Le Comptoir Général can host study days, meetings, workshops, press conferences, product launches, afterworks, cocktails and seated dinners for 60 to 600 guests. Its largest single room seats 130 for a conference, and the venue states a total range of 60 to 600 people across its spaces. The address is 84 quai de Jemmapes, on the bank of the Canal Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Seminars and company events
The Aquarium room is the space for a seminar or a press conference. It covers 200 m², opens onto the garden and takes light from skylights, with plants that blur the line between inside and outside. It seats 130 in theatre layout and holds 200 for a cocktail dinner. A technical package is included: a motorized 4 by 3 screen, a video projector and two wireless microphones.
After a working session, the other rooms take over for the evening. The Bateau room suits workshops and dance parties, and the mezzanines give quieter corners for networking or a private meeting. The venue has a bespoke design team for tailored events, and lists brands from banking, luxury, sport, media and transport among past clients, as well as recent brand launches and an anniversary party for a cognac house.
Rooms and capacities
Aquarium: 200 m², garden side, 130 in theatre layout, 200 at a cocktail dinner, screen and projector.
Bateau: 160 m², high ceiling, a boat-shaped bar, overlooked by an entresol and a large mezzanine, up to 250 at a cocktail dinner.
Cabine italienne: 25 m², an open space above the boat bar with lounge seating and a view of the main room, for small meetings and private receptions.
Berber mezzanine: a 90 m² mezzanine with Berber lounges, floor cushions and a waterfall, above the main room and sharing its music, for mid-sized receptions.
The full venue, with all rooms combined, reaches 600 guests.
Catering
The venue runs its own bar and restaurant. The bar serves fine rums from around the world and classic American cocktails. The lounge restaurant serves sharing plates from land and sea, built to go with the wines, cocktails and rums, and a brunch on Sundays. For events, ask the team for cocktail and seated dinner formats; the site describes the restaurant offer but does not publish event menus.
History and setting
Le Comptoir Général is known in Paris for its décors. A team of set designers built rooms that recall Hollywood films and old amusement parks, mixing adventure, romance and pastiche, with the feel of a seaside grand hotel bar. Each evening a different music programme runs in the main bar, from instrumental ambient sets to Caribbean rhythms, salsa and DJ nights. A gallery space called Collections shows exhibitions.
The canal setting and the décors suit an event that needs to feel informal and memorable, such as a team evening, a launch or an end-of-year party.
Getting there
The nearest metro stations are République, Goncourt and Jacques Bonsergent. Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord are a short ride away for guests arriving by train. Public parking is available at the Saint-Louis car park, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux. The public bar is closed on Mondays and opens in the evening from Tuesday to Saturday, with Sunday hours from 11 am.
