Bonn

Cafes

cafes
Arco
Sterntorbrücke 2
near Friedensplatz

: Very good breakfast offers, large breakfast for 2 incl. coffee for 8,90 €, friendly service.

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Café Göttlich
Fürstenstraße
9-2
opposite to Bouvier

One of the traditional student cafés, cozy, often crowded, with some of the best cafe latte in town. In summer, the seats outside are the places to see and to be seen

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Schokoladen
Münsterstrasse 7, Bonn
road between H&M and Karstadt

is located close to the central station. This small café offers excellent chocolate-based drinks. Freshly made with melted chocolate and milk you can enjoy it hot, cold or mixed with coffee or other drinks. You can also have an amazing chocolate fondue with fresh fruits and cookies.

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Café Blau
Franziskanerstraße
from 2 €
10-24

Mainly visited by students, this café is in the entrance hall of a public swimming pool. It is kind of "cult" to go there, famous caffe latte, good breakfast offers.

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Brasserie
Remigius Platz (near Marktplatz)

: Large café, brasserie, restaurant. Good brunch on Sundays. Unfortunately it's closed and will never open again.

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Miebachs
Marktplatz, at Stern Hotel

One of the most traditional cafes in Bonn. Not cheap, but good service and excellent cakes. Customers are mostly elderly. In the summer, they offer 300 seats outside directly at the Marktplatz.

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Café Fassbender
Corner Sternstrasse and Dreieck

Café Fassbender is known for its cake. It is a pastry shop and a café. Often very crowded. It is a great location for middle-aged or older people to visit.

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Cafetiero
Fürstenstraße

Very good coffee specialties, the interior is rather modern, closes already at 8.

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Teestube Geschwendner
Dreieck 2
10-19

Not a cafe, but a tea room in a beautiful frame house that hosts the Tea shop Tee Geschwendner. They brew high quality tea on the second floor and also have a small choice of cakes and scones. The shop on the first floor often offers free tea tasting of one or two teas in a Samowar.

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Einstein Cafe
Fürstenstraße

The Einstein Cafe boasts excellent espresso, comparable to Starbucks. One of the few branches of the Berlin-based chain outside of Berlin.

Bars

bars
Mojito
Königstraße 9, 53113 Bonn
0228 4228727
18-?

Small and popular Cocktail bar, prices are moderate, they also have Pizza and Tapas. Very hot in the summer. Happy Hour 18-20: Cocktails 3,90 € and Pizza 4,50 €.

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Cafe Pawlow
Heerstraße 64, Nordstadt

Situated in the multicultural Nordstadt, an atmospheric place to have a beer in summer.

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Hausbar
Am Boeselagerhof 1, 53111 Bonn
th&s 7-5, sun-wed 7-2
Opera building

bar and restaurant with house music. Very popular and rather fancy and stylish, some say wannabe, do not dress too casually or you might have problems getting in. Beautiful view of the rhine.

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Fiddler's Irish Pub
Frongasse 9, Bonn-Endenich

Fiddler's is an Irish Pub that serves traditional Irish fare. Events such as weekly Karaoke and Pub Trivia are popular with the student crowd. As a bonus for travelers, a good percentage of the staff will be native English speakers as well.

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James Joyce
Mauspfad
0228 - 369 56 71
near to Dreieck

Irish pub in the city centre, atmospheric, good food, large variety of beers and whiskies, live sports.

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Che Guevara
Münsterstraße 9, 53111 Bonn
0228 6297973
Mon-Th 19-1, Fr&Sat 19-3, Sun 18-1
street between H&M and Karstadt

Delicious cocktails, good atmosphere. Happy Hour Mon-Th 18.30-20.30, Fr&Sat 17-19 and Sunday, Cocktail 5,30 €.

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Nyx
Vorgebirgsstraße 19, Nordstadt

Another good place in the Nordstadt, especially in summer when they have a beergarden outside.

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Alter Zoll
Am Brassertufer
0228/241243
11-23, but depends on the weather, open only in summer
next to Koblenzer Tor

The definite place to be on a beautiful summer night in Bonn. Alter Zoll is a large beergarden under an old tree with direct view of the Rhine and a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere. It can become very crowded and take 20 minutes to get your drinks. Many people and especially students also bring their own drinks and sit down on the meadow next to the beer garden. To find it, just follow the crowd at Koblenzer Tor down to the rhine.

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Indochine Buddha Bar
Weberstraße 37, 53113 Bonn
0228 241614

Stylish Cocktail bar and restaurant in a basement with chilled lounge music.

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Tacos
Bonngasse 7
0228 655185
same street as Beethovenhaus

Popular Mexican Bar, Corona beer and great Cocktails. Happy Hour from 17-19.30h and 23.30-00.30h. Their food is also very good.

Clubs and discos

clubs and discos
Blow Up
Rathausgasse 10

Dive bar. Speciality is funk and 60's. It can get smokey and very hot when crowded.

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Drei Raum Wohnung
Boeselagerhof 15, 53111 Bonn - Innenstadt
opposite to the opera

Loosely translates to "Three Room Apartment". Very interesting joint with two completely different atmospheres depending on where you are. The ground floor is a stylish lounge with mixed drink specialties that caters to the slightly older theater crowd. The basement has an open dance floor, cheap beer specials and a live DJ. The basement also has a "bedroom" and "living room" with seating to get away from the dance floor for a rest. The real crowd shows up here late with the dance floor usually not filling up until after 23:00.

clubs and discos
Carpe Noctem
Wesselstrasse 5, 53113 Bonn
22-5
near Hauptbahnhof

Underground rock club with young patrons. Has occasional student parties boasting free entry and half-price drinks. If the club is packed, it will get uncomfortably hot. Dress light.

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N8schicht
Bornheimer Str. 20-22

Open five days a week. Theme parties. Can also get smoky and hot when crowded.