Muscat
When it comes to cocktails (try the Samoan Fogcutter or Honi Honi), nowhere competes with this fun and lively Polynesian-style venue. Resident expert…
Must-see nightlife in Oman
Muscat
This novel lounge restaurant, with its giant psychedelic TV screen, serves a spirited cocktail and a fine-dining menu for modest prices, but it's the…
Dhofar
The island may be artificial, only one bar wide and accessible by a humpback bridge so small that you could almost span it in one stride, but the sense of…
Salalah
One of the few places to serve alcohol in Salalah, this open-air bar is shaded by palms. Enjoy sundowners here before the nightly buffet and watch the…
Dhofar
A highly popular venue for a drink, the indoor bar at the Hilton Salalah Hotel hosts DJs on Thursdays and Fridays between 11.30pm and 2am. There's an…
Sur
This modern coffeeshop, in front of the trendsetting Zaki Hotel Apartments, is attractively decked out with homely tables and chairs and specialises in…
Muscat
This stylish cafe overlooking the marina has brought a touch of class to the new esplanade that is slowly expanding around the fashionable Al Mouj complex…
Muscat
If you sit sipping tea long enough in the extravagant foyer of this sumptuous hotel, chances are you’ll worry that the tea was laced: the statue of the…
Al Ashkara Beach Resort Coffeeshop
Oman
You don't have to stay at the Al Ashkara Beach Resort to stop by its tiny coffeeshop. Alongside a windswept stretch of coast, it makes the perfect place…
Hajar Mountains
With repro–art nouveau touches, a polished brass bar rail, sitting areas semi-hidden with glass partitions and music videos showing brazen images, this…
Oman
Ladies will feel at home in the darkened interior of this tiny cafe by the fish market – it caters for a largely female clientele. Dimly lit and with a…
Jebel Shams
This smart, modern cafe on the approach road to Jebel Shams is something of a surprise find, given the traditional nature of the neighbourhood. As a…
Nizwa
Beside the pool in the rear quadrangle of the Falaj Daris Hotel, this bar attracts mostly hotel guests, but it is open to nonresidents, too. It's the only…
Salalah
This fun little cafe is decked out more like an Arizonan rather than Arabian desert diner, with small cubicles for a cosy chat indoors and some outside…
Oman
This stylish new cafe with its sofas and urban chic interior is perfectly located on the Corniche to provide refreshment during a stroll of the seafront…
Khasab
This cosy spot in the basement of the Atana Khasab Hotel was the only place to buy a beer in town at the time of research. Bar-goers either sit inside…
Muscat
With a terrace overlooking the end of Qurm bay, this is a perfect venue for a happy-hour cocktail. Watch the sun sink over the ocean at one of the terrace…
Oman
A circular bar located above the activities area of the Millennium Resort offers terraced outdoor seating and attracts holidaying expats and young, trend…
Muscat
More of a pub than a bar, this is a popular expat-meeting place, with live music, a quiz night, televised sport and excellent Western-style bar food.
Dhofar
This stylish cafe with indoor seating offers some respite from the midday heat and serves excellent coffee, cakes and a range of tasty mocktails.
Oman
This smart new juice bar on the main highway between Sur and Ibra sells a delicious range of fruit juices, including pomegranate and watermelon.
Al Hamra
Selling delicious banana, mango and pomegranate juice to take away, this tiny juice shop is one of several along the main road in new Al Hamra.
Oman
It's thirsty work climbing up the multiple flights of stairs at Nakhal Fort: luckily there is somewhere to buy water or soft drinks just opposite the car…
Sur
This simple open-air coffeeshop offers the typical local brand of nightlife: plastic seats, a tree or awning of some description, chai libton (a…
Northern Coast
In one of the more modern-looking venues along the corniche, this cafe has indoor seating and a TV for hot summer nights or simple open-air seating for…
Da'an Al Pesaiteen Coffee Shop
Jebel Akhdar
This tiny coffee shop – one of a series of government-built outlets all over Jebel Akhdar, located in pretty picnic spots – offers tea, coffee, soft…
Muscat
This branch of a popular chain of local-style coffee shops has the advantage of a magnificent view of the sea and a small garden for shisha smokers,…
Northern Coast
This local coffeeshop prepares delicious fresh juices (500 baisa). You can sit at the small sea-facing terrace here and watch boats entering the new…
Oman
A small shack selling snacks offers a shady seating area close to the ferry across Wadi Shab. It makes an ideal place to enjoy a tea or coffee while…
Muscat
Named after the raised ship and its booty of silver treasure that made the fortunes of the Hyatt’s owner, this bar is a sophisticated setting for some…
Muscat
For Muscat’s perennial hot spot, visit Rock Bottom Café, which has live music every night with a DJ and a dance floor in case the mood takes you.
