WARNING: Lost coat check ticket = hours in freezing cold with no alternatives…read moreI lost my coat check ticket at Cassiopeia last night. My jacket contained my wallet, ID, and house keys - everything I needed to get home. I immediately went to coat check and explained the situation. I offered to: Describe my jacket in detail Describe everything inside it (including my ID) Show identification through other means Wait inside the venue until 5 AM when they do returns The staff refused all of these options. Their only response: "Come back at 5 AM" or "Come back Monday." When I explained I literally could not go home without my keys and had no money without my wallet, they called security and forced me to leave the club entirely. I was not aggressive, not drunk, not causing any problems - I was a paying customer calmly trying to solve a problem. I was forced to wait outside in 0°C temperatures for hours without a jacket, unable to go anywhere else because all my belongings were locked inside. The issue: Lost coat check tickets happen constantly at every venue. Most clubs have reasonable procedures: verification through ID, jacket description, security deposit, or at minimum letting you wait inside until closing. Cassiopeia's policy is: lose your ticket = you're ejected into the cold with zero alternatives, even if your house keys and wallet are in there. This isn't just bad customer service - it's a safety issue. If you're going here, photograph your coat check ticket or you may end up locked out in freezing temperatures.

Cassiopeia is a very cool beer garden. I was in the area and came in during an afternoon to watch…read morethe boulderers climb. The beer garden is quite literally in a blown up building area where trees provide shade and during the evening are lit up with colored mood lighting. The graffiti gives the area's walls character and are sometimes nice to look at and admire. They have several beers on tap or in the fridge. They use a deposit/return glass scheme where they hand you a button/pin for a euro that you'll have returned once you come back with your empty glass. In my case it's normally exchanged right back for another beer. The spot has themed nights such as disco events and fun international music. As an American, the open consumption laws are very freeing and makes for a very relaxed experience. The staff speaks fluent English but will bear with your as you struggle in broken German.

Awesome club to enjoy the deep and hard Berlin techno, the atmosphere and the people are both very…read morecool and relaxed! The fact that this club is open from friday afternoon until sunday, makes it very attractive for the hardcore -techno fans. Overall a great club, when you are in berlin, dont forget to add this one on your list ;-) Min: the toilets are absolutely disgusting

Didn't have any issues getting in on a Thursday night (2 guys, neither being German). The girl…read moreasked us at the door if we knew what music was being played (which I have to admit was borderline insulting given that I'm a pretty big techno fan). Maybe she was trying to screen people who responded EDM? This place is pretty small. Basically one room, and a bar to the side. No outdoor space when we went (weather). Also, there's no interesting features inside. The music was a little like Prodigy at times. It was pretty hard, even by Berlin standards. Cover was 8 euros on Thursday. Goes all the way till 9am.

From the owner: dance like there is no tomorrow! the smallest disko on earth.read more

The scene was decent (middle school hits), until I tried to dance on the platform by the DJ, which…read moreI like to do. The DJ didn't let it happen. He grabbed my shoulder with full force and pushed me off the platform. When I told him it hurt, he made a mocking sad face and then waved his had bye-bye. I will never come here when I'm in Berlin again. Also, it will be good to note that I tried to take a picture of the DJ, but the bouncers kicked me out right away.

The new location in Friedrichshain (RAW grounds) surely is an improvement in terms of heading out…read moreto other places afterwards. The new interior design is questionable. As much as glitz and glamour is still persistent, the actual bar is too far behind, always crowded and as much as I tried to find positive attributes: it is a cube. A fairly soulless cube that was decorated nicely. Nevertheless - the beergarden is amazing, the downstairs when open fantastic and even the toilets will make you encounter a different view on things... Despite all that: IT ROCKS. Gotta love Nina Queer, gotta love Germany's Next Top Model and (German classic) Tatort Public Viewing and go crave for the Glamourquiz! Just keep in mind NOT to argue with Nina... unless you fancy public humiliation. Hehe. Oh also, if you show your man or lady bits on the little stage, don't worry about drinks for the night - you'll get them for free! With some fixed dates and changing special nights it'll always be worth to pay the Hobby a visit.

This was a really average bar. Went on a Friday night. People aren't super open to dancing with…read moreothers & the drinks were decent. It's easy to get in but not really that great or that bad.

I have only been to Gayhane here once but it was an excellent night!!!…read more And then I went to one of the Café Fatale nights with a group of friends. I am not a couples dancer and this woman came to ask me to dance when the room was full or lovely women but she insisted. I told her that I don't dance well in couples. We went around once or twice and she dropped me off from whence we came. She said at the end you're right, you aren't a good couples dancer.

good soundsystem, good space, good location…read more bad public, bad staff, bad booking. for friedrichshain, prices are quite pricey. this club had (when it reopened a few years back) the potential to be a great rival to the smaller mitte clubs. it looked good, the music was alright, and the soundsystem and lights were great for such a small space. unfortunately it ended up attracting a young, suburban, wannabe ghetto faction. the fake thugs of the techno/electro world. and due to this, its cache of cool reduced and reduced over time. the last time i was there with a friend who was playing, one of the turntables had a bad needle, and there was no one on the staff who could get a new one. thats an easy problem that should easily be fixed. i hope sometime in the future it gets taken over again, and somehow makes a comeback.

