Across from the Technical University and usually packed with students drinking coffee. Simple, decent pasta, salads and sandwiches at reasonable prices.

A small and unassuming restaurant away from the hubbub of Simon-Dach-Strasse, the 'flying table' nevertheless fills up with locals of an evening. Generous helpings of Italian...

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...

Delicious, thin-crust pizzas heated on the spot with fresh toppings such as tuna and rocket, spinach and white cheese, prawns, artichokes and chilli. This bustling Imbiss and...

This nicely located, first-rate Italian is spread out over two floors. Downstairs there's a small bar for an aperitif or coffee. Starters such as grilled artichoke hearts and...

Most of Berlin's best Italian chefs paid their dues at this 1977-founded establishment, learning their lessons from a family of restaurateurs from Lecce. Osteria is run by...

Streetside windows, an open, high-ceilinged dining room, and lots of Italian-restaurant bustle provide a perfect frame for excellent pizzas and delicious pastas. Papà Pane is a...

On the banks of the Spree just above the leafy Hansaviertel, this designer barge has a sunny terrace on top and light-filled lounge below, both with extraordinary views of the...

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...

Well known for fish dishes (tuna and swordfish carpaccio or loup de mer) and for the pretty courgette flowers filled with ricotta and mint, not to mention its large, impressive...

The daily lunch menu is a great way to recharge after a morning of shopping or gallery hopping. Pick up a bottle of wine, some cheese, olives and salami, or ponder the...

Behind the daft name and ordinary façade is one of Berlin's best Italians. Cornerstone dishes are malfatti (pasta rolls seasoned with sage) and strangolapretti ('priest...

It's overcrowded, cramped and pricey, the service varies from rushed to rude, the music is irritating - but the pizzas are excellent and it's always open.