Well lit and airy (for Berlin), this L-shaped bar competes with Schwarzsauer to be the primary Kastanienallee hangout. The food, an odd mix of Asian and Italian, is generally...
Kastanienallee 49Karl Wannemacher combines classic German and French flavours with Asian influences in a wonderfully romantic dining room. Sample such wonders as horseradish terrine with smoked...
Windscheidstrasse 31Red leather banquettes, parquet flooring and the crack of wooden chairs all contribute to the old Viennese café experience at Einstein. Fine Austrian cooking is produced...
Kurfürstenstrasse 58The café of the Literaturhaus, which has lectures, readings and a bookshop. The greenhouse-like winter garden or salon rooms are great for ducking into a book over breakfast or...
Fasanenstrasse 23This impeccably designed store - Berlin's answer to Colette in Paris - offers a select mix of men's and women's fashion, accessories, electronics, books, music, art and even...
Französische Strasse 40Known and loved by many, so bookings are pretty much essential for this comfortable, elegant Thai, where a husband and wife team please their guests with well-balanced if...
Lützowstrasse 81Florian has served fine south German food on this quietly posh street for a couple of decades now. The cooking is hearty, the service impeccable. Yes, staff will put you in...
Grolmanstrasse 52Organic burgers, bratwurst and fries are flipped with attitude and served with delicious home-made ketchup, sauces and dips in this 'multikulti' gourmet chip shop. Burgers of...
Boxhagener Strasse 104With its entrance on the promenade by the Spree just down the steps from the north side of Weidendammer Brücke, this comfortably cavernous restaurant is more reminiscent of...
Friedrichstrasse 105BA 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...
Knaackstrasse 37Freshly made Middle Eastern specialities including falafel, kibbeh, tabbouleh and various combination plates. Wash it down with freshly squeezed orange or carrot juice, and...
Goltzstrasse 24Well-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 25Only 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 25This quiet neighbourhood place serves up traditional German food alongside an innovative menu that ranges from kangaroo to fondue. Noteworthy are the Königsberger Klöpse (east...
Borsigstrasse 28Probably Berlin's best restaurant right now, and with the awards to prove it. Chef Thomas Kammeier juxtaposes classic haute cuisine with an avant-garde new German style. Dishes...
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