Plekken 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.

Two Michelin stars on the fifth floor of the Mandala Hotel, glass-pavilion dining.

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

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

Kreuzberg's 1891 covered market, Thursday Street Food evenings, weekly produce.

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

Two Michelin stars and Asian-modern technique behind Checkpoint Charlie.

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

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

Prenzlauer Berg's 2006 third-wave origin roastery, Oderberger Straße.

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.

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

Kreuzberg roastery and the cheesecake the city has not stopped talking about, Reichenberger Straße.

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

One Michelin star, Sarah Hallmann's modern-European tasting room in Neukölln.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.