Guidebook for Berlin
Food Scene
Excellent French Patisserie - superb Croissants and Brioche
26 locals recommend
Les Pâtisseries de Sébastien
157 InvalidenstraßeExcellent French Patisserie - superb Croissants and Brioche
Du Bonheur
39 BrunnenstraßeFantastic French Café and Patisserie - good for breakfast or take out
Bei Maria
11 VeteranenstraßeCozy place for breakfast or to buy bread and croissants.
My favorite burger place in Berlin. Simple location - excellent Burger.
60 locals recommend
Tommis Burger Joint
160 InvalidenstraßeMy favorite burger place in Berlin. Simple location - excellent Burger.
NAUTA Berlín
49 KastanienalleeVery good Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant. Stylish location.
Roy&Pris
8A WeinbergswegTrendy high-end Chinese food - cool location.
My favorite French bistro - with a modern touch and great ambience.
10 locals recommend
Brasserie Lumières
102 Potsdamer Str.My favorite French bistro - with a modern touch and great ambience.
Sticks'n'Sushi
85 Potsdamer Str.Stylish sushi place - excellent food - trendy!
Kin Dee
81 LützowstraßeExtraordinary Thai food - very b+nice designed place and plates.
Yumcha Heroes is a very attractive dim sum bar in Mitte that rates highly among the Berliners that love dumplings. There's a cocktail menu and dessert dumplings .
108 locals recommend
Yumcha Heroes
8 WeinbergswegYumcha Heroes is a very attractive dim sum bar in Mitte that rates highly among the Berliners that love dumplings. There's a cocktail menu and dessert dumplings .
Very cute sushi and kushiyaki skewer hangout - Udon soup also good. Perfect for a quick Lunch.
Nihombashi
4 WeinbergswegVery cute sushi and kushiyaki skewer hangout - Udon soup also good. Perfect for a quick Lunch.
Portuguese pastels - great coffee - local crowd. Highly recommended.
28 locals recommend
Pastelaria A Galão
8 WeinbergswegPortuguese pastels - great coffee - local crowd. Highly recommended.
Tiny small Italian coffee place - cozy - great coffee - frequented by locals from the neighborhood.
9 locals recommend
Caffe e Cioccolata
41 Anklamer StraßeTiny small Italian coffee place - cozy - great coffee - frequented by locals from the neighborhood.
Eisfabrik Berlin
156 BrunnenstraßeHomemade ice cream - best there is!
Süsse Sünde
21 WeinbergswegAbove average ice cream parlor - home made - organic.
Standard is a pizzeria in Northern Mitte that has dedicated itself to serving the perfect Neapolitan style pizza. Taking zero shortcuts and sourcing all main ingredients directly from Napoli, this pizza joint serves one of the best pizzas in Berlin and is a great destination for a casual dinner.
79 locals recommend
Standard Serious Pizza
7 Templiner Str.Standard is a pizzeria in Northern Mitte that has dedicated itself to serving the perfect Neapolitan style pizza. Taking zero shortcuts and sourcing all main ingredients directly from Napoli, this pizza joint serves one of the best pizzas in Berlin and is a great destination for a casual dinner.
Drinks & Nightlife
One of Berlin's best bars, a speakeasy with limited seats - so don't come too late...
68 locals recommend
Buck and Breck
177 BrunnenstraßeOne of Berlin's best bars, a speakeasy with limited seats - so don't come too late...
My favorite bar in town - exists since 2001 - and still one of the best in town. Very cool interiors - perfect drinks - and one of the trendiest neighborhoods today (Potsdamer Straße) with many galleries, concept stores and restaurants close by.
68 locals recommend
Victoria Bar
102 Potsdamer Str.My favorite bar in town - exists since 2001 - and still one of the best in town. Very cool interiors - perfect drinks - and one of the trendiest neighborhoods today (Potsdamer Straße) with many galleries, concept stores and restaurants close by.
Shopping
The concept store is very well known for its outstanding choice of products, that is still and exclusively done by Andreas Murkudis himself, who seems to just always have the right taste and overall the patience to support small manufacturers over more than one season. Ranging from high fashion collections by Céline and Dries van Noten, to the delicate porcelain designs by Nymphenburg and the sweet chocolate products of Hamann, the choice and presentation will surely make you find many new favorites.
28 locals recommend
ANDREAS MURKUDIS
81 Potsdamer Str.The concept store is very well known for its outstanding choice of products, that is still and exclusively done by Andreas Murkudis himself, who seems to just always have the right taste and overall the patience to support small manufacturers over more than one season. Ranging from high fashion collections by Céline and Dries van Noten, to the delicate porcelain designs by Nymphenburg and the sweet chocolate products of Hamann, the choice and presentation will surely make you find many new favorites.
