Guidebook for Berlin

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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 Linienstraße
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!)
good Vietnamese food, beautiful courtyard/garden
67 locals recommend
Chen Che
13 Rosenthaler Str.
67 locals recommend
good Vietnamese food, beautiful courtyard/garden
amazing pasta with funky photo art
63 locals recommend
Mädchenitaliener
12 Alte Schönhauser Str.
63 locals recommend
amazing pasta with funky photo art
very good Austrian cuisine, super cool decor including a wall of 'firewood', nice wines
59 locals recommend
Alpenstück Restaurant & Bakery
9 Gartenstraße
59 locals recommend
very 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 locals recommend
noto Bar & Restaurant
173 Torstraße
19 locals recommend
listed 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 locals recommend
THE BARN Café Coffee roasters Berlin
8 Schönhauser Allee
79 locals recommend
serious 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 locals recommend
Clärchens Ballroom
24/25 Auguststraße
191 locals recommend
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!
My favorite place to get gifts for non-Berliners. Pretty boxes of Turkish delight and different-flavored marzipans.
Confiserie Orientale Berlin
113 Linienstraße
My 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.
14 locals recommend
Hasir Restaurant
4 Oranienburger Str.
14 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Vino e Libri
99 Torstraße
7 locals recommend
Sardinian food and wine. Try the tagliolini with truffles and the Cannonau wine. Not for the faint-hearted!
fancy, overpriced little cakes. But they're good.
7 locals recommend
Albrechts Pâtisserie
39 Rykestraße
7 locals recommend
fancy, 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 locals recommend
Café Anna Blume
83 Kollwitzstraße
214 locals recommend
best 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 locals recommend
QADMOUS - Libanesisches Restaurant Berlin
1 Am Friedrichshain
15 locals recommend
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!
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.
28 locals recommend
Cookies Cream
55 Behrenstraße
28 locals recommend
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.
nice quiches and cakes
116 locals recommend
Café Fleury
20 Weinbergsweg
116 locals recommend
nice 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.
best Japanese food in town. Definitely reserve in advance.
190 locals recommend
Sasaya
50 Lychener Str.
190 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Al Contadino Sotto Le Stelle Restaurant
36 Auguststraße
53 locals recommend
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!

Drinks & Nightlife

hip Mitte bar with old-school cocktails, bartenders in 20s outfits.
50 locals recommend
Reingold Cocktailbar
11 Novalisstraße
50 locals recommend
hip 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
81 locals recommend
AMANO Bar
43 Auguststraße
81 locals recommend
nice 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.
7 locals recommend
Absynth Depot
4 Weinmeisterstraße
7 locals recommend
about 200 different kinds of absinthe and a unique, film noir vibe. Never seen anything like it anywhere else.
good organic supermarket
23 locals recommend
BIO COMPANY Dircksenstraße
145-147 Dircksenstraße
23 locals recommend
good 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 Knaackstraße
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.

Arts & Culture

different films every day in all languages. A Berlin institution!
103 locals recommend
Babylon Kreuzberg
126 Dresdener Str.
103 locals recommend
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.