Guidebook for Berlin

Jana
Guidebook for Berlin

Food Scene

coffee, chatting and vegan cakes/snacks
12 locals recommend
Cafe Treibholz
37 Hermannstraße
12 locals recommend
coffee, chatting and vegan cakes/snacks
In our building! Very affordable lunch option (eat in the garden or courtyard if it's nice out). Pricier dinner, and make sure you reserve as it's often booked solid.
127 locals recommend
Lavanderia Vecchia
46 Flughafenstraße
127 locals recommend
In our building! Very affordable lunch option (eat in the garden or courtyard if it's nice out). Pricier dinner, and make sure you reserve as it's often booked solid.
cute and trendy coffee shop
155 locals recommend
Roamers
64 Pannierstraße
155 locals recommend
cute and trendy coffee shop
One of my personal faves -- small French/Japanese coffee/cake place run by two delightful women .. try the iced matcha latte and canelés fresh from the oven. They also sell fine Japanese stationary.
28 locals recommend
Two and Two
6 Pannierstraße
28 locals recommend
One of my personal faves -- small French/Japanese coffee/cake place run by two delightful women .. try the iced matcha latte and canelés fresh from the oven. They also sell fine Japanese stationary.
Italiaaaaano resto, romantic and scrumptious
90 locals recommend
La Pecora Nera
6 Herrfurthpl.
90 locals recommend
Italiaaaaano resto, romantic and scrumptious
Small Korean snack shack, with a big ol' tree growing right through the roof.
80 locals recommend
BAN BAN KITCHEN
32 Schillerpromenade
80 locals recommend
Small Korean snack shack, with a big ol' tree growing right through the roof.
favourite vegan brunch place
16 locals recommend
Pêle-Mêle
26 Innstraße
16 locals recommend
favourite vegan brunch place
Homemade Italian pasta dishes, simple but good; tiny space but very sweet, and just around the corner from our's.
29 locals recommend
Sala da Mangiare
23 Mainzer Str.
29 locals recommend
Homemade Italian pasta dishes, simple but good; tiny space but very sweet, and just around the corner from our's.
best burgers in da hood
36 locals recommend
Rundstück Warm
40 Okerstraße
36 locals recommend
best burgers in da hood
Nice, chill, humbly chic Italian resto with great changing menu.
50 locals recommend
Caligari
110 Kienitzer Str.
50 locals recommend
Nice, chill, humbly chic Italian resto with great changing menu.
Mediterranean and cosy, and the cherry on top: the owner looks like a pirate.
71 locals recommend
Café Jacques
14 Maybachufer
71 locals recommend
Mediterranean and cosy, and the cherry on top: the owner looks like a pirate.
New German cuisine with daily vegetarian options, good atmosphere.
Nansenstraße
Nansenstraße
New German cuisine with daily vegetarian options, good atmosphere.
creative Basque tapas
24 locals recommend
Txokoa Tapas Neukölln
6 Weserstr.
24 locals recommend
creative Basque tapas
Korean tapas, cool crowd
64 locals recommend
Dr To's
54 Weichselstraße
64 locals recommend
Korean tapas, cool crowd
Simple, sweet and authentic Italian food made using produce from their own beautiful veggie patch (which you can wander round in).
22 locals recommend
Berlinisch-Italienische Küche mit Wildgemüse und Kräutern aus dem eigenem Bio-Anbau
100 Richardstraße
22 locals recommend
Simple, sweet and authentic Italian food made using produce from their own beautiful veggie patch (which you can wander round in).
Trendy spot for a schnitzel or other hearty dishes.
104 locals recommend
Beuster
32 Weserstr.
104 locals recommend
Trendy spot for a schnitzel or other hearty dishes.
vegan cakes, try the lavender pie
68 locals recommend
Vux
14 Wipperstraße
68 locals recommend
vegan cakes, try the lavender pie
yummy vegan brunch or aperitivo
16 locals recommend
Alaska Bar
85 Reuterstraße
16 locals recommend
yummy vegan brunch or aperitivo
Run by friendly Frenchman Steve & Co, this place has the best croissants anywhere in a 10km radius.
44 locals recommend
Les Papilles
25 Flughafenstraße
44 locals recommend
Run by friendly Frenchman Steve & Co, this place has the best croissants anywhere in a 10km radius.
These guys were on Pannierstraße before the Neukölln hype kicked -- pioneers! Baked goods (croissants are above average for Berlin standards) in a cosy setting, but sometimes staff is a bit naff.
88 locals recommend
Croissanterie
56 Pannierstraße
88 locals recommend
These guys were on Pannierstraße before the Neukölln hype kicked -- pioneers! Baked goods (croissants are above average for Berlin standards) in a cosy setting, but sometimes staff is a bit naff.
Good place for coffee as it's always a lovely crowd that comes here, and the sun hits the outdoor seats on the sidewalk just at the right time :)
71 locals recommend
K-Fetisch
86 Wildenbruchstr.
71 locals recommend
Good place for coffee as it's always a lovely crowd that comes here, and the sun hits the outdoor seats on the sidewalk just at the right time :)
Another favourite spot for coffee, sandwiches and Italian dolce delights, run by wonderful people.
8 locals recommend
Caffeggiando
19 Anzengruberstraße
8 locals recommend
Another favourite spot for coffee, sandwiches and Italian dolce delights, run by wonderful people.
A special place for inexpensive breakfast, coffee, etc. Its owners (a gay couple, one of them being deaf, and their little dog, the namesake Ole) make up in warmth for the slightly cool decor.
9 locals recommend
Café Ole
57 Boddinstraße
9 locals recommend
A special place for inexpensive breakfast, coffee, etc. Its owners (a gay couple, one of them being deaf, and their little dog, the namesake Ole) make up in warmth for the slightly cool decor.
vegan donuts :)
51 locals recommend
Brammibal's Donuts (Maybachufer)
8 Maybachufer
51 locals recommend
vegan donuts :)
French fooooods.
14 locals recommend
L'Eustache
49 Weisestraße
14 locals recommend
French fooooods.

