Must-see nightlife in Iran

  • Cafe Voraza

    Iran

    Locals and tourists alike cram this tiny hole-in-the-wall cafe at the northern end of Khayyam St for its eclectic range of coffees (included iced), cakes…

  • Cafe Dastan

    Iran

    Super-central yet hidden away down a tiny alley beside Bank Sepah, this well-pitched, youthful coffeehouse (coffee IR60,000 to IR110,000) is most notable…

  • Kaal Book Cafe

    Iran

    A grungy, narrow doorway leads to a refined, intimate courtyard that's perfect for a coffee or exotic chay and cake fix on the way back from Abidar Park…

  • Toranj Book Cafe

    Iran

    Shut off the outside world and relax in the intimacy of this restored traditional Sanandaj Jewish house, where you wish you could read the books. It's…

  • Coffeeshop Fenjoon

    Southeastern Iran

    Qa'en's most internationally styled cafe serves decent cakes and inexpensive yet remarkably good coffee (IR20,000 to IR50,000). It's opposite the park …

  • Cafe Negative

    Iran

    In this funky-town smoke haze women can light up and not get hassled. Negative also does cakes and good, strong coffee.

  • Babak

    Iran

    A stylish green, cream and chrome coffee bar serving sundaes and shakes. It's 2km north of Shohoda Sq.

  • Khosh & Besh

    Iran

    Get your caffeine and nicotine fixes here. It's next to the CTO building.

  • Cafe Sonati Tabiyat

    Iran

    If you're visiting Ziyarat, this wobbly, charmingly unsophisticated little teahouse, with blanketed tea-beds around a central wood stove, is a possible…

  • Ehsan Cafe

    Iran

    Most of the teahouses along the stream approaching Kang are family-run, simple affairs. Cafe Ehsan is arguably the best-located, with basic tea tables…

  • Darbar Zartosht

    Iran

    Right beside the super-popular Cafe-Restaurant Soufi but barely marked, the vaguely 'secret' upstairs room in Darbar Zartosht is Nahar Khoran's 'in' place…

  • Un Cafe

    Tehran

    With its solid dark-wood tables and chairs, black-and-white photo portraits and gleaming espresso machine, this is an excellent cafe with an artsy feel –…

  • Kahkeshan

    Iran

    In a rural spot 1.4km from Bastam's historical complex (7km from central Shahrud), Kahkeshan consists of hexagonal, domed bungalows ranged around a…

  • Jersey Caffe

    Iran

    Stylised cityscape silhouettes are the only decorative quirks of this understated, female-friendly coffeeshop (coffees IR70,000 to IR100,000), which also…

  • Kachar

    Shiraz

    This tiny upstairs teahouse, next to the Karim Khan Hotel, is a good place to meet locals, as the Tetris-like shuffling of cushion stools and tables in…

  • Hotel Asram Teahouse

    Iran

    One of the best tea house experiences in Sari is on the top-floor restaurant-teahouse of the Hotel Asram, with qalyan and tea (for one/two people IR150…

  • Toot Farangi Cafe

    Iran

    Signed with a luminous strawberry, this small, bright-white cube of a coffeeshop is a good place to meet young Kordkuy locals over fresh juice, an…

  • Coffee Shop

    Iran

    The attractive mezzanine coffee shop inside Qom International Hotel offers respite from the cold in winter and a welcome blast of air-con in summer. It…

  • Viuna Café

    Tehran

    In the lovely gardens of the Film Museum of Iran, this chic cafe, one of a chain you'll find across Tehran, serves a wide range of expensive but very…

  • Fast Food Cafe

    Iran

    The rooftop of this simple cafe, hanging out over the sheer hillside, is an excellent place for a cold drink (or a pizza), as there are extensive views…

  • Chaykhane Padideh

    Iran

    This seasonal teahouse (which opens in good weather) is a series of simple wooden pavilions amid plane trees across the river from Roein (behind the fish…

  • Cafe Opera

    Tehran

    Brick-walled and attractively decked out with old projectors, cameras and radios, this is a cosy little place to stop for coffee or hot chocolate,…

  • Saeed Coffee Shop

    Iran

    Only handy if you're staying nearby, this gently stylish cafe, south of the centre, serves good, strong espressos.

  • Apple Coffee Shop

    Iran

    While not the most stylish of coffeeshops, this friendly place makes good-value espressos (IR50,000 to IR70,000), has courtyard as well as indoor seating…

  • Partiya

    Iran

    Pleasantly appointed split-level cafe cube serving shakes (IR50,000), hot chocolate and good Turkish coffee (IR60,000) – beautifully presented with a…

  • Cafe Ido

    Iran

    The most upmarket caffeine and nicotine den in town has huge windows as dark as its coffee. It's in front of Maku Tourist Inn.

  • Bisotun Sherbet Khane

    Iran

    Extremely cutesy refreshments are on offer at this teahouse, located at the inscriptions site.

  • Eloğlu Teahouse

    Iran

    Old-school subterranean teahouse. Look for chai signs and a down staircase not far from the corner of Imam St.

  • Cafe Viola

    Iran

    Coffee, nicotine and ancient artefacts across the road (in the museum).

  • Cafe Shahbaloot

    Iran

    Hazy, smoke-filled coffee and nicotine action down near Park-e Shahr.

  • Asal Coffee

    Iran

    Best espresso in town, and the juices aren't bad either.

  • Qahveh Talkh

    Southeastern Iran

    Relatively simple coffeeshop for inexpensive espressos.

  • Cafe Tabriz

    Iran

    There's no coffee here, but you will get a nice cheap glass of chay, some qaylan action, and quite a few stares in this concrete box with a mortuary…

  • Rain Coffeeshop

    Southeastern Iran

    Boshrooyeh's three-table coffeeshop seems to attract a young biker crowd.

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