Nightlife
Classy places to eat
La Table d’Alfred: This restaurant is in the heart of a luxurious region in Beirut, placed in one of the most expensive streets of Achafieh, Sursock Street, it is a great place for fine dining and traditional elegance. This French gastronomic restaurant is considered as the haute couture of food. While eating there you will appreciate a great collection of colorful paintings by renowned artists that are available for purchase.
360, Sursock Street, Achrafieh, Beirut
T. +961-1- 20 30 36
Email: info@latabledalfred.com
www.latabledalfred.com
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La Tabkha: Located in Gemmayzeh, it is a clean and bright place where you will enjoy a buffet of appetizers and dishes homemade. The Tabkha is not just a restaurant; it’s a unique lifestyle. You will enjoy authentic Lebanese home cooking, as it is one of the leading restaurants in Beirut.
Gouraud Street, Gemmayzé, Beirut
T. 961 1 579000 M. 961 3 579000
www.tabkha.com
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El Mayyas: It is a traditional Armenian-Lebanese, you can eat fantastic mezze and Armenian specialities from Aleppo, in a cosy atmosphere more reminiscent of a Mediterranean island than an old Achrafieh house. The great atmosphere, romantic & live entertainment will add a value to the great food as an old Armenian with a three-string guitar will go from a table to another to amuse you with a song of your choice, modern or traditional.
Trabaud Street, Achrafieh
T. +961 1 215 046
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La Posta: It is the summit of the Italian dining, you will eat in a fantastic and romantic decoration. There is also a great roof terrace with many traditional villas aside. It serves the best dishes with a great service in a warm atmosphere.
Trabaud Street, Achrafieh, Beirut
T. +961 1 209909
www.laposta-beirut.com
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The Beirut Cellar: This French restaurant in Beirut has 30 years of service experience. It is located in a quiet and wealthy area of Achrafieh. Popular for the older crowd who looks nostalgically back to the days of the civil war, it was one of the few functioning restaurants during that period. The design reminds a Swiss chalet, with wood and white plaster walls. The menu proposes salads, pastas and steaks, while the wine list includes decent local and old french ones.
Chehade Street, Tabaris, Achrafieh
T. +961 1 216990, +961 1 338185
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Al Dente: It is located in a rich Achrafieh street where you can find galleries, boutique and fashion stores. It is a wonderful Italian restaurant in a traditional Lebanese house. Popular for the older crowd, including a few politicians who you’re likely to find dining discreetly in the corners, this restaurant is more than a 100 year old. It serves home-made pasta and risottos, you can add a wine chosen from their international wine list.
Abdel Wahab el Inglizi Street, Achrafieh
T. +961 1 202 440
More fancy restaurants: Salmontini, Yasmina, Casablanca, Chez Sami, Locanda, Claudia’s, Abdul Wahab El Inglisi
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Top casual places to go eat: Classic Burger Joint (CBJ, You will love their burgers), Roadster’s, Chili’s, Waterlemon, Kabab-Ji, Leila
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However, if you feel like listening to some jazz music you have this other option :
The Blue Note Café. So, if you are a jazz lover, this place will definitely be your heaven on earth. While eating either Lebanese typical food or an American hamburger, your ears will be delighted to the sound of the mix of guitar and trumpet. On their website, you can find the program with the different musicians.
Makhoul street -next to AUB
P.O.Box 113-6217
Ras Beirut
Beirut – Lebanon
Reservations: +961 1 743857
www.bluenotecafe.com
Now that your belly is full, you have to burn all those calories down, I have a better solution than going to the gym: DANCING! One thing you have to know if you want to understand and integrate the Lebanese life; Nightlife is their oxygen. It is a part of their daily chores. One could try to find an explanation such as the situation of the country, but you shall not think about this and just choose a place where to party for tonight.
La Centrale
Top bars: Centrale, Behind the Green Door, Charlie’s, Tequila
Top clubs: Sky Bar, Basement, White, Pier 7
Sky Bar
Other Clubs (Indoor)
Music Hall
It is a cabaret-style theater, specialized in live entertainment. While you are having diner you will enjoy an Arabic traditional singer with his oriental lute (the typical oriental guitar with 5 strings a long neck and a deep round back), then when you are dine with diner and drinking you glass of wine the singers start to accelerate the pace so the people can stand up and start dancing. By going there you are sure to have a great night of fun and drinking.
Starco Center, Downtown, Beirut
Mob. +961 3 807555
Al-Mandaloun
It is the most typical Arabic nightclub. You can have diner, as the restaurant is very renowned, while enjoying live entertainment. This is a prestigious club, that has been continuously renewed since 1974, remaining the focal point for both Lebanese and foreign elite and is an ideal place to dine, dance and listen to live music.
Mar Mekhayel Street, Mar Mikhael – Beirut
Tel. +961 1 565333
Mob. +961 3 434333
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The after-party
B018
Oh really? You really think you are going home? Not that fast! Even if its 3a.m and you are exhausted and have to wake up early tomorrow, one should find no excuse for missing going to Beirut without discovering this mythical and unique place called BO18 (Be Over 18). Yes, even when you think you are done with the party… well it continues! This place is the summit of Beirut’s limits. You don’t like underground music? That’s okay, because once you are in this place, you’ll have so many things to look at that you will forget about the music. Created by a famous lebanese architect, Bernard Khoury, this place is underground, with a dark entry bringing you down to the cemetery, when you go in it is filled with coffin, you can dance or sit on. If you think it is a weird place, you are definitely right.
The after-after party
Do you really think we are done? Okay, now that you burned down all the calories taken from your dinner, it is time to fill your belly again! So this part is just for you people who could eat a freshly baked Lebanese Manouché or a good Fattouch at anytime, Where to eat after the after party?
I have the Top 5 ultimate places:
Leil Nhar
Zaatar W Zeit
Al Falamanki
Barbar (The cheapest)
Bliss Street (Many cheap restaurants are in this street, which is located in Hamra)
Al Falamanki
