Baghdad

Baghdad, Iraq

Mutanabbi Street, Karrada, Abu Nuwas park

Public nightlife and mixed dating are not open scenes in Baghdad. This list is the streets, parks and riverfront where people actually gather, not clubs. Everything below was checked as currently there rather than carried over from a guide written before 2003.

City score

GAME
Daygame
Nightgame
Online
WOMEN
Hot
Receptive
Volume
CITY
City
Crime

Daygame

  1. 0
    Al-Mutanabbi Street
    Book street, Friday crowd, Shabandar
  2. 0
    Karrada
    Main shopping street, cafes, afternoons
  3. 0
    Baghdad Mall
    Aircon floors, shops, cafes, cinema

Nightgame

  1. 0
    Abu Nuwas Promenade ThuFriSat
    Riverfront after dark, tea and grills

Date ideas

  1. 0
    Ridha Alwan Coffee
    Karrada roaster, coffee since 1960 Coffee
  2. 0
    Shabandar Cafe
    Coffee, quiet enough to talk Coffee
  3. 0
    NICE GIRL
    Frozen yogurt, Rabie St Grab-and-go
  4. 0
    The mind cafe&boardgames
    Board games, coffee, talk lands itself Boardgame café
  5. 0
    The Iraq Museum
    Mesopotamian halls, Sumer to Assyria Museum
  6. 0
    Al Salam Palace
    Castle Estate

Second date

  1. 0
    Al-Shaheed Monument
    Split turquoise dome, museum beneath
  2. 0
    Mustansiriya Madrasa
    1227 madrasa, brick courtyard, Tigris
  3. 0
    Abbasid Palace
    12th century brick arches on the river
  4. 0
    Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
    Golden domes, market lanes around it

Last updated 2026-09-15. Venues change. Check before you go, and vote so the list stays honest.