Tacos, a Mexican bar, has a long drinks list. Try both classic and lesser known drinks at this city centre bar. During Happy Hour (to 10pm) all cocktails are half price. After 11 pm, all jumbo coktails are half off.

Address: Bonngasse 7, Bonn

Opening hours: Sunday to Monday from noon until 2am, Saturday and Sunday from noon until 1am.

Internet:www.tacos-bar.de

If you spend your cocktail evening at Shakers, you’ll have 400 different drinks to choose from. Drinks cost between 6 and 8 Euros. Happy Hour, when certain cocktails cost 5.90 Euro, is between 5pm and 9pm and between 1am and 2am.

Address: Bornheimer Straße 26, Bonn

Opening hours: Monday and Tuesday from 5pm to 1am, Wednesday and Thursday from 5pm to 2am, Friday and Saturday from 5pm to 4am and Sunday from 4pm to 1am.

Internet:www.shakers-bonn.de

The Old Jacob is decorated in Victorian style with a hat and beard as its logo. Besides numerous cocktails, spirits and beer from all over the world are on offer. Prices are a bit higher than elsewhere (from 9-12 Euros) but the bar has an emphasis on creative drinks and high quality ingredients.

Address: Kesselgasse 1a, Bonn

Opening hours: Tuesday to Thursday from 6pm to 1am, Friday and Saturday from 6pm to 2am.

Internet:www.theoldjacob.com

Named after the famous Cuban revolutionary, the cocktails in this Bonn bar also promise to revolutionise. Happy Hour, when cocktails cost 5.90 Euro, is from Monday to Thursday between 6.30pm and 8.30pm and on Friday and Saturday from 5pm to 7pm.

Address: Münsterstraße 9, Bonn

Opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 5pm to 1am, Friday and Saturday from 5pm to 3am.

Internet: www.cheguevara-bonn.de

Those out and about in Bonn’s Südstadt can enjoy a cocktail evening at Mojito. Besides the classics, there are also some more unusual drinks. Cocktail prices range from 4 to 8 Euros. If you’re there during Happy Hour (6pm to 10pm), then cocktails cost 4.50 Euro.

Address: Königstraße 9, Bonn

Opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 6pm to midnight.

Internet:www.mojitobonn.de

The Mexican restaurant Sausalitos is situated opposite Bonn University in the former Bouvier bookshop, so if you drink a cocktail here, you can enjoy a view of the palace. Happy Hour is from 4pm to 10pm when cocktails cost 4.90 Euro.

Address: Am Hof 28, Bonn

Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 4pm to 1am, Saturday from noon to 2am and Sunday from 4pm to midnight.

Internet:www.sausalitos.de/mein-sausalitos/bonn

Live in Poppelsdorf? Then you don’t need to head to the city centre to drink cocktails as you can get them at Monte Cristo in the Poppelsdorf bar and restaurant district.

Address: Clemens-August-Straße 3, Bonn

Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday from 10am to midnight, Friday and Saturday from 10am to 3am.

Internet:Monte Cristo Bonn auf Facebook

Havanna is also in the Poppelsdorf bar and restaurant district and also has a long cocktail list. Drinks cost 4.70 Euro during Happy Hour (10pm to midnight) and otherwise prices range between 5 and 8 Euros.

Address: Clemens-August-Straße 1, Bonn

Opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 10am to 1pm, Friday from 10am to 2pm, Saturday from 11am to 2am and Sunday from 11am to 1am.

Internet:www.havanna-bonn.de

This list of cocktail bars in Bonn does not purport to be complete and was not written using objective criteria. There is also no particular ranking. The order of the list is random. Do you have any other tips for cocktail bars? Send an email to online@ga.de.

(Original text: Sofia Grillo. Translated by Kate Carey)