Στέκια in Berlin

Berlin's classic political power-lunch — Wiener Schnitzel since 1893.

Berlin's Vienna-style Kaffeehaus on Kurfürstenstraße — 1978, in a 1907 villa.

One Michelin star — Berlin's only dessert-tasting menu, on Friedelstraße.

Two Michelin stars + Green Star — Dylan Watson-Brawn's twelve-seat counter in Wedding.

Berlin's media-and-art steakhouse on the Spree — see-and-be-seen 2026.

Two Michelin stars and Austrian-modern technique on the Landwehrkanal.

Two Michelin stars on the first floor of the Adlon Kempinski, overlooking the Brandenburg Gate.

One Michelin star, one Green Star — Berlin's most radical sourcing programme.

Berlin's only three-Michelin-star room — Marco Müller on Chausseestraße.

One Michelin star, twenty seats, four-course menu — Andreas Saul on Torstraße.

Neukölln modern-bistro on Okerstraße — fixed menu, natural wine, no reservations after 21:30.

One Michelin star — small-plate French-modern in Friedenau.

One Michelin star — Berlin's most architecturally hidden vegetarian fine-dining room.

Berlin's most-photographed Currywurst stand — Mehringdamm, 1981.

Kreuzberg's Anatolian ocakbaşı on Admiralstraße — the audience reference döner-and-kebap address.

The perfume-themed cocktail bar at the Ritz-Carlton — Potsdamer Platz.

One Michelin star inside the Grunewald tennis club — Sonja Frühsammer's room.

Kreuzberg's 1971 döner originator — the Mehmet Aygün family stand.

Continental Europe's largest department-store food hall — sixth floor of the Kaufhaus des Westens.

Mitte's slow-food courtyard restaurant — the Candy Bomber pork at 12 hours.

Thai-modern under Tim Raue's wider stable — Lützowstraße, Tiergarten.

East Berlin's original Currywurst stand — under the Schönhauser Allee S-Bahn since 1930.

Dutch-chef-led modern-European on Lausitzer Straße — fixed five-course menu.

Mitte's modern-German bistro on Linienstraße — regional, weekly menu.

Kreuzberg's Chinese-modern small-plate room — Wrangelstraße, 2010.

Gendarmenmarkt's 1811 Sekt-and-Wiener-Schnitzel institution — Charlottenstraße.

The Mehringdamm vegetable-kebab queue that any İstanbullu visitor asks about.

Charlottenstraße's grand cocktail bar — Helmut Newton photography on the back wall.

Charlottenburg's 1979 brasserie — the West-Berlin art-world canteen.

Berlin's oldest beer garden — Kastanienallee, Prenzlauer Berg, 1837.

One Michelin star on the twelfth floor of the Vienna House Andel's Berlin — panoramic dining.

One Michelin star + Bib Gourmand graduate — modern-German Speisekneipe in Neukölln.

Mitte's Syrian-fine-dining room on Torstraße — meze, lamb, the post-2015 Syrian-Berlin wave.

Berlin's oldest continuously running pub — Waisenstraße 14-16, 1621.

Charlottenburg's literary-bar canteen on Savignyplatz — open since 1965.