This place used to be called Nachtasyl. The only obvious difference between then and now is that…read moreit's called Zentrale. Nothing much else has changed, which is good, because it's a pretty damn cool bar. However it has two large flaws: Firstly its location. It's on the top floor of the Thalia theatre, which is up a lot of steps. Much worse than that it's in the centre of the city, which although it sounds good, is actually a rubbish place to put a bar in Hamburg. Secondly, it invariably has events on, where you'll have to pay a cover charge of about EUR10. If I was a fan of the band, then great, but mostly I just want to come here for a drink, so it's a problem for me. Check the website before coming because it's a long way to go to then realise that you don't want to enter. Anyway, when you actually make it to the bar you'll probably be slightly amazed, even if you see great bars almost everywhere in Hamburg. The seats are comfy. The place is huge and airy, but cool. They sell Augustiner AND Tannenzapfle beer :)