Baku (Baki)Restaurants

Eastern European restaurants in Baku (Baki)

  1. A

    Muğam Club

    A wonderfully atmospheric two-storey caravanserai offers alcove and courtyard dining options accompanied by impressive cabaret shows demonstrating tasters of various Azeri musical and dance styles. The Azeri food is excellent, but prices can be exorbitant (kebabs AZN12!). Often closed for private functions.

    reviewed

  2. B

    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’.

    reviewed

  3. C

    L’Aparté

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

    reviewed

  4. D

    XVII Әsr

    Decorated with old hunting weapons, this cosy mid-market restaurant offers Talysh cuisine that goes well beyond the predictable nut-stuffed ləvəngi dishes. Delicious starters (AZN3 to AZN4 per plate) include XVII əsr qəlyanaltısı (stuffed dried fruit and walnut-coated chicken balls), qoz küküsü (a patchwork of omelette-like morsels) and incə salatı (layered egg-salad with cheese and fruit topping). There’s also an AZN7 bizniz lunch.

    reviewed

  5. E

    Fayton Club

    This upmarket yet rustic stone-vaulted basement is decorated with handicrafts, şəbəkə (intricately carved, wood-framed, stained-glass windows) 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 (AZN4 cover), get out before 8pm.

    reviewed

  6. F

    Mediterranea

    The garden area is superbly located for summer dining in the shadow of the Maiden’s Tower while the sleekly modernised caravanserai-covered courtyard interior is a tempting choice on colder nights. The mostly European main dishes aren’t especially memorable but mezze starters are excellent and drinks arrive with complimentary cheese and olives.

    reviewed

  7. G

    Tonqal

    Ivy-draped carts in overgrown patches of woodland create a delightfully rustic garden atmosphere that’s incongruous for the suburban setting. However the only menu is on its website and the many extras can be extremely pricey (plate of fruit AZN20!); plus the only drinking water served is imported.

    reviewed

  8. H

    Georgian Home

    A quantum leap in style, this suave choice makes wonderfully eclectic use of homemade pottery to give the fashionable interior a real sense of personality. Food is excellent but with prices to match. The cheapest bottle of wine costs a thumping AZN35, plus 10% service charge.

    reviewed

  9. I

    Pəncərə

    The upstairs dining room has a wild-west wooden décor and live piano music. Ground-floor wooden booths emulate the streamside ambience of Azeri rural dining. The menu stretches from local standards to ostrich steaks. Wines from AZN6 a bottle.

    reviewed

  10. J

    Tarelka

    Calm, bright and run by women for women, this narrow little café-resto has décor based around the owner’s modest porcelain collection. Food is Russo-Azeri with an AZN10 salad buffet on Sundays.

    reviewed

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  12. K

    Bəh Bəh Club

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

    reviewed

  13. U Dali

    Misleadingly signed ‘Café Napoli’, U Dali serves tasty Georgian home-cooking at candlelit basement booths. It’s sweetly unsophisticated, the mushroom dishes are excellent.

    reviewed

  14. L

    Kalinka

    Calm and remarkably suave, with soaring high ceiling vaults yet very modestly priced and with a menu in English. The ‘black pearls’ (stuffed prunes; AZN2) are particularly delicious.

    reviewed

  15. M

    Yolki Palki

    This jolly if cramped log-décor cellar-restaurant fills with whooping live gypsy music many an evening. There’s another branch at M Hüseyn küç 88.

    reviewed

  16. Dərviş

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

    reviewed

  17. N

    Yolki Palki Traktyr

    This jolly if cramped log-décor cellar-restaurant fills with whooping live gypsy music many an evening. There's another branch at Qoqol küç 15.

    reviewed

  18. O

    Kavkasioni

    The very functional Kavkasioni, where the double-decker Megruli khachapuri (Georgian cheese pie) is superb.

    reviewed

  19. P

    Yeni Bakı

    Yeni Bakı is less off-putting for women.

    reviewed

  20. Q

    Qoç

    Qoç is typical and opens all hours.

    reviewed

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