Le Bota' can host cocktail receptions of up to 150 guests on its first floor, in a brasserie and cocktail bar at 32 rue de Lyon in Paris 12e. The venue sits between Bastille and Gare de Lyon and describes itself as a place for events, banquets and reception rooms. It suits afterworks, company drinks, birthdays and similar standing events.
Seminars and company events
The official site lists event organization, banquet and reception rooms, a screen, projector and microphone, and finger-food cocktails among its services. That makes the first floor workable for an afterwork, a team celebration, a product presentation followed by drinks or a farewell party. The site does not describe a seminar program, a dedicated meeting room or breakout spaces, so a full-day seminar is not what this place sells. If your event needs a presentation, ask which equipment is available on the first floor and how the room can be laid out.
Weddings and receptions
The site does not offer weddings as a formula. It does state that the venue handles privatisation, buffet-style cocktails and made-to-measure creative cocktails, which fits a drinks reception, an anniversary or a private party. Sports broadcasts are also shown at the venue, and a covered terrace is available, which can be useful when you plan a gathering around a match.
Rooms and capacities
The stated capacity is a cocktail for 150 guests when the first floor is privatised. The site gives no square meters, no seated capacity and no separate room names, so the first floor is the one hire space to plan around. The ground floor remains a working brasserie with a covered terrace, open from early morning until 2 a.m. on weekdays and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m.
Catering
Food and drinks come from the venue itself. The kitchen is modern French and the menu follows the seasons, with plant-based decoration throughout. The services list includes finger-food cocktails, creative cocktails composed to the client's wishes and a happy hour on cocktails. Brunch, afternoon snacks, ice creams, breakfast and a lunch formula run daily, so a morning or lunch gathering is possible.
History and setting
The place opened as Le Botaniste, with a carefully planted decor, and operates in a lively stretch of Paris 12e close to the Bastille district. The team welcomes guests every day of the week from the early morning.
Getting there
Le Bota' is at 32 rue de Lyon, between Bastille and Gare de Lyon, two areas well served by metro lines, RER and long-distance trains. Guests arriving by train can reach the venue on foot from Gare de Lyon.
