48 Hours of Drinking in Berlin

A-Trane draws a steady local crowd in Charlottenburg. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Drop bags. Find a hotel-adjacent bar within a five-minute walk. Order something simple to anchor yourself to the city.

Dachgarten Restaurant Reichstag draws a steady local crowd in Tiergarten. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening The polished room you'd take a first date to. Sit at the bar. Talk to the bartender. Stay one drink — you're scouting, not committing.

Belushi's Berlin draws a steady local crowd in Mitte. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Walk into the city's drinking quarter (the heart of the night, not the tourist version). Two drinks, two rooms. Pace yourself — Saturday is the long day.

Amano Bar is the rooftop of Hotel Amano in Mitte. The view is good rather than spectacular — the central Berlin skyline including the TV Tower — and the cocktai Sunset. Find a rooftop. Order whatever the house specials around sundown. Take photos but don't lose 90 minutes to your phone.

B-Flat Acoustic Music & Jazz draws a steady local crowd in Mitte. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Eat somewhere with serious bartending built in. The right room is one you order both your dinner and your nightcap from.

Bar 3 draws a steady local crowd in Mitte. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The bar that made you book the trip. The pre-research one. Reservation-only ideally. Stay until last call.

Bar am Steinplatz is the cocktail bar of the heritage Hotel am Steinplatz in Charlottenburg. The room is preserved 1920s Berlin — leather banquettes, dim warm l Mary, Mimosa, or whatever low-ABV house play the room runs. Eat. Pay. Walk.

Tausend Cantina draws a steady local crowd in Mitte. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Find the hotel bar at your departure airport equivalent — somewhere quiet, low-volume, well-staffed. End the trip on a martini and a clean conversation.