Came here the other night. It's a pretty cool little place, that plays great music. The day after…read moredrinking Astra here i developed an upset stomach, and my friend got Apendicitis. I don't think that it was their fault, but still... the place itself is dark with spinning red lights. it only seemed to get busy at about 11pm, on a school night(!)

I would love to give this place 3.5 stars..because: The…read moreSTYLE is great (70s meets Funk&Soul from different times)- dim orange & red lighting. The DRINKS: no offered lemon with the Martini, no fitting glass, the Cuba Libre was more Libre than Cuba and the bear was unfortunately not cold enough. BUT the bartender was nice. The MUSIC: great!! 2 DJs in their own world, filling the room with love and delightful beats. Toilettes: Too dark to judge. Crowd: Hip, mainly over 30with a touch to be too flirty. I guess as a single you might score here or there. A nice place to get in the mood for an adventurous trip in the city.

I had so few expectations of this place. I'd walked past this graffiti-clad monolith before and was…read morepretty convinced it was a smack den. So imagine my surprise when a band from back home came to town and announced they were playing a show there. What I found was a phenomenal space for music and art in general. Surprisingly decent acoustics, awesome DIY setup, cheap beer, relaxed door policy (feel free to pop in and out, check out the bowl outside if the weather's nice), cool staff happy to put up with my broken German...the whole place just had a great vibe. The fact they wanted to knock this place down is crazy. This place is nuts.

The Rote Flora is, in my opinion, a must-see when you come to Hamburg. Even though it's in the…read moreSchanze area, it seems to be tied with the Kiez as half of the cultural heart of St. Pauli. The place is basically the centre for left-wing politics and also anarchists. It's where the yearly riot happens, with the nearby Haspa bank getting continually destroyed. It used to be a theatre, but now you'll find practice areas for bands, a café-type-thing and a dirty dirty electro club. I still haven't been for one of the club nights, but I really want to. It's pretty high on my list of things to do in Hamburg

I had heard many a thing about this club, but my main intrigue was that it's housed in an old…read morebunker. The bunker itself is a massive block of dark concrete, towering over the whole area like something out of a horror flick. Walking up, you have to stand in line for a bit and are taken up in an elevator to the club. I thought the layout was great, but was a tad disappointed at the underusage of space. I just saw the main room, the side smoking room...but that seemed to be about it? I had been looking forward to a much larger venue with more corners to explore. Went to Kompakt Nacht and saw part of it, unfortunately I decided on a full bottle of wine before going out and took the high road and went home early before getting myself into any more trouble. Overall, vibe was great, drinks were decent and crowd was there to dance -- which was my favorite part.

Really cool spot for a club-- old WW2 bunker. I went for a pop music event and got there about half…read morean hour after the start time. That seemed to be a pretty normal time to arrive, as there was a line from the door to the street, but we were let in in groups fairly quickly (within 20 minutes). They will check your bag, but will not pat you down. There are four long flights of stairs to get up as well! So think ahead if you have physical disabilities. At the start of the night, the line for the coat check was absolutely huge. I would recommend dancing/waiting with your coat/bag for a while if you can and coming back to the coat check further into the event, as the line will be shorter and quicker. It was €2 to check a coat or bag- if you want to check both you have to pay €4. The people working the coat check are definitely some of the rudest people I've seen as club employees anywhere, but just roll with it. Avoid the young woman with dark hair and a septum ring if you can at the coat check- she has no patience for anyone who hasn't been there before and will roll her eyes and push your stuff back at you aggressively if you put it on the counter too fast. There were 2 different bars, so you could usually get a drink pretty quickly. Prices on the drink card aren't what you'll pay! I have no idea why. (Ex: tequila shots are listed as €5 each, but I paid €6 for 2.) This might be a European thing (coming from an American) but people really like their personal space at this club. Bumping into other people repeatedly will get you annoyed/strange looks, and it's definitely not a body to body, shoulder to shoulder type of place.

The number one selling point of Daniela bar is that it's busy at 3am on a Monday. Not many other…read morebars can claim that. It's very popular and very small, and in my mind very much an ending bar - somewhere i'd only really go to because I wanted one more drink, and nowhere else was open.

Bored on Sunday night and want to drink till 4am with loads of old people instead of thinking about…read morework? Here's your venue!

