The best,most friendly bar in Hamburg, with a great selection of drinks, great music, and the most…read moreexcellent of people.

"Ah a bar that I've not yet visited in the Kiez" was what I was thinking as I walked through the…read moredoor last Saturday. "Oh it's that bar" is what I thought as soon as I got inside. Indeed, I have been here before, and in many ways so have you if you experienced a few dive bars around the Reeperbahn. They're all pretty much the same. The general attributes of such a bar are: - it's cheap - kinda dirty looking - you can smoke - popular drinks are Astra beer and Mexicana shots - they have a jukebox and decent music - often (but not always) quite dark - mostly everyone is hideously drunk It can be a very good night out then!

I think if you'd had enough to drink, the right music is on, and you're not being chatting up by 50…read moreyear old 'musicians' who think it's too cool to have a job, then Komet is probably a good choice. I wasn't that drunk, and the music was being dictated by the private private host... I had no idea who that was, and it was 3am. Still, you could do a lot worse at this time of night on the Reeperbahn... it's free to get in!

this place used to be more fun when there was this huge list of different Absinths to sift through…read moreand fantasize about. But they still keep their craft alive with the more limiting options, ordering Absinth on recommendation. They should *definitely* do something about the lighting situation, far too harsh, cold, bright. This kind of place deserves to feel like an opium cave no brighter than candles around you. Not as popular as it could be, particularly in this prime location.

Absinth bar is back! Hurrah! It was always one of the best and most unique bars in Hamburg and now…read moreafter a year away it has returned bigger and better than ever! If you're familiar with it's old location this is literally more of the same. "More" in that it's much bigger, but it still retains the charm it used to have. With the increased space it seems that they're already attracting more customers, so the place is full most nights. One minor problem in these cold winter nights is that they seriously need to fix the door to make it close itself automatically. Trust me, after 10 minutes of sitting in there on a cold night you'll understand! My review of the old Absinth bar: We were on the way home from Omas. We were going to show our friend around the best bars in the schanze, but then we noticed the Absinth bar. We actually walked past, but then while discussing it briefly, we thought "hey, why not" and went back. The place is tiny, but really well decorated with a beautiful bar full of every kind of Absinth there is. The walls have plaster strategically removed in patches to give it a pseudo-shambolic feel. Not knowing one Absinth from the next we asked for some ordering advice. We were asked do you like it bitter? Do you like it sweet? Bottles were brought to the table and opened for us to sniff. I do wonder whether the service is always so great, because we were the only four people in there! Anyway, for us the service was great. Our chosen drinks were brought on silver plates, with silver spoons holding an absinth dowsed sugar cube. The owner then set alight each cube for us, and explained how to drink our drinks - for our second round there were different instructions for different absinths. All in all a very unique experience, and surprisingly relaxing and tasty.