The art gallery curator Alexander Görlich and the bar owner Ulrich Redder, joined forces, to provide art lovers and art collectors with a place where they can encounter contemporary Berlin artists and their artwork in a relaxed and very private atmosphere.

Every evening at 6 p.m. a hotel employee wearing a London Beefeater costume draws the curtain of the Ritz Carlton bar.

In honor of the German-American film director Fritz Lang (his film Metropolis is a masterpiece), you should enjoy a drink at the noble Lang Bar, which is designed in the genuine New York Waldorf Astoria style.

A meeting point that nobody can fail to miss is the elephants fountain in the lounge of Hotel Adlon – and there is an excellent bar close by.

When the fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is in town, he favors the La Banca Bar (the former Bebel Bar), they say – not least because of its highbrow atmosphere, which also appeals to international top models, fashion photographers, and other VIPs.

The world-famous Berlin-born American photographer Helmut Newton is the eponym of this luxury bar in the heart of Berlin.

You will enjoy this venue -, that is, if you can find it. Tausend Bar is actually hidden under the railway bridge of the S-Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse; there is no sign or lighting -, only a dark iron door- , guarded by a Cerberus at night.