Zum Tanzenden Einhorn

I visited this bar on a rainy Saturday evening with some coworkers. We reserved a table ahead of time, which was a good call. By the time 8 pm came around, the place was starting to get packed.
Described to me as a "nerd" bar, I was expecting the decorations on the walls when I arrived. The place was covered with many references to popular video games, movies, and books. It had a very cozy feeling, and you could tell many of the people there were frequent patrons.
I was convinced to split a bottle of mead with two friends, which is homemade by the bar. I unfortunately did not like it, finding it too sickly sweet and thick (from the honey) for my tastes. It takes a while to choose from the menu, as it is several pages long with many drink specials and shots, but my simple tequila sunrise was much better.
They have a large number of board and card games for patrons to play, and my group greatly enjoyed playing "Cards against Muggles." There's even an old Nintendo 64 in the corner, though I'm sure it's hard to get a spot on that during the night.
Word of advice for when you go to the bar: it can get pretty packed up as waves of people all seem to get drinks at once. If you just wait a bit longer, the line will eventually die down, and you can walk right up and order. This place also appears to have hot food, though I did not look at that menu nor try any of it, but it is good to know.
Over all I would not mind coming back to this bar. It may invite a fun crowd but the atmosphere is very relaxed. The prices are also reasonable compared to other places. Just be sure to get your seat early or reserve it.

You like tabletop gaming and mead? This is the place for you!

A wonderful little basement bar that's full of cliches and atmosphere. From the medieval style kitsch decor to the barrells full of games (literally! the barrells have latched doors and when you open them, boom, plethora of tabletop games inside) this is a theme bar not to be missed!

Bring a few friends, grab a table and a board game and enjoy a mead or two. Or come on your own and make new friends! Several of their games have English versions as well and they have Wasabi, which is a quick dice game with instructions in fifteen or so languages.

It does get quite crowded on weekends and evenings, but go and have a look anyway, you might be lucky and grab a nice spot. Definitely one of my faves in the city.

I love theme bars, so Zum tanzenden Einhorn is right up my alley. Took me a visit or two to warm up to it (and to the very painful looking medieval weaponry on the walls) but now I come here for the tasty honey beer and the nice folks. This place is full of gaming nerds - my kind of company!


I was a wee bit weirded out by the viking sing-alongs, but hey - it's all part of the atmosphere. It can get a bit packed here on the weekend, weekdays seem to be a good choice for a quick pint (if you don't mind that the entire rest of the pub will be sitting around playing Magic the Gathering).


Skål!

This place is amazing.
It's not a "fancy" place, where you go, dress up and dance until morning light.
It's a very simple bar, filled with a lot of Nerds. The Customers there either love Roleplay games (the ones with dices!), old TV-Series, Videogames or Sci-Fi or Fantasystuff.
Most of the people there wear black band shirts and most of the time "evil black music" comes from the speakers, if not somebody gets out the guitar and playes a song.
It's a rustical and cozy place, you easily feel home at, due to the atmosphere.
The customers there are very open and the staff is super friendly and does its best to serve all special demands. Thier bartender is really nice and they have everything from coffee, over beers and shorts to fancy cocktails.
It's a good place to have weirdly amazing conversations with people you just met.