Schwarze Traube is a bar in Kreuzberg, Berlin.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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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: Muskauer Strasse 15, 10997 Berlin
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.
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.
DrinkClassic cocktails (no menu)
FoodNone
TipNo menu. Tell the bartender what you like; the Old Fashioned and the Negroni are the room's defaults.
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.
DrinkJurke (signature large-format cocktail)
FoodNone
TipOpen 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.
DrinkBespoke rum-based cocktails
FoodNo food, drinks only
TipRing the bell, dress up a touch, and let Scholl steer the round. Cash only, closed Sundays and Mondays.
