On the south side of the street, Atlantic's pavement café thrives in the summer, and a beer as late as 8pm will still have you sitting in a ray of light, if you're lucky enough...
Bergmannstrasse 100With a collection of antlers, this place does its best to look like a hunting lodge. The meat is organic, and there are also organic wines, Kapsreiter and Zipfer beer on tap,...
Bergmannstrasse 30North African and Egyptian specialities such as couscous and foul (red beans and chickpeas in sesame sauce) enhance a menu that also includes lots of well-executed standards...
Lausitzer Platz 6Tacky and camp, with lots of dolls and pictures of drag queens adorning the walls, the BarbieBar is also a stylish place, with comfortable easy chairs and quiet music, which...
Mehringdamm 77It's crowded, it's nondescript, but this humble Imbiss sells one of the best doner kebabs in Berlin. Crammed full of salad and seasoned with a startling array of spices, this...
Kottbusser Damm 6Daytimes, this place serves as a cosy café for students; in the evenings, it's full of gays too lazy to go to Schöneberg and lesbians who wouldn't go to Schöneberg anyway. At...
Mehringdamm 61A schizophrenic but stylish café/bar on two floors: the pink palace at street level could only attract the unashamedly camp while rowdy lesbians roll around on leopard-skin...
Mehringdamm 63In business since 1862, with walls adorned by fading photos of faded theatre stars, Grossbeerenkeller serves good home cooking of a solid Berlinisch bent. A true taste of...
Grossbeerenstrasse 90Well-run and friendly bar where the staff are expert cocktail-shakers, the music's hip and tasteful in a trancey kind of way, and the back room, equipped with a sushi bar, is a...
Arndtstrasse 25You thought the Turks had been chewing doner since time immemorial? Sorry, it was invented in Germany in 1971 by Mehmet Aygun, who eventually opened this highly successful...
Adalbertstrasse 10Only one thing on the menu - half a roast chicken - but Henne's birds are organically raised and milk-roasted. The only decisions required here are whether you want to have...
Leuschnerdamm 25Connected to the Mediterranean speciality store across the street, Knofi is cosy and not much larger than an Imbiss, but it boasts a cheap and delicious speciality in the form...
Bergmannstrasse 11This oddly whimsical bar and café, a bit rough around the edges, is the linchpin of Oranienstrasse's renaissance as a hip destination for young Berliners. The simultaneously...
Oranienstrasse 34With over a hundred whiskies, and frescoes detailing a lascivious pageant of falling angels and clerical inebriation, this bar and café offers a friendly vantage on the...
Wiener Strasse 22This unpretentious schnitzel restaurant and bar, with chunky tables and wood-panelled walls, has become something of a Kreuzberg institution. Breakfast is served right up until...
Pücklerstrasse 34