Rosis Bar, St. Pauli, Hamburg

The best bar on Hamburger Berg- Rosi´s is similar to many of the other "dive" bars aufm Kiez but it has a special something going on for it which seperates it from the rest of the bars around here.

Is is the drinks? Nah, an Astra here costs pretty much the same in every bar near the Reeperbahn. Just dont get caught drinking any other beer.

Could it be the atmosphere? Maybe- the wood interior with paintings and lamps straight out of the 60s and 70s certainly lend this place some character. The foosball table and couch also add nice distractions when you dont want to dance.

Oh, now that I mention it, its the dancing! People here just want to dance, dance, dance. The DJ on Thursday/weekends is likely spinning old soul 45s (think James Brown) and everyone just gets down, in an unpretentious way. The crowd here is totally not an "Im here-to-be-seen" scene.

My stand-by when it comes to a night out aufm Kiez. Check it out.

Ah Rosi's Bar.. it's another of the almost identical bars on that side of Hamburger Berg. That mean's it's actually a pretty good bar, but you could just as easily pick any of 5-10 bars within 50 yards and have the same evening.

- popular music? check.
- dance floor? check.
- cheap(ish) drinks? check.
- good crowd? check.
- free entry? check.
- table football? check.

Did I just copy/paste that review? Did someone copy/paste this bar?

Why has nobody ever reviewed Rosi’s Bar in English? Could it be because whenever the English end up this far into a St. Pauli weekender they can no longer differentiate between any of the bars on Hamburgerberg?! I suspect so.

Anyway, Rosi’s trivia: the girl with the dreads from Zoe 2 DJ’s here at the weekends sometimes.

It’s always packed Thursday till Sunday morning.

It doesn’t look anything like the photo, cause you have to imagine the mass of people sprawled on the pavement. All good fun, and probably better than the Reeperbahn…