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The bar at night: black lacquer, a brass rail, green velvet stools and backlit bottles

The Sunburst Bar

Cocktails of the interwar years under the original gilt ceiling, every evening from six until the last guest goes up.

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A bar older than most

The bar opened with the hotel in 1932 and was, by every account, the best place in Kaunas to be seen after the theatre. Its gilt sunburst was painted over in 1950 and found again in 2019, under five coats of green.

Our head bartender, Lukas, rebuilt the drinks list from the hotel's own order books: gin from Lithuania, vermouth from Turin, oranges from wherever the season allows.

A cocktail in a crystal coupe with an orange twist on the green marble bar

The list

Every cocktail is stirred or shaken to order. Ask Lukas for something that is not here.

House cocktails

  • Saulėja€14
    Lithuanian gin, bitter orange, honey, a twist of lemon
  • Laisvės Martini€13
    Gin and dry vermouth, very cold, with an olive
  • Midnight in Kaunas€15
    Rye, cherry, amaro and a drop of smoke

Classics

  • Negroni€12
    Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth
  • Sidecar€13
    Cognac, orange liqueur, lemon, a sugared rim
  • French 75€14
    Gin, lemon and champagne

Without alcohol

  • Garden Fizz€8
    Cucumber, elderflower, soda
  • Amber€8
    Cold tea, apricot, ginger

Good to know

Do I need to book?

Not to sit at the bar. For a table of four or more after nine, we recommend it.

Is there a dress code?

Come as you are. A few guests dress for 1932, and we have never minded.

Is there music?

A pianist on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from nine.

Keep a table for you

Tables by the window go first. Tell us when you are coming and we will keep one.

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