Beckett's Kopf is a bar in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
Beckett's Kopf on Berlin's Pappelallee in Prenzlauer Berg has run a no-menu classic cocktail bar since 2004; the room is named after Samuel Beckett's head.
Editorially verified June 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: None
Tip: No menu. Tell the bartender what you like; the Old Fashioned and the Negroni are the room's defaults.
Address: Pappelallee 64, 10437 Berlin
Lamm Bar on Berlin's Wisbyer Strasse at the northern edge of Prenzlauer Berg runs a craft cocktail bar local mixologists recommend to each other.
Signature drink: Jurke (signature large-format cocktail)
Food: None
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 18:00-00:00 and Sun 17:30-23:30. Reservations for groups up to 15 until 20:00; otherwise walk-up to the bar.
Lamm Bar on Berlin's Wisbyer Strasse at the northern edge of Prenzlauer Berg runs a craft cocktail bar local mixologists recommend to each other.
Signature drink: Jurke (signature large-format cocktail)
Food: None
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 18:00-00:00 and Sun 17:30-23:30. Reservations for groups up to 15 until 20:00; otherwise walk-up to the bar.
Rum Trader on Fasanenstrasse is the oldest cocktail bar in Berlin, behind an unmarked black door trimmed in gold off Charlottenburg's Fasanenstrasse.
Signature drink: Bespoke rum-based cocktails
Food: No food, drinks only
Tip: Ring the bell, dress up a touch, and let Scholl steer the round. Cash only, closed Sundays and Mondays.
Stagger Lee on Berlin's Nollendorfstrasse in Schoeneberg runs a 1920s American whiskey bar with 200 bourbons, the music is bluegrass and country.
Signature drink: Bourbon Old Fashioned
Food: Snacks
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The bourbon tasting flight of three is the order to start.
Thelonious on Berlin's Weserstrasse in Neukoelln runs a jazz-themed cocktail bar with live music three nights a week and an Old Fashioned program.
Signature drink: Jazz Manhattan
Food: None
Tip: Live jazz Thursday to Saturday from 21:00. The Manhattan is the room's signature order.
Reingold on Novalisstrasse in Mitte is a low-lit 1920s cocktail lounge favoured by Berlin's media and advertising crowd, classic-era drinks set to recorded.
Signature drink: Classic-era cocktails with jazz
Food: Snacks only
Tip: Ring the bell, dress up a touch. Quieter mid-week before 22:00; the room fills late on weekends.
Buck and Breck on Berlin's Brunnenstrasse has run an unmarked speakeasy cocktail bar since 2010; 14 seats around a single bar, classic and pre-Prohibition.
Signature drink: Buck and Breck (Cognac and champagne)
Food: None (drinks only)
Tip: Unmarked door, ring the bell. Reservations only via email; the bar opens at 19:00 with two seatings.
