Bar Neiro
A kissa-inspired Berlin room where everything comes off vinyl and each LP is played whole rather than cherry-picked.
Not yet verifiedBest listening bars in Berlin
Berlin listens the way it dances: experimentally, and at its own hours. The rooms here lean on custom-built systems rather than vintage horns, and the programme is as likely to be ambient or dub as it is jazz.
None of these has been checked in person or confirmed by the venue yet. Each was written from what the venue publishes about itself, and every page says so.
Coro
Wine-led with a custom-built system, running jazz through bossa nova to funk.
Not yet verifiedKwia
Less a bar than a room you sit down in: low seating, DIY furniture, and long ambient programmes.
Not yet verifiedAnima
One of the newer Berlin rooms, programming immersive listening sessions rather than DJ sets.
Not yet verifiedRhinoçéros
A small central room on the purist end of Berlin's hi-fi scene.
Not yet verifiedBankert Vinyl Café
The daytime end of the Berlin scene: a cafe that takes its playback as seriously as its coffee.
Not yet verifiedQuestions about Berlin
How many listening bars are there in Berlin?
We have written up 6 in Berlin. None of these has been checked in person or confirmed by the venue yet. Each was written from what the venue publishes about itself, and every page says so.
Which listening bars in Berlin serve food?
Coro and Bankert Vinyl Café. The rest are set up for drinking and listening rather than eating.
Where can you get coffee and good sound in Berlin?
Bankert Vinyl Café serve coffee as well as playing records.
What is a listening bar?
A bar built around a stereo, where the music is put on from vinyl, tape or a disc rather than played live, and the room is arranged to face the speakers. It is the descendant of the Japanese jazz kissa, with a bar tab and later hours.