The best cocktail bars Germany

A bar of class and elegance. No wonder, the Curtain Club is the bar of the iconic Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Potsdamer Platz. Design and luxury await you in this bar inspired by the 1920s, as well as an impressively original tea menu. For cigar aficionados , try the daily cigar club organized by the Curtain Club team and awaken the Churchill in you. Champagne and cigars in a refined speakeasy setting, you'll feel like you've been catapulted back to the Roaring Twenties.

Our favorite cocktail bar is located in the Victoria Best Western Premier Hotel, between the train station and Bertoldsbrunnen Straße. Surprising? Wait until you see the rest. As you enter, you'll instinctively come across the first bar, the Cocktail Bar. Classic decor, hushed atmosphere, not particularly original but comfortable: a good place for a quiet drink with your partner. But the real attraction lies elsewhere. Follow the stairs to the toilets and go down to the second bar: the Smoker Lounge. An immediate change of atmosphere! Here, the decor is much more original and elaborate, the atmosphere more relaxed and less formal. Sink into one of the quilted leather sofas and enjoy friendly, professional service, some of the best cocktails in town, a carefully selected playlist and a melting-pot, intergenerational atmosphere. As you may have guessed, this part of the establishment is a smoking area, and you can buy cigars to complete your journey in this Prohibition-inspired atmosphere. The menu is the same for both bars. Here, the cocktail is king, with a few classics such as mojitos and margaritas, and more original offerings such as the "Sage Old Buck" made with whisky, vanilla syrup, lemon, ginger beer, pear liqueur and sage. Of course, non-alcoholic cocktails are not to be outdone. For the less courageous: wines, champagnes and beers are also on the menu. The more expensive prices than elsewhere seem entirely justified in view of the quality of the offer and the experience on offer. In short, it's a door you have to dare to push, and an appearance you have to overcome, for an excellent evening out in Freiburg.

The Green Door is high on the list of Berlin's hottest cocktail bars, with a retro 70's decor akin toAlice in Wonderland. The cocktails are some of the best in the city (and don't worry, they won't make you shrink unless you really abuse them). Enjoy the thousand colorful delights offered by the menu and appreciate the dexterity of the bartenders. Our favorite cocktail, the Certainly Marigold: golden vermouth, distilled plum and calendula seeds, clementine verjuice, Scotch whisky, fig liqueur.

At once chic, modern and industrial, Lamm is the epitome of cool. Bare and aesthetically worn walls, benches and stools covered with green velvet and a cement counter, we are in the design. The cocktails are divided into "lämmer" (lambs) and "lämmchen" (lamblets), depending on their size, and have names like Snax or Banana Split. Our favorites are the "Jurke", a creation made with whiskey, Spreewald cucumber and lemon, or the "Aperillo", a combination of vodka, Aperol, white chocolate and lime.

A little bit of exoticism in Berlin. Forget the trendy bars of Prenzlauer Berg and the snobbish DJs of Mitte for a while and take the time to enjoy a cocktail at the Bahamas Cocktailbar between two palm trees and feet in the sand. A nice list of cocktails at very attractive prices, a festive atmosphere and a warm welcome have made this place a favorite, especially among locals. The happy hour is almost crazy: between 5pm and 7:30pm, all cocktails are €5.50 every day of the week.

The TiER is a bar shrouded in mystery. Why the name? And why a lowercase "i"? Cocktail names are full of references, especially cinematographic or literary. Inside, the decoration evokes a lounge of the 1970s, intellectual and smoker. Faithful to the bars of Neukölln, with an atmosphere that is both warm and underground, the TiER stands out for the quality and originality of its cocktails. The service, very professional, will know how to advise you. The prices are rather affordable, a must-do in your local pub-crawl.

A little gem for cocktail lovers. Located in the affiliated restaurant, Panama (which is also worth a visit), the Tiger Bar relies on local products and sustainable, waste-minimizing production. The mixologists are experts; fermenting, macerating, mixing, the methods are varied and the results creative and original. In addition to cocktails, a nice selection of natural wines and craft beers is also offered. Ideal for a small aperitif before settling in for dinner in Panama.

In the former offices of the Czech airline CSA, this pretty, upscale cocktail bar has long been a haunt for fashion, film and advertising people. Less fashionable today, it's more touristy and the atmosphere is a bit stilted... But you will still be able to enjoy the delicious cocktails à la carte and the cream-coloured decor which oscillates between the retro and the ultramodern. Here we are a little out of time, somewhere between the 1960s and today, between Berlin, Prague and Warsaw...

Here's a cocktail bar with an unusual concept: drinks and assorted snacks are served. All the products used are from the German-speaking world: no cinnamon, chocolate or lemon. The decor has something of the elegance of the 1970s, with its instagrammable pink hues, all in a very girly , photogenic atmosphere. The cocktails are surprising, and some are even prepared with parmesan cheese, like the "Funky Fresa". The name refers to the homemade popcorn served with the delicious cocktails.

The name of the bar is both intriguing and awesome; literally: the wicked wolf. The decoration of this excellent bar in Friedrichshain plays skillfully with the hijacking of objects: the lighting is done with construction lamps (portable lamps), old window frames act as walls, and the whole thing is very successful! The speciality of Krass Böser Wolf is Giniwi, a shooter made of gin and kiwi puree. Very friendly and in the immediate vicinity of large Berlin nightclubs: About Blank or the Salon zur Wilden Renate.