Berlin - Nightlife - Lounge - 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

Charlottenstraße 57, Berlin 10117
+49 30 202 9540

Newton Bar

Named for Helmut Newton and adorned with his iconic photograph of nude models in heels and 80's eyeliner, this bar is beloved by Berlin's business classes and rich out-of-towners. The upstairs N-Lo... 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

Schiffbauerdamm 11 , Berlin 10117
+49 30 2758 2048‎

Tausend

Berlin's best dressed disco misfits have been obsessing over this swank, tunnel-shaped hotspot ever since it crawled out from under the Paris-Moskau railway a few years back. Unmarked, save a doorb... read more

Lychener Straße 15, Berlin 10437
+49 176 2441 2940

Zu mir oder zu dir?

Hip 60's throwback bar with lots of accommodating lounge accessories for lazy swingers and practically non-existent standing room. Name is German for "your place or mine," fittingly frequented by s... read more

Merseburger Straße 7, Berlin 10823
+49 177 941 2808

Maigold

Hell has clearly frozen over here, where cocktails come with a LARGE glass of FREE tap water (wait, there's more) with ICE (!) without patrons having to plead with hostile bar staff or show proof o... read more

Novalisstrasse 11, Berlin 10115
+49 30 2838 7676‎

Reingold

Golden shrine homage to glam speakeasy style. Mod crowd blends into black leather sofas, sipping gin n' tonics and chain-smoking under watchful gaze of androgynous flappers painted on vintage prose... read more

Oranienstrasse 13, Berlin 10997
+49 30 6956 6762

Orient Lounge/ Rote Harfe

Lo and behold, hidden directly above Rote Harfe's family-friendly restaurant is the Orient Lounge, where locals who know laze around harem-style, holding grape leaves and sucking on hookahs. Istanb... read more

Pappelallee 81, Berlin 10437

Klub der Republik

Legacy of Berlin's oxymoron communist palace lives on in red-lit retrograde lounge. Furnishings salvaged from Palast der Republik soak up ambient glow cast by DDR lamps, with local hipsters wrestli... read more

Tauentzienstraße 9-11, Berlin 10789
+49 30 2636 7875

Puro Sky Lounge

Slick penthouse club atop Europa Center's eye sore mall, but gorgeous skyline views of neighboring historic church memorial. Moneyed eurotrash gets respectively rowdy, dancing and downing champagne... read more

Stresemannstraße 76, Berlin 10963
+49 (0)163 765 2700

Solar

Sleek upscale restaurant and penthouse club boasting panoramic views over Berlin's urban wastelands. Clientele comprised of city's upper echelons; mature public of gainfully employed adults who kno... read more

Weserstrasse 42, Berlin 12045
+49 (0)177 4572541

Tier

A neighborhood haunt for the demure hipster. Dim lights and impeccable ambience, the interior's hunting lodge look is art deco infused and adorably antiquated. Classic alt rock tunes from Joy Divis... read more

Sanderstrasse 17, Berlin 12047
+49 (0)30 624 2449

Pigalle Bar

Neukölln mounts Manhattan spawning ultraglam lounge for fashionable nocturnes. Quasi-clandestine club apparent only from discerning watchdog doormen. Façade offers little evidence of po... read more