Drinks & Nightlife

Happy hour on Wednesdays: lovely Milo serves yummy cocktails for less than you'd think.
17 locals recommend
the CLUB
14 Biebricher Straße
17 locals recommend
Happy hour on Wednesdays: lovely Milo serves yummy cocktails for less than you'd think.
Have a drink and watch the sun set from this fun, ramshackle rooftop bar atop the parking lot of a rather hideous (but oh-so-practical) shopping centre.
702 locals recommend
Klunkerkranich
66 Karl-Marx-Straße
702 locals recommend
Have a drink and watch the sun set from this fun, ramshackle rooftop bar atop the parking lot of a rather hideous (but oh-so-practical) shopping centre.
Bar on Boddinstraße .. have a drink and maybe catch some live music.
71 locals recommend
Twinpigs
57A Boddinstraße
71 locals recommend
Bar on Boddinstraße .. have a drink and maybe catch some live music.
Corner bar a block down from our place: fun dance nights (swing and other fancy footwork, but you can also just wobble around if you don't have mad skills), as well as massacre table tennis nights.
36 locals recommend
Trude Ruth und Goldammer
38 Flughafenstraße
36 locals recommend
Corner bar a block down from our place: fun dance nights (swing and other fancy footwork, but you can also just wobble around if you don't have mad skills), as well as massacre table tennis nights.
a personal favourite -- old corner bar populated by a colourful slew of locals .. check out the famous jam session on Mondays (and be prepared to make interesting encounters)
24 locals recommend
Sandmann
7 Reuterstraße
24 locals recommend
a personal favourite -- old corner bar populated by a colourful slew of locals .. check out the famous jam session on Mondays (and be prepared to make interesting encounters)
great cocktails in a 1950s setting
289 locals recommend
TiER
42 Weserstr.
289 locals recommend
great cocktails in a 1950s setting
If you love Twin Peaks you may want to stop by The Black Lodge :) #cherrypie #damngoodcoffee
41 locals recommend
The Black Lodge
6 Sanderstraße
41 locals recommend
If you love Twin Peaks you may want to stop by The Black Lodge :) #cherrypie #damngoodcoffee
A favourite local bar of ours: moody, atmospheric, great music selection, nice staff and chill crowd.
14 locals recommend
Weser 58
58 Weserstr.
14 locals recommend
A favourite local bar of ours: moody, atmospheric, great music selection, nice staff and chill crowd.

