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...

Just doors apart, what ties these two establishments together - aside from their shared reception desk - is a wonderfully realised 'modernised colonial'...

This 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...

This somewhat dilapidated former ballroom offers art, performance art, dance productions and concerts, offering a unique and authentic cultural evening....

The head of Samuel Beckett stares at you from the window of this red-walled, intimate spot which prides itself on expert cocktails and a variety of scotches...

Friendly 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....

Café Galião is a comfortable low-key daytime café with a friendly atmosphere. Youngish locals stop by for frequently changing specials such as home-made...

Bring your table tennis bat and prepare for ping-pong madness. The action doesn't start until around midnight, but when it does you can expect 30 or so...

Duncker does have a reasonably varied line-up but definitely operates within a very dark sphere. It's perfectly located in a neo-Gothic church in a...

A group of young Berlin designers pooled resources to transform this former ice shop into an urban streetwear collective, and each of them manages a label...

German 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...

Brought to you by the folks who run Gorki Park and Pasternak, adding a bar to their troika of Russian hospitality. Vogue-ish retro space-age decor...

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...

Bright 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...