Best Hamburg Hostels with an On-Site Bar
4 top-rated hostels with bar in Hamburg Handpicked for travelers who want the best.
Four Hamburg hostels run a real on-site bar — not a vending machine, not a coffee corner with one Heineken in the fridge, but a properly-staffed bar with taps, cocktails and evening hours. Backpackers St. Pauli has Ratsherrn craft beer with a 23h close. instantSleep opens at 17h with a small DJ room attached. Jugendherberge Stintfang has a harbor-view bar attached to the breakfast room. Jugendherberge Horner Rennbahn has a sport-broadcasting bar in the family-campus DJH. Pick by what you want the bar for.
Hamburg's hostel-bar scene splits cleanly: the St. Pauli pair (Backpackers, instantSleep) cater to 25-to-35 backpackers using the bar as a pre-Reeperbahn warm-up, with Ratsherrn craft beer on tap and a vibe that sits between hostel and neighborhood pub. The two Jugendherberge bars (Stintfang, Horner Rennbahn) are different: DJH-style restaurant-bars built for guests of all ages, with the Stintfang one having the genuine harbor view and the Horner Rennbahn one having the broadcast sports for families and roadtrippers. All four are open evenings to guests; only Backpackers and instantSleep open to the public.
🏨Why Hamburg is Perfect for Bar
Backpackers St. Pauli and instantSleep run the two backpacker bars in St. Pauli. Backpackers is the more curated of the two — Ratsherrn pression, cocktails that won't shock your wallet, sun deck terrace, adults-only enforcement, bar closes at 23h. instantSleep is louder, opens at 17h, has a small downstairs nightclub/DJ room with guest DJs on weekends. Both pull a real local-and-traveller mix.
Jugendherberge Auf dem Stintfang's bar is the under-the-radar hidden gem of Hamburg hostel-bar-land. It's the same room as the breakfast room — full-wall window over the Elbe and the Landungsbrücken ferry pier. Open to guests only in the evenings. Drink prices are DJH standard (€4 beers, €8 wines), but the view from the terrace is what you'll remember.
Jugendherberge Horner Rennbahn has the family-campus bar — TV broadcasting live sports, snacks at the counter, the kind of bar that's part of a 400-bed DJH property. Useful if you're staying there with kids or a group, less of a reason to book the hostel just for the bar.
Traveler's take
“If the on-site bar is the deciding factor in your booking, instantSleep is the loudest with the DJ room, Backpackers St. Pauli is the most thoughtful (craft beer, 23h close, sun deck), Jugendherberge Stintfang is the one to book for the breakfast-room view that becomes the bar view (port ferries passing while you drink), and Jugendherberge Horner Rennbahn is the family-friendly campus pick where the bar is more 'broadcast sports with a beer' than 'meet other backpackers'. Drink prices: €4 to €5 for a beer, €8 to €12 for cocktails at all four. None has happy-hour pricing.”
Our Top 4 Picks
Hostels in Hamburg with bar, sorted by guest rating.
Backpackers St. Pauli
St. Pauli
Very Good
1,554 reviews
Backpackers St. Pauli sits on Bernstorffstraße 98, ten minutes walking from Reeperbahn and two minutes from S-Bahn Holstenstraße. Adults-only (18+), with a ground-floor bar, sun deck, shared kitchen and a crowd that skews solo backpackers and twos. Rooms are simple, clean, and quiet at night because the bar closes at 23h.
From
€32//night
Why travelers love Backpackers St. Pauli
“Consistently praised for friendly, genuinely helpful staff and a quiet-for-St-Pauli location that lets you actually sleep. Guests flag the shared kitchen as unusually clean and the morning coffee in the bar as the softest landing after a Reeperbahn night. Main downside: the bathrooms are shared and upper floors are stairs-only, not great with a big pack.”
Jugendherberge Hamburg Auf dem Stintfang
Hafencity / Neustadt
Very Good
1,926 reviews
Jugendherberge Auf dem Stintfang sits on the bluff above the U-Bahn/S-Bahn Landungsbrücken station, with a view over the Elbe that most Hamburg hotels charge four times as much to give you. DJH membership required (buy at reception if you're not already). Breakfast included, restaurant with bar, tour desk, shared kitchen and a terrace looking straight down at the port ferries.
From
€38//night
Why travelers love Jugendherberge Hamburg Auf dem Stintfang
“The breakfast-room view of the port is the recurring theme — guests at every price point mention eating in front of passing container ships. Location gets near-universal praise (30 seconds from the S-Bahn/U-Bahn interchange). Biggest downside flagged repeatedly: the steep stairs up from Landungsbrücken are brutal with a full pack, and the DJH membership requirement (€7-22 depending on age) catches non-German travellers off guard.”
Jugendherberge Hamburg Horner Rennbahn
Horn
Very Good
1,038 reviews
Jugendherberge Horner Rennbahn sits on Rennbahnstraße 100 next to the Horner Rennbahn horse-racing track, 20 minutes by U-Bahn east of Reeperbahn. It's a big green-campus DJH property — 400+ beds across several wings, kids' play area, mini-golf, BBQ, outdoor fireplace, restaurant, bar, full breakfast buffet and a tour desk selling Hamburg city tours. Parking included, wheelchair-accessible throughout. Best fit for families and groups.
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€36//night
Why travelers love Jugendherberge Hamburg Horner Rennbahn
“Consistently praised for the quality breakfast (included in all rates, hot and cold buffet), friendly multilingual staff (German, English, French commonly), and the campus feel — trees, picnic tables, outdoor fireplace, a BBQ area guests can use. Single most-mentioned downside: no power points at the beds in older wings, so charge your phone during breakfast. Location is suburban, not walkable to Reeperbahn.”
instantSleep Backpackerhostel St Pauli
Altona-Nord
Good
1,423 reviews
instantSleep is a veteran St. Pauli backpacker hostel on Max-Brauer-Allee 277, at the crossroads between Altona-Nord and St. Pauli. It's one of Hamburg's last properly social hostels — in-house Nightclub/DJ room, bar, pool table, sun deck, shared kitchen, and a female-only dorm option. Rooms are basic, the vibe is 2000s-backpacker-communal, and staff (ask for Smout) are a big part of why people come back.
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€25//night
Why travelers love instantSleep Backpackerhostel St Pauli
“Regulars praise the friendly, memorable staff (Smout comes up by name in multiple reviews) and the relaxed-but-social atmosphere that sits between 'quiet hostel' and 'party hostel' without fully committing to either. The 4-bed female dorm is singled out as well-run and genuinely safe. Downside: building is a converted walk-up, beds are basic, bathrooms are shared and show their age.”
💡Tips for Choosing a Hostel with Bar in Hamburg
- 1instantSleep bar opens at 17h. If you want a quiet drink before the DJ room kicks in, arrive between 17h and 19h.
- 2At Backpackers St. Pauli, the sun deck and back terrace are the move on warm evenings. The indoor bar gets crowded fast on Friday and Saturday.
- 3The Stintfang bar requires DJH membership (purchased at reception, €7 to €22.50 annually) — pricing is competitive once you're in.
- 4Horner Rennbahn's bar is open until midnight on weekdays and 1am on weekends, longer than the family-campus vibe suggests.
- 5Want a real bar crawl? Both St. Pauli hostels are 6-10 min from the Reeperbahn — start at your hostel bar, walk to Molotow on Nobistor for indie rock, end at Große Freiheit clubs.
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