Baku
It's hard to believe you're more than a few metres from the Champs-Élysées in this perfectly pitched French masterpiece. It hits all the right Parisian…
Must-see restaurants in Baku
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On an unassuming backstreet, this enticing place started life as a 19th-century bathhouse but is now a veritable ethnographic museum of handicrafts and…
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It's inconspicuous, comfortably unpretentious and the menu is short. But if you want perfectly cooked, top-quality steak, this German-Austrian yard-garden…
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Faultless Azerbaijani and Persian cuisine in a suave-but-relaxed setting right on the Bulvar. It's one of few places to offer shah plov (a giant ball of…
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Dining at this revolving restaurant is the only way to gain access to Baku’s iconic Soviet-era TV tower. Views are stupendous and the upscale menu…
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This historic two-storey caravanserai wraps its alcoved stone walls around a coverable courtyard featuring two dwarf fig trees and a trickling fountain…
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If you liked Altay Sadikhzade's cartoon-esque work at Baku MOMA, you'll adore the interior of his eccentric Mayak 13 Cafe. Marvellously absurd rope-tied…
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Picture menus offer mouthwatering arrays of both Azerbaijani and international cuisine and there’s a special section of sağlam həyət (healthy-eating)…
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Fun, full of character and not as kitschy as it might sound, this theatre-dining experience has waiters dressed as Soviet soldiers who demand a password …
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For good, fair-priced Azerbaijani food in an unusual setting, visit the main restaurant section in this cavernous former market hall, which uses many mid…
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Big glass windows illuminate a plethora of pickle jars and hanging rugs, festive musical rhythms create further atmosphere and at the back, big təndir …
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Though it's one of the cheapest central places around, Samik has a certain degree of elegance with touches of gilding on its arched vaulting and…
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Stone floors, hanging flower baskets, a shady terrace and contrived but well-thought-out attempts at old-world decor all combine to make spaciously open…
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Fountains Sq's long-lasting subterranean favourite is an attractive stone-walled basement draped in local carpets with tablecloths embroidered in a…
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Climb three storeys to escape the Old City tourist throngs in this glass-sided rooftop restaurant with views across to the Maiden's Tower. Azerbaijani…
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This fashion-conscious lounge-restaurant sports a ‘theatre kitchen’ producing sophisticated East Asian and Asian-fusion dishes, plus steaks and real…
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There are several fancier places with similar menus, but this unpretentious little basement remains our long-term favourite in central Baku for genuine…
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Decorated with book spines and framed old photos, this inviting branch of the small Baku chain occupies a grand Stalin-era building close to the Hyatt…
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A flight of silver doves over the doorway welcome diners into what is as much a gallery as a restaurant with canvases on the walls and artefacts beneath…
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The eight-room hotel is a tad kitschy but the front two tables of the upstairs restaurant have the best view of the Maiden's Tower of any Old City eatery…
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Several of Baku's best-regarded restaurants and lounges are within this major international hotel, notably the Azeri-Mediterranean Zest 'lifestyle' cafe …
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The 100% kosher food is the main draw of this relaxed, upper-market restaurant, but whatever your diet or religion, the menu offers a lot of tempting…
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With a wide-ranging, international picture-menu, this CafeCity occupies a vaulted old building on the corner of Sahil Gardens and differentiates itself…
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There is now a plethora of more-exotic Indian options in the main nightlife area but Namaste (formerly Adams) is a reliable, family-owned place for…
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While Baku has more-upmarket Japanese options, Zakura combines stylish modernist decor with great-value food. The weekday lunch deal is one of Baku's…
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Entrée is an appealing bakery-cafe chain whose Baku flagship is this big, suave branch with a glass-walled kitchen, comfy seating and excellent coffee.
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The 3rd-floor food court in this seaside mall offers a wide selection of cuisines that you can take out to eat on the open balcony (beside KFC) for super…
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This unpretentious, female-run bakery is the most central place to sell piping-hot 0.50AZN loaves of təndir bread straight from the clay oven. They also…
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Dafne is a suave but not exclusive lounge-cafe offering fine Turkish food and expertly mixed cocktails, with much of the seating spread across a large…
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This century-old warehouse reconstruction forms the centrepiece of a group of elite office buildings. Local workers can choose among a trio of East Asian…
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Queue at this takeaway window for well-stuffed, bargain qutab or whole stuffed ləvəngi (chicken).
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A series of modern semichic cafe-restaurants are ranged along the pedestrianised strip between the high-rise glass towers of Port Baku. The street terrace…
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This popular meeting point occupies a shaded, partly glassed-in terrace on the edge of Fountains Sq. As it opens all night, it's good for late-night beers…
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This all-night supermarket is handy if you're staying in the area around the Landmark Building.
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