Guidebook for Berlin
Food Scene
Best French in the area, very very good food - think Creme Bruleé and entrecote/rib-eye. Service is way better than the Berlin standard, which is very bad.
18 locals recommend
BRASSERIE la bonne franquette
17 Danziger StraßeBest French in the area, very very good food - think Creme Bruleé and entrecote/rib-eye. Service is way better than the Berlin standard, which is very bad.
Best unpretentious hipster coffee/flat white in Berlin. Not in a very frequented area. Worth a visit for their microbrewery beers and sandwiches as well. Cannot recommend enough. Best croissants.
6 locals recommend
Am Ende der Welt
5 ScharnhorststraßeBest unpretentious hipster coffee/flat white in Berlin. Not in a very frequented area. Worth a visit for their microbrewery beers and sandwiches as well. Cannot recommend enough. Best croissants.
also a bar. Great great GREAT 12-hour roasted pork belly. Great atmosphere and great service. Also has apartments for short-term rent.
100 locals recommend
Katz Orange
22 Bergstraßealso a bar. Great great GREAT 12-hour roasted pork belly. Great atmosphere and great service. Also has apartments for short-term rent.
Great hipster coffee if you're in the area and want coffee! Also has pancakes and food, which is good!
70 locals recommend
Distrikt coffee
68 BergstraßeGreat hipster coffee if you're in the area and want coffee! Also has pancakes and food, which is good!
Du Bonheur
39 BrunnenstraßeGet your macarons here with some wine.
Best breakfast in the area. Really very good. I am very picky about breakfasts.
116 locals recommend
Café Fleury
20 WeinbergswegBest breakfast in the area. Really very good. I am very picky about breakfasts.
Great small(er) burgers in a Japanese burger joint. Very good fries as well. This area is good for hip Japanese food.
121 locals recommend
Shiso Burger
29C AuguststraßeGreat small(er) burgers in a Japanese burger joint. Very good fries as well. This area is good for hip Japanese food.
Cocolo Ramen
3 GipsstraßeBest Japanese Ramen in town. Very authentic.
Cocolo Ramen
3 GipsstraßeGreat sushi. Great courtyard - shared with Cocolo Ramen next door.
Very good asian burger fusion place. Very reasonably priced. Nice courtyard seats. Good Matcha bruleé.
21 locals recommend
royals & rice Berlin
164 TorstraßeVery good asian burger fusion place. Very reasonably priced. Nice courtyard seats. Good Matcha bruleé.
The best and nastiest American burgers, with American imported meat, in town. It's so nasty I can only go twice a year.
266 locals recommend
The Bird
5 Am Falkpl.The best and nastiest American burgers, with American imported meat, in town. It's so nasty I can only go twice a year.
Probably my favourite Japanese eating place in town. Reasonably priced and tapas-like eating. Try the sweet potato fries and the volcano roll. So good.
11 locals recommend
Hashi Izakaya & Japanese Kitchen
63 Rosenthaler Str.Probably my favourite Japanese eating place in town. Reasonably priced and tapas-like eating. Try the sweet potato fries and the volcano roll. So good.
Great burger/Japanese fusion kitchen with a great bar in the middle. This has a bar feel to it and serves up a great Hemingway. The salmon marinated in miso is highly recommended.
33 locals recommend
Volta
73 BrunnenstraßeGreat burger/Japanese fusion kitchen with a great bar in the middle. This has a bar feel to it and serves up a great Hemingway. The salmon marinated in miso is highly recommended.
One of the first hipster coffee places in Berlin and still going strong. Can be quite busy on Sundays when the flea market is on in the Mauerpark. Visit there too!
126 locals recommend
Bonanza Coffee Heroes
35 Oderberger Str.One of the first hipster coffee places in Berlin and still going strong. Can be quite busy on Sundays when the flea market is on in the Mauerpark. Visit there too!
Known as the best sushi in town. Impossible to call and reserve. You have to walk by and make a reservation. At noon Japanese people line up to eat lunch. That's how you know it's authentic...
190 locals recommend
Sasaya
50 Lychener Str.Known as the best sushi in town. Impossible to call and reserve. You have to walk by and make a reservation. At noon Japanese people line up to eat lunch. That's how you know it's authentic...
Very nice scenery situated in the middle of Tiergarten. Horrible horrible service. They are slow. but the food is good. Best hot chocolate in town. I go there if I have extra time and energy to wait.
171 locals recommend
Cafe am Neuen See
2 LichtensteinalleeVery nice scenery situated in the middle of Tiergarten. Horrible horrible service. They are slow. but the food is good. Best hot chocolate in town. I go there if I have extra time and energy to wait.
