Baku (Baki) Restaurants

  1. Al Fresco

    Upmarket Mediterranean food in a modern, distinctively feminine, Laura Ashley-style atmosphere, with pastel colours, lacy tones and several round tables.

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  2. Anadolu 1

    Baku's numerous Turkish restaurants serve comparatively inexpensive precooked meals in pleasantly semi-grand arch-vaulted premises. Point at what you fancy from the heated display of precooked meals or order pricier made-to-order dishes. A popular choice is Anadolu 1.

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  3. Anadolu 2

    Baku's numerous Turkish restaurants serve comparatively inexpensive precooked meals in pleasantly semi-grand arch-vaulted premises. Point at what you fancy from the heated display of precooked meals or order pricier made-to-order dishes. A popular choice is Anadolu 2.

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  4. Asiana

    Chopsticks balanced on pebbles give a zen-like low-key appeal that's amply complemented by fine Malaysian and Singaporean food.

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  5. Aslan

    Aslan, near the metro station, has particularly good Pendirli Xaçəpuri (cheese-filled flaky-pastry squares).

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  6. Bibi

    By far the nicest place in Baku for Persian cuisine, the Bibi offers live but unobtrusive music in its spacious double dining hall with olde-worlde tulip-chandeliers and rush-matting to soften the ceilings. Try the kəşki badımcan (egg plant with Iranian whey).

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  7. Bəh Bəh Club

    Kilims on walls, heavy wooden tables and an excellent selection of regional food including hearty saj (sizzler-roast) dishes and fisincan (Azero-Iranian walnut-chicken). The well-performed live music is low-key.

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  8. Çudo Peçka

    Many bakeries offer stand-bars at which to eat snacks and cheap if long-stewed cups of tea or cocoa. The Çudo Peçka chain is ubiquitous, and its branch near Hotel Velotrek has seating. However, their system of pre-paying can be awkward if you don't speak Azeri.

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  9. Divan

    Baku's numerous Turkish restaurants serve comparatively inexpensive precooked meals in pleasantly semi-grand arch-vaulted premises. Point at what you fancy from the heated display of precooked meals or order pricier made-to-order dishes. A popular choice is stylish Divan.

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  11. Dərviş

    This friendly and refreshingly unpretentious, locals-only place serves simple meals in an ancient stone cavern that's photogenic but prone to overheating.

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  12. Fayton Club

    This upmarket yet rustic stone-vaulted basement is decorated with handicrafts, şəbəkə and an old cart in an almost-successful attempt to create a feel of 18th-century Azerbaijan. Classic Azeri foods are well made but unless you want the full-blast music show (there is a cover charge), get out before .

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  13. Georgian Home

    A quantum leap in style, this suave choice makes wonderfully eclectic use of home-made pottery to give the fashionable interior a real sense of personality. Food is excellent but with prices to match.

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  14. Great Wall

    This unpretentious Chinese eatery represents good value.

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  15. Hong Kong

    In a fine Stalinist stone corner-block near the Hyatt, pricey oriental food is served in elegantly modern, mood-lit environment, beneath lamps shaped like abstract squid.

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  16. Imereti

    Imereti is a well-priced cafe, but not very cosy.

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  17. İnter Grand

    Throughout the city you'll find windows selling döner kebabs for around Manat1 : İnter Grand is especially popular.

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  18. Iskəndər

    Baku's numerous Turkish restaurants serve comparatively inexpensive precooked meals in pleasantly semi-grand arch-vaulted premises. Point at what you fancy from the heated display of precooked meals or order pricier made-to-order dishes. A popular choice is spacious Iskəndər.

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  19. Kafe Tbilisi

    Kafe Tbilisi has a tetchy manager but the prices are very reasonable (if double what the English menu says!). Try the scrumptious eggplant strips topped with walnut paste.

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  21. Kalinka

    Calm and remarkably suave, with soaring high ceiling vaults yet very modestly priced and with menu in English. The 'black pearls' (stuffed prunes) are particularly delicious.

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  22. Karvansara Restaurant

    Choose from two 14th century caravanserais, one offering atmospherically gloomy private stone cells, the other an intriguing cellar dining room. Prices aren't outrageous but watch out for 'extras'.

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  23. Kavkasioni

    The very functional Kavkasioni is well-priced, and the double-decker Megruli khachapuri are superb.

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  24. L'Aparté

    Open all-hours with a phenomenally wide ranging menu and surprisingly plush décor given the incredibly modest price-range.

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  25. Lai Thai

    The food is lipsmackingly authentic Thai but prices seem steep, given the somewhat unrefined décor.

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