Café im Literaturhaus

An afternoon kaffeeklatsch (coffee-and-cake gossip session) is one of Germany’s most cherished traditions, and there’s no better place to experience... More

Imbiss W

A small spot in Mitte with a tandoori oven that turns out delicious pizzas on Indian nan bread. The endearing... More

Käfer

It can take as long as three hours to get inside the Reichstag parliament building. The best way to avoid... More

Restaurant 44

Chef Tim Raue strives to shock the palate with intense flavors—and comes up with the most exciting, truly original food... More

Restaurant Horváth

Occupying a former celebrity hangout where Bowie p... More

Vitrum

In a formal dining room at the Ritz-Carlton full of Murano glass chandeliers, chef Thomas Kellermann offers four different tasting... More

Weinbar Rutz

The city’s most talked-about wine bar stocks roughly a thousand different bottlings from Germany and around the world—and has a... More

Austria

Enjoy the monstrously sized schnitzel perched atop a tangy potato salad made with onion and vinegar inn this folksy, low-ceilinged... More

Bandol

Locals pretend to dislike this intimate 20-seat bistro because Brad Pitt has been spotted here (it’s very Berlin to be... More

Becketts Kopf

Named for the Irish writer who lived in Germany, this bar is marked outside by an illuminated picture of Samuel... More

Borchardt

Frequented by luminaries of German politics, film, and media, this power-dining institution opened more than a century and a half... More

Café Einstein

Legendary for its mellow house-roasted Kaffee and kuchen (cake), Café Einstein has spawned a chain on swank coffee bars across... More

Cafe Jacques

Cantina

Clärchens Ballhaus

Berlin has cold-war mystique, ambitious contempora... More

Defne Restaurant

Though nominally Turkish, the restaurant also smartly plays with the flavors of the Mediterranean. In other words, the greasy döner... More

Desbrosses

Die Quadriga

Die Quadriga, in the boutique hotel Brandenburger Hof, has long been Berlin's favorite place to celebrate. Thanks to a Bauhaus-meets-Biedermeier... More

Facil

At Facil, housed within the glass inner courtyard of the Mandala Hotel, Kempf has now carved out his own distinct... More

Fischers Fritz

At the Regent, chefs Christian Lohse and Yves Mattagne (this Belgian is arguably Europe's greatest seafood maestro) have devised creative... More