For a crazy night out in Beirut, look to the hip bar, or so-called “resto-pub”, February 30. A fixture on the dining and nightlife scene since it opened in 2012, February 30’s cocktails are potent, the food is internationally inspired (and totally moreish), and the clientele are beautiful fun-loving twenty and thirty-somethings.

This is a spot where furniture dangles from the ceiling and the decor is proudly, yet – crucially – not too trendily avant garde; something which keeps devoted locals coming back time and time again, and ensures that it’s top of every Beirut-bound traveller’s to-visit list. And, with an outdoor patio and cozy inside area, it’s a great place to enjoy sundowners in the early evening and partying until the early hours.