Must-see nightlife in Azerbaijan

Upmarket rotating bar with ever-changing views across the city. Check for changing happy-hour deals.

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…

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…

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…

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…

This cosy stone cavern is smothered in carpets and lit by colourful Moroccan lamps plus daylight filtered through a few şəbəkə (stained-glass) windows…

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…

High-backed chairs, diamond-faceted lamps and murals of giant cup-cakes give this well air-conditioned patisserie-cafe a distinctive atmosphere that…

This cosy cafe spreads coloured leatherette sofas onto the end of the square and has various parasol contraptions to mitigate the daytime sunshine. While…

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…

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…

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…

This cosy, fashion-conscious place straddles definitions between wine bar, lounge-pub and cafe, appealing to an upwardly mobile local crew. It gets packed…

This basement teahouse serves cheap draught beer amid displays of handicrafts, wagon-wheel lamps and partly stone-clad 'cave' walls. Unless you're smoking…

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'…

Yes, even in Baku.

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…

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…

In a six-storey building of upmarket dining options, the top floor turns into a dressy night-club around midnight.

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…