Guidebook for Berlin
Food Scene
Great Viennese coffee in a charming Berlin grunge setting, nice host (Peter). Try the homemade cakes and Buchteln (a Viennese specialty and btw also the password for their wifi!)
Marketta's Greisslerei
41 LinienstraßeGreat Viennese coffee in a charming Berlin grunge setting, nice host (Peter). Try the homemade cakes and Buchteln (a Viennese specialty and btw also the password for their wifi!)
Chen Che
13 Rosenthaler Str.good Vietnamese food, beautiful courtyard/garden
Mädchenitaliener
12 Alte Schönhauser Str.amazing pasta with funky photo art
very good Austrian cuisine, super cool decor including a wall of 'firewood', nice wines
59 abantu bendawo batusa
Alpenstück Restaurant & Bakery
9 Gartenstraßevery good Austrian cuisine, super cool decor including a wall of 'firewood', nice wines
listed in the NYT as part of the new Berlin gourmet scene. They make their own fantastic bread.
19 abantu bendawo batusa
noto Bar & Restaurant
173 Torstraßelisted in the NYT as part of the new Berlin gourmet scene. They make their own fantastic bread.
serious coffee nerds from the UK. Beans imported from a very exclusive source. Also excellent carrot cake.
79 abantu bendawo batusa
THE BARN Café Coffee roasters Berlin
8 Schönhauser Alleeserious coffee nerds from the UK. Beans imported from a very exclusive source. Also excellent carrot cake.
terrible service but that's part of the charm of this turn-of-the-century ball house. Nice garden. Cheap group dance lessons (tango, ballroom), awful wine, good pizza. A cult classic!
191 abantu bendawo batusa
Clärchens Ballroom
24/25 Auguststraßeterrible service but that's part of the charm of this turn-of-the-century ball house. Nice garden. Cheap group dance lessons (tango, ballroom), awful wine, good pizza. A cult classic!
My favorite place to get gifts for non-Berliners. Pretty boxes of Turkish delight and different-flavored marzipans.
Confiserie Orientale Berlin
113 LinienstraßeMy favorite place to get gifts for non-Berliners. Pretty boxes of Turkish delight and different-flavored marzipans.
seriously good Turkish food, big place where you can almost always get a table even on a busy night.
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Hasir Restaurant
4 Oranienburger Str.seriously good Turkish food, big place where you can almost always get a table even on a busy night.
Sardinian food and wine. Try the tagliolini with truffles and the Cannonau wine. Not for the faint-hearted!
7 abantu bendawo batusa
Vino e Libri
99 TorstraßeSardinian food and wine. Try the tagliolini with truffles and the Cannonau wine. Not for the faint-hearted!
Albrechts Pâtisserie
39 Rykestraßefancy, overpriced little cakes. But they're good.
best cafe in Prenzlauer Berg, but you have to risk being run over by militant mothers with their baby carriages on the way...
214 abantu bendawo batusa
Café Anna Blume
83 Kollwitzstraßebest cafe in Prenzlauer Berg, but you have to risk being run over by militant mothers with their baby carriages on the way...
don't miss this place if you're here on a Sunday. Most amazing brunch in town, but you have to get there before 1PM or so. Lebanese paradise!
15 abantu bendawo batusa
QADMOUS - Libanesisches Restaurant Berlin
1 Am Friedrichshaindon't miss this place if you're here on a Sunday. Most amazing brunch in town, but you have to get there before 1PM or so. Lebanese paradise!
now pretty well known, but one of those former Berlin secrets. Gourmet veggie food above a club. Go to the stage entrance of the Komische Oper, turn right into the garage, left past the garbage cans.
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Cookies Cream
55 Behrenstraßenow pretty well known, but one of those former Berlin secrets. Gourmet veggie food above a club. Go to the stage entrance of the Komische Oper, turn right into the garage, left past the garbage cans.
Café Fleury
20 Weinbergswegnice quiches and cakes
sit on the floor on oriental carpets and sip strong tea. Not too many Berliners know about this place.
Tadschikische Teestube
27 Oranienburger Str.sit on the floor on oriental carpets and sip strong tea. Not too many Berliners know about this place.
Sasaya
50 Lychener Str.best Japanese food in town. Definitely reserve in advance.
Elegant, glamorous and pricey, but check out the mozzarella bar and bottega next door for informal seating and fantastic food. Best caponata north of Italy!
53 abantu bendawo batusa
Al Contadino Sotto Le Stelle Restaurant
36 AuguststraßeElegant, glamorous and pricey, but check out the mozzarella bar and bottega next door for informal seating and fantastic food. Best caponata north of Italy!
Drinks & Nightlife
hip Mitte bar with old-school cocktails, bartenders in 20s outfits.
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Reingold Cocktailbar
11 Novalisstraßehip Mitte bar with old-school cocktails, bartenders in 20s outfits.
nice rooftop terrace, views of Alexanderplatz, cool place to chill out with a drink in the summer
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AMANO Bar
43 Auguststraßenice rooftop terrace, views of Alexanderplatz, cool place to chill out with a drink in the summer
Everything Else
about 200 different kinds of absinthe and a unique, film noir vibe. Never seen anything like it anywhere else.
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Absynth Depot
4 Weinmeisterstraßeabout 200 different kinds of absinthe and a unique, film noir vibe. Never seen anything like it anywhere else.
BIO COMPANY Dircksenstraße
145-147 Dircksenstraßegood organic supermarket
just a cool place to be. The old water tower is now an apartment building and there's a nice park next to it with views of Mitte.
Kindergärten NordOst - Knaackstr.
27 Knaackstraßejust a cool place to be. The old water tower is now an apartment building and there's a nice park next to it with views of Mitte.
Arts & Culture
different films every day in all languages. A Berlin institution!
103 abantu bendawo batusa
Babylon Kreuzberg
126 Dresdener Str.different films every day in all languages. A Berlin institution!
Shopping
Everything you always wanted to know about tea, only if the owner Mr. Benjowski is there. He personally visits the plantations he buys from in Japan, India, and China.
Teehandelshaus Benjowski
3 Danziger Str.Everything you always wanted to know about tea, only if the owner Mr. Benjowski is there. He personally visits the plantations he buys from in Japan, India, and China.