Restaurant Shah — Restaurant in Baku City

A must try if you are visiting Baku and want to have an authentic taste of the local dishes! The restaurant is traditionally decorated with beautiful artwork and carpets. You can tell that there's been paid attention to detail! The waiters are kind and accommodating, and everything was brought to our table really fast! The food was great, both taste and quality wise. The portions are filling and the prices rational. The only "problem" is that it's not located in the Old Town or the most central part of Baku, however it is easily & cheaply accessible...

This restaurant is MUST to visit when in Baku. 1st of all and most important, they serve traditional food deep rooted from 16th century that is excellent, sophisticated, balanced, tasty and great looking. Each dish is a piece of Art. Attention: The sweets collection has separate menu book! 2nd: the interior with intricating elements is taking you to the ancient times. 3d: the staff became your guides to the history of the famous ruler and almost museum collection of artifacts and the life of ancient empire. Surprise: the bill...

Yes, it is a touristy restaurant. What of it? The food is superb and the night I was there the music selection was skilled and classy, although I would have preferred less cover tunes.

For me the standouts were the camel bites, the fried « viziers advice » and a very good boiled dough sheet dish topped with lamb bits and fried onion. There was also very good lamb shank braised in greens that tasted more Persian to me. Do get the bouquet like salad of local herbs tomatoes...