KEY2 Pick
Speakeasy • $$$
Buck and Breck
Doorbell-entry speakeasy behind an unmarked door in Mitte, one bartender, one cocktail menu, no phones at the bar.
Best for: Date Night
Best bars in Berlin
Cocktail rooms, rooftops and unmarked doors — where to start a night and where to end one.
KEY2 Pick
Historic Ballroom • $$
Clärchens Ballhaus
1913 dance hall on Auguststraße, a Berlin survivor serving pizza and cocktails with ballroom dancing most nights of the week.
Best for: Group / Casual Drinks
Riverside Bar • $$
Bar at Kater Blau
Riverside beer garden and bar attached to the Kater Blau club complex on the Spree, a relaxed daytime prelude to the nightclub.
Best for: Group / Casual Drinks
Cocktail Bar • $$$
Becketts Kopf
Unmarked Prenzlauer Berg cocktail den named for Samuel Beckett, a Berlin classic for serious, unfussy mixed drinks.
Best for: Date Night / Casual Drinks
Rooftop Bar • $$$
Monkey Bar
Rooftop bar atop the 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin overlooking the zoo and Tiergarten, one of the best skyline views in the city.
Best for: Group / Casual Drinks
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