It's nothing more than ok (Buddha Bar)

Member Name: Natskin

Product:	Buddha Bar
Date:	11/09/09 (7 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Theme, size, music attracts many

Disadvantages: Too crowded, FAR too expensive!

The Buddha Bar has a reputation for being an amazing place to socialise in Paris; the place to be seen in. We, however, found this to be a typical 'tourist' bar. We were directed there by our hotel team, who had probably heard about it from other guests staying there. I doubt it was the kind of bar that this particular member of staff would have gone to, as one of the locals!

Many seemed to love the fact it's a big, bold bar, but we found it was a little too big to have a good atmosphere. It was lively, by all means, just overcrowded, I guess.

Drinks were very pricey, roughly 3 times what we would expect to pay here for cocktails, and actually weren't that nice. Mine had too many leaves in it! The cocktail range was fairly good, but didn't live up to expectation, especially at that price. This seems the norm for this area, though, on the Champs Elysses. Our hotel room up the road was so nice, we could've stayed quite happily there anyway!

Summary: Well, it's trying at least!