A steampunk cocktail bar on Place Saint-Géry, a two-minute walk from the Bourse, with spaces we close off for your group alone: La Lodge for around twenty friends, Le Boudoir for a properly private evening, the ground floor for the big numbers.
La Lodge, upstairs, suits a birthday of around twenty guests: a closed lounge with Chesterfield sofas, playing our own playlist. Le Boudoir, in the basement, has its own bar and its own bartender; it’s the only space where you bring your own music or your own DJ. With Le Fumoir next door, it takes forty-two guests.
Beyond that, the ground floor and the whole of La Machine can be hired privately too: the price is set with you, on request.
For food, the artisans of the Marché Saint-Géry are thirty metres away: cheese and charcuterie boards, the Sicilian Platter, the Frituur Counter, pizzas from Felici. Count one platter for five; the order is firm seven days ahead.
The formats
Hire a space privately
Every day. A minimum spend on drinks, fully offset against what your group drinks.
Sun. to Wed.
Thursday
Fri. and Sat.
La Lodge · 20 guests
€300
€300
€460
Le Boudoir · 30 guests
€480
€620
€770
Le Boudoir + Le Fumoir · 42 guests
€740
€890
€1,030
The Ground Floor and the whole of La Machine: on request.
The Open Bar, Sunday to Thursday
Two hours of unlimited drinks, one price per person known in advance.
Format
Per person
3rd hour
Essentiel — draught beers, wines by the glass, soft drinks
€30
+€11
Premium — everything in Essentiel, plus a selection of cocktails, bottled beers, aperitifs and spirits
€46
+€19
Arrival between 6 pm and 8 pm; the unlimited drinks stop at 10 pm in every case. Never on a Friday or Saturday evening. Served by the glass, and the bartender stays in charge of the service.
A masterclass as a gift
Nothing to book out: from eight guests, and with no minimum spend.
Workshop
8 to 16
17 and more
Cocktail Discovery — 2 h, 3 cocktails made and tasted
€65
€60
Signature — the Discovery workshop, plus 3 spirits tasted and a cocktail created for your group, which keeps its name on the bar menu
€80
€76
Per person. On a private hire, the masterclass is added on top of the minimum spend: it doesn’t count towards it.
It is not a sum on top of the bar: everything your guests drink comes off it, including what they pay for themselves, and we invoice the difference only if the room drinks less.
The minimum applies to drinks: platters, the masterclass and technical extras are added on top.
Prices include VAT. The estimate is indicative: the named quote is what counts.
Yes, it’s the most requested format. La Lodge closes off for around twenty guests, Le Boudoir takes up to thirty, Le Boudoir with Le Fumoir up to forty-two. Beyond that, the ground floor and the whole of La Machine can be hired privately too, on request.
How much does a birthday at La Machine cost?
The starting point is the space’s minimum spend: from €300 incl. VAT for La Lodge, €480 for Le Boudoir and €740 with Le Fumoir, Sunday to Wednesday; on Fridays and Saturdays, €460, €770 and €1,030. From Sunday to Thursday, you can choose the Open Bar instead, at €30 or €46 per person.
What is a minimum spend?
It is not a sum on top of the bar: everything your guests drink comes off it, including what they pay for themselves, and we invoice the difference only if the room drinks less. It applies to drinks: platters, the masterclass and technical extras are added on top, they don’t count against it.
Does the minimum change with the number of guests?
No: it follows the space, not the headcount. Le Boudoir on a Saturday is €770, whether you are eighteen or thirty. The room is yours all evening, and the price doesn’t change with your arrival time.
Is the Open Bar available every day?
No: Sunday to Thursday, with arrival between 6 pm and 8 pm and an end at 10 pm in every case. On Fridays and Saturdays, the evening is booked on a minimum spend.
Can we bring our own birthday cake?
Yes, at no charge: tell us when you book, we keep it cold and the team helps you cut it. If you’d rather we took care of it, Domenica’s cake is €5 per person, from ten guests.
Until what time?
The bar closes at midnight on Sundays, 1 am on Mondays and Tuesdays, 2 am on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 4 am on Fridays and Saturdays. A private party follows those hours; only the Open Bar stops at 10 pm.
How do we book, and what is paid when?
In three parts: one third of the quote on booking — the date is only held once it reaches us, we don’t hold free options —, one third no later than eight days before, the balance on site on the day. The first third is retained if you cancel; if your drinks reach the minimum, it is paid back to you by bank transfer on the first working day after the event.
Plan your evening
The form gives you an estimate straight away, and we answer by the next day at the latest with a named quote.