Péniche Marcounet can host meetings, workshops, afterworks, cocktail parties and weddings, for up to 180 guests standing or 70 seated at a meal. The venue is a barge 38 meters long and 5 meters wide, moored on the Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville at the foot of the Pont Marie, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, facing Île Saint-Louis.
Seminars and company events
The hold of the boat works as a modular meeting room by day. It is closed to the public during a booking and has audiovisual equipment for presentations, workshops and team meetings. In the evening the same space turns into a club with a bar and a stage, so a working day can end with a reception on board without a change of venue.
The team sells afterwork formats built around cocktails, a set menu, live music or a DJ set. Menus and entertainment are adjusted to each brief. The boat was fully renovated in 2024, and the venue has been running for about ten years.
Weddings and receptions
The barge hosts weddings, civil partnerships, birthdays and other private celebrations, and it states that LGBTQIA+ couples are welcome. A typical day can combine a lunch or dinner on the deck, a reception on the riverside terrace and a dance in the club below. Live music, DJ sets, a photobooth and creative workshops can be added. The team says it adapts the format to the budget.
Rooms and capacities
The boat has three levels of use, plus the quay. The hold covers about 100 square meters and serves as a meeting room by day and a club by night. The indoor dining area covers about 180 square meters. The planted upper deck adds about 80 square meters in the open air. The outdoor terrace on the quay covers more than 500 square meters.
For a full booking, the venue states 180 guests for a cocktail reception and 70 for a seated meal. From May to October, the terrace can be booked in whole or in part with table service. Site visits are by appointment only.
Catering
Food comes from the boat's own kitchen, which cooks on site with fresh produce. The bar serves signature cocktails. Menus are set with the events team for each booking, from a cocktail buffet to a plated meal on the deck. The page does not mention outside caterers.
History and setting
The barge is known in the Marais as a bar, restaurant and concert venue. Outside private bookings it opens Tuesday to Saturday from 6 p.m. and on Sunday from noon for brunch, and in summer it programs more than five concerts a week on the quay. The setting is the point: the Seine, the Pont Marie, the stone quays and the façades of Île Saint-Louis directly across the water.
Getting there
Guests reach the boat by the stairs on the Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, between the Pont Louis-Philippe and the Pont Marie. Deliveries use the ramp down to the lower quay opposite 40 Quai des Célestins. The Pont Marie metro station on line 7 is a short walk away, and the Hôtel de Ville is a few minutes on foot. Plan for stairs when inviting guests with reduced mobility, and confirm access with the team.
