Kreuzberg
Eat well at Markthalle Neun, a 19th-century market hall and community hub in Kreuzberg.
Must-see restaurants in Berlin
City West & Charlottenburg
At this Sofitel hotel's château-worthy French restaurant, head chef Felix Mielke applies punctilious artisanship to top-notch regional ingredients,…
City West & Charlottenburg
The 1920s get a 21st-century makeover at this stylish outpost with an open kitchen, where chef Nicholas Hahn and team create dishes with technique and…
Kreuzberg
At his canal-side restaurant, Sebastian Frank performs culinary alchemy with Austrian classics, fearlessly combining products, textures and flavours. The…
Neukölln
Hidden between graffiti-scrawled apartments in edgy Neukölln, Germany’s first dessert restaurant serves six-course tasting menus of modern desserts…
Kreuzberg
Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a bon vivant who embraced good food and wine, which is exactly what owner-chef Maximilian Strohe and owner-mâitre…
Schöneberg
One of most buzzed-about new restaurants on Potsdamer Strasse is Dalad Kambhu's lair Kin Dee, where she fearlessly catapults classic Thai dishes into the…
Berlin
Romance runs high at this lantern-lit basement izakaya (Japanese pub), which serves faithfully executed gourmet Japanese fare and premium sake in cosy…
Neukölln
Like a fine wine, this darling French-Mediterranean lair keeps improving with age. Candlelit wooden tables and art-festooned brick walls feel as warm and…
Prenzlauer Berg
When Israel transplant Ben Zviel and his partner Samina Raza launched their minimalist parlour (white-brick walls, polished wooden tables) in 2016, they…
Kreuzberg
Punctilious artisanship meets boundless creativity at Orania, where a small army of chefs fusses around culinary wunderkind Philipp Vogel in the shiny…
Kreuzberg
If you like a DIY approach to dining, give this innovative Turkish restaurant a try. Perhaps borrowing a page from the Koreans, it requires you to cook…
Historic Mitte
No need to book a flight to Mumbai or London: authentic Indian cuisine has finally landed in Berlin. Thanks to top toque Manish Bahukhandi, these curries…
Schöneberg
The house-crafted suds flow freely at this shooting star among Berlin's craft breweries. Production, taproom and restaurant are all housed in 38 shipping…
Kreuzberg
The focaccia and ciabatta are as good as they get without taking a flight to Italy, thanks to Alfredo Sironi, who hails from the Boot and now treats…
City West & Charlottenburg
Italian restaurants may be a dime a dozen but Mine's decor, menu and service all blend together as perfectly as a Sicilian stew. The Berlin outpost of…
Berlin
With its holistic farm-to-table menu, stylish country flair and top-notch cocktails, the 'Orange Cat' hits a gastro grand slam. It will have you purring…
City West & Charlottenburg
This casual fine-dining lair delivers the perfect trifecta – fabulous food, wine and long drinks. Order the multicourse menu to truly experience the…
City West & Charlottenburg
Even size-0 locals can't resist the siren call of this classic cafe whose homemade cakes are like works of art wrought from flour, sugar and cream. From…
Kreuzberg
It’s green, ornate, a century old and…it used to be a toilet. Now it’s a burger joint beneath the elevated U-Bahn tracks. Get in line for the plump all…
Berlin
The name of this lunchtime favourite hints at the concept: 'ki' is Japanese for energy and 'nova' Latin for new. 'New energy' in this case translates into…
Historic Mitte
In 2017, this perennial local favourite became Berlin’s first flesh-free restaurant to enter the Michelin pantheon, on its 10th anniversary no less. Its…
Berlin
The erstwhile staff restaurant of the adjacent bus operator is now a top address for seasonal and regional cuisine in a dreamy location right on the Spree…
Neukölln
For a first-class culinary journey around Italy, book a table amid the rustic-industrial charm of this historic laundry. Cooked-to-order antipasti courses…
Berlin
With two Michelin stars to its name, Michael Kempf’s fare is hugely innovative yet deliciously devoid of unnecessary flights of fancy. Enjoy it while…
Prenzlauer Berg
A mellow 1950s lounge vibe and an inspired menu of Indochine home cooking divided into 'regular' and 'vegetarian' choices are the main draws of this…
Berlin
Since taking the helm at this Michelin-starred outpost, Arne Anker has given the cuisine a youthful and light edge while following the seasonal-regional…
Kreuzberg
Having trained in some of Germany's most celebrated Michelin-starred kitchens, Kajo Hiesl and Vladislav Gachyn started Goldies as a way of perfecting the…
Friedrichshain
Ensconced in one of Berlin's coolest hotels, Michelberger makes creative dishes that often combine unusual organic ingredients (eg wild boar with miso,…
Prenzlauer Berg
The self-described home of 'indo-mexi-cal-ital' fusion, W is always busy as a beehive with fans of its signature naan pizza freshly baked in the tandoor…
Prenzlauer Berg
This exciting newcomer spreads across three open levels in an industrial-chic ex-boiler room of a public swimming pool. The chef's orchestrations are just…
Kreuzberg
The tables are almost too small for the wagon-wheel-sized certified Neapolitan pizzas tickled by wood fire at Luigi and Pascale's old-school but much…
Prenzlauer Berg
Aparna Aurora's haunt spices up Berlin's bland Indian food scene with authentic South Indian street food. Her specialities are stuffed dosas (a type of…
Berlin
The name means ‘one below zero’ but the food at Michelin-starred Einsunternull is actually happening hot. Adventurous palates get to embark on a radically…
City West & Charlottenburg
Purists can stick to classic nigiri and maki but Mr Hai is mostly about expanding your sushi horizons. Unconventional morsels, composed like little works…
Berlin
With its airy dining room, original look-at-me art, polyglot staff and open kitchen, Grill Royal ticks all the boxes of a true metropolitan restaurant. A…
Neukölln
Of all the baklava shops in Neukölln, Damaskus stands out for its truly artistic and rave-worthy pastries. The shop is run by a Syrian family who had to…
Berlin
Book early to snag a window table facing the TV Tower for a romantic dinner with your sweetie at this delightfully unpretentious Michelin-starred…
Kreuzberg
A 19th-century pharmacy has been splendidly rebooted as this stylishly casual cafe-bar-restaurant. The antique wooden medicine cabinets are now the back…
Prenzlauer Berg
This charming resto-bar combo transplants Tel Aviv's palpable energy, sensuous food and convivial vibes to a quiet corner in Berlin. Drop by for a…
