Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Copenhagen for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Copenhagen for grown-ups.
Ruby in a 1740 townhouse on Nybrogade in Copenhagen is the city's reference cocktail room, opened 2007 with a parliament view, jazz-club basement and bar.
DrinkClassic and modern cocktails
FoodBar snacks, cheese plates
TipOpen until 02:00. The basement is the quieter room; the upstairs salon takes walk-ins after 22:00.
Lidkoeb on Vesterbrogade in Vesterbro spreads cocktails across three floors and a courtyard garden, with a whisky bar upstairs running flights on Friday.
DrinkReinvented classics, whisky flights
FoodSmall bites
TipThe courtyard takes walk-ups until 22:00. Upstairs whisky bar is reservation-only Friday and Saturday.
Bird on Gammel Kongevej in Frederiksberg pairs precise classic cocktails with a vinyl jazz programme in a tight Frederiksberg listening room.
DrinkHouse Martinis and gin cocktails
FoodBar snacks
TipWalk-in only; the listening room takes a small number of seated guests on a first-come basis.
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Mikkeller Bar on Viktoriagade in Vesterbro is the original 2010 Mikkeller bar, a semi-basement room with 20 taps from Mikkeller and the world's best craft.
DrinkMikkeller IPA, sour and wild ale flights
FoodCheese, snacks, meats
TipSaturday afternoons are the easiest; arrive before 18:00 for a counter seat.
WarPigs Brewpub on Flæsketorvet in Vesterbro's Kødbyen pours 23 craft beers brewed on site with Mikkeller and 3 Floyds, with a Texas barbecue kitchen.
Drink23 craft beers on tap, brewed on site
FoodTexas-style barbecue
TipBrewpub bar runs walk-in only; the on-tap rotation refreshes weekly. Friday nights are the busiest.
Mikkeller Baghaven on Refshalevej in Refshaleøen is the wild and barrel-aged outpost of Mikkeller, set in a former shipyard building next to Reffen's street.
DrinkWild and mixed-fermentation ales
FoodSmall plates from a pop-up kitchen
TipClosed Monday and Tuesday. Weekend afternoons are the play; bike out from Christianshavn metro.
BRUS on Guldbergsgade in Nørrebro is To Øl's 750-square-metre brewpub inside an old metal factory, with 30 taps, an on-site brewery and a kitchen running.
DrinkTo Øl beers brewed on site
FoodSmash burgers, bao buns, handmade ravioli
TipBrewpub takes walk-ups; book ahead for the brewery tour. The patio is the summer play.
Apollo Bar inside Kunsthal Charlottenborg on Nyhavn 2 in Copenhagen serves natural wine, beer and snacks from a courtyard-facing bar through the afternoon.
DrinkNatural wine by the glass
FoodSmall plates
TipDaytime cafe, evening wine bar; the cobbled courtyard is the summer seat.