Café entertainment in Beirut
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Gemmayzeh Café
This vast and beautiful Beirut institution, dating back to Ottoman times, is one of the best places to hear live Arabic music in Beirut. Generally consisting of an oud (lute) player and singer, you should make a booking for the live music and dinner - the café has a great mezze menu, but it's worth popping in here any time of day for a strong coffee and a quick round of backgammon.
Note that there's no name on the outside of the café but, bigger and more imposing than all the other places on Rue Gouraud, it's hard to miss.
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Uncle Deek
If you really want to do as the locals do, you'll drink your coffee short, strong and at every available opportunity. On the Corniche on a Friday or Saturday night, it's almost obligatory to take a stroll to Uncle Deek, where green T-shirted bus boys ferry tiny cups to drivers and pedestrians alike.
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Bay Rock Café
A fabulously situated café overlooking Pigeon Rocks. Meals, snacks, coffee and drinks are a bit pricey, but the outdoor terrace is a particularly attractive place to watch the sunset with a beer or a nargileh.
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Al-Raouda
A waterfront favourite with local families (it has a small playground), this place, worth a stop for its good, strong coffee and nargilehs, is packed on weekends. It's a little hard to find - walk down the lane right next to the Lunapark entrance and you'll spot the misspelt 'El Rawda' sign.
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