Friedrichshain
A star in the Friedrichshain cocktail firmament, the Chapel Bar has a delightfully cluttered living-room look and a convivial vibe, thanks to a crowd more…
Friedrichshain
A star in the Friedrichshain cocktail firmament, the Chapel Bar has a delightfully cluttered living-room look and a convivial vibe, thanks to a crowd more…
Friedrichshain
Confirming all those stereotypes about LGBT people having good taste, this candle-lit and pretence-free drinking cove makes most of the competition look…
Berlin
Is it art? Is it a cafe? Is it a bar? Answer: it’s all three. This glass-and-chrome pavilion in the quiet and pretty courtyard of the KW Institute for…
Prenzlauer Berg
With its flirty vibe, wallet-friendly drinks prices and a pretension-free crowd, this local institution scores a trifecta on key ingredients for a good…
Kreuzberg
Melitta Sundström was the artist name of a famous queer Berlin soul singer who died of AIDS in 1993. This cheerful cafe with an '80s pedigree and look-at…
Berlin
In the Stue hotel, light installations and animal sculptures pave the way to this glam bar where serious mixologists give classic cocktails from the 1920s…
Kreuzberg
Gravity is literally upended at this David Lynchian booze burrow, where the furniture dangles from the ceiling and the moulding is on the floor. There are…
Berlin
A project by the artists' collective Dead Chickens, this subculture survivor is filled with metal monster sculptures and hosts concerts, parties and…
Berlin
This glamour vixen at the budget-hip Hotel Amano juxtaposes a cool green-marble bar with warm furnishings and lighting and attracts global sophisticates…
Berlin
The 'Bad Boy Bar' is a cafe by day (breakfast until 2pm, homemade cakes!) and dimly lit antihipster haunt for wine and chat in the evening. Despite the…
Kreuzberg
One of Berlin’s artiest and most experimental clubs holds forth in the battery room of a massive defunct power station that also houses the legendary…
Kreuzberg
Prince Charles is a stylish mix of club and bar ensconced in a former pool and overlooked by a kitschy-cute fish tile mural. Electronic music shares…
Friedrichshain
Resisting temptation can be tough. Forget about it when visiting Tentacion (Spanish for ‘temptation’); its main ammo is the Latin American cult spirit…
Berlin
Everything about this bar speaks of refinement, but without an iota of stuffiness: the dim lighting, the plush seating, the carpeted floors and the luxe…
Friedrichshain
A machine-gun-toting rabbit is the ironic mascot of this long-running DJ bar with well-mixed cocktails (try the eponymous Süss War Gestern with real…
Berlin
Mikkeler – the name stands for Mikkel Borg Bjergsø and Kristian Klarup Keller – dispenses elevated craft beer that the two Danes have been brewing since…
Berlin
Tucked into an ex-industrial courtyard maze, Panke is a constantly evolving gallery/bar/club/cafe collective with a nifty little garden hemmed in by the…
Prenzlauer Berg
Berliners don't like to travel across town, especially not for beer. Which is why beer lovers breathed a sigh of relief when California import Stone…
Kreuzberg
Owned by a trained vintner and chef and named for his grandpa, this cosy lair with its slate-covered bar pours monthly changing fine vintages, mostly from…
Prenzlauer Berg
If you’re a whisky newbie, this friendly, knickknack-crammed pub offers a great introduction to the potent spirit. The wall of 700 varieties, mostly from…
Berlin
Tucked into a quiet courtyard, Father Carpenter is not the kind of cafe one simply stumbles upon. Yet among coffee cognoscenti, it's very much a…
Berlin
House and techno in its various forms keep unpretentious clubbers on the hexagonal dance floor until sunrise and beyond at weekends in this delightfully…
Kreuzberg
Enter through the iron gate and embark on a magical mystery tour that'll have you chilling in the beer garden, taking selfies with wacky art, dancing…
Kreuzberg
Since 2014, Berlin’s first dedicated craft-beer bar has been plying punters with a changing roster of 22 global ales, IPAs and other brews on tap – both…
Kreuzberg
The ‘Drink Devil’ punk pub (subtitled ‘gateway to hell’) made international headlines back in 2009, when singer Pete Doherty downed some shots here before…
Prenzlauer Berg
After opening branches around the world, Scottish cult brewers BrewDog are now bringing their fine suds to Berlin. Their modern-industrial flagship with…
Kreuzberg
Tarted up nicely with vintage furniture, baroque wallpaper and whimsical wall art by Berlin-based street artist Chin Chin, Luzia draws its crowd from…
Friedrichshain
Named for a lane in Hamburg’s red-light district where the Beatles cut their teeth, Grosse Freiheit is a popular men-only harbour for a drink and meet-up,…
Prenzlauer Berg
Potent java, homemade cakes, and flowers from the attached shop perfume the art nouveau interior of this corner cafe named for a 1919 Dadaist poem by…
Around Berlin
In good weather there are few nicer places to while away a few hours in central Spandau than in the tree-canopied beer garden of this brewery located in a…
Berlin
Watch the city light up from this 17th-floor glass-walled sky lounge above a posh restaurant. With its dim lighting, soft black leather couches and…
Kreuzberg
Berlin's third-wave coffee pioneer started in a tiny cafe in Prenzlauer Berg and, on its 10th anniversary, opened this second branch in a Kreuzberg…
Kreuzberg
One of Berlin’s original techno labels and dance temples, Tresor has not only the pedigree but all the right ingredients for success: the industrial maze…
Berlin
Nothing to do with either coffee or meat patties, this sweaty cult club with lovingly faded retro decor is a fun-for-all concert and party pen. The sound…
Prenzlauer Berg
Proof that the boho spirit is not dead in Prenzlauer Berg, Chagall gets flooded with a congenial mix of locals, expats and visitors. They come for cold…
Berlin
Next to an idyllic lake in Tiergarten, this restaurant gets jammed year-round for its sumptuous breakfast and seasonal fare, but it really comes into its…
Monster Ronson’s Ichiban Karaoke
Friedrichshain
Knock back a couple of brewskis if you need to loosen your nerves before belting out your best Adele or Lady Gaga at this mad, great karaoke joint, which…
Prenzlauer Berg
Soak up the rays, grand city views and colourful cocktails at this beach bar in the sky while sinking your toes into tonnes of sand lugged to the top…
Kreuzberg
Behind a long window front, at eye level with the elevated U-Bahn tracks, Monarch is a fun DJ bar with an international crowd, strong drinks and danceable…
Friedrichshain
The successor of the legendary Bar25, Kater Blau showers freewheeling club-goers with fine electro in a rambling indoor-outdoor playground, featuring two…