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 Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Brand new in 2019, this multi-restaurant complex is ranged around a large stone courtyard featuring central fountains and the photogenic mechanical…
Azerbaijan
Borani brings Lәnkәran an urban vibe with contemporary beats, good-looking hipster waitstaff and an airy modern sense of 21st-century style. Their thin…
Azerbaijan
The most characterful restaurant for miles around, Calğalıq is packed with more antique handicrafts than the average museum and the enchanted garden is…
Baku
On an unassuming backstreet, this enticing place started life as a 19th-century bathhouse but is now a veritable ethnographic museum of handicrafts and…
Azerbaijan
At the top of the Yatmish Gozal cable car (L6), Chalet is not just a great place to sit amid the mountain scenery, but also serves the best-quality…
Baku
It's inconspicuous, comfortably unpretentious and the menu is short. But if you want perfectly cooked, top-quality steak, this German-Austrian yard-garden…
Azerbaijan
Packed with imaginative decor that incorporates elements from Moorish stone arches to southern French shutters, this place really does base itself on the…
Azerbaijan
Təbəssüm is a particularly appealing small-scale rural restaurant-resort that prides itself on not cutting down any trees. Indeed some foliage grows right…
Baku
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…
Azerbaijan
Surely the only non–ski restaurant in the Caucasus to be accessed by its own private cable car, Chalette specialises in chill-aged steak both local and…
Azerbaijan
One of the nation's more unusual dining experiences, Buzxana serves local standards (dolma, piti – soupy meat stew with chickpeas and saffron, etc) in a…
Baku
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…
Azerbaijan
Deniz offers, and partly delivers, a phenomenal menu that includes a wide range of different lәvәngi dishes (local stuffed fowl), Caspian fish, salads,…
Baku
This historic two-storey caravanserai wraps its alcoved stone walls around a coverable courtyard featuring two dwarf fig trees and a trickling fountain…
Baku
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…
Baku
Picture menus offer mouthwatering arrays of both Azerbaijani and international cuisine and there’s a special section of sağlam həyət (healthy-eating)…
Baku
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 …
Azerbaijan
The speciality here is a slow-cooked local stew that includes bozport (lamb with kəvər greens) or buzdamac (beef with carrots and garlic), served in small…
Baku
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…
Azerbaijan
In another marvel of Naxçivan eccentricity, Bullet mixes country-cottage, jazz and hunting themes in the basement of a green-glass building designed like…
Baku
Big glass windows illuminate a plethora of pickle jars and hanging rugs, festive musical rhythms create further atmosphere and at the back, big təndir …
Səngər Qala Restaurant & Hotel
Azerbaijan
Even if you don't eat here, it's worth a quick stop to photograph this restaurant, which takes the form of a fantasy castle built within crenellated dark…
Azerbaijan
Various differently designed thatched dining platforms are set behind a series of amusing water-powered mobiles at one of Qəbələ's longest-running and…
Baku
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…
Azerbaijan
This ever-popular restaurant has a pine interior that's as eccentric as a cuckoo clock while its striking exterior combines classic şəbəkə (stained-glass…
Baku
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…
Azerbaijan
Colourfully decorated with window frames, alarm clocks and painted keys, this youthful place offers pizzas, salads and a selection of Russian, Turkish and…
Baku
Fountains Sq's long-lasting subterranean favourite is an attractive stone-walled basement draped in local carpets with tablecloths embroidered in a…
Azerbaijan
Attatched to the eponymous hotel, this restaurant is a fine if you're waiting for a bus. The menu offers local lәvәngi dishes, quality soup, rice plates…
Azerbaijan
This inviting restaurant has lovely tree-shaded garden seating with mountain views high across the river, while the main dining hall is festooned with…
Azerbaijan
Yes, it just serves dönər, but this little kebab shop gets our vote as one of the best in Azerbaijan. Seats are comfy, women are not shy to come in, there…
Baku
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…
Baku
This fashion-conscious lounge-restaurant sports a ‘theatre kitchen’ producing sophisticated East Asian and Asian-fusion dishes, plus steaks and real…
Baku
There are several fancier places with similar menus, but this unpretentious little basement remains our long-term favourite in central Baku for genuine…
Azerbaijan
Hugely popular with local diners, Qaqarin – named for the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin – has mostly simple outdoor seating but it's a fine place to dine with…
Baku
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…
Baku
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…
Baku
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…
Baku
Several of Baku's best-regarded restaurants and lounges are within this major international hotel, notably the Azeri-Mediterranean Zest 'lifestyle' cafe …
