Beirut

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Abbey Road

Albergo

B018

Bar National

Bar ThreeSixty

Behind the Green Door

Casino du Liban

Charlie's Bar

Cigar Lounge

Coop D'Etat

February 30

Grand Café

Hipnotic

Internazionale

Jackie O's

Le Capitole

Moloko Cocktail Bar

Music Hall

Pierre and Friends

Sky Bar

Taiga Sky

The Duke of Wellington

Torino Express

Uberhaus

Zucca

	Abbey Road As the name suggests, Abbey Road is a little bit of England in the heart of Beirut. The walls of this tiny bar are adorned with Beatles memorabilia, London street signs and black and white photos, while the paint scheme Read More
	Albergo Where better for a bar than on top of the city’s smartest boutique hotel? This bar and roof terrace couldn’t be much more charming if it tried. Transporting you back to the Ottoman era when Lawrence of Arabia roamed these Read More
	B018 It almost has to be seen to be believed. Located underneath a car park in the eerily named Quarantaine, a quiet industrial area, B018 is Beirut’s original ‘hypogeal’ super club. Rumours about its history are manifold, its origins dating back Read More
	Bar National Jounieh is famous for having one of the most stunning views in Lebanon, as the coast line curves around the bay with the mountains behind. At night, Bar National is one of the best places to experience it. Yet another Read More
	Bar ThreeSixty At the top of Le Gray, the city’s one truly five star hotel, ThreeSixty is surely one of the coolest bars in town for those more quiet and relaxed style drinks. As the name suggests, it offers full 360 degree Read More
	Behind the Green Door Naming a bar after a 1970s classic porn movie – the days of the wide bush – is a sure fire way to get BarChick interested, and Behind the Green Door doesn’t disappoint. In the trendy neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael, Read More
	Casino du Liban As the only casino in the region, Casion du Liban doesn’t really need much selling if gambling is your thing. There is literally nowhere else to go and there’s something very James Bond about gambling at a casino in the Read More
	Charlie's Bar If BarChick were to design a street, it would probably look pretty close to Gemmayzeh. Behind almost every door is another cool place to party and those which aren’t are selling light night snacks. Not a problem. However, in spite of Read More
	Cigar Lounge Directly below ThreeSixty, Cigar Lounge is more old school in vibe, full of leather bound books, comfy armchairs, black and white photographs and a rooftop terrace. It’s laid back, comfy, full of a combination of Lebanese charm and English styles. Read More
	Coop D'Etat While Beirut’s rooftop drinking scene is famed for its slick, chic, somewhat pretentious vibes, and prices as high as the buildings they’re housed in, Coop d’Etat couldn’t be more different. As you turn off a busy main road, and walk Read More
	February 30 Newly opened this year, February 30 is a great new addition to the Hamra bar scene. This vibey area, home to an eclectic mix of students, tourists and international journalists, is buzzing on most nights of the week. February 30 Read More
	Grand Café Not a bar in the traditional sense (in that it doesn’t serve alcohol) but it should be remembered that a large proportion of Lebanese are strictly Muslim. If you need a night off the sauce, then Grand Café is the Read More
	Hipnotic There is no doubt that this is a dive bar, but if it’s six in the morning and you’re looking for one last drink in Gemmayze, then this is the last bar standing. Inside, sweat drips from the ceiling, it’s dank Read More
	Internazionale Its Cafe like appearance and long wooden benches create some kinda communal feel. Internazionale is one of the many bars making Mar Mikhael one of the trendiest and happening areas in Beirut. It’s mega modern, with a young, friendly and Read More
	Jackie O's On the same street as the super quirky February 30th, Jackie O’s is much more low-key and intimate. Yet, while it may not have the same out there interior design that has made its neighbour such a hit, it remains Read More
	Le Capitole After the huge success of Sky Bar, Beirut has seen a rise of imitation bars. None quite live up to the decadence of the original, but Capitole is probably the best of the rest. It’s more low key, intimate and Read More
	Moloko Cocktail Bar The walls are a rich, dark red, the lights dim: this is a strange combination of chic and gritty urbane. This bar is best experienced on a Friday night. Fake boobs are popping out of girls’ dresses, and legs only Read More
	Music Hall For a truly Lebanese experience, Music Hall is where it’s at! This converted theatre is part-cabaret, part-live music venue and part-night club, and it epitomises Beirut. It’s glamorous, gaudy, slightly seedy, full of exuberant culture with a heady mix of different Read More
	Pierre and Friends Going for an early-afternoon “dip” at Pierre and Friends more often than not ends up in a crazy evening of cocktail drinking and shisha smoking. The beach hangout used to be the only place where windsurfers would meet up after trying Read More
	Sky Bar Perched above the Mediterranean, with its strobe lights illuminating the sea below, Sky Bar is Beirut’s original rooftop bar. It’s slick, it’s chic, it’s a bit pretentious and the clientele are uber trendy. But hey, if you can’t beat em, Read More
	Taiga Sky About an hour north of Beirut, in Batroun, a stunningly picturesque fishing village, this bar is so incongruous with the setting that it almost beggars belief. It’s like turning up to a quaint Tuscan seaside town and finding out it’s Read More
	The Duke of Wellington Located in The Mayflower, the oldest private hotel in town, this is a suitably old school bar. Like Ron Burgundy’s apartment, it smells of rich mahogany and, for a more relaxed evening, you can park yourself in one of their Read More
	Torino Express Torino, another Gemmayzeh institution, is a hangout for some of the city’s most interesting musicians and artists. Almost completely stark in décor, stone floors underneath an arched roof, coupled with bare, dim lighting create a cavernous atmosphere, redolent of some Read More
	Uberhaus The newest club to hit the Beirut scene, Uberhaus is underground in every sense of the word. As the name suggests, the music is uber house, fitting in with the psychedelic flashing lights. Meanwhile, a complete lack of bar stools and Read More
	Zucca If Gemmazye represents the more gritty underground drinking scene in Beirut and Hamra is where the college kids head, Uruguay Street, in its plush surroundings of renovated Downtown area, takes upmarket to new levels. As such, Zucca, is right in Read More