Bar restaurants in Europe
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Leb-İ Derya
Ask many İstanbullus to name their favourite watering hole and they’re likely to nominate this unpretentious place. On the top floor of a dishevelled building off İstiklal, it has wonderful views across to the Old City and down the Bosphorus, meaning that seats on the small outdoor terrace or at the bar are highly prized. There’s also food on offer.
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Sofyali 9
Tables here are hot property on a Friday or Saturday night, and no wonder. This gem of a place serves up some of the best meyhane food in all of İstanbul, and does so in surroundings that are as welcoming as they are attractive. It’s a bit like eating in a close friend’s home, except here you’re offered a large array of meze and a wealth of grills and fresh fried fish along with the bonhomie. The köpeoğlu (eggplant and tomato with yoghurt and garlic) and semizotu (green purslane with yoghurt and garlic) are among the best we’ve ever eaten and the kaşaril börek (cheese pastries) and kalamar (fried calamari with garlic sauce) are damn fine, too. Regulars swear …
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Mas!
A designer bar specialising in cocktails and Mexican food, Mas! attracts an affluent and well-groomed set. Choose from a high, wobbly stool at the long, shimmering bar backed by an enormous light installation, or for a more intimate evening, a low, dimly lit table. Its ‘Mexican Sunday brunch’ (all-you-can-eat buffet €18) – a mix of Cajun, English and American breakfasts between 10am and 4pm – is legendary, and happy hour is from 6pm to 8pm and 11pm to midnight daily.
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Godot Wine Bar
Don’t let the name fool you! Yes, there’s a great wine selection, with daily specials chalked up on the board and an emphasis on Italian vintages, but Godot has also emerged as one of Bologna’s premier restaurants, whipping up extravagant concoctions like rombo in crosta di patate, datterini semi-confit, olive nere e salsa al prezzemolo (turbot in a potato crust with semiconfit of dates, black olives and parsley).
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Blue Bar
Blue Bar is a long-established Formentera favourite that offers good seafood, rice dishes and spadefuls of buen rollito (good vibes). At the south’s chill-out bar par excellence, everything is blue – seats, sunshades, tables, loos and walls. Why, they even mix a blue Curacao-based cocktail! Take the sandy track at Km8.
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Vegamót
A long-running cafe-bar-club, but still a voguish place to eat, drink, see and be seen. There’s a startling choice on the ‘global’ menu, including Mexican salad, seafood quesadilla, sesame-fried monkfish and blackened chicken, and the kitchen stays open until 11.30pm on Fridays and Saturdays. The attached takeaway charges 10% less.
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Baraban
This popular journo hangout is hard to find but a colourful cast of regulars manages to do so on a nightly basis. This is the place to talk politics and plot revolutions, and it also has decent food at good prices – including burgers in the 35uah range.
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El Brellin
- Milan, Italy
- Restaurants › Bar
Set around a 1700s public laundry that used water siphoned off from the Naviglio Grande canal, El Brellin’s candlelit garden is a romantic spot for home-made pasta and classic Milanese specialities like cazzoeula (pork rib chops, skin and sausage stew).
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Vodoley
Specialises in trout, which patrons are encouraged to catch with fishing rods from a pool outside. Much less crowded and much friendlier than its more centrally located rival, Pyramid. Wild boar, venison and bear shot by the owner may end up on the menu here.
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Porvoon Paahtimo
The air is rich with caffeine in this coffeehouse, right by the river. The Tiramisu blend is a heady mix, but the cake selection is tempting too. There’s a terrace and a boat, which come with blankets on cooler evenings, and you can enjoy a few beers here.
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El Parnasillo
Another of the grand old literary cafés to have survived close to the Glorieta de Bilbao, El Parnasillo has old-world décor with muted art-nouveau murals adorning the walls, but is a favourite drinking hole for the diverse crowd drawn to Malasaña.
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Mushotoku Cafe
Tiny, black-walled and laid-back funky, Mushotoku is a mellow place to nurse your drink. On Friday and Saturday a DJ spins minimalist techno tunes and although there’s no real space to dance, this place is all about dancing on the inside.
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La Palmera
Tucked away in the narrow lanes of Conde Duque, this tiny place is covered in blue and yellow tiles and draws an artsy crowd that comes to sit a while at the small wooden tables and nurse a drink or two. The atmosphere is very low-key.
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Café Odeon
This one-time haunt of Lenin and the Dadaists is still a prime people-watching spot for gays and straights alike. Come for the art-nouveau interior, the OTT chandeliers and a whiff of another century. They serve food too.
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News Café
Not just another news-bar clone, the plush leather seating, rows of glowing red lamps and African-inspired art make this hip joint a great place to hang out. The €6.90 'business lunch' is one of the best deals in town.
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Monplezir
- Omsk, Russia
- Restaurants › Bar
Beneath a splendid old building, Monplezir offers salads, cakes and a large range of mainly meat-based dishes to Omsk’s slowly growing middle class. You may get odd stares if you turn up looking scruffy…
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Trachtenvogl
A send-up of the Black Forest, complete with cuckoo clock and braying elk, this warped little cafe-lounge has good sandwiches, cakes, milkshakes and 30 different kinds of hot chocolate (cold if you like).
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Molly Malone's
If you're pining for shepherd's pie, fish and chips or a curry just two days into a RTW trip, this atmospheric award-winning Irish pub will put you right. The bar stocks over 100 types of whisky.
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Wings Club
Shaped like a small aeroplane hangar, this theme bar is lined with Czech aeronautical memorabilia from WWII, with photographs and uniforms and even an entire propeller mounted on one wall.
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Black Gallery
A long-standing favourite, this underground pub has a modern twist, thanks to split levels, exposed steel-frame lighting and a metallic bar. Things pick up after midnight.
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Shakalad
An uberhip student crowd gathers here to take advantage of affordable eats (mains 30uah to 55uah). The outdoor patio is a fun place to warm up for big summer nights out.
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Bar Italia
Pop into this Soho favourite at any time of day or night and you’ll see slumming celebrities lapping up reviving juices and chunky sandwiches amid retro ‘50s decor.
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Tiburón
Tiburón is a fun beach tavern that tends to attract more locals for fish, salads, sangria and, of course, sunsets.
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Castell
Caernarfon's chicest bar looks on to Castle Sq from behind its grand facade. Inside it's all black furniture and pink trim – which isn't anywhere near as much of a 1980s nightmare as it sounds. Drop in for soup or a sandwich at lunchtime (about £4) or a more substantial evening meal.
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Boncuk Restaurant
Armenian specialities differentiate Boncuk from its Nevizade neighbours. Try the excellent topik (meze made with chickpeas, pistachios, onion, flour, currants, cumin and salt) and the very tasty börek. To ensure that you get a table on the street, where all the action is, get there early or call ahead and book.
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