Andy Wahloo is a feast for the senses, with a dramatic setting in a vaulted orange-lit space and bold, colourful interiors of Andy Warhol-style silk-screened Moroccan coffee ads, kitschy Arabic film posters, and a feature window of retro Moroccan soda bottles and detergent boxes. This buzzing cocktail bar in the Marais area attracts a mixed crowd of locals and foreigners, who after a few cocktails tend to dance the night away on top of the North African banquettes to the sounds of hip Arabic lounge music and cutting edge DJ sounds during the weekends. The drinks are strong, long and delicious, where the famed ‘Wahloo speciale’ is a heady mix of rum, banana liqueur, lime, ginger, cinnamon. The crowd tends to arrive after 11pm, so make a Moroccan-inspired night of it and head next door beforehand for dinner at the popular local Moroccan restaurant, 404.
