22 of the best · Tirana, Albania
Raki, cocktails and craft beer: where Tirana drinks.
Our 22 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three of our favourites from this list, vetted by people who know and love Tirana.
Retro radios and cocktails
A Blloku favourite decorated with old radios, photos and film posters, with a garden and cocktails.
Rruga Ismail QemaliExplore View on map
Raki from every region
The café-museum turns into a bar in the evening, with raki from across Albania.
Rruga Fatmir Haxhiu 2Explore View on map
Over 100 rums
A friendly bar devoted to rum, with a huge selection, cocktails and occasional live music.
Rruga Kont UraniExplore View on map
Raki and Albanian wine.
The back story
A glass of raki to start, a bottle of Kallmet or Shesh i Zi with dinner: Albania’s drinks are as local as its food, and a growing number of wineries are worth seeking out.
Blloku’s best.
Sunset over the city
The rooftop pool and bar of the Arka Art Hotel, one of the city’s favourite places for a sunset drink.
Rruga e Ftonjve 98Explore View on map
Sip, paint, connect
Wine-and-painting sessions where you taste traditional Albanian wines while painting with artists from the Albanian Art Academy.
A sommelier on hand
A wine bar inside the Tirana Castle complex pairing Albanian and Italian wines with Italian and Mediterranean dishes.
Tirana Castle, Shëtitorja Murat ToptaniExplore View on map
Over 100 rums
A friendly bar devoted to rum, with a huge selection, cocktails and occasional live music.
Rruga Kont UraniExplore View on map
The Mulliri lounge
An elegant lounge bar from the Mulliri group, serving brunch by day and cocktails, sushi and burgers by night.
Stylish Blloku bar
A chic Blloku bar for cocktails, including raki cocktails.
Rruga Pjetër BogdaniExplore View on map
Retro radios and cocktails
A Blloku favourite decorated with old radios, photos and film posters, with a garden and cocktails.
Rruga Ismail QemaliExplore View on map
A view over the city
A bar at the top of the Sky Tower, with views over Blloku and the city.
From every region.
Live local bands
A below-street-level rock bar with cheap drinks and live local bands at weekends.
Rruga Perlat RexhepiExplore View on map
Something on every night
A bar known above all for live music, with rock shows, Latin nights and karaoke.
The neighbourhood go-to
A neighbourhood café-bar on Rruga Grigor Heba for coffee, cocktails and food, with DJs on weekend nights.
Rruga Grigor HebaExplore View on map
Raki from every region
The café-museum turns into a bar in the evening, with raki from across Albania.
Rruga Fatmir Haxhiu 2Explore View on map
Talk to strangers
The unofficial headquarters of Tirana’s alternative crowd, with cheap drinks, friendly staff and pets welcome.
Beside the Toptani Seraj
A cosy bar with a small terrace next to the historic Toptani Seraj, serving Spritz cocktails and Italian food.
Rruga Abdi ToptaniExplore View on map
Brewed in Tirana.
Down the steps
A friendly beer bar a few steps below street level, with grilled meat, a small terrace and cold local beer.
Rruga Vaso PashaExplore View on map
German beer, live stage
A busy pub on Rruga Pjetër Bogdani with German beers, burgers and a stage for live acts.
Rruga Pjetër BogdaniExplore View on map
Named after the Simpsons beer
A long-time expat favourite with burgers, Philly cheesesteaks, beer pong and American sports on screen.
More than 100 beers
A beer bar with more than a hundred beers in bottle and on tap, good pub food and occasional live music.
Craft beer in a garden
The beer garden and restaurant of the KAON brewery, with its own beers.
Rruga Konferenca e Pezës 75/1Explore View on map
Guinness on tap
A very popular Irish pub with Guinness on tap, dozens of bottled beers, pub food and a terrace.
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