Pubs on U2 U-Bahn/S-Bahn line



Meat oriented restaurant with decent tap list.


Pfefferbräu  Full menu Closed Monday Brewpub.

Upstairs in the Pfefferberg complex.


Kaschk  WiFi available Opens at 11am or earlier.

Coffee and beer bar. Now connected to BRLO


Maximilians  Full menu Opens at 11am or earlier. Usually has Bavarian Beer

Bavarian style beerhall with beers fromHacker-Pschorr, In the central atrium of the building.


Claims to be Berlin's oldest pub. Beers are not that interesting but the pub is.


Bavarian style beer hall with beers from Augustiner Mniche. A wooden barrel of Edelstoff tapped daily at 6pm.


Hofbräu Berlin  Full menu Live Music Opens at 11am or earlier. Usually has Bavarian Beer

Bavarian style beer hall with beers from Hofbräuhaus Mnchen


Former Brauhaus Mitte reopened as a new Lemke location. I am glad they kept the old sign on the roof.


Formerly Das Meisterstück now owned BraufactuM, the Frankfurt based "craft beer" arm of the Radeberger Group.


Andechs Hell and Schneider Weisse are most interesting taps.


Two house beers brewed by Brauerei Zukunft


Fairly wide range of German beers from Früh Kölsch to Schneider Weisse. Worth a stop if you are exploring the Nikolaiviertel.


Watt  Live Music Has an unusual or regional beer on tap. Smoking Allowed

Spare, slightly shabby corner pub with Augustiner, Störtebecker and others. Split-level seating area.


Restaurant in an old building with Schneider Weisse and two house beers.


Self-described New York-style bar with Augustiner and Schneider Weisse on draft, some craft beers in bottles. And, they claim, a high tech ventilation system.


Weiss Blau  Closed Sunday Closed Monday Opens at 11am or earlier. Usually has Bavarian Beer Usually has Franconian Beers Bottle shop with onsite drinking

Bavarian market with decent selection of bottled Bavarian beers, including many from Franconia. Beers are to go or can be drunk on site.


Da Jia Le  Fred Honorable Mention Full menu

30 bottled craft & good traditional beers with freshly prepared Chinese dishes.


Leibhaftig  Closed Sunday Closed Monday Has an unusual or regional beer on tap.

Bar with two house beers commissioned from Hoepfner. Food is "Bavarian Tapas"


Corner smoking pub with two Rollberg beers on draft, along with Schneider Weisse.


Sion Kölsch and Budweiser Budvar are the most interesting beers. Food is salads and various meat and cheese plates.


Vegan restaurant with house beers brewed at Brewbaker.


Kohlenquelle  Full menu WiFi available Opens at 11am or earlier. Pilsener Urquell tankovna pub

Dive bar with Pilsener Urquell tankovna and some interesting bottles. Food is served from 12:30-3:30pm and 6-11pm daily. Large smoking bar in the basement.


Traditional Berliner/German cooking, kids menu, and a house pils of unclear origin.


Restaurant with a Bavarian-sized summer beer garden and two house beers of unclear origin. Venerable and shady. Cash only.


Burlesque bar with craft beer. You can enjoy a beer without the show.


Brewpub in the old Nikolaiviertel. Decent fresh unfiltered helles.



Beers not especially interesting but its early hours and location at the Alexanderplatz station makes it convenient for a quick beer when passing thru.


Jarosover "Schwarzbier" from Pivovar Breznak. Otherwise a typical locals pub pretty much unchanged in recent times. There is a hotel in back.


Brlo Brwhouse  Full menu Closed Monday New entry in the Guide in 2016 Brewery tap, may have limited hours

Tap room for the Berlin brewery.


Former Stone Tap Room under new ownership and connected to Protokol.


Taproom and restaurant for the BraufactuM, the "craft beer" arm of the Radeberg Group.


Beers are currently brewed off site but a brewery is in the process of being installed. Pizza available in the evening.


New (Fall 2020) craft beer bar. Tag line -- "Drink to the East" and name would suggest Russian or Eastern European beers but at time of writing they have most German, Dutch and American beers.


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