Berlin - Nightlife - Cafebar - BlackBook Guides

Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 9, Berlin 10178
+49 (0)30 2434 2920

.HBC

Alternative events space playing host to city's hip, art cliques housed in the super-weird, sprawling digs of Berlin's former Hungarian Cultural Center. Restaurant serving delicate Francophile dish... read more

Frankfurter Allee 23, Berlin 10247
+49 30 4202 1193

Sanatorium 23

Hip lounge in historic Stalinist palazzo with red and white leather beds separated by swaths of translucent curtains, reminiscent of naughty nurses' office complete with Swiss red crosses. Gay-frie... read more

Kantstraße 152, Berlin 10623
+49 30 313 8052

Paris Bar

After near-fatal brush with bankruptcy, this legendary West Berlin bistro still holds court as the choice salon for iconic artists and cinema stars. Outfitted in classic Parisian style aggrandized ... read more

18 Oranienstraße, Berlin 10997
+49 30 6140 3659‎

Bateau Ivre

Lantern-lit boho bistro café invokes Henry Miller's Paris by luring in menagerie of scruffy local characters and ubiquitous literary expats indigenous to this avant-garde "SO36" section of K... read more

Kottbusser Damm 104, Berlin 10967
+49 (0)30 693 5649

Ankerklause

Nautically themed cafe and dive bar with dance-floor action on Thursdays. Popular brunch spot, scenic waterside location, kitsch interior with diner-style seating and classic no-fuss dishes like Fr... read more

Oranienstrasse 34, Berlin 10999
+49 (0)30 6110 7469

Luzia

Just around the corner from Kotti's charming crackheads is this Parisian café meets funky euro salon. Authentic local spot for milling about among students, artists, drunks, trannies and soc... read more

Reuterstrasse 40, Berlin 12047
+49 (0)30 5306 9928

Goldberg

Hybrid café/bar frequented by young and ever-gentrifying “kreuzkölln” crowd. Not far from scenic canal shores, daytime bites parlay to sundown drinks in no-frills atmosphere... read more