Pazuzu
Beach Club

Pazuzu has anchored the lively end of Glyfada for years, an all day beach bar and restaurant that took its name from the giant Roberto Cuoghi sculpture and never looked back. The formula holds because it works: sunbeds and cold coffee through the morning, a proper Greek and Mediterranean lunch through the afternoon, then the hour the whole operation is really built around, when the sun drops into open Ionian water and the terrace turns into a dance floor with the best view on the island.

On our Corfu club directory Pazuzu ranks just behind its polished neighbour, and the gap is temperament rather than quality. Sora, along the same sand, sells hush and reserved daybeds. Pazuzu sells the opposite: two bars, a lounge club, a serious sound system and ticketed sunset parties with guest names behind the decks. For two people the choice is refreshingly simple. Come here on the night you want to celebrate, not the night you want to whisper.

Daytime Pazuzu is gentler than the reputation. The beds spread along the widest part of Glyfada, the kitchen sends out real lunches rather than fried afterthoughts, think grilled calamari with couscous or a burrata with basil pesto, and the crowd is a mix of young Europeans on their big summer trip and Corfiots who have treated this terrace as a fixture for years. The restrooms and showers draw regular praise in visitor reviews, a small thing that matters more than most clubs admit by hour six on the sand.

For two, the trick is picking your hour with intent. On a June or September weekday, take beds at the edge furthest from the stage, swim while the light is still white, and stay put: Glyfada faces due west with nothing between you and the horizon, and the last hour from a shared bed here is genuinely something. When a big sunset party is billed, flip the plan entirely, buy the tickets and make it a dancing date, because fighting the volume with conversation is a losing game.

The shortfalls are plain ones. These are, by consistent visitor report, the most expensive beds on Corfu, and the club will not tell you the number in advance, which forces an enquiry either way. Peak weekends pack the sand shoulder to shoulder, parking fills by late morning, and after dark the bass reaches every corner of the bay whether your evening wanted it or not. If that last line worries you, the quiet answer sits a short walk along the same sand.

Step off the club’s patch and Glyfada keeps giving: a long band of soft gold sand under pine covered cliffs, clear water with a sandy entry, tavernas and mini markets, and a free public stretch that never requires a bed fee. Afternoon wind can push real swell onto this coast, which turns swimming bouncy and typically delights more people than it deters. The full Glyfada beach guide covers parking, the calmer morning window and the quieter far end of the sand.

Count on about half an hour by car from Corfu Town or the airport for the 16 kilometres, with a winding final descent and paid parking behind the beach that fills early on party days. In season the green bus line runs from Corfu Town to Glyfada, a genuine option for a couple planning cocktails, since nobody should drive that hill back in the dark after a sunset session.

Booking splits three ways at this club. Dinner tables go through the online reservation page on pazuzu.gr, sunset party tickets are sold per event on the club’s channels, and sunbeds work on arrival with the reported front row premium. If you would rather have one conversation cover all of it, drop your date and numbers into the form below and our team forwards the enquiry, confirming bed availability, the rate for your day and whatever is billed that week, at no cost to you.