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CUISINES
Bar, Pub
FEATURES
Reservations, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Table Service
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CUISINES
Bar, Pub
FEATURES
Reservations, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Table Service
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3.0
38 reviews
Excellent
7
Very good
10
Average
7
Poor
2
Terrible
12
Curtis North
Halifax1 contribution
Jan 2023 • couples
CASH ONLY! Don't let the women tell you that the nearest cash machine is only a minute walk away. Separate nearby half an hour trekking through the heavy rain just to find €30 for the bill. The woman was friendly enough but provided the wrong information. Was also too dark inside. I would avoid.
Written January 12, 2023
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James E
London85 contributions
Feb 2022 • couples
This is a nice cosy bar with excellent cocktails, well worth a visit if you’re in the area. The toilets were a bit questionable though, but apart from that, very good.
Written February 28, 2022
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BeachStone2C
Helsinki2610 contributions
Jan 2020 • friends
This a place for having drinks, chats and good time overall. Service is Berlin style plain, friendly and the way I like it.
Written January 30, 2020
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Wesley J
15 contributions
Apr 2022 • friends
8 of us went for a drink ordered 4 cocktails and some beers. Two margarita and a whisky sour. The drinks were so badly made we asked them to please redo drinks. We were then bombarded with strange comments from the bar staff who said we should have ordered 1 drink first tasted it and then decided if we want another?!?!! The next barman we asked to taste our drink (the one who made it) he said I don't drink alcohol so I wouldn't know 😂 so the next barman who did drink said hmm its not great. They then Refused to remake them and said it was tough. We refused to pay and sent drinks back to then be pressured into paying the bill. Someone who seemed more senior came over and said' there is nothing wrong with the margarita, we have south Americans drink here all the time and they love them'. So shocked we left. Disgraceful place
Written April 24, 2022
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XXNatXXX
Brighton8 contributions
Apr 2022 • none
I went to this bar whilst visiting Berlin on a weekend away. The bar was in a good location and seemed nice. The service however was not good the drinks below par enough for both me and my friend to complain. We were made to feel in the wrong and embarrassed by the way we were spoken to. We were offered no alternative drink and no refund ! Goes without saying the customer is never right in this establishment .
Written May 3, 2022
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Reclik E
1 contribution
Apr 2023 • friends
Volksbar, well, not "the Berlin Volk" at all, only a bunch of English speaking wanna be hipsters who don't sell you a drink if you don't stand right !? :) For a friendly experience move to Nachtleben around the corner...
Written April 15, 2023
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David
Berlin1 contribution
Mar 2023 • friends
Absolutely unfriendly staff. I am very disappointed. Would absolutely not recommend. Also the name is not fitting since it is named volksbar but the staff doesn't even speak German
Written March 28, 2023
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Delbongo
Brighton57 contributions
May 2022 • friends
Great location, great decor, good music… and the most inept and weirdly aggressive staff I’ve ever encountered at any establishment.
After being served some absolutely diabolical cocktails (the margaritas were the wrong colour and tasted like dishwater; the Mai Tais didn’t appear to have any alcohol in them at all) we were told that re-pours were out of the question. “If two of you wanted margaritas,” the waitress said, “you should have just ordered one and tried it first.”
Even after it became clear that the barman who made our drinks hadn’t tasted them before serving (he didn’t drink) the head waitress remained adamant that the poor cocktails were actually faultless. The icing on the cake was her closing gambit, which was an absolute humdinger: “The people of Latin America absolutely love these cocktails, actually.”
I still have no idea what she meant by this. Was this a themed bar and we hadn’t noticed? Was she standing up for her boyfriend the clueless barman, who hailed from a country that apparently doesn’t have a clue how to mix drinks? Was she blindly taking too much pride in a sloppy iteration of her national cocktail, like an England fan desperately trying to excuse the actions of a violent hooligan? And was it really box office to accuse a few (very polite, honestly) customers of prejudice for not wanting to pay through the nose for appalling service?
A way-too-polite friend of mine insisted that we settle the bill before we left, and I wish we hadn’t.
If this establishment is to remain open, they should rename it “Attitude Problem” so that everyone knows what they’re getting.
Written May 2, 2022
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sarah119982
Brighton2 contributions
Apr 2022 • friends
Really unpleasant vist to volksbar. Won't be going back. Please avoid if you like to have alcohol in your expensive drinks or like to be treated with any respect as a customer.
Written April 24, 2022
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captainbruceLondon
1006 contributions
Feb 2019 • none
OK we were out of season and it was pretty empty but we found the service OK. Decent martinis in collapsed sofa decor. Dark lighting, a place for a chat/romance rather that get pie eyed and all the better for it.
Written May 27, 2019
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Tonje H
Sandnes18 contributions
May 2019 • friends
Me and other people from my faculty came to Berlin from Norway. After a show at Volksbühne, we all went for a drink or three. It was a great place, great atmosphere, nice and cool layout and sitting places. Bartenders and waiters are super friendly and serviceminded. Recommend this place! Note that smoking is allowed inside though. This was the only minus point we had. But are you up for a cool place to hang, and want ti take it from a first-timer in Germany and Berlin. Go here.
Written May 11, 2019
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Shiraz64
Aylesbury1297 contributions
Apr 2019 • friends
We were staying nearby and visited on Good Friday evening, unfortunately the place was fairly empty for most of our visit, so lacked atmosphere. The decor is quirky.
Staff were polite, but were not over zealous considering how quite they were.
Good selection of cocktails at average prices. We ordered a pizza to share which was tasty.
Would like to go back when there is a bit more atmosphere.
Written April 30, 2019
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Colville-Andersen
Copenhagen421 contributions
Mar 2019 • couples
It's a cool bar with a large selection. Friendly staff. Smoking area upstairs. Great place to start a Friday night.
Written March 3, 2019
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Bendik Nybakken
Oslo36 contributions
Feb 2019 • couples
Was alright, prices ok, the place spacious and popular. Waitress was attentive. Drinks were good! Also serves food. Toilets on the second floor after a long set of stairs.
Written February 16, 2019
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Theis T
Berlin3 contributions
Feb 2019 • friends
The place is nice, and good located. The service on the other hand is unbelievably bad. They were unfrendly, and were not even able to give us the reciet at the end. I would not recommend Volksbar Berlin.
Written February 12, 2019
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