Plekken in Mitte

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

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.

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

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

Berlin's cult speakeasy — Brunnenstraße, fourteen seats, by-reservation only.

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

Mitte's hidden-courtyard third-wave brunch — Münzstraße 21.

Mitte's Japanese-cafe brunch on Johannisstraße — the Berlin original of the Brooklyn import.

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

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

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

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

Mitte's Auguststraße third-wave roastery — Ralf Rüller, 2010.

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.