Top Late-Night in Germany

Tadim Damak ★ 4.8

Tadim Damak on Venloer Strasse in Cologne's Ehrenfeld is open 24 hours; lahmacun and chicken shish at any hour; the most reliable late-night feed.

Mustafas Gemuese Kebap ★ 4.7

Mustafas Gemuese Kebap on Mehringdamm keeps its grill running past midnight on weekends. Located in Kreuzberg. At Mehringdamm 33. Booking recommended.

OrderDoener kebab with grilled vegetables

Ferkulum ★ 4.7

Ferkulum on Zülpicher Strasse in Cologne's student quarter is open until 04:00 on Fridays and Saturdays; the benchmark late-night pork gyros pita.

Antep Mangal ★ 4.6

Antep Mangal on Venloer Strasse in Cologne's Ehrenfeld is open until 05:00 on Fridays and Saturdays; authentic Gaziantep-style charcoal lamb and chicken.

Schumann's Bar am Hofgarten ★ 4.6

Schumann's on Munich's Odeonsplatz transitions from restaurant to cocktail hour around midnight and pours late-night until 02:00; one of the city's classic.

OrderBar snacks, late-night carte

Bar Gabányi ★ 4.6

Bar Gabányi on Munich's Beethovenplatz, Stefan Gabanyi's speakeasy-style room since 2012, pours whisky and cocktails to 05:00 on Friday and Saturday.

OrderBar snacks, hearty bar food

Curry 36 ★ 4.5

Curry 36 on Mehringdamm is Berlin's most dependable late-night Imbiss, open until 05:00 every day. Located in Kreuzberg. Booking recommended.

OrderCurrywurst

Pommes Imperivm ★ 4.5

Pommes Imperivm at Heumarkt 59 in Cologne's Altstadt serves Currywurst mit Pommes from a late-night counter open until 03:00 on Friday and Saturday nights.

Imren Grill ★ 4.4

Imren Grill on Boppstrasse stays open until 03:00 every night and is Berlin's go-to late-night doener after the clubs. Located in Kreuzberg.

OrderDoener kebab and duerüm wrap

Henne ★ 4.4

Henne Alt-Berliner Wirtshaus in Kreuzberg runs its single dish, a half-roasted milk-fed chicken with kraut salad and rye bread, through the evening.

OrderHalf a milk-fed roast chicken with kraut salad

Kebapland ★ 4.4

Kebapland on Venloer Strasse in Cologne's Ehrenfeld is the city's most praised Turkish charcoal mangal; open until midnight daily, later at weekends.

Habibi Falafel ★ 4.4

Habibi Falafel on Zülpicher Strasse in Cologne's Kwartier Latäng is open until 02:00 most nights; a fully loaded falafel wrap for under €5 at any late hour.

YALDY ★ 4.4

YALDY is the Bahnhofsviertel's late kitchen of record, Bib Gourmand plates and cocktails on Moselstraße until 02:00 at the weekend, kitchen included.

OrderLate shared plates and natural wine

TipThe rare Frankfurt combination: real cooking after midnight; the bar seats stay friendliest for late solo arrivals.

Bergwolf ★ 4.4

Bergwolf on Munich's Fraunhoferstrasse near Sendlinger Tor is the city's defining after-midnight currywurst counter; weekends to 04:00 with a vegan option.

OrderCurrywurst with fries

Diener Tattersall ★ 4.3

Diener Tattersall in Charlottenburg is a hunting-scene-panelled bar open until 02:00 since ex-boxer Franz Diener took it over in 1954. At Grolmanstrasse 47.

OrderBerlin tavern food: Klopse, lentil stew, sausage and kraut

Oruc Kebap ★ 4.3

Oruc Kebap on Heinsbergstrasse in Cologne's Kwartier Latäng serves charcoal-grilled Turkish kebap until 02:00; late opening nightly and a dependable stop.

naïv ★ 4.3

naïv pours craft taps on Fahrgasse until 01:00, the Altstadt's late room for one considered beer more after everything else shuts for the night.

OrderCraft beer flights after the kitchen winds down

TipKitchen closes at 23:00 but the taps do not; the pizzeria next door covers late hunger for as long as its own queue holds out.

