The upbeat El Sur Bar offers Iberian culture à la carte - a decent range of tropical cocktails, tapas and great wines are spiced up with live Spanish and Portuguese sounds.

Freshly made Middle Eastern specialities including falafel, kibbeh, tabbouleh and various combination plates. Wash it down with freshly squeezed orange or carrot juice, and...

A stylish café, lounge and cocktail bar for the homosexual fashion-conscious: the front has a '70s disco feel complete with furry wall; the back lounge offers plush leather...

Friendly, gay-owned French restaurant where good cooking is enhanced by a sense of fun and occasional themed events - such as the Beaujolais nouveau being welcomed by a 'rustic...

In a corner of town bereft of good places to eat, Berlin's only Norwegian restaurant is frequented by businessmen and artists from the neighbourhood. Daily specials are...

'Mother' tries to do everything at once: two bars; an enormous selection of wines, beers and cocktails; breakfasts until 6pm; a sushi bar from 6pm, plus other snacks throughout...

Established in the early 1970s, this is the city's oldest gay café. The former name Anderes Ufer ('The Other Side') was changed to Neues Ufer ('The New Side'), symbolising a...

You may have to wait for a table in this popular, friendly place, but the turnover's fast. Weekly specials are first-rate, as are the pasta dishes. Salads could be better and...

Film stills and the likeness of Battleship Potemkin director Eisenstein adorn the wall, and the red and black decor has a constructivist feel. Breakfasts also sport titles of...

The pan-German food - soup and salad starters, a sausage and sauerkraut platter, plus daily varying meat and fish dishes - is finely prepared by versatile chef Hannes Behrmann,...

Against the odds, this place seems to have conquered the Winterfeldtplatz area, although there's not a café round here that's not full on a market day. Lots of bagels and...

There are Imbiss stands on every corner of Wittenbergplatz, but this one, on the northwest corner of the square, opposite KaDeWe, is one of the best in the whole city. It's a...