Wax On

Cocktail Bar · Berlin · Chef Sam Orrock

Ranked No. 57 on The World's 50 Best Bars list, Sam Orrock's Berlin cocktail bar uses laboratory equipment like centrifuges and rotary evaporators. Located in Neukölln, the venue serves refined twists on classic cocktails, including the signature Go Apes made with rum, clarified banana, coffee distillate, and soda.

Torstraße 175, 10115 Berlin, Germany, Berlin

  • #57 World's 50 Best Bars 2025

Menu

Cocktails

  • Penicillin (14) — Blended scotch, lemon, honey-ginger syrup, Islay scotch float — smoky and medicinal.
  • Spice Trade (14) — Rum, cardamom syrup, lime, ginger beer — warm spice meets Caribbean spirit.
  • Jungle Bird Remix (14) — Rum, Campari, pineapple, lime, demerara — a tropical-bitter riff on the classic.
  • Wax On Old Fashioned (14) — Bourbon, demerara, house-made bitters, orange peel — the bar's signature riff.
  • Lavender Haze (13) — Gin, lavender syrup, lemon, egg white, Peychaud's — floral and aromatic.
  • Paper Plane (13) — Bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino, lemon — balanced bitter-sweet classic.
  • Berlin Sour (13) — Bourbon, lemon, house-made raspberry syrup, egg white — a Berlin twist on the classic sour.
  • Negroni Bianco (13) — Gin, Lillet Blanc, Suze — a luminous, bitter-floral take on the Negroni.
  • Velvet Underground (15) — Vodka, blackberry, vanilla, lemon, champagne top — dark and effervescent.
  • Tokyo Drift (15) — Japanese whisky, yuzu, honey, shiso leaf — clean and citrus-forward.

The Experience

Expect a minimalist atmosphere. The meal is structured around classic service.

  • Atmosphere: Minimalist
  • Format: Classic

Phone: +49 30 24631881

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