Shirvanshah Museum - Baku

This is more of a museum than a good restaurant. The maze like building heavily decorated with artifacts, mirrors, statues, ... Is quite a site to visit. The live music was also quite good and nostalgic. Four stars for the space and decor. But the food and service was lacking and needs improvement. Our food didn't arrive together and the guy said because fried food takes longer instead of apologizing! There is no excuse for someone food arriving 10 minutes later than others. The fish we ordered was dry and not hot enough. The price was reasonable. Overall the space makes it worthwhile to try this place out.

This restaurant is one of the best places in Baku. The impressive and indescribable beauty of its traditional decoration and it’s food choices and quality of it are just outstanding. You will bet lost in different rooms and parts of the restaurants with different treasures inside. The word Museum really has its meaning for this place Definitely place to visit when in Baku.

I went with a group of friends expecting a good time; it is a famous place after all. I could not regret it more, do not get me wrong, the site's aesthetic is lovely. It feels like an ambiguous ethnic mansion. We were asked to sit in a hidden room in the corner of the restaurant for no real reason, we asked a couple of times if we could change seats, but they never showed us a different table (even if they had free tables in the central room). The worst part was when they gave us an undercooked piece of chicken, we gave it one bite, and I want to emphasise this, ONE Bite. This was enough to reject our request to remove that dish from our bill. Absolutely ridiculous. When have you heard of a restaurant fighting three guests over the quality of a dish? The manager was rude, and he straight away told us he was not going to deduct it from our bill. We were a group of three non-white guests, so one might wonder if the reason behind such treatment was plain racism. Ironically we all work in top firms in our sectors, so money was not the problem. Never in my right mind will I advise anyone to go to this place if you want to go for the aesthetic, order a tea and a dessert and go and get some decent food in an authentic restaurant.

Wow! What an amazing experience. I strongly recommended this place to anyone who visits Baku. Yes, it is on the expensive side, but you're paying for both the restaurant and the museum. You're probably going to enjoy the museum more especially if you're of Turkic background. I tried their red wine and it was awesome. The food was well seasoned and cooked to perfection and tea along with walnut jam was a perfect end to the whole experience. Only downsides were that the staff at the museum followed us everywhere we went as if we were going to steal something, so I'm taking one star for that. Also, you sort of have to give them tips every time you visit which was a bit annoying. I have removed one star for each of these issues, so hopefully they notice and do something about it.

Great place and amazing vibes, the food is delicious as well. Mr. Murad is the unique addition to the place, he is so welcoming, kind, and nice. We came from a far place and he is was very helpful. Thank you for this amazing experience!