, an oyster bar with an oyster opener and raclette, and on the sweet side a chocolate fountain, waffles and cotton candy.
History and setting
The venue sits in the Parc de la Villette, between greenery and water, at the foot of the footbridge over the Canal de l'Ourcq. It has a social and environmental commitment supported by the City of Paris and the Île-de-France Region, and holds the ESUS approval given to social enterprises in France.
Getting there
Take metro line 5 or tram T3b to Porte de Pantin, walk past the Grande Halle toward the canal for about 200 m, and Le 211 is on the left at the foot of the footbridge. For a taxi or ride-hailing car, the drop-off address is 60 quai de la Marne, two minutes on foot along the canal. Two car parks in the park, Cité de la Musique and Philharmonie, offer more than 2,000 spaces.
