Pelican - Hamburg

This place is great. Great service. Great cocktails. Good music. Comfortable sofas. Upon entering we were presented with the menu and as we turned to go claim a... read more This place is great. Great service. Great cocktails. Good music. Comfortable sofas. Upon entering we were presented with the menu and as we turned to go claim a sofa our host told us not to forget our glasses of water cucumber water, a nice touch. While going through the menu, our host brought over two complimentary coffee liquors, again a nice touch. Definitely right up their with the best service I've come across in bars in Hamburg and I've been to a lot! The menu is a fair size, but not hugely extensive. It doesn't include (m)any standard cocktails. For instance, I asked for a margarita (meaning the Tommy's Margarita from the menu) and was instantly asked do you mean a normal margarita or a Tommy's?. This, I assume, means that you can also get a lot of cocktails that aren't on the menu My Tommy's Margarita was mostly a standard margarita, but without the salt and instead topped by frothed egg white. The cocktails here are cheapish and they have offers on Thursdays to make them even cheaper. One further plus point is that they serve Augustiner beer one of my favourites. I feel that Luba Luft is a bar that deserves to be better known. I'll definitely be back and I'm definitely going to introduce my friends to it.

The Luba Luft reminds me of an old abandoned apartment my friends and I found when we were 16. We turned it into our second home, dragged random used furniture... read more The Luba Luft reminds me of an old abandoned apartment my friends and I found when we were 16. We turned it into our second home, dragged random used furniture into the apartment and hung out there from last period until all hours of the night drinking beers, listening to music, smoking cigarettes and just being teenagers. Until, that is, the cops kicked us out for trespassing a few months later. The Luba Luft has the same type of feel to me random flohmarkt chairs, sofas and couches spread across the entirety of the establishment. What the Luba Luft does have, which that old apartment didn't, is friendly service and ridiculously yummy cocktails. I literally want to come back here just to try out all the cocktails on the menu, as if it was some Pokemon collecting game. Need to order that Gin and Pesto drink. Well recommended for a quiet mid week excursion, but to be entirely honest, I like the atmosphere at the 3 Zimmer Wohnung a wee bit better. Luba Luft are friendlier, cheaper and have considerably better cocktails, so it's a matter of in the mood more than anything else. Review edited on account of peer pressure.

My favoritest bar in Hamburg, not that I go out often but it's close to where I put in my 10-16 hour shifts and falling onto a barstool, blabbing with Vera and... read more My favoritest bar in Hamburg, not that I go out often but it's close to where I put in my 10-16 hour shifts and falling onto a barstool, blabbing with Vera and sucking down 3 Moscow Mules in quick succession is my idea of Feierabend! Unpretentious atmosphere. You can show up in sweats or das kleine Schwarze,egal. Squashy sofas and private corners and right up front on the bar. The service is einfach excellent. The bartenders are friendly and know what they're doing. You can name a spirit and they will make you something delicious with it. Prices are totally reasonable. Look at this page. Almost 100 reviews and 5 stars average...

Went back here late one evening, and this place is really smokey. For me it 's a deal breaker. Such a shame. They should call it Luba Ohne Luft . read more Went back here late one evening, and this place is really smokey. For me it 's a deal breaker. Such a shame. They should call it Luba Ohne Luft .

ALii took me to this place just recently, and I have to agree it's brilliant. I only had a standard cocktail, a Mai Thai, but it was really good, topped with a... read more ALii took me to this place just recently, and I have to agree it's brilliant. I only had a standard cocktail, a Mai Thai, but it was really good, topped with a molten sugar cube a nice touch. It was slightly expensive though. The barmaid Vera is really nice, everything unrolls on a much more personal level than in your typical order your drink and leave me alone sort of cocktail bar. Not here though, the service is triple A, and the free cucumber water with your drink is a nice idea and a welcome addition. I heard there's also electro parties on some occasions I'm sold.