Tel Aviv
With a feel of The Great Gatsby about it, this lively cocktail bar makes for a cool 1920s-style party. There's an outdoor bar serving some of the…
Tel Aviv
With a feel of The Great Gatsby about it, this lively cocktail bar makes for a cool 1920s-style party. There's an outdoor bar serving some of the…
Tel Aviv
Hoodna ('truce' in Arabic) is a carpenter's workshop zone by day but transforms itself at night, when tables and sofas are dragged into the street to…
Tel Aviv
This big German-inspired pub located on the main street behind the Sarona Market is best known for offering more than 50 kinds of beer, both international…
Tel Aviv
Speakeasy is a rooftop bar with razzmatazz on Rothschild Blvd. Being one of the most exclusive addresses in town, it has a slight yuppie vibe, not…
Tel Aviv
The late-night wine bar of Da Da & Da, Bar à Vin has a unique lively atmosphere of its own. It’s the place to come to enjoy fine wines, with some French…
Navona Restaurant & Coffeeshop
Abu Dhabi
After a dusty morning slipping in and out of aisles of merchandise, haggling with stall-holders and photographing life along the harbour, you may fancy…
Tel Aviv
Shishko (meaning 'fat man' in Bulgarian) is in one of the city’s favourite drinking hot spots. Located in the square behind the Great Synagogue on Allenby…
Beirut
This buzzy, crowded spot is a good choice for evening cocktails and a casual bite (the chicken sandwich is a low-key umami stunner; skip the housemade…
Abu Dhabi
It's all about the shisha (Dhs51) at this cafe, snaffled down a side street behind the Rotana Mall. Order up a mocktail or Moroccan tea and then choose…
Tel Aviv
On Wednesday night there's only one truly hip (hop) place to be, and that's here. Owned by the well-known Tel Aviv rapper Axum (aka Mr Jackson), this…
Abu Dhabi
This small cafe in Urban Park has an outside terrace looking on to the park's fountains – a decent spot for a late-night coffee and chat with friends…
Tel Aviv
One of the coolest pubs to crop up in Jaffa in recent years, The Cuckoo’s Nest (Ken HaKookia in Hebrew) is run by the same owners as popular rooftop bar…
Iran
If you're visiting Ziyarat, this wobbly, charmingly unsophisticated little teahouse, with blanketed tea-beds around a central wood stove, is a possible…
Haifa
This feel-good beer hall with an industrial feel is a portside favourite. Top of the drinks menu are the homemade brews: weiss beer, bitter, double pils,…
Beirut
A Beirut nightclubbing institution, The Gärten has been thumping steadily for several summers. The music and scene are similar to other clubs in the BIEL…
Dubai Marina & Palm Jumeirah
Great tunes and expertly mixed cocktails have seen this place gallop to the front of Dubai’s crowded going-out scene. More popular for its sake and craft…
Beirut
Do you want a wine bar or a pizzeria or a bakery or a bistro? No need to decide: pop into Bread Republic for a good selection of Lebanese, Syrian and…
Beirut
One of Beirut's famous summer-only waterfront clubs, AHM's house DJs and international guests spin soul and pop music you don't usually hear in this city…
Downtown Dubai
Black limos jostle for position outside this over-the-top lair where you can sip Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli's vodka-based cocktails and dine…
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…
Doha
This local-style coffeehouse has somehow escaped the modernisation of the waterfront and is a place to pause for a shai (tea) on a hike round the Corniche…
Dubai
Dubai meets Malibu at Bait Al Bahar, a beach house with hipster restaurant-lounges on each of its three floors. In the middle, Mazology is the place to…
Dubai
High on the glam-o-meter, Boudoir has been around the block once or twice but still pulls in beautiful punters with nights dedicated to hip-hop and R&B…
Downtown Dubai
This Cannes original burst onto the Dubai clubbing scene in 2018 and is famed for its themed nights and dress-to-impress atmosphere. Laser lighting, live…
Israel
Mix a fruit juice bar, surf gear shop and pub, and you'll get Rhythm & Friends. Probably the coolest place in town (though competition is scarce), it has…
Beirut
Troika is where the art kids smoke and dance and carry on in Badaro. Weekend DJ nights are some of Beirut’s most interesting, and it’s pretty entertaining…
Beirut
Low light, dark wood panelling, cosily upholstered armchairs and carefully arranged trunks, books and other attic-esque objets effectively call for brown…
Bur Dubai
This quintessential British pub comes with the requisite dartboard, pool table, cheap beer and several sports' screens. Ladies night is Tuesday, cocktail…
Tel Aviv
Tangier is an authentic Moroccan-style bar with exotic decor, nargileh water pipes and a fair share of North African beats. It’s also one of Tel Aviv’s…
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…
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…
Tel Aviv
The funky Bushwick Bar makes for a cool place to chill out. Created by the Atlas group, which owns the Cinema and Market Place hotels, it has the feeling…
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…
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 –…
Dubai Marina & Palm Jumeirah
Mingle with the after-work business brigade beside the pool at this al fresco chill zone on the 8th floor of the Media One Hotel. Expect a fashionable…
Tel Aviv
This branch of the local franchise serves up a little jolt of history with your Java – it's housed in a restored structure that was once the city's first…
Tel Aviv
Dubbing itself the 'home of underground rock and indietronica', this basement venue spins alt rock, electronica and dubstep and also has the occasional…
Beirut
Puff away on your double-apple shisha and watch Hamra pass you by from the comfy sofas at this homely spot. Ka3kaya is a throwback to Hamra cafes of yore,…
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…
Israel
In the heart of the industrial area, just east of the village of Mikhmoret, is the unimposing Alexander Brewery. This brewery is home to the Israeli…
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