The best cocktail drink in Oslo is found at T.G.I. Friday’s (Karl Johan) who are known for their delicious icy fresh straweberry daquiri, but also serve equally good drinks such as Heaven or Hell and my favorite Apple Martini. During the weekends it gets very crowded and that is enough to put me off. Not far away is the totally ‘OK’ John’s Bar. For the grown-ups.
Another crowded and too popular bar is Åpenbar, but with mouthwatering drinks such as Razzberry, Mint I understand why.
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Many clubs especially in the Frogner borough have dance floors (and dress codes), but for cheaper drinks and a more relaxed dress code visit the colorful Dattera til Hagen. They have 2 floors and an outside area, but the minus here is that the music (DJ) is too loud.
Fisk & Vilt is a good alternative for socializing and they also have outside seating/dancing/cramping and a small dancing floor, but the drinks all taste the same. Run by the people behind Hell’s Kitchen and Internasjonalen, the latter offer a bigger dance floor but drinks are too classical for my taste. Bar1 actually have bartenders that make good drinks, but forget about the dancing.
Stiff and Stiffer
The worst drink I’ve had in Oslo was at Horgan’s. It’s very popular with the populars. If you hate ugly people then visit Soliis as only the fierce get in.
Not so much drinks
If you are looking for a blend of geeks, rockers and nobodys then visit Mono, but only expect beer. If you want to ditch the geeks and only hang out with the metal rockers then choose Rock In. If it’s the beer that got you thirsty then visit Oslo Mikrobryggeri or Schouskjelleren Mikrobryggery (breweries) where everyone is in a good mood. The traditional sports pub noone cool wants to be seen in is The Scotsman. A very popular bar is Oslo Mekaniske Verksted.
