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The 13 Best Bars & Cafés in Germany
All 13 bars & cafés our route editors picked in Germany, across 10 destinations, gathered in one list. Each one is a stop on a route you can open and copy into a trip.
Our curated picks
13 bars & cafés in Germany, grouped by destination. Destinations with the most picks come first; this is not a ranking.
Bamberg 2 picks
Brauerei Spezial
Bamberg · On our Würzburg, Bamberg & Nuremberg route
Family brewery and inn near the station, the town's other long-running smoked-beer maker.
Schlenkerla
Bamberg · On our Würzburg, Bamberg & Nuremberg route
Historic brewery tavern pouring Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier, a smoked beer, from wooden barrels.
Tip: Order the Märzen and the Bamberger Zwiebel, an onion stuffed with meat.
Photo: ermell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Munich 2 picks
Augustiner-Keller
Munich · On our Bavaria & the Romantic Road route
Chestnut-shaded beer garden serving Augustiner from wooden barrels.
Photo: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hofbräuhaus
Munich · On our Bavaria & the Romantic Road route
Historic beer hall with brass bands and long tables.
Photo: Alexander Sand Halvorsen · Google
Rüdesheim 2 picks
Drosselgasse
Rüdesheim · On our Cologne, Koblenz & Rüdesheim route
A narrow 144-metre lane of wine taverns climbing from the Rhine, decorated for the market.
Weingut Georg Breuer
Rüdesheim · On our Cologne, Koblenz & Rüdesheim route
Riesling estate with a tasting shop in the old town, known for its Rüdesheim Berg Schlossberg wines.
Berlin 1 pick
Prater Garten
Berlin · On our Berlin, Potsdam & Dresden route
Berlin's oldest beer garden, under chestnut trees since 1837.
Tip: Beer garden is seasonal, roughly April to September.
Photo: Maik Schwarz · Google
Cologne 1 pick
Früh am Dom
Cologne · On our Cologne, Koblenz & Rüdesheim route
Big traditional brewhouse beside the cathedral pouring Früh Kölsch, with hearty Rhineland plates.
Tip: Try Himmel un Ääd, black pudding with mashed potato and apple.
Photo: calflier001 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dresden 1 pick
Ballhaus Watzke
Dresden · On our Berlin, Potsdam & Dresden route
Brewpub in a historic ballroom on the Elbe making its own beer.
Tip: Beer garden has river views.
Photo: X-Weinzar · CC BY-SA 3.0
Füssen 1 pick
Gasthof Weizenbrauerei Woaze
Füssen · On our Bavaria & the Romantic Road route
Brewpub serving house-brewed wheat beer.
Photo: MA A · Google
Potsdam 1 pick
Gasthausbrauerei Meierei im Neuen Garten
Potsdam · On our Berlin, Potsdam & Dresden route
Brewpub in a former dairy on the Jungfernsee, with house-brewed Hell.
Tip: Kitchen closes early; book for the terrace.
Photo: Meierei Potsdam · Google
Rothenburg ob der Tauber 1 pick
Zur Höll
Rothenburg ob der Tauber · On our Bavaria & the Romantic Road route
Wine tavern in one of the town's oldest buildings with Franconian wines.
Tip: Evening only; book.
Photo: sunghyun woo · Google
Würzburg 1 pick
Alte Mainmühle
Würzburg · On our Würzburg, Bamberg & Nuremberg route
Restaurant in an old mill at the foot of the bridge; its window sells the glasses for the bridge-side wine.
How we picked these
Every entry is a stop on at least one of TripsCircle's hand-curated routes, chosen by our route editors, who wrote the reason to go shown with each place. These are our curated picks, not a scored ranking: we haven't rated or reviewed them against each other. The list is grouped by destination, and within each destination places that appear on more routes come first.
Prices ($ to $$$$) and visit lengths are rough guides from our route notes, not quotes. Check opening hours before you go.
About this list
How did you choose the bars & cafés in Germany?
Each one is a stop on a TripsCircle route that our editors built by hand, and each comes with a written reason to go. This page shows all 13 of them. They are curated picks, not a ranked score.
Which part of Germany has the most bars & cafés on this list?
Bamberg, Munich and Rüdesheim lead with 2 each; the other picks are spread across 7 more destinations.
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