Baku
Old School is a wonderfully off-beat hang-out for intellectual young Bakuvians. The sign is a typewriter and the interior decked with clocks, cameras and…
Must-see nightlife in Baku
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Baku
Kefli can take you on a full oenological tour of Azerbaijan with a book-thick menu of bottled vintages organised by grape (or pomegranate) type, and some…
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Baku
Each storey of this enticing Old City bar has its own character, including a gallery lounge on floor 2, but the most spectacular feature is the rooftop…
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Baku
Small and wonderfully understated, this wine shop with tasting bar is run by real experts who know all there is to know about Azerbaijani vintages.
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Baku
Cute, quiet and quirky, the atmosphere here is like sitting in a friend's front room, albeit an intellectual friend who has covered the walls with trippy…
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Baku
Already on its fifth venue in as many years, iN is Baku's original rave-style club, currently operating from a converted factory in a rather obscure…
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Baku
Made using a La Marzocca espresso machine with beans that are freshly roasted on-site, it's hardly surprising that Kofetearea's coffees are among the best…
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Baku
Beloved by the laptop brigade but also great for a quiet chat over a flat white or glass of local pomegranate wine, Coffee Moffie finds that sweet spot…
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Baku
Combining concert space, restaurant and upmarket nightclub, this is the bling-fest playground of Baku's glamorous socialite elite. Expect a very stringent…
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Baku
Popular with local 20-somethings, this self-declared 'concept pub' welcomes potential revellers with a disembodied car-end and invocations to 'Eat, drink…
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Baku
Baku's old faithful Anglo-Irish pub has big wrought-iron lamps in high vaults and some of the best live blues-rock music in town.
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Baku
In the afternoon you might come for a quiet wine tasting (five Azerbaijani varieties with cheeses for AZN30). But after 10pm expect a hip crowd, bottle…
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Baku
A certain graffiti chic makes Avto Stop the funkiest of a whole series of inexpensive yet welcoming (if smoky) bars on Qoqol (Mardanov) küç, with beers…
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Baku
Upmarket rotating bar with ever-changing views across the city. Check for changing happy-hour deals.
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Baku
This cosy stone cavern is smothered in carpets and lit by colourful Moroccan lamps plus daylight filtered through a few şəbəkə (stained-glass) windows…
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Baku
This cosy, fashion-conscious place straddles definitions between wine bar, lounge-pub and cafe, appealing to an upwardly mobile local crew. It gets packed…
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Baku
This sea-view lounge-restaurant turns into a club after 11pm on weekend nights, with relatively mellow DJ beats revving up later. It's the 'afterparty'…
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Baku
In a six-storey building of upmarket dining options, the top floor turns into a dressy night-club around midnight.