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Baku (Baki)

Café entertainment in Baku (Baki)

  1. Şarq Әfsanәsi

    A much more upmarket çay evi (teahouse) can charge entirely ludicrous sums (AZN6 to AZN20) for a pot of tea with samovar of water and a range of jams and fruit. The best such places tend to be indoors, with comparatively exotic interiors, qalyan (hubble-bubble water pipes) to smoke and possibly a belly dancing show, as at Şarq Әfsanәsi.

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  2. A

    Kafe Fəvvarələr

    The same tea will cost around AZN2.50 if a ‘compulsory’ cut-up Snickers bar arrives with your teapot. This will happen at most places on the Bulvar and at the well-located Kafe Fəvvarələr.

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  3. B

    Café Caramel

    Good espressos come with complimentary cookie and glass of chilled drinking water. Small, with modern décor including a bridge-like upper level offering street views down through century-old vaulting.

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  4. Azza

    Three floors of coffee-and-cream minimalism within a historic pavilion right on Fountain Sq. Excellent food including decent pastas (AZN7) is served by self-consciously handsome, slow-motion waiters.

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  5. Aroma

    Baku’s best combination of comfort, fashionable décor and great coffee. Pod lamps and electro-retro feel downstairs, street-view sofa seats above. It’s also a wi-fi hot spot.

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  6. Ocean Deck

    Plonked in the middle of a duck pond, the terrace of this American café-bar makes a delightful people-watching perch in the summer. However, its small interior is rather lacklustre.

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  7. C

    Public

    More comfy sofa seating is hidden away in the back room behind the sparse front bar area. Excellent espressos are comparatively inexpensive (AZN2) and there’s an AZN6 lunch deal.

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  8. D

    Chocolate

    A classy, high-ceilinged café with pseudo-1920s touches, weighted hanging lamps and tasselled tablecloths on small wrought-iron tables. However, macchiatos are far too milky.

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  9. E

    Café Mozart

    With Klimt inside and a super-popular street terrace outside the Mozart remains a long-term favourite for AZN8 Turkish breakfasts, AZN10 lunch buffets or decent steak dinners.

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