Can't believe I haven't written a review of this yet. When I arrived in Hamburg I heard much about…read morethe history of Absinth bar, but wasn't able to go there as it had just shut down. However, daily I saw the guy trekking through the streets of Hamburg covered in brickdust, on the 1.5 year epic to refit the place. It was definitely worth it. Very very chic. Tasteful furniture and a minimalist wrought iron and glass bar. Cool. And they play jazz in here. Well, actually, of course they place jazz in here. It's cool. Like 60s cool. Old school cool. This is one of the best bars in Hamburg, so make sure you drop by. And don't drink anything other than absinth. One of the dev team disgraced themselves having a soft drink. Shocker.

this place used to be more fun when there was this huge list of different Absinths to sift through…read moreand fantasize about. But they still keep their craft alive with the more limiting options, ordering Absinth on recommendation. They should *definitely* do something about the lighting situation, far too harsh, cold, bright. This kind of place deserves to feel like an opium cave no brighter than candles around you. Not as popular as it could be, particularly in this prime location.

I've never actually noticed where this place was before. It's actually right next to Zoe2, but not…read moreexactly the same genre. It's more on the Dualbar crawl than Toast and Zoes. Cocktails are excellent, service is quite good. On the downside, it is overcrowded - don't expect to score a seat, and it's really hot! Alright though.

Stylish bar, with fine electronic music. Drinks quite expensive, as you would expect in a bar like…read morethis. In weekends crowded, which makes dancing more like a sardine can packed experience. Great for a quick visit, before going out partying.

This place feels so comfortable, it might as well be your besties apartment!…read more very cool set up, easy access to the bar, even on weekend. Its very refreshingly cozy and the crowd is more laid back and not slamming drinks left and right. good place to sit and chat with friends, or play some foosball.

Spent a whole evening here recently, and a great time was had by all. Free table football - big…read morebonus. The idea of this place is it's set out like a three room flat. Walk through the front door into the kitchen/utility room. In the back there is a living room, then further back still is the bedroom (also where you'll find the table football table, oddly. Update: We went to 3 Zimmer Wohnung again last night and I accidently found out that theyve massively expanded! Basically I was looking for the toilet (having never been to them here before) and took a wrong turn in the maze downstairs which landed me in the table-football room. After talking to the barman it seems that they only opened the room up a few weeks ago. So the upstairs is the same 3 Room Flat that we've always known, but downstairs there is a new long room with a few sofas, a second bar and 6 table-football tables. Yes, 6. It's quite a cool game, but it's depressing how good all the locals are at it...

Great caïpirinha !!! If you need to refresh yourself, you found the good place. Katze is a nice bar…read morelocated in Sternchanze and they have friendly waiters that even gave us water for free. They have a Happy Hour while you can have a caïpirinha for only 4,50€. Don't hesitate, they worth it!

Katze is a cool new bar on the Schulterblatt. As you might guess from the name is a little bit…read morecat-themed, but not much, because that would probably be rubbish. At the time of writing (6 November '08) this bar is so new that it still smells of wet varnish and paint, and the outside of the bar looks unfinished - there's no name for example. The bar staff are mostly young, attractive and blonde. The punters seem to be of a similar ilk, but maybe not quite as blonde. There are free bar snacks on every table, but they don't serve any hefeweizen. However they make up for this small oversight by serving Augustiner brau. It'll be interesting to see how this one develops, but things are looking good at the moment.

The first time I went to Germany I stumbled on the Schanze by accident…read more The next time the intent was to hit the Schanze and I ended up at here. You can start off with drinks upstairs as the bartenders do a great job working their way around the bar. After drinks and lounging upstairs it's then time to go downstairs after I think 11pm. Be prepared that it is pretty hot down there if you have on multiple layers as I did. No matter nothing more drinks can't fix and an escape to the bathroom to peel off a couple of layers. The music was a great mix of old and new. Great !!

It's Saturday night, the place is packed to the limit and the bar staff is doing an amazing job!…read moreSitting at the bar watching them proves they are fast, in a good mood (occasional staff shots) and are making good drinks! Compliments, best team in the area I have seen so far (and I live across the road)! Music, atmosphere etc flawless. Great place to kick off after pre drinks or dinner! PS: and if the bar had known, a shared round of staff shots was offered to me and my friends shortly after posting my review! Glad I had nothing bad to say!