The best bars and cafés Berlin

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.

CCCP, you may have recognized it, it's USSR in Cyrillic. A Russian bar then. The Old CCCP is one of the only survivors of the massive and aseptic gentrification of Mitte; it is one of those bars which, like the Eschschloraque, grew up with the Berlin of the 1990s and 2000s and which still today bear witness to an atmosphere that can only be found here. The clientele is heterogeneous, from regulars to gallery owners, from expats to trendy people, everyone is welcome in this cocktail bar that only fills up at dawn.

Known throughout the Berlin underground, the Madame Claude bar has taken over a former brothel. The drinking-dining room literally plays with the laws of gravity, the furniture is "taped" to the ceiling and it is on the floor that you will find mouldings and lighting fixtures. A (very small) room is dedicated to stage performances (DJs, electro-rock or acoustic bands). On Wednesday evening, it's Music Blind Test night and on Sunday the most audacious take to the stage for an Open Mic. There is also a ping-pong table and table football. Good atmosphere guaranteed!

Zu mir oder zu dir: "At your place or at moi ? ». If you can't make up your mind, or if you haven't made up your mind yet, then go to this bar. Here you can lie on the cushions, help yourself to the bar directly and take your time to answer this question while listening to the DJ set. The bar's decoration evokes the 1970s in all its destruction. And if you don't have a "date", you can also meet your friends for a beer and enjoy the music. Smoking and smoky bar.

The Morgenrot, the only survivor of the former punks of the Kastanienallee, is nestled next to a green squat. This place is the result of a collective wishing to create an alternative space of dialogue at the same time political, cultural and friendly. From then on, the service is done at the bar with more than honest prices, the place offers a free wireless Internet connection as well as numerous newspapers and proposes exhibitions and concerts. Its famous vegetarian and vegan Frühstücksbuffet (brunch) can be enjoyed from 11 am from Friday to Sunday.

A Berlin institution, this huge gay and trans-friendly karaoke consists of an open room, where you perform in front of an overexcited crowd, and booths that you rent with your friends to sing along to the Jackson Five or Britney Spears. A crazy, glittery, too much and kitsch atmosphere, absolutely delicious. Don't miss the POPPERS night every month. A drag night where at 8pm the Kings and Queens can perform for the first time.

The Ludwigkirchplatz ice cream parlour offers exclusive ice cream creations, lovingly prepared by Lali. At Sweet2Go, we're very demanding: the organic ingredients that give them their exceptional flavor guarantee exquisite ice creams. For more unique flavors, try toasted pumpkin seeds, mint and saffron, honey and goat's cheese or lime and basil. Cakes based on old family recipes are just as tasty. The outdoor tea room is charmingly typical of Berlin.

A bar for an early evening. It has an intimate atmosphere and a rich cocktail list. The menu includes drinks such as gin and tonic or moscow mule (vodka, cucumber, ginger beer), cocktails that are very popular in Berlin. The prices are as high as the place is trendy, it is the ransom of the gentrification of Mitte. Little by little, you'll see the bar filling up to the rhythm of the DJ's music and the atmosphere becoming more festive. The place is a bit "have you seen me", to be avoided if you are looking for an authentic bar.

With a huge cocktail-bar room, this café-restaurant between Friedrichstraße and La Spree offers a wide variety of guests: At noon, students benefit from low priced dishes (between € 10,90 and € 4,90), the evening of yuppies transforms the place into a chic and trendy cocktail-bar. Great choice of Italian wines.

Mr. Husen, a trashy writer and cult figure, is the owner of this trendy bar decorated in blue and green, comfortable and dark as one could wish for. People come here to smoke a cigar, drink a cocktail, or more modestly a beer, and have fun, but dignement ! Mister Hu is the kind of bar that is recommended to small quiet groups and couples looking for a nest to drink a colourful cocktail. Cocktails are rather expensive but will satisfy the amateurs. On Sundays, at Mister Hu, you can listen to soul and funk music.

The name alone speaks for itself for this lascivious, relaxed and cultured place. A bar of reference, which has managed to retain a clientele that enjoys excellent cocktails and flirts without complexes. You can drink a lot, talk even more, and sometimes dance there when the atmosphere is right for it, that is to say late at night. It's better to finish your night at the Gainsbourg than to start it, otherwise you might not see much! In the summer, the Gainsbourg has a small, very pleasant terrace where you can sip your cocktail while chatting in the sun.

Located opposite the Berlin University of the Arts, this spacious and relaxed café is the place to be for students who are skipping classes, or who have joint projects to prepare, and who are constantly rebuilding the world or imagining their future! In a relaxed atmosphere and a warm setting, classical music is played, but beware, the place is always very lively and noisy! In short, it's a student café, the large wooded room is animated like a train station hall and bustles all day long with all kinds of people.

One of the nicest coffee bars in the neighbourhood with its grandmother's lounge décor and odd armchairs, a decoration so typical of Berlin. In the summer, the terrace is a popular spot for strolling, ideally located opposite Helmholtzplatz. Inside, silver walls, soft sofas and a subdued atmosphere are the order of the day. In the evening, the Wohnzimmer (Goethe's language lounge) fills up to become an antechamber for the festive night. It is also a favourite place for first love encounters.

This charming wine bar, with a lovely sun terrace, operates on a "pay what you want" basis. You pay for a drink and then go to the bar to be served. When you leave, you can pay what you feel is right for what you have consumed. Be careful, the French have unfortunately acquired a sad reputation as profiteers, so make sure you pay honestly. The word weinerei in German means childish whining, and the word here plays quite naturally with the word for wine: wein.

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.