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The social HQ for the super social and trendy Florentine district, Bugsy is an all-hours kind of place popular with funky locals and apres-party suburbans. Friendly staff and tasty snack menu.

 

Carpe Diem is unquestionably Tel Aviv’s leading Gay hangout. While the inside bar is always packed, the real action takes place out back in the [open] air, where friends and couples hold court on comfy, oversized daybeds.

 

This sumptuous Art Nouveau-styled late-night cafe fells more Middle Europe than Middle East. In winter, sit inside to sip beer and fl irt with the seriously good-looking staff; come summer the action moves outdoors for cocktails and ice coffee.

 

Filling the bi-level space of what was once Tel Aviv’s fi rst department store, Eckman is decked out in colorful, mid-century furniture and serves inventive cocktails as well as a small snack menu.

 

With a bar that seats 100, Lansky bills itself as “the largest pickup bar in the Middle East” and lives up to its ambitious boast. Set in the sky-scraping Shalom Tower and popular with young professionals, Lansky offers rotating DJs and well-priced drinks.

 

A late-night supper club in the purist Middle Eastern tradition, Nanouchka is one part Central Asian pleasure palace, one part see-and-be-seen fashionista favorite. Nap in the afternoon, book a table for dinner and drinks and prepare to stay all night.

 

Perfect for a late summer evening, this [open]-air lounge nearly kisses the Mediterranean. Serving a complete menu of salads and grilled fi sh/meats, Shalvata also hosts the city’s main salsa party, along with other al fresco events throughout the week.

 

Hidden in an alley off of one of Tel Aviv’s main thoroughfares, this smoky, low-lit watering hole is both louche and loungey. The sexy crowd dances between the tables to hip, global music.

 

The only real competitor to the Vox, TLV is the city’s other mega dance club. Set in the newly renovated Port complex, TLV is a purely late night, only truly hitting into high gear well past 2 in the morning.

 

This massive, indoor/outdoor, multilevel dance club continues to pack in stylish youngsters from all over the country each weekend. Themed parties each week – from Hip-Hop to Gay nights.