Baku
Old School is a wonderfully off-beat hang-out for intellectual young Bakuvians. The sign is a typewriter and the interior decked with clocks, cameras and…
Must-see nightlife in Azerbaijan
Baku
Kefli can take you on a full oenological tour of Azerbaijan with a book-thick menu of bottled vintages organised by grape (or pomegranate) type, and some…
Azerbaijan
Grafitti and hanging plants, a battered old piano and plenty of offbeat paintings combine to bring a fun, alternative vibe to Gəncə's quirkiest cafe in a…
Baku
Each storey of this enticing Old City bar has its own character, including a gallery lounge on floor 2, but the most spectacular feature is the rooftop…
Baku
Small and wonderfully understated, this wine shop with tasting bar is run by real experts who know all there is to know about Azerbaijani vintages.
Baku
Cute, quiet and quirky, the atmosphere here is like sitting in a friend's front room, albeit an intellectual friend who has covered the walls with trippy…
Azerbaijan
Stunning panoramic views from this mountaintop restaurant make it ideal for an early beer or daytime coffee. The decor is loungey with ski posters that…
Baku
Already on its fifth venue in as many years, iN is Baku's original rave-style club, currently operating from a converted factory in a rather obscure…
Baku
Made using a La Marzocca espresso machine with beans that are freshly roasted on-site, it's hardly surprising that Kofetearea's coffees are among the best…
Azerbaijan
This charming teahouse hides within an 18th-century bathhouse building, whose interior is more atmospheric than the peeling faux-gilt on the domed roof…
Baku
Beloved by the laptop brigade but also great for a quiet chat over a flat white or glass of local pomegranate wine, Coffee Moffie finds that sweet spot…
Azerbaijan
Naxçivan's most stylish watering hole stocks some very fine vodkas in its full range bar, but also serves barista coffees if you're not boozing. Decor is…
Azerbaijan
Qәbәlә's quirkiest pub has a choice of three draft beers, all at AZN1. The charming owner lived in Canada and speaks good English. Good-value local food…
Baku
Combining concert space, restaurant and upmarket nightclub, this is the bling-fest playground of Baku's glamorous socialite elite. Expect a very stringent…
Baku
Popular with local 20-somethings, this self-declared 'concept pub' welcomes potential revellers with a disembodied car-end and invocations to 'Eat, drink…
Baku
Baku's old faithful Anglo-Irish pub has big wrought-iron lamps in high vaults and some of the best live blues-rock music in town.
Baku
In the afternoon you might come for a quiet wine tasting (five Azerbaijani varieties with cheeses for AZN30). But after 10pm expect a hip crowd, bottle…
Baku
A certain graffiti chic makes Avto Stop the funkiest of a whole series of inexpensive yet welcoming (if smoky) bars on Qoqol (Mardanov) küç, with beers…
Azerbaijan
The inviting little Buta Bar brews Şəki’s best coffee (espresso AZN3) and is a rare place where unaccompanied women won't be ill-judged for ordering…
Azerbaijan
Şəki's first barista coffeehouse is in a photogenic stone-walled shophouse tucked into the side of the historic caravanserai (now the Karavansaray Hotel).
Baku
Upmarket rotating bar with ever-changing views across the city. Check for changing happy-hour deals.
Azerbaijan
A good way to taste two types of mindal (caramel-coated nuts), rather than simply buying a box, is to order an AZN3 tea set (çay dəsgahı) at this…
Azerbaijan
If you’re not put off by the animal trophies, this rustic-themed ‘hunters corner’ makes a relatively comfortable place to sink beers (from AZN3) after…
Azerbaijan
Perversely appealing, this place is just a broken-down old caravan with a few old school chairs and the odd parasol, but it's right on the beach and beers…
Azerbaijan
A few wires and trees only partly mar a superb city view from this pair of teahouses on the city's upper eastern flank. The first one is bigger and serves…
Baku
This cosy stone cavern is smothered in carpets and lit by colourful Moroccan lamps plus daylight filtered through a few şəbəkə (stained-glass) windows…
Azerbaijan
With a circular design that feels more like a nightclub than a cafe, the specialities here are giant hubble-bubble water pipes (AZN30) but you can also…
Azerbaijan
High-backed chairs, diamond-faceted lamps and murals of giant cup-cakes give this well air-conditioned patisserie-cafe a distinctive atmosphere that…
Azerbaijan
This cosy cafe spreads coloured leatherette sofas onto the end of the square and has various parasol contraptions to mitigate the daytime sunshine. While…
Azerbaijan
Hidden behind the wedding palace of the same name, Qala Düzü has the best location of three park teahouses, some tables having views across the river…
Azerbaijan
One of the city's more eccentric beer gardens, Naxış Nərgiz features a dragon's mouth folly big enough to swallow a couple of drinkers. Decent food, too…
Azerbaijan
Original if a bit ageing, this inexpensive little bar-restaurant has a facade of bottle-ends, an interior of quirky timber rooms and a series of roughly…
Baku
This cosy, fashion-conscious place straddles definitions between wine bar, lounge-pub and cafe, appealing to an upwardly mobile local crew. It gets packed…
Azerbaijan
This basement teahouse serves cheap draught beer amid displays of handicrafts, wagon-wheel lamps and partly stone-clad 'cave' walls. Unless you're smoking…
Baku
This sea-view lounge-restaurant turns into a club after 11pm on weekend nights, with relatively mellow DJ beats revving up later. It's the 'afterparty'…
Azerbaijan
Hidden away near the car factory, Dost Qapısı is quieter and more modest than many of the showier beer gardens, with elements of foliage, good local beer…
Azerbaijan
Though it calls itself a teahouse, this place is generally busier pouring AZN1 beers than brewing tea, for which they charge AZN3 per pot including lemon…
Baku
In a six-storey building of upmarket dining options, the top floor turns into a dressy night-club around midnight.
Azerbaijan
Orxan's heavy-furniture and bar-stool area aren't quite enough to create a real pub atmosphere and though the taps purport to deliver Belgian beers, in…