Cafe Paris ★ 4.3

Cafe Paris on Rathausstrasse near Hamburg's Rathaus runs a French brasserie open daily until midnight Mon to Sat, with bistro classics and a long zinc bar.

OrderFrench brasserie classics

TipKitchen closes 22:30 Mon to Sat, 21:30 Sun. Bar runs later Kitchen close differs from bar close.

Grabz Smashburger ★ 4.2

Grabz Smashburger on Brüsseler Strasse in Cologne's Belgisches Viertel is open until 01:00 on Fridays; American smash burgers after the Belgian Quarter bars.

Balalaika ★ 4.2

Balalaika opens at 20:00 and sings until 03:00 on weekends, Frankfurt's candlelit music-bar answer to the question of one more drink after midnight.

OrderNightcaps with live music in candlelight

TipWeeknights close at 01:00, weekends at 03:00; the music decides the mood, so surrender the playlist expectations.

Franziska ★ 4.2

Franziska serves seven nights until midnight or later on Hainer Weg, Sachsenhausen's dependable answer for a proper dinner started late in the evening.

OrderGerman vintage plates on the late seating

TipThe 21:30 booking is the sweet spot; Sunday night service alone earns it a place on this list.

Schneider Bräuhaus ★ 4.2

Schneider Bräuhaus on Tal pours Schneider Weisse until 23:30; the kitchen runs Bavarian classics through 22:30 for the post-show crowd in Munich's Altstadt.

OrderWeisswurst, Kronfleisch, late-night Bavarian

Zur Letzten Instanz ★ 4.1

Zur Letzten Instanz, Berlin's oldest restaurant since 1621, serves traditional Prussian tavern food in the Nikolaiviertel through the evening.

OrderEisbein, Sauerbraten, Koenigsberger Klopse

Mevlana Restaurant ★ 4.1

Mevlana on Keupstrasse in Cologne-Mülheim is open until 02:00 most nights; the city's most acclaimed döner runs late to serve the Keupstrasse neighbourhood.

Zum Silbersack ★ 4.1

Zum Silbersack on Silbersackstrasse off the Reeperbahn in Hamburg's St Pauli is one of the quarter's longest-running working-class dive bars since 1949.

OrderPilsner and Korn

TipOpen daily from 18:00-06:00 weekend mornings. Cash only Kitchen close differs from bar close.

Brauerei Paeffgen (late) ★ 4.0

Brauerei Paeffgen on Friesenstrasse stays open until 00:30 on Fridays and Saturdays, the last Kölsch in the city's oldest independent house brewery served.

Klapper 33 ★ 4.0

Klapper 33 keeps Sachsenhausen's Klappergasse awake until 05:00 at weekends, the late Kneipe where Frankfurt tavern nights refuse to accept an ending.

OrderBeer and apfelwein in a smoky Sachsenhausen Kneipe

TipIt is a smoker's Kneipe of the old school; go after the apfelwein houses close and expect the room to decide when you leave.

Harvey's ★ 4.0

Harvey's sixteen-hour days end at 01:00 on its Nordend corner, Frankfurt's rare room equally right at 09:00 and after midnight on the same corner.

OrderLate drinks where brunch happened twelve hours earlier

TipThe kitchen shortens late; drinks and the corner terrace carry the last hours, especially on warm Fridays.

Erika's Eck ★ 4.0

Erika's Eck on Sternstrasse in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel runs an Imbiss room that has fed working-shift and post-club Schanze crowds since the early 1980s.

OrderSchnitzel and Mettwurst

TipHours vary by day: Mon 17:00-23:00, Tue and Wed open from 07:00, Thu late, Fri runs through, weekends split morning and evening. Cash and card accepted.

Zur Ritze Curry ★ 4.0

Zur Ritze Curry on Reeperbahn in Hamburg's St Pauli runs a currywurst counter attached to the boxing bar Zur Ritze, open Tue to Sat from 16:00-03:00.

OrderCurrywurst

TipLate-night Reeperbahn line; cash and card accepted. Vegan option available.