5 Best Strasbourg Bars

Finding a place to drink in Strasbourg isn’t a challenge. After all, most restaurants serve wine by the glass, carafe and bottle. This is no surprise since Strasbourg is located in the Alsatian region of France.

However, as is the case in most cities in France and beyond, some of the city’s watering holes are better than others. Adding to the challenge, our favorite Strasbourg bar is hidden without signs or fanfare.

Starting with that hidden bar, these are the Strasbourg bars that we like best:

If you’re looking for a sign for Aedaen Speakeasy, you won’t find it. Instead, the path to this secret cocktail bar involves walking through a busy pizzeria to a door that’s past the kitchen.

What’s behind that door will likely surprise you. No dingy hole-in the-wall, the spacious room has a decor that includes exposed pipes, vintage chandeliers, red velvet furniture and tchotchkes. More important to cocktail connoisseurs, it has an expansive drink menu crafted with liquor bottles that are stacked all the way up to the ceiling.

Once we found the door and nabbed two stools at the bar, all that was left to do was order drinks and start sipping.

While Mindi immediately knew that she wanted a glass of red absinthe served the old-fashioned way from an absinthe fountain, over a sugar cube and into the glass, Daryl wasn’t so certain. None of the bar’s seven specialty cocktails spoke to him, or perhaps they all did. So he put the decision in the capable hands of the bartender.

After asking a series of questions, she whipped up a mystery drink which ended up being a Jungle Bird. It was a good choice. Daryl enjoyed drinking the fruity rum cocktail in Strasbourg as much as he enjoyed drinking the fruity cocktail in New Orleans.

Pro Tip
Don’t rush through dinner. This speakeasy stays open until 4am on Fridays and Saturdays and until 1:30am on all other nights.

Aedaen Speakeasy is located at 6 Rue des Aveugles, 67000 Strasbourg, France.

That being said, if you’re looking to enjoy quality wine with local charcuterie and French cheese in Strasbourg, this is the place. You can also enjoy beef tataki, hummus and burrata here if you’ve already reached your personal meat and cheese limits.

Pro Tip
Le Cafe des Sports currently offers happy hour pricing from 5pm until 8pm. As always, these hours are subject to change.

Le Café des Sports is located at 16 Rue Sainte-Hélène, 67000 Strasbourg, France.

Contrary to popular belief, we don’t always eat at highfalutin establishments. In fact, some of our favorite meals around the world have been at local neighborhood pubs and greasy spoons. Despite the lack of bells and whistles, these spots simply make us happy.

Such is the case when we wandered into Brasserie au Telegraph on the other side of the Ill River, near the University, when we were craving beer. But we didn’t just order beer. We also ordered a tarte flambée for good measure.

Don’t think of Brasserie au Telegraph as a Parisian style brasserie. It’s more of local bar – the kind of place where friends hang with beers while sharing tarte flambée. It’s also a fine spot to chow down on burgers and eat plates topped with duck breast and frites (i.e. fried potatoes).

To be clear, this bar’s selection of beers from France and beyond is solid. Those not in the mood for beer can order cider, wine or cocktails instead.

Pro Trip
This is a great stop to eat an Alsatian pizza if you haven’t yet eaten a tart flambée or flammenkuche during your visit to Strasbourg. At the time of our visit, the brasserie’s menu had nine different options including one for vegetarians and another for pescatarians.

Brasserie au Telegraphe is located at 59 Rue de Zurich, 67000 Strasbourg, France.

Ironically, we chose the very first wine listed on the menu after perusing the full list – a snappy 2017 Riesling produced by Clément and Serge Fend. It proved to be an ideal pre-dinner tipple to sip during a quiet respite away from the maddening Christmas crowds.

Pro Tip
Black & Wine opens at 6pm each day if you’re looking for a spot to enjoy a pre-dinner glass of wine.

Black & Wine is located at 9 Rue Hannong, 67000 Strasbourg, France.

Four bars are enough should be enough to get your Strasbourg party started. Check out the following watering holes if you want to keep it going all week long:

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