OOSTEN Realwirtschaft am Main is a rooftop bar in Ostend, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The upper deck at dusk is the shot everyone posts; drinks-only visits are easiest on weeknights.
Address: Mayfarthstraße 4, 60314 Frankfurt am Main
The Tiny Cup hides its cocktail counter inside Frankfurt's narrowest house at Mainkai 4, the closest the city comes to a speakeasy in spirit.
Tip: Blink and you miss the door under Seven Swans; the drinks list changes with the restaurant's farm harvest.
Harvey's is a fixture of queer Frankfurt, a Nordend corner cafe-bar named in the Harvey Milk tradition, open from morning to well past midnight.
Tip: It works as brunch spot, evening bar and community landmark in one; the terrace is the scene in summer.
Café Größenwahn has mixed queer culture, politics and dinner on its Nordend corner since 1978, Frankfurt's longest-running scene institution.
Tip: Come for dinner and stay for the room; the walls carry nearly five decades of Frankfurt counterculture.
Klapper 33 is Frankfurt's dive of record, a smoky Klappergasse Kneipe that keeps pouring until 05:00 when the weekend demands it of the room.
Tip: Cash only in spirit if not in fact; this is where Sachsenhausen's bar staff drink after their own shifts end.
O'Reilly's works the graveyard shift opposite Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, pints and stray travellers until 03:00 on Saturday nights and first trains.
Tip: Between a missed connection and the first morning train, this room has sheltered generations of the stranded.
Tanzhaus West drives Frankfurt techno through an old industrial complex on Gutleutstraße, marathon weekend sets running past sunrise into Sunday.
Tip: Events like the 28-hour season openers run through the morning; check the programme and buy ahead for anniversary nights.