From the owner: Der Raumklang ist eine beliebte Mietlocation im Herzen von Friedrichshain…read more Du suchst einen Partyraum für das Firmenevent, um deinen Geburtstag zu feiern, für die nächste Weihnachtsfeier oder möchtest eine öffentliche Veranstaltung organisieren? Dann treffe dich mit mir zu einem unverbindlichen Besichtigungstermin vor Ort und mache dir deinen eigenen Eindruck Besonderheiten: * sehr zentrale Lage (direkt an der Simon-Dach Str.) * Unsere berühmte "Manger" Studioanlage für perfekten Sound * Optimaler Schallschutz, das heißt: unvergleichbare Akustik und keine Lautstärkenbegrenzung Location Details: * Kapazität: 50-300 Personen * 2,5 Räume * Locationmiete: 200€ - 500€ pro Nacht inkl. Barpersonal, Musikanlage, Endreinigung

Jacob's Gist: Matrix seems like the "tourist trap" club of Berlin…read more ================= Birthday weekend. Studying abroad. Visiting Berlin... it's pretty clear we were looking for a great club to spend the night. After asking around, we settled on Matrix. When you're in the club capitol of the world, don't make the same mistake we did and go to Matrix. arrived around 12:30AM and expected there to be some resemblance of a line to get in (after all, it was Friday night in Berlin). The first red flag about Matrix: there was absolutely no line at all. The only requirement to get in seemed to be that you're at least 18 (and that one even seemed a little iffy with some of the people there). Once we got in, we explored the dance floors. The main floor was huge and filled with 18-24 year olds, mainly male. I'll admit I had a good time dancing, but that wasn't really where the problem was. The drinks were expensive and the shots were served in medicine cups. In fact, I wouldn't even call them shots. With so many world class clubs in Berlin to go to, Matrix seems like the "easy choice". There's no worrying about getting in, it's huge, and when you look up clubs in Berlin it's always the first to come up. Take my advice though: it's not worth it. Check out other clubs in the city (I recommend Soda) and you'll get a much more true to Berlin experience.

This place was dope! It had like 4 or 5 different rooms which each played different music. Vibes…read morewere vibin in each room too. The drink prices seem completely non proportional since a vodka lemonade was like 9 euro and a shot was 3 euro. Dangerous things happen with those prices. When It got late enough there were like 100 people outside smoking cigs which was a vibe and a half and I think im addicted now Oopsie. Fun times at the place thooo

Schokoladen rules!…read more This is a venue that keeps things real. The bookers are legit, always bringing in awesome bands (both local and from afar). The space is intimate but still not too small. The price is always right. The atmosphere is fantastic, and the people who work there and go there are lovely folks. Although the shows are earlier than most venues, it's nice to have some kind of consistency to rely upon. Keep supporting this place because it does a lot of good things for Berlin music.

It's a dive that sometimes hosts live music. Not going to change your life, but drinks are…read morereasonable, staff is cool, and the crowd is local. Good for a lower key night if you're needing a break from the clubs.

Fun and more chill club. Definitely a better place to end your night than start. Music and dj were…read moregreat. Easy to get in to as long as you do the basic things (don't be loud, super drunk, etc)

The Golden Gate is the Golden Gate is the Golden Gate. This is one of the few clubs (even in…read moreBerlin) where you may enter on Sunday noon and still celebrate with leftovers from past Friday. I do not how the party crowd there performs this stunt yet they do. The music is - if you like rather pure and minimalistic few vocal electronic music - great. Prices are very reasonable and all in all it is simply very berliny. This is (be warned!) also true for the club interior. In you expect a clean glitzybitzy club go somewhere else. But the beast would not work otherwise, the atmosphere is required as it is.

Nice girls friendly place to enjoy very good attention from all stack thanks for you attention men…read moreand girls work there

I've wanted to go here for years, but all my past visits to Berlin were work focused, so I was at…read moregallery parties instead of this awesome classic. After all the build up, it didn't disappoint! It's smaller than I expected, so even on a Monday night the dance floor was packed! I didn't make it out to the patio or side lounge, but I did dance my heart out of everything from The Cure, London after midnight, she past away, boy harsher, the Bolshoi... Classics from every decade represented! And wow... They make incredible Moscow mules, which is something I would have never expected! Maybe they were too good? I totally didn't plan to drink that many. *Lol* But going back to the crowd ... I loved the come as you are vibe -- the complete opposite of the gotther than thou snottery in Barcelona! Ppl were wearing all kinds of different things, just being themselves and having a great time... Ages 18 to maybe even 60+! I wish there was a place like this where I live so I can grow old livin' my best life, too