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Alfa Club

A hip young crowd, smoke, drinks and mixed music styles - all you need for a good night out. Bottle of wine or whisky for 7,500 lek. Read_on (No Comments)

Bon Bon

A bar on Tirana's most fashionable nightlife street serving the city's best Mojitos. Read_on (No Comments)

Cameleon

A compact and modern bar in a riot of bright primary colours, Cameleon's novelty is the ever-changing display of multi-coloured lights throughout the evening. Read_on (1 Comment)

Canon

Let’s rock! In chilled style, in a narrow dog’s leg room painted bright orange you will find Tirana’s indie-rock youth packed in tighter than the socks in Lenny Kravitz’s flared rock star trousers. Read_on (1 Comment)

Caramel Lounge

A lounge bar set on the second floor of the Twin Towers, with cracking cocktails, loungy music and views over to the Pyramid. Read_on (1 Comment)

Charl's Bistro

An eclectic, fashionable thirtyish crowd populates this fantastic lounge bar with 1960s-80s inspired music in the bllok area. Read_on (6 Comments)

Code

Attracting a somewhat older crowd than usual for the bllok, The Code is a spacious arched bar with a library corner, sofas and Tuborg on tap. Read_on (No Comments)

Converse

The students, artists and intellectuals that visit this tiny basement 'social club' to sip coffee and play chess seem the exact opposites of the loud hairy men slamming down shots at Steelwings next door. Read_on (No Comments)

Davidoff Club

To the young students at the Davidoff, it's all about seeing or being seen. The large bar on the first floor of the building has big windows for watching the crowded streets and terraces below. Read_on (1 Comment)

Flares

Squeeze yourself into this bar at the weekend and be prepared for a singalong or even a star turn. When the karaoke is turned off, just relax and enjoy the modern Albanian art on display. Read_on (6 Comments)

Iguana II

Pictures of lizards appropriately adorn the walls of this youthful first-floor bar, and the cornershop location means you have views over late night pedestrians on two streets. Read_on (No Comments)

Infinity

The Sheraton's elegant piano bar and lounge is a peaceful place for a beer, or something stronger, sometimes accompanied by live music. Read_on (No Comments)

Living Room

Literally a cool bar, as after a hot summer's day the large rooftop lounge area catches the evening breeze. That's when the pretty people dress up and come out in force to cram themselves on the multilevel decks overlooking the city. Read_on (2 Comments)

Lizard

A large shed of a place that regularly gets crammed with young locals, delighted with the live rock music. Drop by Wednesdays for the hot Latin nights. Read_on (No Comments)

Meduza

A large bar in the wacky pallati me birila building. English and Australian beers are on tap, there's a good-value lunch menu and in the evening a selection of Italian, Lebanese and international dishes is served, followed by cocktails. Read_on (No Comments)

MOma

Tirana's first after work café offers coffee and light meals by day, cocktails by night. Read_on (No Comments)

MonarC Bar

The bar on the top floor of the hotel is worth mentioning for the dazzling views across town from its wrap-around terrace, and the waterfall that cools drinkers in summer. Read_on (No Comments)

Music Box

A spacious, upmarket bar on the first floor of the Taiwan complex, with a nice terrace overlooking the fountain. Leave your coat at the garderobe and sag in a couch to listen to DJ music. Read_on (No Comments)

Noel

A film lover's den of delights, Noel is appropriately owned by the director of the local film institute, and is set in a basement opposite the Millennium 2 cinema. Read_on (1 Comment)

Odin

A modest bar on the third floor of the Twin Towers, with parties and dancing planned on most Saturdays. Read_on (No Comments)

Radio

One of Tirana's cooler bars, covered in old radio station logos, a Guernica painting, a typewriter on a stool and a few antique radios scattered around. Read_on (1 Comment)

Rock 'n Roll

A small bar with classic green and red wallpaper and a great atmosphere, very popular with locals and foreigners alike. Mercifully, Read_on (1 Comment)

Rockwood

A small and friendly bar on the ground floor of a tall office building serving endless coffees by day and playing rock and other music styles at night. Read_on (1 Comment)

Steelwings

Official home of the Steelwings Albania Motorcycle Club and easily located by the multitude of cool rides parked outside, this rocking bar full of leather-clad motorbike enthusiasts is decorated  with all the usual Americana. Read_on (8 Comments)

Stylus Club Marriott

A café and bar behind Enver Hoxha's old villa that really comes alive during the Friday and Saturday night karaoke sessions – warble along to your favourite Albanian or foreign song together with the Magic 4 group. Read_on (No Comments)

Tiki

Surf's up at the tropical-style Tiki Bar, where surfboards stand in the sand, a ropey ship-theme dominates the two-storey interior, and palm leaf parasols shade the cocktail-sipping patrons from the Albanian sun. Read_on (No Comments)

Tirana Rock

One of Tirana's best bars, the Rock has a lot of wood, wild parties and loud live music played every Wednesday (unplugged), Thursday (new bands), Friday and Saturday (rock). Read_on (2 Comments)

Vogue Lounge

One of the newer villa conversions in town, first a politburo residence and then a UN office, Vogue is the trendiest of the lot. Read_on (No Comments)

Zanzibar

Despite the name there is nothing very African about this place apart from the mural of the Sahel plain that runs the length of one wall and a few random elephant carvings. Read_on (No Comments)

Unit Bar

Tirana's only reggae bar is a basic, friendly place, a far cry from the slick lounges just down the street. The owners are Read_on (No Comments)

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