Guidebook for Berlin
Food Scene
Amazingly yummy focaccia (about 2€ per piece). Lovely to sit out any time of day in the sun and sample their range of focaccias washed down with a glass of wine. A long term popular spot with locals!
50 locals recommend
La Focacceria
24 Fehrbelliner Str.Amazingly yummy focaccia (about 2€ per piece). Lovely to sit out any time of day in the sun and sample their range of focaccias washed down with a glass of wine. A long term popular spot with locals!
These guys serve up a mouth watering mixture of tortillas, burritos, naan bread pizzas, and south indian thali if you're lucky. All vegetarian, but you won't notice :)
77 locals recommend
W - Der Imbiss
49 KastanienalleeThese guys serve up a mouth watering mixture of tortillas, burritos, naan bread pizzas, and south indian thali if you're lucky. All vegetarian, but you won't notice :)
It's a well known fact that New Zealanders make the best coffee in the world. These guys will greet you with a smile & send you on your merry way with a coffee that will make you happy until tomorrow.
14 locals recommend
Antipodes
5 Fehrbelliner StraßeIt's a well known fact that New Zealanders make the best coffee in the world. These guys will greet you with a smile & send you on your merry way with a coffee that will make you happy until tomorrow.
Stylish Swiss restaurant in Weinbergs Park. Enjoy a sunny Sunday buffet brunch on the huge terrace overlooking the park or opt for a suave dinner and a glass of wine in the evening.
107 locals recommend
Nola's
9 VeteranenstraßeStylish Swiss restaurant in Weinbergs Park. Enjoy a sunny Sunday buffet brunch on the huge terrace overlooking the park or opt for a suave dinner and a glass of wine in the evening.
Simple but stylish Italian. Enjoy a delicious pasta or go the whole hog and treat yourself to 3 courses.
39 locals recommend
PAPPA E CICCIA
18 Schwedter Str.Simple but stylish Italian. Enjoy a delicious pasta or go the whole hog and treat yourself to 3 courses.
Huge Italian trattoria in a grand old building, mouth watering thin crust pizzas as well as pastas, risottos and and meat dishes.
129 locals recommend
I due forni
12 Schönhauser AlleeHuge Italian trattoria in a grand old building, mouth watering thin crust pizzas as well as pastas, risottos and and meat dishes.
Stroll up to Prater for the biggest & best schnitzel we reckon you'll find in Berlin. The service is always professional & friendly & the food reliably great. Enjoy a beer in the beer garden in summer
237 locals recommend
Prater Beer Garden Berlin
7-9 KastanienalleeStroll up to Prater for the biggest & best schnitzel we reckon you'll find in Berlin. The service is always professional & friendly & the food reliably great. Enjoy a beer in the beer garden in summer
Just across the road this cafe does simple toasted sandwiches and is a nice place to sit for a quiet coffee with a newspaper. By night it's a popular lo-fi bar.
55 locals recommend
Lass Uns Freunde Bleiben
12 Choriner Str.Just across the road this cafe does simple toasted sandwiches and is a nice place to sit for a quiet coffee with a newspaper. By night it's a popular lo-fi bar.
Sushi Ky
40 Oderberger Str.Great food, lovely staff
il Giradischi
22 Oderberger Str.Great Pizza!
Café KRONE
38 Oderberger Str.Beautiful cafe with wonderful breakfast and coffee
Very good german Breakfast and good coffee. Especially in summer sitting outside is really nice
Oderberger Straße 21
Very good german Breakfast and good coffee. Especially in summer sitting outside is really nice
Essentials
Our local Spätkauf - translated as "late buy"- underground Berlin style. A range of locally sourced, organic produce, wine, treats and a good range of german beers. Doubles as a smoky bar/cafe.
55 locals recommend
Lass Uns Freunde Bleiben
12 Choriner Str.Our local Spätkauf - translated as "late buy"- underground Berlin style. A range of locally sourced, organic produce, wine, treats and a good range of german beers. Doubles as a smoky bar/cafe.
This 2 storey organic supermarket has a great delicatessen, comprehensive wine selection as well as bakery, fruit and veggies, dried goods and lots of delights to tempt your tastebuds.