Daluma
3 WeinbergswegRaw food place. Pretty good.
Best ice cream EVER! Despite it being yoghurt! Get the Vanilla flavored yoghurt - it tastes like soft-ice. They have the best toppings in all of Berlin and very high quality standards.
16 locals recommend
Yoli Frozen Yogurt
112 InvalidenstraßeBest ice cream EVER! Despite it being yoghurt! Get the Vanilla flavored yoghurt - it tastes like soft-ice. They have the best toppings in all of Berlin and very high quality standards.
Sightseeing
Historical, pretty and free. Enjoy the nice view from the visitor center overlooking an intact wall strip.
520 locals recommend
Berlin Wall Memorial
111 Bernauer Str.Historical, pretty and free. Enjoy the nice view from the visitor center overlooking an intact wall strip.
See some of the bunkers beneath the city. I am a sucker for bunkers.
205 locals recommend
Berliner Unterwelten
105 BrunnenstraßeSee some of the bunkers beneath the city. I am a sucker for bunkers.
Sunday must do. Busy and crowded. Fun stuff to buy. Don't get sucked in. Get out once you've seen it unless you like a lot of people in one place. Go to the park and watch the karaoke if you need out.
948 locals recommend
Fleamarket at Mauerpark
63-64 Bernauer Str.Sunday must do. Busy and crowded. Fun stuff to buy. Don't get sucked in. Get out once you've seen it unless you like a lot of people in one place. Go to the park and watch the karaoke if you need out.
All the bike tours go through this park because the wall used to be there. I would go for the childrens playground and to walk my dog as it is just across the street from our home.
65 locals recommend
Berlin Nordbahnhof station
131 InvalidenstraßeAll the bike tours go through this park because the wall used to be there. I would go for the childrens playground and to walk my dog as it is just across the street from our home.
The most beautiful dome in the city. Worth a visit - not necessarily inside, unless you really like cathedrals.
274 locals recommend
Berlin Cathedral Church
Am LustgartenThe most beautiful dome in the city. Worth a visit - not necessarily inside, unless you really like cathedrals.
Museum Island
So pretty.
If you know the city a bit, it is very cool to see it from the top. The restaurant is OK, but not great. Service is not that good.
569 locals recommend
Berliner Fernsehturm
1A PanoramastraßeIf you know the city a bit, it is very cool to see it from the top. The restaurant is OK, but not great. Service is not that good.
Essentials
REWE
118-120 ChausseestraßeOne of the closest supermarkets
Netto Filiale
32 CorinthstraßeCheap bio stuff! Closest supermarket to our home.
Closest "drug store". Here you can buy cosmetics, toilet paper, shampoo, etc. Cheap and good.
192 locals recommend
DM Drogeriemarkt
2 Revaler Str.Closest "drug store". Here you can buy cosmetics, toilet paper, shampoo, etc. Cheap and good.
Everything Else
Great place to walk your dogs without a leash. It is very quiet in the mornings. You need to take U6 to Rehberge station (get in in the back of the train) and walk to the end of Otawistr.
157 locals recommend
Volkspark Rehberge
160 Windhuker Str.Great place to walk your dogs without a leash. It is very quiet in the mornings. You need to take U6 to Rehberge station (get in in the back of the train) and walk to the end of Otawistr.
Humboldthain Club
46 HochstraßeGreat place to walk your dog. Without a leash at 7-9 am.
Arts & Culture
Coolest museum - they have a huge dinosaur skeleton in the entrance! Really cool for kids and adults alike!
202 locals recommend
Museum fuer Naturkunde
43 InvalidenstraßeCoolest museum - they have a huge dinosaur skeleton in the entrance! Really cool for kids and adults alike!
This museum is the coolest museum because they have so many train sets that were used in the past. They also have an exhibition on the development of the computer!
144 locals recommend
German Museum of Technology
9 Trebbiner Str.This museum is the coolest museum because they have so many train sets that were used in the past. They also have an exhibition on the development of the computer!
Deutsche Oper Berlin
35 BismarckstraßeI saw a wonderful performance of the Magic Flute here!
Shopping
Expensive shopping mall. Think Gucci, Prada etc. Food court is said to be very good.
503 locals recommend
Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe)
21-24 TauentzienstraßeExpensive shopping mall. Think Gucci, Prada etc. Food court is said to be very good.
Good shopping mall without individual shops.
65 locals recommend
Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof Berlin Alexanderplatz
9 AlexanderplatzGood shopping mall without individual shops.
Shoe City Alexa
Shopping mall with individual stores.