Plekken in Mitte

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

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.