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From Nov. 2nd, 2020, the Bata Bar & Billiards will be closed until further notice due to the corona virus. Of course we will keep you up to date with any changes. Stay healthy, folks! Your team from Bata Bar & Billiards

For years we have had an idea: to set up pool tables outside in the summer. Well, from now on, that idea is reality. Anyone who's been to the Bata these last few days has seen it: Our summer beer garden with a cosy lounge (with a real birch tree) and a nice wooden...

We organize a great Christmas party in Berlin for you and your employees with food, drinks, music and billiards. Enjoy a dinner with catering according to your wishes, and then play for example a small fun tournament at our well-kept billiard tables. Talk to us, we...

When Achim Gharbi of the Touch German Tour called us in October 2017 and offered to bring Efren “Bata” Reyes, Earl “The Pearl” Strickland and Francisco “Django” Bustamante to the Bata, we had to think for exactly 13.5 milliseconds to come to the conclusion that we as...

Straight Pool is a difficult game. The Diamond 10ft table at Bata Bar & Billiards is a difficut table. If you put both together, even two of the best players in Germany struggle. At our first 10ft Straight Pool Shootout at Bata Bar & Billiards the reigning...

Of course you know that you can walk the streets of Berlin virtually with Google Street View. Not everybody knows though that you can also do this with various businesses. We just had it done for the Bata, so you can walk through the Bata from your computer or...

Often we have arguments about the proper rules at the pool table: Do you have to shoot the 8-ball in the same or opposite pocket? What happens when you sink the cue ball? And why are the guys at the next table playing with only 9 balls? We're putting an end to these...

There's a new face in town! We've got great news: Ralph Eckert, well-known coach, professional player and trickshot world champion is moving to Berlin. And he chose the Bata Bar & Billiards as his place to practice. Ralph's becoming our house pro. He's gonna...

We didn't think about it too long when we got the chance to host the only european qualifier for the prestigious World Tournament of 14.1. And so it came that 18 of the top european players met last weekend to fight for two spots for New York and 800,- Euro  each for...