Pasteur Street and Beyond: Where to Eat and Drink in Beirut

By the LYVV Editorial TeamPublished 18 Oct 2026Updated 18 Oct 2026

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Some streets do the planning for you. Pasteur Street in Gemmayze is one of them. Within a short walk it holds a pavement bistro that turns into a cocktail bar as the light goes, an open-air terrace that runs from late morning to last orders, a dining room that cooks between the Mediterranean and Japan, and a liquor shop that is also one of the better cocktail bars in the city. Four of the five places below are on it, close enough that one evening can take in more than one of them.

The fifth is a short drive away on Monot, where Pacifico has been mixing margaritas since 1995, which makes it one of the longest-running cocktail bars in Beirut.

Book where you can, arrive early at the weekend, and leave the car somewhere you will not need it until morning.

Where to Eat and Drink in Beirut: Pasteur Street to Monot | LYVV

Maia Beirut

Gemmayze

One of the newer names on Pasteur Street, and already a regular choice for a dinner that turns into drinks. Maia cooks between the Mediterranean and Japan, in a modern room of red shelving and a long bar, with a signature cocktail list that holds its own against the food. The wagyu tagliata has its admirers, and the music is chosen rather than left on.

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Le Trottoir de Paloma

Gemmayze

A pavement bistro on Pasteur Street that gets more serious about drinks as the day goes on. Le Trottoir de Paloma opens at lunchtime as a café and bistro, and by evening the bar has taken over without the place turning into a club. The Paloma is the house drink, as the name promises, and the signatures lean on regional flavours. Take an outside table and watch the street fill up.

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Maison Zola

Gemmayze

Morning brews and evening spirits is how Maison Zola describes itself, and the hours back it up: the terrace opens before lunch and stays busy until late. It is the open-air one of the street, spacious under its umbrellas and trees, with food that guests rate as highly as the drinks. Order the mini burgers on black buns, and stay for the music.

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House Of Butlers

Gemmayze

A liquor shop and a cocktail bar in one, styled after London's old private clubs: leather seats, green walls, a small marble bar and bottles on every shelf. The list is built on house versions of the classics, from the negroni and the daiquiri to several martinis, and the shelves mean almost anything can be poured. It opens in the early evening, and when the doors to the street are open the room gets livelier.

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Pacifico

Monot

Pacifico has been mixing margaritas on Monot since 1995. The kitchen goes Latin rather than strictly Mexican, with enchiladas alongside dishes from Cuba and the Caribbean, and the grilled octopus is the plate people talk about. It moved a few blocks up the street in 2015 and took the atmosphere with it. It opens in the evening and runs late, which is the point.

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