Berlin Bars & Cocktail Lounges

Green Door

• Winterfeldstrasse 50 U1/15 Nolledorfplatz
• Berlin,
• Telephone: 0049 30 215 2515
• Hours: 6pm - 3am daily

Look out for a bar along Winterfieldstr. with a green door…seriously. Behind the door is a very intimate cocktail bar, styled in that classic, trendy 70’s retro feel. This bar prides itself on truly exotic cocktails and offers an enormous and impressive choice. Test their slogan "the power of positive drinking" and let us know if it works for you.

Victoria bar

• Potsdamer Str.102 (Bundesstrasse 1) Tiegarten
• Berlin, 10785
• Telephone: 0049 30 2300 4956
• Hours: 6pm - 3 am daily

One of the newest additions to the Berlin bar scene, the Victoria bar is a great venue to ease yourself into the night. The interior reeks of style, decadence and luxury, with leather couches and dark wood panelling as a backdrop to some great modern art – no wonder it’s just picked up an award for best interior design. To continue the relaxed vibe, there’s also a great mix of jazz, soul and Reggae.

Haifisch

• Arndtstrasse 25 Kreuzberg
• Berlin, 10961

Quirky, laid-back cocktail bar in Kreuzberg, the west Berlin district that once stood in the shadow of the wall. Friendly, unified bar staff display expert mixology, cooking up colourful vodka and gin-based cocktails to ambient techno tunes. The back room has a sushi bar, the front is open for drinks ‘til 3am.

Bar Lounge 808

• Oranienburger Strasse 42-3 Mitte
• Berlin,
• Telephone: 00 49 30 2804 6727
• Hours: Mon -Sun 10am - 3am

The gifted architects who gave us Universum Lounge had already created this gaudy spot in the hip former East Berlin neighborhood of Mitte a few years before. The same colors are in evidence, with lavish gilt gold columns and heavy boudoir style drapes making it all a bit Moulin Rouge. A back lounge with a large aquarium evokes James Bond glam (or is it Austin Powers?) and has many plush sofas and chairs to lounge in while listening to house music. The triangular-shaped front bar though is the place to base yourself if you want to watch the girls go by through the windows on Augusstrasse. But keep an eye on the prices. Drinks run the gamut from Manhattans to Martinis but shaken or stirred they cost a bomb.

Bar am Luetzowplatz

• Luetzowplatz 7 TG Berlin,
• Telephone: 00 49 30 262 6807
• Hours: M-S 2pm-3am

Sixteen metres of bar and a cocktail list almost as long. Why not play a round of musical chairs as a novel way of getting through the drinks menu? Packed to the rafters after 11pm so you're bound to meet someone.