Bar

The cocktail bar of the luxury hotel The Ritz-Carlton is located behind heavy curtains right next to the lobby at Potsdamer Platz. The menu features drinks in the style of the Roaring Twenties, including the Truffle Tini and the Curtain Clover Club, plus 28 types of champagne served by the glass. The special feature: an adjacent Cigar Club offers hand-rolled cigars.

The shisha bar The Bridge by Diamond is located directly at the train station Tiergarten.

The bar Zum schmutzigen Hobby is located in a former fire station on the RAW grounds and was founded in 2005 by drag queen Nina Queer, then still on Rykestraße in Prenzlauer Berg. Today, drag shows, including with Judy LaDivina, and public viewings of casting shows are part of the program. The audience ranges from the queer scene to travelers.

Café Luzia is located at Oranienstraße 34, filling approximately 250 square meters with fifties vintage furniture, murals by Chin Chin, and lots of candlelight. Reservations are generally not taken, and DJs play in the back room on weekends. A Negroni costs 12.50 Euros. A typical start to a long night as a scene bar in Kreuzberg.

Located on Dominicusstraße in Schöneberg, a Korean Noraebang offers four soundproof booths for two to eight people. Singing takes place in a private room rather than in front of an audience, with a catalog ranging from K-Pop to German and international classics. The smallest booth costs 20 Euros per hour, booked in fixed time slots.

The pub on Seestrasse in Wedding operates without a closing time and keeps prices in the single-digit range. Beer is tapped, and there are shots and long drinks; take-away is also available. Located between Volkspark Rehberge, Schillerpark, and Virchow-Klinikum, the place is equally the nearest bar for both locals and night shift workers.

Multiple types of mole, prepared over hours, tostadas with changing toppings, and ceviche: Comedor cooks Mexican with ingredients from Berlin and Brandenburg. The tortillas are made from nixtamal, accompanied by a unique cocktail menu and a carefully curated wine selection.

The Hard Rock Cafe is the most famous American diner in Berlin and has been located in a landmarked Bauhaus building at Kurfürstendamm 224 since 2010. Original pieces of music history hang on the walls, and the menu features Legendary Burgers, Baby Back Ribs, and Fajitas. With a concert ticket from the same day, you get a 15 percent discount.

At Lychener Straße 15 in Prenzlauer Berg, Zu mir oder zu dir looks like a stranger's apartment: seventies sofas, red light, and changing color projections on the walls. Smoking is allowed inside, entry is free, a DJ plays on many nights, and guests get their drinks themselves at the bar. Among Berlin's trendy bars, this is the most laid-back.

Grosse Freiheit 114 on Boxhagener Straße in Friedrichshain opened in 2005 and reopened in 2021 under new management after a full refurbishment. The name nods to Hamburg's Große Freiheit, 114 is the house number, and since the relaunch the motto has been Queer and Friends. The darkroom stayed, eighties parties were added.

The shisha bar Aromafabrik lies in the heart of Berlin-Charlottenburg and impresses not only with good taste and quality, but also with a trendy and retro interior design.

On Schönleinstraße, dolls, old bicycles, and instruments hang on the walls, a foosball table stands in the middle, and the drink selection ranges from beer to cocktails at affordable prices. The pub has been running for decades without a closing time, appears in Sven Regener's novel Herr Lehmann, and is considered by many to be the last stop of a long evening.

The Betty F Bar on Mulackstraße is a basement bar where the counter takes up almost the entire space. The motto is 'Small but mighty,' Kölsch is on tap, and hits from the eighties and nineties are played. Mulackstraße was already a meeting point for the queer scene during the Imperial Era, and today the bar is an LGBTI* venue for a mixed audience.

Opposite SchwuZ on Mehringdamm, there's a queer show and drag bar where karaoke runs as its own show format. Everyone can perform on the small stage in the middle of the room, accompanied by drag shows and its own song contest. Draught beer costs 4.60 Euros, and since 2024, payments are exclusively by card, no longer cash.

Fahimi Bar is located on the first floor above Kottbusser Tor, accessible via a stickered door and a dark staircase. From the window seats, you can overlook the roundabout and the passing elevated train, while inside, the bar is centrally placed in the room. Signature cocktails cost 11.50 Euros. Since 2013, it has been one of the established scene bars in Kreuzberg.

The Famous Liquor Store on Nestorstraße in Wilmersdorf was formerly a cocktail bar and is now an event venue with a Hollywood design, featuring red diner furniture and a long bar. It hosts the bar show "LET'S GET FAMOUS" with burlesque, can-can, and magic. This variety show in Berlin takes place on the bar counter instead of a stage.

Bar 3 is located in a dead-end street at the end of Linienstraße, diagonally opposite Soho House and a few steps from the Volksbühne. A horseshoe-shaped bar counter occupies almost the entire room; seating is only available on stools and window sills. Kölsch is served in tall, slender glasses, and refills are provided until a coaster is placed on the glass.

The heart of Wilde Matilde in Nikolaiviertel is a bar built from a historic chain carousel. Additionally, there's the Kaisersaal in old Berlin coffee house style, an in-house patisserie, and on weekends, the Berlin Varieté Show with Can-Can, aerial artistry, and live saxophone. Varieté in Berlin with Eisbein and no aftershow party.

Melitta Sundström on Mehringdamm in Kreuzberg has existed since 1995 and carries the name of the Berlin drag queen and activist who died in 1993 and who performed stage shows and chansons in the eighties. For almost two decades the way to the SchwuZ club led through this bar, which today holds a hundred guests and two terraces.

Tacos, quesadillas with melted cheese, and baked enchiladas, accompanied by margaritas from their own bar: Frida&Diego serves Mexican cuisine on Fuggerstraße in Schöneberg. The dining area is colorfully designed, and the menu ranges from small sharing dishes to main courses.

A staple of Berlin's heavy metal scene has stood on Mainzer Straße since 1991. Amidst neon lights, posters, chains, and skulls, they host release parties, unplugged concerts, and music video nights. Fourteen beers are on tap, plus billiards, darts, foosball, and a pinball machine. The heated terrace offers forty-eight seats.

Located directly at Hermannstraße U- and S-Bahn station, this pub describes itself as an institution for over 25 years. It operates without closing hours, accepts cash payments only, has a smoking area, free Wi-Fi, and offers the option to rent the space for private parties. Prices remain in the lower double-digit range per person.

Sorsi e Morsi is a small Italian enoteca-bar on Marienburger Straße in the Winsviertel district of Prenzlauer Berg. The open wines come from all over Italy and change every evening; inquiries are made directly at the counter. In addition, there are antipasti, from small plates to large platters, and an aperitivo that was awarded in 2025.

Next to the stylish ambiance you can enjoy great cocktails made with high-end ingredients and great care at the CSA Bar.

On Flughafenstraße in Neukölln, there is a dark rock bar with red velvet, spotlights, and a single stage. There are no private booths, but there is a microphone and an audience that always sings along. Additionally, there is an outdoor area and the option to host private parties. Contactless payment, Mastercard, and Visa are accepted, and Wi-Fi is free.