Fahimi Bar

Fahimi Bar is nearly impossible to find. Even if you look up the exact address, turn into the car wash entrance, go through the gate on the left, and follow the paper signs up the graffiti stairwell, you’ll probably still get lost. Even still, this cocktail bar in Kottbusser Tor is packed Tuesday through Saturday. The inside looks like an AI-generated vision of a Berlin bar: there are bare concrete walls, metal backless stools lining a lit-up blue square bar, and thick clouds of cigarette smoke. 

If you can, grab a spot by the window that looks out over the chaotic Kotti roundabout from the third floor. And skip the classic cocktails—this is the place to go wild and try something different, since they add new drinks to the menu every month. Fahimi gets crowded around 9pm, so make it your first stop of the night and show up for the early-evening Happy Hour deals at 7pm.