Paris Bistro

Top choice in Baku


It's hard to believe you're more than a few metres from the Champs-Élysées in this perfectly pitched French masterpiece. It hits all the right Parisian notes down to the plane trees which curve out from an appealing park-facing street terrace. Waiters in claret aprons busy themselves delivering garlic escargots, duck breast with tapenade or flaming crème brûlée.

Good wine list and Blanche de Bruxelles white-beer on tap. There's a reduced menu after 11pm but drinks and snacks anytime. And yes, there's eggs Benedict for breakfast (AZN8).


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