This café and florist rolled into one is named after a poem by Kurt Schwitters. The pastries are expensive but high quality, the terrace is nice in summer, and the interior,...

The Bird is probably the most authentic American burger and steak joint in Berlin, tucked on a quiet side street across from the Mauerpark. Run by renegades from New York...

This nice café by day turns at night into a good gay bar to get wrecked in, with loud house and techno music. It has snacks and salads, a mostly youngish crowd and a central...

Friendly café on two levels with scrubbed floors, beige walls, hard-working staff and as many tables crammed into the space as the laws of physics allow. Excellent brunches,...

Café Galião is a comfortable low-key daytime café with a friendly atmosphere. Youngish locals stop by for frequently changing specials such as home-made soups and organic...

This Mongolian restaurant is off the beaten path but worth seeking out: the ample helpings of rice, fried beef and vegetarian dishes can fuel hordes. One delicacy is the...

This beautiful café, with its broad corner front and deco-ish look, draws a mixed crowd but maintains a following among less well-scrubbed locals, adding a pleasingly bohemian...

This inexpensive café looks something like a 1940s American soda shop reimagined as a livery stable. Berlin always finds a way to sneak beer into an afternoon of coffee and...

German food with a light touch: roasts, grilled fish, and the occasional schnitzel cosy up to fresh salads and simple potato side dishes. The menu changes daily and everything...

Burgers and fries, bratwurst and fries, chicken and fries, steak and fries - or forget about the other stuff and just get the fries, because that's what it's all about. And...

It may be on the edge of the Prenzlauer Berg gay scene, but the Flax has developed into one of the most popular café/bars in the East, mainly pulling a young, mixed crowd....

A mature Alsatian restaurant that pioneered the Kollwitzplatz scene in the 1990s. The food is refined but filling, the service formal but friendly, and the furnishings are...

Bright red and gold, with a glorious cherub-filled sky on the ceiling, this small pocket of fabulousness seats about 15 people at a push. Hausbar is much more fun than all the...

The punky staff at I Due Forni look more likely to throw you out of a club than tease your tastebuds. But in a city of cheap pizzas baked by Turks or Palestinians pretending to...