The Best Places to Drink and Do in Charlottenburg & Tiergarten

Dusky pink walls and a palm frond mural set the mood at this Charlottenburg cocktail bar, where everything is calibrated for the long sit-down. The team rotates the menu constantly, pulling inspiration from novels, songs, whatever they're into this season. Comfortable sofas or a front-row stool at the bar, your call. A Discovery on The 50 list.

1. The 50 The 50 Discovery

Two wire-sculpture monkeys greet you at the bar inside Das Stue Hotel, which backs onto the Tiergarten and is one of the few places in Berlin where the unwritten dress code tilts toward "actual effort." The lobby flows in with its glass cases of wooden animal carvings and shoes, but the bar itself goes clean and spare, all glass walls and open courtyard. Berlin is a relaxed city; this place hasn't gotten the memo, which is exactly the point.

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

A red velvet curtain parts and you're suddenly in a dimly lit, jazz-soaked room with clay walls hung in black-and-white photos of the man himself. Gainsbourg is a cocktail bar named after Serge, styled as an "American" bar but feeling more like a Paris side street, which suits the namesake just fine. The hedge-lined terrace works on a warm night, but the real pull is the moody interior.

1. Difford's Guide 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide

1. Difford's Guide 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide