The Ten Best Hotel Bars in Copenhagen

Polished, precise, civilised. Copenhagen's best hotel-bar drinking — picked for craft, not concierge buzz.

Copenhagen's hotel bars run a quieter, more disciplined kind of drinking. They're rooms designed for travellers who want a precise martini and an unhurried hour, not whoever happens to walk in off the street. This is barsforKings's editor-curated guide to the 10 best hotel bars in Copenhagen — picked for craft, atmosphere, and the rare quality of being equally good at 6pm and 1am.

Hotel bars solve specific problems. You need a bar near your room. You need somewhere quiet to take a meeting. You want the drink right the first time and you don't want to negotiate a wait. Every recommendation below clears those three bars. Most are open to non-guests; we've flagged any that aren't.

Best for: business travellers, late-checkout drinks, hotel-room negotiations made civilised, anniversaries that deserve a hotel jacket. Pricing skews higher than the city average — that's the trade. The rooms below justify it.

The Ranked List

Ten hotel bars, ranked

Civilised, polished, not pretending to be a club. Pick by neighbourhood and proximity to where you're sleeping.

No. 01 · Hotel Bar
ARCH Rooftop
Indre By · $$$
ARCH Rooftop draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
No. 02 · Hotel Bar
The Corner at 108
Christianshavn · $$$
The Corner at 108 draws a steady local crowd in Christianshavn. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
No. 03 · Hotel Bar
The Jane Copenhagen
City centre · $$$
The Jane occupies a slender ground-floor space on Gammel Kongevej that is easy to walk past and almost impossible to forget once you have been inside. Forty sea
No. 04 · Hotel Bar
1105
Indre By · $$$
1105 draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
No. 05 · Hotel Bar
Aamanns Deli Bar
Indre By · $$$
Aamanns Deli Bar draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
No. 06 · Hotel Bar
Apollo Bar Copenhagen
City centre · $$$
Apollo Bar is Nyhavn's most precise classical cocktail bar — opened in 2018 by former Ruby bartenders. The 32-seat counter bar is dimly lit with leather banquet
No. 07 · Hotel Bar
Baest Bar
Norrebro · $$$
Baest Bar draws a steady local crowd in Norrebro. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
No. 08 · Hotel Bar
Balderdash
Indre By · $$$
Balderdash draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
No. 09 · Hotel Bar
Balderdash Copenhagen
City centre · $$$
Balderdash is Indre By's most theatrical classical cocktail bar — built around traditional cocktail technique with Nordic ingredients. World's 50 Best Bars regu
No. 10 · Hotel Bar
Barr Copenhagen
City centre · $$$$
Barr is the polished restaurant-bar attached to former Noma chef Thorsten Schmidt's Christianshavn restaurant — opened in 2017 in the original Noma harbour-fron
No. 11
TATA Bar
Copenhagen · $$
TATA Bar mixes award winning classic cocktails behind velvet curtains at Hotel Sanders in Copenhagen, two minutes from the Royal Danish Theatre.
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