Absolutely lovely place with a great atmosphere. Beware, however, that at least one of the servers is an extremely elitist pompus punk and will give you an entire spiel if you dare ordering your cheap Scotch with an ice cube. When I answered, "Can I order my drink the way I want it, it is hardly difficult to put a cube of ice in a glass?" they served me 3 and hardly 2cl of Scotch. Overall, it was a really awkward experience, even by Berlin standards. The server, who was obviously German, kept serving me in English despite all of my interactions with them being conducted in German (I've lived in Germany for over 7 years)
Many consider that a splash of water opens up and increases the aroma of a Scotch or Whiskey. Plus, it's my business how I order my drink.
Perhaps I wouldn't mix water in a 15 year old single malt, but in a mixed 4.5eur Speyside dram, I'll bloody have an ice cube if I so desire.
Overall, it's a really ridiculous service for a small corner bar. I had been there before and it was quite...
Read moreA place like none other. You could get married there, then you could get divorced, come spend few weeks drowning your sorrows, then make up and get married again. This is the sort of place where Hemingway would piss on the wall right next to the toilet just because he'd be too drunk to find the door to enter it. I would not be surprised if Fallada hung out here back when. Stop by and...
Read morebest in the neighborhood, all sorts of people, smoky, gloomy atmosphere, cinematographic rest rooms and nice bartenders. They serve a beer from local district brewery Eschenbräu, Panke Gold named after a canal a block away.
The name of the place roughly translates to Thriving & Spoiling which is just a very good and beautiful name for a bar.
I wish they would be open on...
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