Shopping

Great little English bookstore, run by a lovely Irish couple, new and 2nd hand, and events in the evenings (poetry readings, quiz nights, etc.).
9 locals recommend
Curious Fox
17 Flughafenstraße
9 locals recommend
Great little English bookstore, run by a lovely Irish couple, new and 2nd hand, and events in the evenings (poetry readings, quiz nights, etc.).
2nd hand (ahem, vintage) clothes
42 locals recommend
Veist Kleidergeschichten
32 Selchower Str.
42 locals recommend
2nd hand (ahem, vintage) clothes
Great music store, special editions, zines, K7 tapes and vinyl ... Owner Guillaume is super chill and savvy.
Staalplaat Berlin
52 Elsenstraße
Great music store, special editions, zines, K7 tapes and vinyl ... Owner Guillaume is super chill and savvy.
Great multi-lingual 2nd hand bookstore and the owner is a total sweetheart.
6 locals recommend
Pequod Books
33 Selchower Str.
6 locals recommend
Great multi-lingual 2nd hand bookstore and the owner is a total sweetheart.
Pretty boutique, the owner does a great job of curating small independent designers.
un Autre VooDoo
54 Hasenheide
Pretty boutique, the owner does a great job of curating small independent designers.

Arts & Culture

Italian aperitivo and art house films? This is the place -- a small independent cinema by the canal.
31 locals recommend
Il Kino
22 Nansenstraße
31 locals recommend
Italian aperitivo and art house films? This is the place -- a small independent cinema by the canal.
A multi-purpose space housed in a great building across from the water tower: art events, co-working, residencies, etc. .. and LUNCH
18 locals recommend
AGORA MITTELWEG Coworking Space & Café Berlin Neukölln
50 Mittelweg
18 locals recommend
A multi-purpose space housed in a great building across from the water tower: art events, co-working, residencies, etc. .. and LUNCH
Cool, independently-run art space that promotes socio-psychological, political and anthropological topics, in a GREAT building. UPDATE: sadly, they've had to move to Wedding. New space is awesome too!
7 locals recommend
SAVVY Contemporary
17 Reinickendorfer Str.
7 locals recommend
Cool, independently-run art space that promotes socio-psychological, political and anthropological topics, in a GREAT building. UPDATE: sadly, they've had to move to Wedding. New space is awesome too!
Artist-run space: experimental music, knowledge exchange, DIY and wicked parties .. highly recommended.
N.K.
Artist-run space: experimental music, knowledge exchange, DIY and wicked parties .. highly recommended.
A long time ago, this was a porn cinema .. now it's a great place to catch less mainstream movies.
77 locals recommend
Neues Off cinema
20 Hermannstraße
77 locals recommend
A long time ago, this was a porn cinema .. now it's a great place to catch less mainstream movies.
A beautifully grand old movie theater, but check to make sure the film you want to see is playing in the original version as they also screen dubbed movies. Seats are sooo comfy here :)
85 locals recommend
Passage Berlin
131 Karl-Marx-Straße
85 locals recommend
A beautifully grand old movie theater, but check to make sure the film you want to see is playing in the original version as they also screen dubbed movies. Seats are sooo comfy here :)

Everything Else

Go for a swim and sauna session at the local bathing house and revel in Prussian art nouveau.
102 locals recommend
Stadtbad Neukolln
3 Ganghoferstraße
102 locals recommend
Go for a swim and sauna session at the local bathing house and revel in Prussian art nouveau.
If you feel like going out to a club but don't wanna wander too far .. great vibe, queer crowd, fun themed events.
64 locals recommend
SchwuZ
26 Rollbergstraße
64 locals recommend
If you feel like going out to a club but don't wanna wander too far .. great vibe, queer crowd, fun themed events.
quite a fun club by the water
29 locals recommend
Loftus Hall
48 Maybachufer
29 locals recommend
quite a fun club by the water