Must-see restaurants in Berlin & Brandenburg

  • Angry Chicken

    Kreuzberg

    Angry Chicken serves up delicious Korean fried chicken wings in a range of mouth-watering sauces. Pull up a stool and get your hands dirty, and don't…

  • Spätzle & Knödel

    Friedrichshain

    This elbows-on-the-table gastropub provides a southern German comfort-food fix, including roast pork with dark-beer gravy, goulash with red cabbage and,…

  • Restaurant Turm 24

    Around Berlin

    Some locals joke that the best thing about this smart restaurant on the 24th floor of the Oderturm is that you can't see the Oderturm, Frankfurt's tallest…

  • Witty's Bioland Imbiss

    Schöneberg

    This 'doggeria' opposite the KaDeWe department store has been serving organic sausages since 2003. However, adding a serving of their crispy French fries…

  • Chèn Chè

    Berlin

    Settle down beneath the hexagonal chandelier made from the torn pages of a herbal medicine book to pick from the compact menu featuring curries, noodle…

  • Vapiano

    Museumsinsel & Alexanderplatz

    Mix-and-match pastas, creative salads and crusty pizzas are all prepared right before your eyes at this successful German chain of Italian self-service…

  • Brauhaus Lemke am Schloss

    City West & Charlottenburg

    This congenial beer hall serves soul-sustaining German fare alongside its excellent homemade brews, and is a handy pit stop for reflecting on Prussian…

  • Restaurant Wandel

    Museumsinsel & Alexanderplatz

    Prices are hard to beat at this cheery cafeteria – German-French-Asian-peppered mains top out at €4.90. It drowns in office drones at lunchtime, but is a…

  • Café Schmus

    Kreuzberg

    At the Jewish Museum, Café Schmus offers modern takes on traditional Jewish cuisine. Dishes are not kosher, although they do eschew pork and shellfish. On…

  • Seerose

    Kreuzberg

    Long before vegan and vegetarian went mainstream, there was Seerose serving a completely animal-free buffet against a backdrop of classical music. Put…

  • Restaurant & Biergarten Zenner

    Berlin

    This traditional restaurant in a neoclassical building from 1822 (although rebuilt after WWII) is still a popular destination for cold beers and German…

  • Berlin Pavillon

    Historic Mitte

    For quick feeds, this tourist-geared, self-service cafeteria on the edge of Tiergarten comes in rather handy for breakfast, salad and cake buffets, and…

  • Peter Pane

    Berlin

    At this upbeat German chain, high-quality beef, chicken and vegetarian 'better' burgers come wedged between a choice of buns (sourdough, brioche or…

  • Vapiano

    Berlin

    Matteo Thun’s jazzy decor is a great foil for the tasty Italian fare at this successful German self-service chain. Mix-and-match pastas, creative salads…

  • Cafe im Zeughaus

    Historic Mitte

    Even if history leaves you cold, this cafe inside the German Historical Museum is a lovely spot for breakfast, cakes, a snack or a full meal, especially…

  • Transit

    Berlin

    Fill up quickly on quirkily named Thai and Indonesian dishes at this casual tunnel-shaped restaurant with its colourful paper lanterns. The small sizes…

  • Rosenburger

    Berlin

    This tourist-geared burger kitchen gets busy from the early evening onwards, when aspiring night owls drop by to fortify themselves with big burgers …

  • Samadhi

    Historic Mitte

    Never mind the ho-hum exterior: this well-established meat-free restaurant does a fine job of feeding grazers with Asian dishes that are triumphs of…

  • Frau Mittenmang

    Prenzlauer Berg

    This unhurried restaurant with pavement bench seating delivers a daily changing roster of globally inspired dishes that sometimes push the culinary…

  • Fisch am Mühlendamm

    Around Berlin

    For a quick fish snack, pop into this little shack along Mühlendamm overlooking the water. Pity their opening hours aren't more visitor friendly.

  • Ost-West Cafe

    Prenzlauer Berg

    Past the East German Trabi police car, this friendly if tourist-oriented cafe serves simple international dishes amid Cold War-era-themed decor.

  • Kleine Orangerie

    City West & Charlottenburg

    This cafe in a historic building by the entrance to Schloss Charlottenburg park is a handy refuelling stop while palace hopping. Nice tree-shaded outdoor…