The Best Bars in South Mitte

1. The 50 The 50 Discovery
2. Difford's Guide Difford's Guide

The sushi counter fills up fast, which tells you something about a restaurant that also runs a full contemporary kitchen. VOX sits inside the Grand Hyatt near Potsdamer Platz, a wide-open modern dining room where the menu splits between Japanese sushi and European-leaning plates, à la carte or as a set. The bar behind it stocks a whisky collection broad enough to require a quiet moment of reflection before ordering.

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2. Difford's Guide 3 stars · Difford's Guide

The back bar looks like an apothecary, all premium bottles and small wooden drawers, which sets the tone for what follows. This intimate cocktail bar fits about thirty people under a bronze ceiling with banquette seating along the grey walls, but the right stool at the far end of the bar, where the drinks are actually assembled, is the seat to take. Small, serious, and easy to linger in.

1. Difford's Guide 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide

The narrow room runs almost wall to wall with bar counter, lined with leather stools and framed by booth seating at each end. Victoria is a sleek cocktail bar on Potsdamer Strasse, a stretch that doesn't exactly telegraph "upmarket lounge," which may be why the crowd that found it feels faintly proprietary about the place. Dark wood panels, modern art, low light, the general sense that someone thought hard about this.

1. Difford's Guide 4 stars · Difford's Guide