Hops Bar

Hops Bar is where Tirana drinks craft beer, a relaxed room with a wide draught and bottle range that runs well beyond the Albanian lagers most bars stop at. The…Hops Bar is where Tirana drinks craft beer, a relaxed room with a wide draught and bottle range that runs well beyond the Albanian lagers most bars stop at. The outdoor space is the draw in summer, a spacious patio that fills early, and inside there are darts and other games rather than screens.

It has become the default weekly meeting point for the city's foreign residents, a standing Friday gathering that has run for years, so it is also the easiest place in town for a visitor to fall into conversation in English. Expect beer, burgers and a pub atmosphere rather than cocktails or a dress code.