Buck and Breck has been ranked in the World's 50 Best Bars list for years. The bar is hidden behind an unmarked door on Brunnenstrasse — ring the bell, give your reservation name, and you are admitted to a 12-seat room around a long marble bar.
Gonçalo de Sousa Monteiro runs the cocktail programme and the discipline is total. Hand-cut ice, slow precise stirring, immaculate dilution. The cocktail menu is short and rotates seasonally. The Buck and Breck Manhattan is benchmark.
The crowd is mid-thirties Berlin professionals and visiting cocktail enthusiasts. Best Tuesday to Thursday for the conversation. Pair with Lebensstern in Schöneberg for a complete Berlin classical cocktail evening.
