15 bars in Frankfurt, editor-picked for bars open late. Bars serving past 23:00. All bars in Frankfurt.
The Tiny Cup ★ 4.4
altstadt · Mainkai 4, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Wed-Sat 18:00-00:00; occasional Sunday events
The Tiny Cup mixes cocktails below Seven Swans in Frankfurt's narrowest house on the Mainkai, the starred kitchen's after-hours sibling and equal in craft.
Tip: Squeeze in before or after a Seven Swans booking; the seasonal menu leans on the same permaculture farm as the restaurant.
naïv ★ 4.4
altstadt · Fahrgasse 4, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Fri 17:00-01:00, kitchen until 23:00; Sat 10:00-01:00; Sun 10:00-23:00
naïv is Frankfurt's craft beer bar of record on Fahrgasse, with rotating taps and a house lager poured nightly until 01:00 to a walk-in crowd.
Tip: No evening reservations by policy; the taps change weekly, and the bottle shop at number 8 handles the take-home cravings.
YALDY ★ 4.4
bahnhofsviertel · Moselstraße 15, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Thu 18:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00
YALDY doubles as the Bahnhofsviertel's most relaxed cocktail room in Frankfurt, Bib Gourmand snacks backing the drinks until 02:00 at weekends.
Tip: Order food early and drink late; the kitchen's shared plates outclass every other bar menu on the street.
Burbank ★ 4.2
gutleutviertel · Gutleutstraße 85, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Lunch Mon-Fri 12:00-18:00; dinner Sun-Thu 18:00-23:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-00:00
Burbank runs the Roomers hotel's black-lacquered ground floor in Frankfurt, cocktails and Asian-Californian plates on Gutleutstraße until midnight.
Tip: Dinner reservations unlock the adjoining Roomers Bar for the nightcap; Fridays the room shifts from dining to scene by 22:00.
Balalaika ★ 4.2
sachsenhausen · Schifferstraße 3, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Thu 20:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 20:00-03:00; closed Sun
Balalaika packs live music into a candlelit Sachsenhausen room on Schifferstraße, Frankfurt's tiny late bar with a cult following and no closing hurry.
Tip: Come after the taverns close; the room holds a few dozen people and the music is whatever the night produces.
Ebbelwoi Unser ★ 4.2
sachsenhausen · Abtsgäßchen 8, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Sun-Thu 17:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 17:00-01:00
Ebbelwoi Unser is the apfelwein tavern that drinks like a bar, Sachsenhausen's young crowd holding tables in Frankfurt until 01:00 most nights.
Tip: Order the Bembel and settle in; this is the tavern to treat as a night out rather than a dinner stop.
Plank ★ 4.1
bahnhofsviertel · Elbestraße 15, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Thu 10:00-01:00; Fri 10:00-02:00; Sat 11:00-02:00; closed Sun
Plank runs Elbestraße from morning espresso to 02:00 cocktails, the Bahnhofsviertel's all-day room that helped gentrify the block one bar at a time.
Tip: Daytime it is a cafe with laptops; by 22:00 the same counter is one of the street's most reliable bars.
OOSTEN Realwirtschaft am Main ★ 4.1
ostend · Mayfarthstraße 4, 60314 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Fri 17:00-23:00; Sat 12:00-23:00; Sun and holidays 10:00-22:00
OOSTEN's terrace under the old harbour crane doubles as Frankfurt's best riverside drinks deck, skyline sundowners over the Main every clear evening.
Tip: Drinks-only guests do best on the upper deck; time it for the hour before sunset and let the ECB tower do the lighting.
Klapper 33 ★ 4.0
sachsenhausen · Klappergasse 33, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Sun-Thu 19:00-02:00; Fri-Sat 19:00-05:00
Klapper 33 is the Klappergasse Kneipe that outlasts every Frankfurt tavern night, pouring until 05:00 at the weekend, cash in hand and jukebox on.
Tip: The crowd is whoever survived Sachsenhausen's evening; cash, smoke and no pretensions whatsoever.
Rote Bar ★ 4.0
altstadt · Mainkai 7, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Daily 20:00-00:00
Rote Bar keeps a red-velvet cocktail salon above Frankfurt's Mainkai, nightly from 20:00, three doors from the narrowest house in town at Mainkai 4.
Tip: It opens when the riverbank empties; the four-hour nightly window keeps the room civilised rather than chaotic.
Harvey's ★ 4.0
nordend · Bornheimer Landstraße 64, 60316 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Sat 09:00-01:00; Sun 09:00-00:00
Harvey's turns from Nordend brunch room into a proper corner bar by evening, with drinks poured until 01:00 on Bornheimer Landstraße in Frankfurt.
Tip: The terrace at golden hour is the draw; inside stays calm enough for actual conversation even on weekends.
Chinaski ★ 3.9
westend · Bockenheimer Landstraße 3, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Wed 22:00-03:00; Thu-Sat 22:00-04:00; closed Sun-Tue
Chinaski blurs bar into club opposite the Alte Oper on Bockenheimer Landstraße, open 22:00 to 03:00 or 04:00 late in the week for the dance-inclined.
Tip: It fills after the Opernplatz bars close; Thursday keeps the music-to-crowd ratio at its best.
Café Maingold ★ 3.9
innenstadt · Zeil 1, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-01:00; Sun and holidays 10:00-21:00
Café Maingold slides into bar mode after dark at Zeil 1, Frankfurt's low-lit room between the shopping mile and the Innenstadt bars proper, till late.
Tip: It is the meeting point before deciding on the real destination, and often the night stays right there until 01:00.
Wunderbar ★ 3.9
hoechst · Antoniterstraße 16, 65929 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00-00:00, kitchen until 21:00; Sun 10:00-16:00
Wunderbar is Höchst's bar as well as its cafe, pouring until midnight among half-timbered lanes on Frankfurt's western edge, last orders near midnight.
Tip: After the kitchen closes at 21:00 the front room becomes the district's living room; last S-Bahn back runs well past midnight.
O'Reilly's ★ 3.7
bahnhofsviertel · Am Hauptbahnhof 4, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Hours: Mon-Thu 16:30-00:00; Fri 12:00-02:00; Sat 12:00-03:00; Sun 12:00-00:00
O'Reilly's pours pints opposite Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, the Irish pub every arriving traveller finds within minutes of stepping off a train.
Tip: Match days pack it beyond reason; otherwise it is the softest landing between a delayed train and a hotel check-in.