I've only been to Bunker Ulmenwall once, but I found it to be a very interesting establishment. The…read morebar is underground in what was once a bunker. The underground setting seems appropriate for a jazz bar, as that music was once banned and had an underground following in Germany. There was live music performed the night I visited, which I thoroughly enjoyed. From my understanding, there is live music regularly and slam poetry nights. Drinks were a bit pricey, which is why I stuck to drinking beer that night. I'd recommend checking out this bar at least once even if jazz music and poetry are not really your thing.

I love Domicil! Very intimate interior, great jazz music and cool ticket booth upstairs…read more I like to come for a drink and some small plates (they do Tapas Night on Thursdays) or for a concert upstairs. Everything is served in a very elegant manner and the wine comes with a complimentary glass of bubbly water. One of few bars in Dortmund I love coming back to!

I played here couple of times with the german jazz fusion trio called GUT. It's a very good…read morelocation for live music and probably the best place in Dortmund for especially jazz music.