ROSE RECOMMENDS

Rose
ROSE RECOMMENDS

bars and late night bites

Sophisticated (sans pretence). David Lynch meets corner Kneipe
289 locals recommend
TiER
42 Weserstr.
289 locals recommend
Sophisticated (sans pretence). David Lynch meets corner Kneipe
iconic gay bar
92 locals recommend
Mobel Olfe
177 Reichenberger Str.
92 locals recommend
iconic gay bar
new kid on the block - have yet to pay a visit, but am inclined to recommend on looks alone
Shed Wine Bar + Food
24 Pannierstraße
new kid on the block - have yet to pay a visit, but am inclined to recommend on looks alone
Lives up wonderfully to its bohemian/Alsatian flair.
28 locals recommend
Hugo Ball - Flammerie & Bar
38 Saalestraße
28 locals recommend
Lives up wonderfully to its bohemian/Alsatian flair.
Vivacious, young, abuzz
141 locals recommend
Ä
40 Weserstr.
141 locals recommend
Vivacious, young, abuzz

canal-side cool

Not a pavilion but a swan - an elevated sort of establishment in the guise of a simple roadside rest. Ideal on warm summer nights (and at all other times).
23 locals recommend
Pavillon am Ufer
4 Paul-Lincke-Ufer
23 locals recommend
Not a pavilion but a swan - an elevated sort of establishment in the guise of a simple roadside rest. Ideal on warm summer nights (and at all other times).
Quality out of a concierge cubicle: this minuscule cafe is housed IN the entrance to a Hinterhof. It is very well worth the risk of getting run over by the delivery vans shuttling though - get you caffeine to go before you set on to play a bit of boules a little farther down Paul-Lincke-Ufer and end up shoe gazing at Pavillion am Ufer.
43 locals recommend
Concierge Coffee
39-40 Paul-Lincke-Ufer
43 locals recommend
Quality out of a concierge cubicle: this minuscule cafe is housed IN the entrance to a Hinterhof. It is very well worth the risk of getting run over by the delivery vans shuttling though - get you caffeine to go before you set on to play a bit of boules a little farther down Paul-Lincke-Ufer and end up shoe gazing at Pavillion am Ufer.
Finnish and fabulous. Combine it with a visit to the Turkish Market every Tuesday and Friday.
10 locals recommend
Populus Coffee
20 Maybachufer
10 locals recommend
Finnish and fabulous. Combine it with a visit to the Turkish Market every Tuesday and Friday.
Inimitable atmosphere. Bountiful brunching choice and weekend fare. Not least Galão! (and other children's favourites)
21 locals recommend
Rudimarie
35 Weichselstraße
21 locals recommend
Inimitable atmosphere. Bountiful brunching choice and weekend fare. Not least Galão! (and other children's favourites)

cafes to take dates to

Adorable. On the not so sightly Panier Street, a wabi-sabi Japanese-French ikebana of a cafe. Best canelés this side of Strasbourg.
28 locals recommend
Two and Two
6 Pannierstraße
28 locals recommend
Adorable. On the not so sightly Panier Street, a wabi-sabi Japanese-French ikebana of a cafe. Best canelés this side of Strasbourg.
Independent cinema with excellent programming and an elegant cafe/bar. Great place to start conversations with German shepherds and/or their owners.
49 locals recommend
Wolf
59 Weserstr.
49 locals recommend
Independent cinema with excellent programming and an elegant cafe/bar. Great place to start conversations with German shepherds and/or their owners.
In a cinematic class of its own, haunt of the beautiful people.
197 locals recommend
Nathanja & Heinrich Café / Bar Neukölln
44 Weichselstraße
197 locals recommend
In a cinematic class of its own, haunt of the beautiful people.

that Berlin feel

The place is a riot. I recommend it.
71 locals recommend
K-Fetisch
86 Wildenbruchstr.
71 locals recommend
The place is a riot. I recommend it.
Refugium for smokers and seditionists. The ethos of this revered institution is inclusive to a fault -- it might even welcome you, TOURIST! And I'll be a damned class traitor to have let the secret out...
27 locals recommend
Schankwirtschaft Laidak
42/43 Boddinstraße
27 locals recommend
Refugium for smokers and seditionists. The ethos of this revered institution is inclusive to a fault -- it might even welcome you, TOURIST! And I'll be a damned class traitor to have let the secret out...
Radically down to earth, and indeed, down by the water. Boardgames abound.
7 locals recommend
Erika & Hilde
9 Weigandufer
7 locals recommend
Radically down to earth, and indeed, down by the water. Boardgames abound.
Not your usual Biergarten - perched atop a multi-storey parking lot -come for the views, stay for the concerts.
702 locals recommend
Klunkerkranich
66 Karl-Marx-Straße
702 locals recommend
Not your usual Biergarten - perched atop a multi-storey parking lot -come for the views, stay for the concerts.

cafes to be seen in

Prize-winning coffee. Backed by brewing science. The baristas very likely studied to be barristers.
177 locals recommend
Five Elephant Kreuzberg
101 Reichenberger Str.
177 locals recommend
Prize-winning coffee. Backed by brewing science. The baristas very likely studied to be barristers.
If quality espresso were not your universal Esperanto, you won't be left lacking in English here (and in Danishes, for that matter). Laptops allowed. In fact you would be only a doorstep short of having your own co-working space (and co-working coffee saucer).
12 locals recommend
Companion Coffee
24 Oranienstraße
12 locals recommend
If quality espresso were not your universal Esperanto, you won't be left lacking in English here (and in Danishes, for that matter). Laptops allowed. In fact you would be only a doorstep short of having your own co-working space (and co-working coffee saucer).
Perfect people-watching place.
11 locals recommend
Kaffeekirsche Roastery, Böckhstraße
30 Böckhstraße
11 locals recommend
Perfect people-watching place.

a bit of glitz and glamour

Awe-instilling interior. Get a bite and a bier by the cauldrons of the actual Kindl Brewery, now centre for contemporary art.
Cafe Babette
3 Am Sudhaus
Awe-instilling interior. Get a bite and a bier by the cauldrons of the actual Kindl Brewery, now centre for contemporary art.
Shabby-chic was yesteryear. Prachtwerk will upstage your expectation, chiefly, by having a stage.
52 locals recommend
Prachtwerk
2 Ganghoferstraße
52 locals recommend
Shabby-chic was yesteryear. Prachtwerk will upstage your expectation, chiefly, by having a stage.
Impressively sized enterprise. Daunting scale of operations and plants so tall and towering it is as if they came to life out of an art nouveau tableaux vivant . Extra nifty crockery.
27 locals recommend
Bonanza Coffee Roasters
70 Adalbertstraße
27 locals recommend
Impressively sized enterprise. Daunting scale of operations and plants so tall and towering it is as if they came to life out of an art nouveau tableaux vivant . Extra nifty crockery.

serious sweets

Sweet Jesus, this place has cake nobility. Not just the sugar is refined.
110 locals recommend
Engels
21 Herrfurthstraße
110 locals recommend
Sweet Jesus, this place has cake nobility. Not just the sugar is refined.
Best baklava in Berlin. Period. And the prettiest packaging.
Pasam Baklava
12A Goebenstraße
Best baklava in Berlin. Period. And the prettiest packaging.
aesthetic AND edible
8 locals recommend
Konditorei Damaskus
93 Sonnenallee
8 locals recommend
aesthetic AND edible