"Lounge Bar" in Hamburg
Collabs are a big thing here in St. Pauli and fellow restaurateurs like to stop off at owner Chloé Merz's bar. The bar menu is as minimalist as the design, with alcohol content charts providing orientation. The "Sip Happens" with gin, peach and white pepper is comforting, while the "Honeymoon" with pumpkin seed oil is surprising.
Cultural fusion in a glass with Asian spices and Western textures. A beautiful menu with ingredient sketches that pique your curiosity. For example, "Enigma" with rum, nut butter, shiitake mushrooms, and plum wine, or "Eastern Bite" with Tanqueray No. Ten, roasted rice, tom yum, cucumber, and coriander. Relaxed old-school hip hop to accompany your drink.
Hidden away in a warehouse, the long bar attracts everyone's attention. Cocktails such as the mysterious purple-coloured "To pimp a Butterfly" or fruity signature drinks shimmer in the light, while fantastic Thai curries, duck breast or vegan pancakes come out of the show kitchen to share - the perfect way to unwind after work.
Dimmed lighting, dark blue and warm wood tones create an elegant setting at Mühlenkamp, while the vinyl collection of hosts Jules Koch and Timo Daniel sets the mood. Perfectly mixed classics such as Martini and Co meet sophisticated twists such as the "Choc'o'Clock" with rum, port and dark chocolate.
Drip drip hooray! Gin, rum or vodka are poured into the cold dripper using the slow drip method and pass through filters with ingredients ranging from spices to fruit and coffee, dripping out the fine result in up to 24 hours. Special: "Boozled Bean" aka rum dripped through tonka bean, with white chocolate liqueur and blueberry yoghurt.
Elegant lounge bar and restaurant on two chic levels. Wines from the owners' Italian family estate, "Aperitivo Milano" every Thursday with live music and small Stuzzichini finger food. Nice selection of Spritz variations such as "Spritzi Kuss" with Italicus, Prosecco, soda and Roseflower Water. Tip - try the "Matcha Martini".
Owner Oliver Singh calls his bar a cocktail pub, which not only serves excellent drinks, but also cultivated beers and a lively neighbourhood community. They mix classics such as Espresso Martini and their own creations such as Mince Pie with bourbon and sour apple, Scottish Bramble and Carrot Cake Fizz.
Elegant new bar in the Elbe Arcades. The cleverly illuminated wine cabinets at the bar point the way to around 200 items, carefully selected by Falco's creator Tobias Strauch. The menu from bar manager Salim Jamra is also sophisticated, with a "Lychee Twist" with lemon vodka, grapefruit and the fruit liqueur Kwaih Feh Lychee.
Away from the hustle and bustle of the neighbourhood, the stylish bar with the promising name beckons with the prospect of 70 gins, 260 rums, 570 whisk(e)ys and just one fine vodka. Creative long drinks and classic cocktails from sours and martinis to negronis and sazeracs. Regular gin, rum and whisk(e)y tastings. Cheers!