Looking for rare and collectible original Vinyl Records from the fifties until today? Directly shipped from the U.S. markets? Record Store Berlin has it all, and the owner is not only an expert, but very friendly too. My favorite Record Store in Berlin.
The Record Store Berlin
148 InvalidenstraßeLooking for rare and collectible original Vinyl Records from the fifties until today? Directly shipped from the U.S. markets? Record Store Berlin has it all, and the owner is not only an expert, but very friendly too. My favorite Record Store in Berlin.
German and english books and magazines. Coffe shop. The concept store for advanced reading focuses on the complex possibilities of contemporary reading. The space combines a cafe area with an unfolding cascade of bookshelves that challenge the customer’s perception and help to discover all the gems that the store has to offer.
16 locals recommend
ocelot, not just another bookstore
181 BrunnenstraßeGerman and english books and magazines. Coffe shop. The concept store for advanced reading focuses on the complex possibilities of contemporary reading. The space combines a cafe area with an unfolding cascade of bookshelves that challenge the customer’s perception and help to discover all the gems that the store has to offer.
Arts & Culture
Blain|Southern is an outstanding contemporary art gallery that occupies two spaces in London and Berlin.
12 locals recommend
Blain|Southern
77-87 Potsdamer Str. Blain|Southern is an outstanding contemporary art gallery that occupies two spaces in London and Berlin.
KÖNIG GALERIE was founded by Johann König in 2002, and currently represents 39 international, emerging and established artists, mostly belonging to a younger generation. In May 2015, KÖNIG GALLERY took up its current permanent location at St. Agnes, a monumental former church built in the 1960s in the Brutalist style.
46 locals recommend
Koenig Gallery
118-121 AlexandrinenstraßeKÖNIG GALERIE was founded by Johann König in 2002, and currently represents 39 international, emerging and established artists, mostly belonging to a younger generation. In May 2015, KÖNIG GALLERY took up its current permanent location at St. Agnes, a monumental former church built in the 1960s in the Brutalist style.
The converted bunker stands like a gloomy block on the corner of Reinhardtstrasse and Albrechtstrasse, not far from the Deutsches Theater in Berlin’s Mitte district. Inside, it hides an incredible treasure trove of contemporary art – sculpture, spatial installations, light and performance-based work of international standing.
20 locals recommend
Boros Bunker
AlbrechtstraßeThe converted bunker stands like a gloomy block on the corner of Reinhardtstrasse and Albrechtstrasse, not far from the Deutsches Theater in Berlin’s Mitte district. Inside, it hides an incredible treasure trove of contemporary art – sculpture, spatial installations, light and performance-based work of international standing.
The extraordinary space of the former Kindl brewery in Berlin’s Neukölln district is now the site of the KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art. Since October 2016, the KINDL has presented international contemporary art across three floors in the Power House and in the spectacular Boiler House with its twenty-metre-high ceiling. In 2014 the Boiler House was the first part of the building to open with the installation Kitfox Experimental, an airplane hanging vertically in the middle of the room, which was developed by the artist Roman Signer especially for this unconventional space.
45 locals recommend
KINDL - Zentrum fur Zeitgenossische Kunst
3 Am SudhausThe extraordinary space of the former Kindl brewery in Berlin’s Neukölln district is now the site of the KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art. Since October 2016, the KINDL has presented international contemporary art across three floors in the Power House and in the spectacular Boiler House with its twenty-metre-high ceiling. In 2014 the Boiler House was the first part of the building to open with the installation Kitfox Experimental, an airplane hanging vertically in the middle of the room, which was developed by the artist Roman Signer especially for this unconventional space.
Essentials
REWE
23-26 InvalidenstraßeIn their delicacy store “Vom Einfachen das Gute” (i.e. of all things simple, all things good), they sell foods following the motto, “eat nothing of which you don’t know the story” and thereby demonstrate their own understanding of quality and sustainability.
7 locals recommend
Vom Einfachen das Gute
155 InvalidenstraßeIn their delicacy store “Vom Einfachen das Gute” (i.e. of all things simple, all things good), they sell foods following the motto, “eat nothing of which you don’t know the story” and thereby demonstrate their own understanding of quality and sustainability.
Weinhandlung
158 InvalidenstraßeExcellent selection of German and International wines. Great service too.
Super-Friendly staff - great selection of wines coming mostly from small and family owned wineries in Germany and France.
135 locals recommend
Weinerei
57 VeteranenstraßeSuper-Friendly staff - great selection of wines coming mostly from small and family owned wineries in Germany and France.
Small organic grocery store.
Bioshop Naturkost Naturprodukte Naturkosmetik, Biomarkt am Weinberg, Berlin Mitt
24 WeinbergswegSmall organic grocery store.
BIO COMPANY Brunnenstraße
6-7 BrunnenstraßeOrganic mini-market