A bit further east than the fashionable parts of this borough, but convenient for Magnet and the Knaack Club this family-run place is great for relaxing...
Hufelandstrasse 15This café and florist rolled into one is named after a poem by Kurt Schwitters. The pastries are quite expensive but high quality, the terrace is a...
Kollwitzstrasse 83Friendly 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....
Knaackstrasse 26-28Café Galião is a comfortable low-key daytime café with a friendly atmosphere. Youngish locals stop by for frequently changing specials such as home-made...
Marienburger Strasse 26BGerman 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...
Oderberger Strasse 15
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...
Knaackstrasse 37Bright 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...
Rykestrasse 54The 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...
Schönhauser Allee 12
The Currywurst is justly famous at this venerable sausage stand, which has been under the same family management since 1930. It serves a variety of other...
Under U-Bahn tracks
The focus here is on good food and wine in a refreshingly unpretentious space, with simple wooden tables and chairs. With French owners, French chef, French...
Sredzkistrasse 14A trek along Prenzlauer Berg's main drag is going to leave you in need of refreshment and, assuming you have strength enough to resist McDonald's and...
Schönhauser Allee 129
Mao Thai's charming service and excellent food comes with a 'to whom it may concern' framed testimonial from the Thai ambassador, on the stairs down to the...
Wörther Strasse 30
Berlin burger bars tend to suffer from some form of pseudo-Americana theme, so this simple but lively neighbourhood hangout is a welcome relief. Grease out...
Marienburger Strasse 47A warm and friendly restaurant decked out in traditional Eritrean colours and serving exquisite East African dishes using palm nut oil, peanut sauce,...
Lychenerstrasse 12Named, they say, not after the painter but in honour of a 'Mesopotamian natural philosopher', this cool, roomy place serves excellent Anatolian specialities...
Raumerstrasse 28-29