Rote Bar is a bar in Altstadt, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It opens when the riverbank empties; the four-hour nightly window keeps the room civilised rather than chaotic.
Address: Mainkai 7, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Bar Shuka brings Tel Aviv nights to Frankfurt's Niddastraße, mezze and arak cocktails running to midnight in the Bahnhofsviertel every night.
Signature drink: Arak cocktails with Tel Aviv-style mezze
Tip: Evenings are the point; the same room does hotel breakfast by day, so do not judge it before 19:00.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso by day, house cocktails after dark
Tip: Daytime it is a cafe with laptops; by 22:00 the same counter is one of the street's most reliable bars.
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.
Signature drink: Late drinks before the dancefloor takes over
Tip: It fills after the Opernplatz bars close; Thursday keeps the music-to-crowd ratio at its best.
O'Reilly's pours pints opposite Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, the Irish pub every arriving traveller finds within minutes of stepping off a train.
Signature drink: A properly settled pint of stout
Tip: Match days pack it beyond reason; otherwise it is the softest landing between a delayed train and a hotel check-in.
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.
Signature drink: Aperol on the wraparound terrace
Tip: The terrace at golden hour is the draw; inside stays calm enough for actual conversation even on weekends.
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.
Signature drink: Spritz at the quiet end of the Zeil
Tip: It is the meeting point before deciding on the real destination, and often the night stays right there until 01:00.
