Bar Tausend is a bar in Mitte, Berlin.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Tausend Cantina restaurant attached
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Learn how to mix cocktails like a pro with a professional bartender. Enjoy a welcome drink and learn the art of mixology. Mix 3 different cocktails and learn about the...
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Fresh, aromatic, and full of flavor: The Garden Special will show you how to mix extraordinary drinks using herbs from your balcony or garden.
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Learn to mix mocktails like a pro. Our non-alcoholic cocktail class is perfect for anyone who wants to discover creative mocktails or non-alcoholic classics.
Address: Schiffbauerdamm 11, 10117 Berlin
Windhorst on Berlin's Dorotheenstrasse near the Bundestag has run since 1991 with the same bartenders; the martini and the journalist regulars define.
DrinkVodka martini
FoodNone
TipSmoke-friendly room (rare in Berlin). The Vodka Martini is the canonical order; cash and card accepted.
Victoria Bar on Berlin's Potsdamer Strasse in Tiergarten has been the city's reference classic-cocktails bar since 2001; the long brass-and-leather room.
DrinkGreen Victoria (champagne cocktail)
FoodSmall plates
TipWalk-ups for the bar from 18:30; the back banquettes need a phone call. Closed-door cocktail school runs Monday afternoons.
Bar Bonvivant on Berlin's Goltzstrasse in Schoeneberg runs the city's reference vermouth bar with 50 bottles on the back wall; the cocktail list.
DrinkHouse vermouth on the rocks
FoodTapas and charcuterie
TipThe walk-up bar takes early-evening crowds; the back booth seats four and books online a week ahead.
Schwarze Traube on Muskauer Strasse in Kreuzberg has run a no-menu bespoke cocktail room since 2012; tell the bartender a spirit and a profile and they build.
DrinkBartender's choice cocktail
FoodNone
TipNo menu. Tell the bartender a spirit and a taste profile. Ring the bell, reservations by email; small room, 18 covers.
Velvet on Ganghoferstrasse in Neukoelln is a hyperseasonal cocktail room from a small team that resets the menu every week around foraged Berlin plants.
DrinkForaged-Berlin weekly menu
FoodSnacks only
TipThe menu rewrites weekly so ask the bartender what is on this week, and skip Tuesday (lab day).
The Curtain Club at the Ritz-Carlton on Potsdamer Platz runs an elegant cocktail room behind heavy drapes off the hotel lobby, the carte built around.
Drink1920s-era classics with live music
FoodBar snacks
TipHotel bar, smart-casual at minimum. Daily 18:00-01:00; the live-music nights pack the room early.
Windhorst on Berlin's Dorotheenstrasse near the Bundestag has run since 1991 with the same bartenders; the martini and the journalist regulars define.
DrinkVodka martini
FoodNone
TipSmoke-friendly room (rare in Berlin). The Vodka Martini is the canonical order; cash and card accepted.
