"Cold dishes" Bars in Baden-Wuerttemberg
A bar with a very special flair: with an atmosphere reminiscent of a boxing ring, this gem of a bar in the Hirschhof impresses with fabulous drinks and the highest quality standards. The regional and seasonal menu offers plenty of variety with constantly changing themes, making every visit a new experience.
The bar at the Fritz & Felix restaurant in the style of the Roaring Twenties is a new crowd-puller. The bar creates its own drinks and reinterprets classics in a modern way. Among other things, homemade vermouths and one of the largest collections of German gins and whisk(e)ys are served.
This extremely stylish bar gem in the luxury Hotel Brenner's is a popular meeting place for high society, especially of the international gallop raciness. The Oleander Bar was named after the legendary thoroughbred stallion from Baron Schlenderhahn's stud farm. The quality of the drinks and the ambience are outstanding.
First-class bar-restaurant by gastronomic visionary Willi Schoellmann on the top floor of a former fashion house with a view over Offenburg. The cocktails are highly experimental, but fantastic, and are mixed with regional fruit brandies, for example. The food on offer is of the very highest quality.
Located in a former grocery store in the Jungbusch district, this unique concept combines an elegant cocktail bar with a classic men's bar. Chef Paul Sieferle studied music at the Popakademie Mannheim and played in Max Giesinger's band for several years, and is now shaking up the bar scene.
For 25 years, this establishment has stood for bar culture at the highest level. In 2022, the drinks menu - previously almost as thick as a telephone directory - was slimmed down and trimmed to reflect the spirit of the times, without the selection losing any of its authenticity. In summer, the Santo Hotel's local gem attracts guests with its cosy terrace.
When a series does well - such as "Game of Thrones" - a prequel is released soon afterwards to explain how it all came about in the first place. That's great for fans. For fans of Negroni, this means booking a train ticket to Tübingen, where a few bartenders talk about the youth of the timeless classic.
The bar's arthouse cinema next door shows selected films. But here too, you can feel like you're in a movie. When you're sitting at a table in the corner, outside the city is streaming into the hip, trendy Jungbusch district, but it's nice to have a whisky sour. Of course, you have to drink it if you want the evening to be a classic.
The chic lobby bar in the four-star Hotel Blauer Reiter, which opened in 2019, impresses with first-class cocktails from bar manager Niklas Strohmenger and a cosy winter garden. Cocktail courses and a special menu for ladies are offered on selected days. Not to be confused with the Berlin Curtain Club.
There is a Friedrichs in almost every city. But the former cocktail master of southern Germany doesn't greet you behind the bar everywhere. Erim Türkmen shakes, stirs and mixes his guests out of their minds. And yet afterwards they leave his bar smarter. Let's see if anyone can imitate him.
The roosters are still crowing about it; this bar that gives guests an all-round feeling of well-being is really doing everything right. The bar staff are discreetly attentive, the furnishings are to fall in love with and the drinks are finely crafted experiences.
Since 2012, trained restaurant specialist Roman Koffer has been running his cozy cocktail bar just a few minutes' walk from the city centre. He treats up to 80 guests to fresh ingredients and creative recipes. He pays particular attention to so-called "cocktail flights", which consist of three drinks each.
New bar manager, old recipe for success: Salvatore Giustiniani is a virtuoso behind the bar who delights his guests with liquid classics and his own creations in equal measure. His creativity comes to the fore when the drinks – whether non-alcoholic or not – become a harmonious accompaniment to the top-class menus.
Heidelberg looks like a doll's town. So it's fitting that it also has restaurants where everything fits together perfectly like in a doll's house. The service, the modern cuisine and, of course, the drinks. With a bit of luck, you can sit outside and catch a glimpse of the almost kitschy beauty.
In this rooftop bar, you can enjoy an intoxicating view over the rooftops of Baden-Baden to the Black Forest. The Roomers Bar sets standards in many respects: an exclusive selection of whisk(e)y meets excellent signature drinks, the well-trained staff provide competent and witty advice.
This multi-award-winning cult bar is atmospherically located in an old vaulted cellar. The owners Claudia Álamo Masanet and Lennart Geist serve cocktails here under the name "Liquid Kitchen". The online store offers in-house bottled cocktails and selected spirits. An inner courtyard beckons in summer.
It feels a little like being in Herrmann Hesse's "Magic Theater". As if you had escaped the world with its 24 hours and sunrises and sunsets for the duration of a few drinks. Dimmed lights, no arena: this circus surprises with extravagant creations that are as funny as clowns.
Visitors to this bar might be tempted to pull out their binoculars and use them - like the bar's namesake - to find out what is lurking at the bottom of all those bottles behind the counter. But you don't have to: the friendly staff provide expert advice - but it's still a little adventure.
Europa-Park bar in the superior Bell Rock Hotel impresses with its extensive range of whisk(e)y and 1920s-style ambience. The Spirit of St. Louis Bar has a separate non-smoking area. In summer, numerous seats on the terrace invite you to linger and enjoy. Small dishes are also on offer.
Actually, it doesn't take much at all. A little love for the craft and the right instinct for people and what they want without necessarily knowing it yet. Okay, that's quite a lot. All the better then that there is a place in Crailsheim where it all comes together. And in a fun way, too.