Some bars around Neuhausen area of Munich

Hi All,

Happy New Year and all that crap.

A couple of ideas from last nights expedition into the darkness.

We decided to venture over Rotkreuzplatz way for a change.

1st stop was Ysenegger ( http://www.ysenegger.de ) for a few beers and some food. Simple but good menu, very good service, plenty of atmosphere. Bonus points because the waitress organised some ice-cream with candles for my mates birthday. Plus, got to see a little drama unfold as a very attractive woman at the next table, who was obviously stood-up, fired off a load of SMS messages, twisted her straw into slightly voodoo shapes and then left all on her lonesome.

Next stop was around the corner to Babaree ( http://www.babaree.de ) on Volkartstrasse. Nice little cellar bar which I hadn't been into before. Good layout but last night it was pretty much deserted. Will have to go back again to see if the atmosphere improves. Good points:- very cute & friendly waitress, got free shots (due to the birthday thing again). Bad points:- the toilets have arctic temperatures, the Helles is a well dodgey brand called Wildbrau which I'm blaming my current nasty headache on.

After a little debate (and a snowball flight) as to our next venue we headed around the corner (different one this time) to The Big Easy on Frundsbergstraße ( http://www.thebigeasy.de ) for the last few. I do like this place. Cool laid back jazz, excellent service from the über-stunning waitress, Funda, who is part Syrian, part Turkish & part German (WOW!). I'm told the food is excellent, but we were beyond eating at that stage. Next time...

A good night had by all.

cool tips. tried to go to the big easy last night, but even at 9 a.m. there was no chance. no tables in sight and i was hungry. seemed a bit uppity, but the atmosphere was cool. then did your babaree tip thing and enjoyed it too. found a table right away, but a lot of people who came in all wanted to sit alone, so rather than join us or one of the half-empty tables, they left. found the food prices to be really decent. excellent service too!

oops, meant of course at 9 p.m. thought i could edit my old posts. beau wants to take me to a disco targeted for those 25+. mmm.