112 locals recommend
LPG BioMarkt GmbH
20-30 KollwitzstraßeThis 2 storey organic supermarket has a great delicatessen, comprehensive wine selection as well as bakery, fruit and veggies, dried goods and lots of delights to tempt your tastebuds.
Lidl
32-33 MaybachuferGood old Lidl, cheap and not so cheerful, but local and rather convenient!
One of the few bakeries around hand making their own loaves, bread rolls and cakes, all from traditional recipes. Pop across the road in the morning for the warm smell of freshly baked bread.
Zionskirchstraße 52
52 ZionskirchstraßeOne of the few bakeries around hand making their own loaves, bread rolls and cakes, all from traditional recipes. Pop across the road in the morning for the warm smell of freshly baked bread.
Great Italian delicatessen right opposite Teutoburger Platz. Pick up some stinky cheese, cured meats and a bottle of wine for the perfect picnic. They also do fresh Paninis and home made biscotti.
Zionskirchstraße 77
77 ZionskirchstraßeGreat Italian delicatessen right opposite Teutoburger Platz. Pick up some stinky cheese, cured meats and a bottle of wine for the perfect picnic. They also do fresh Paninis and home made biscotti.
Bio Kraft Keller. Cute little organic mini supermarket 2 mins walk away in a basement shop.
Schwedter Straße 253A
Bio Kraft Keller. Cute little organic mini supermarket 2 mins walk away in a basement shop.
Drinks & Nightlife
It's a regular cafe by day but after 8pm you pay 2€ for a glass and help yourself to a range of hand picked wines from the buffet and at the end pay what you think is fair. How grown up and Berlin.
135 locals recommend
Weinerei
57 VeteranenstraßeIt's a regular cafe by day but after 8pm you pay 2€ for a glass and help yourself to a range of hand picked wines from the buffet and at the end pay what you think is fair. How grown up and Berlin.
Cosy up in this friendly Russian style bar. Try their borscht soup, pelmeni or if it's cold and you're passing by, a hot chocolate with vodka.
13 locals recommend
Café Chagall
2 KollwitzstraßeCosy up in this friendly Russian style bar. Try their borscht soup, pelmeni or if it's cold and you're passing by, a hot chocolate with vodka.
Haliflor
26 Schwedter Str.Cafe by day, smoky bar by night. Not uncomfortably trendy, but cooool.
Oderberger Str. 2
2 Oderberger StraßeGreat bar with a unique atmosphere and really good wine and spirits
Hoschen
9 DunckerstraßeGood drinks, good vibes! Perfect if you want to party on and on :))
Café Schwarzsauer
13 KastanienalleeGreat bar, great people. All night long...
Everything Else
Friday food market - we love freshly grilled mackerel with wakame seaweed and horseradish. Sunday flea market - full of retro furniture, lamps, clothes..you name it. Popular with locals.
125 locals recommend
Flohmarkt Arkonaplatz
ArkonaplatzFriday food market - we love freshly grilled mackerel with wakame seaweed and horseradish. Sunday flea market - full of retro furniture, lamps, clothes..you name it. Popular with locals.
Beautiful leafy square. Thursdays - organic produce mini market - treat yourself to a wine and a locally produced sausage. Saturdays - large produce market. Try sekt and oysters for breakfast.
262 locals recommend
Kollwitzplatz
1 KollwitzstraßeBeautiful leafy square. Thursdays - organic produce mini market - treat yourself to a wine and a locally produced sausage. Saturdays - large produce market. Try sekt and oysters for breakfast.
Zionskirchplatz
ZionskirchstraßeSmall farmers market every Thursday.
Lovely park for catching some afternoon sun on the grass.
97 locals recommend
The Volkspark am Weinberg
14-20 WeinbergswegLovely park for catching some afternoon sun on the grass.
Huge Sunday flea market. The park is like a festival every Sunday with buskers, baskers, battery powered bands, basketball, and if you're lucky, karaoke in the amphitheatre which attracts thousands.
948 locals recommend
Fleamarket at Mauerpark
63-64 Bernauer Str.Huge Sunday flea market. The park is like a festival every Sunday with buskers, baskers, battery powered bands, basketball, and if you're lucky, karaoke in the amphitheatre which attracts thousands.