After a long closure, one of Damascus’s most elegant bars is opening again – and changing its name to Zen Lounge.
The Z-Bar was the symbol of the Beirutification of Damascus when it first opened up in the wake of the 2005 Syria-Lebanon split.
More and more Syrians were spending their weekends in Damascus, instead of driving over the border to an increasingly hostile Beirut. So what did they do? Build a mini-Beirut in west Damascus.
It was around this time that the Four Seasons hotel opened, prices increased and international restaurants like Scoozi started opening.
Z-Bar is an elegant rooftop bar – modelled on Beirut’s Sky Bar. It sits on top of the Umayed Palace hotel (opposite Cham Palace). Dressed in subtle black and silver with electro-jazz music playing, you can sit back and relax with a view over Jebl Qasioun.
Z-Bar reopens as Zen Lounge on 13 June.
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6 responses so far ↓
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Maysaloon
// May 14, 2009 at 4.34 pm
“Dressed in subtle black and silver with electro-jazz music playing…”
I’m assuming you are talking about the decorations at the place and not yourself on a Thursday night?
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Arab
// May 16, 2009 at 1.52 am
why was z-bar closed?
3
Sasa
// May 16, 2009 at 2.47 am
Maysaloon – haha both!
Arab – refurbishment, and because it was too cold to go on the roof terrace in the winter.
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Maysaloon
// May 16, 2009 at 2.55 am
You playa you…
5
Arab
// May 16, 2009 at 4.06 am
is this only bar in syria?
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nomie
// Feb 18, 2010 at 12.13 pm
do u have a available job in ur bar?if they have iam willing to wrk
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