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 Azerbaijan
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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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Azerbaijan
Grafitti and hanging plants, a battered old piano and plenty of offbeat paintings combine to bring a fun, alternative vibe to Gəncə's quirkiest cafe in a…
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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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Azerbaijan
Stunning panoramic views from this mountaintop restaurant make it ideal for an early beer or daytime coffee. The decor is loungey with ski posters that…
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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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Azerbaijan
This charming teahouse hides within an 18th-century bathhouse building, whose interior is more atmospheric than the peeling faux-gilt on the domed roof…
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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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Azerbaijan
Naxçivan's most stylish watering hole stocks some very fine vodkas in its full range bar, but also serves barista coffees if you're not boozing. Decor is…
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Azerbaijan
Qәbәlә's quirkiest pub has a choice of three draft beers, all at AZN1. The charming owner lived in Canada and speaks good English. Good-value local food…
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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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Azerbaijan
The inviting little Buta Bar brews Şəki’s best coffee (espresso AZN3) and is a rare place where unaccompanied women won't be ill-judged for ordering…
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Azerbaijan
Şəki's first barista coffeehouse is in a photogenic stone-walled shophouse tucked into the side of the historic caravanserai (now the Karavansaray Hotel).
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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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Azerbaijan
A good way to taste two types of mindal (caramel-coated nuts), rather than simply buying a box, is to order an AZN3 tea set (çay dəsgahı) at this…
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Azerbaijan
If you’re not put off by the animal trophies, this rustic-themed ‘hunters corner’ makes a relatively comfortable place to sink beers (from AZN3) after…
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Azerbaijan
Perversely appealing, this place is just a broken-down old caravan with a few old school chairs and the odd parasol, but it's right on the beach and beers…
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Azerbaijan
A few wires and trees only partly mar a superb city view from this pair of teahouses on the city's upper eastern flank. The first one is bigger and serves…
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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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Azerbaijan
With a circular design that feels more like a nightclub than a cafe, the specialities here are giant hubble-bubble water pipes (AZN30) but you can also…
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Azerbaijan
High-backed chairs, diamond-faceted lamps and murals of giant cup-cakes give this well air-conditioned patisserie-cafe a distinctive atmosphere that…
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Azerbaijan
This cosy cafe spreads coloured leatherette sofas onto the end of the square and has various parasol contraptions to mitigate the daytime sunshine. While…
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Azerbaijan
Hidden behind the wedding palace of the same name, Qala Düzü has the best location of three park teahouses, some tables having views across the river…
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Azerbaijan
One of the city's more eccentric beer gardens, Naxış Nərgiz features a dragon's mouth folly big enough to swallow a couple of drinkers. Decent food, too…
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Azerbaijan
Original if a bit ageing, this inexpensive little bar-restaurant has a facade of bottle-ends, an interior of quirky timber rooms and a series of roughly…
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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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Azerbaijan
This basement teahouse serves cheap draught beer amid displays of handicrafts, wagon-wheel lamps and partly stone-clad 'cave' walls. Unless you're smoking…
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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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Azerbaijan
Hidden away near the car factory, Dost Qapısı is quieter and more modest than many of the showier beer gardens, with elements of foliage, good local beer…
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Azerbaijan
Though it calls itself a teahouse, this place is generally busier pouring AZN1 beers than brewing tea, for which they charge AZN3 per pot including lemon…
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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.
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Azerbaijan
Orxan's heavy-furniture and bar-stool area aren't quite enough to create a real pub atmosphere and though the taps purport to deliver Belgian beers, in…
