Möbel Olfe — Restaurant in Berlin

I've been coming to Möbel Olfe regularly for years and I always enjoyed the people and the atmosphere.

Over the last weekend I was there again with my friends. Since the details seem to have become extremely important, we were 3 gay men and 2 lesbian women between the ages of 35 and 45.

At the entrance, the latest bouncer-girl-just-moved-to-Berlin, asked in a very aggressive and rude way if we were "queer": this question was answered in the affirmative and we were allowed entry. In the past, such aggressive way of questioning was not the case with other bouncers.

After a few minutes, when we were already seated and wanted to order a beer, the person who welcomed us at the entrance came to us and asked the question "Are you queer?" 4 times. We were simply amazed and shocked: I replied that we had already answered and said yes and walked away.

Obviously something wasn't right in this person's eyes: we didn't fit the queer model she had in mind.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that the other day in Berlin, and in a queer bar, for the first time ever, I felt a sense of discrimination: that I'm "different" and not allowed to stay.

Why the question "Are you queer?" was asked several times while we were already inside? It would be interesting to know why she thought we couldn't be "queer": looks, race, age?

Are you guys heading backwards in time?

I just want to know how one can be discriminated against in today's queer scene in Berlin.

I really hope that this was a person that is mishired and not your new...

I used to be a regular at the place for a few months. Yet as I was taking a photo (then I learned later it’s not allowed in the most offensive way).

The bartender shouted at me, I apologized at first cause I thought that the place was crowded and they were shouting for that, but there was a lot of aggression directed at me from them that ai decided not to delete my very blurry photo.

I showed them the photo to tell them that it’s blurry anyways and they shouldn’t get so aggressive with me and I will delete it yet they insisted on screaming and told me to leave the place.

Another staff member came and talked to me and I told them how rude their colleague were but they weren’t any better and they were apologetic for them being rude and aggressive.

I tried to talk to them again to make them understand the situation to be asked to stop talking, and that they don’t have time to talk to me and was asked to leave again.

I felt a very masculine aggression from those two people in the staff, a lot of arrogance and lack of understanding.

And the photo taken is attached here to show how they overreacted in a way I never thought I would experience in a queer bar.

Not recommended, and should be avoided. Too bad that there are not so many choices in Berlin for queer...

I used to love coming here, and now I won’t be coming back and I’ll be sure to let others know my experience.

I came in today and ordered a drink for €3.50. I handed the bartender, an older gentleman with curly grey hair and glasses, €10.50. He gave me 2 EUR back and immediately walked away. I called after him to let him know he had short-changed me. When he finally came back he denied it, and said I had only give him €5.50. I counted my money immediately before I entered the bar because I wanted to be sure I had enough cash for a drink or two, so I know exactly what cash I had. I also know the size and color of a 10 EUR bill. I asked him if he could show me the bill I gave him, because I saw him put it on top of the pile in his cash box, but he refused.

It might have started out as an honest mistake, but he refused to admit he was wrong, and ended up stealing from me. It’s sad that a bar like this is willing to lose a customer and have bad feedback spread around because they stole 5 extra EUR. The irony is I was going to leave him a good tip when i ordered my second drink and left. Instead, I’ll be sure my friends know about my experience so they can...