Sophieneck

Style:
German, Berlin Cuisine

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Reviews:
Tara Costello writes in Travelblog: "That night we ate at the greatest hole in the wall German restaurant ever! [...] Walking into this restaurant out of the cold, crisp German air was like walking into Fezziwig’s party in “A Christmas Carol.” There was a fireplace roaring, dim lighting held to pace with candles atop every table and along the bar counter, tiny round tables with smiling satisfied faces circling round them, and an aroma we smelt from four doors down of something savory and delectable. We drank mulled wine and slurped up a soup made from potato, sweet chestnut, and mushroom before salivating over one of the best bratwursts I’ve ever had the pleasure of consuming. Of course with a find this good, we went two nights in a row :)"


The Basics:
Grosse Hamburger Strasse 37, 10115, Berlin-Mitte

Phone: +49 (0)30 28 34 06 5

URL: Sophieneck

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:

Mitte; the Jewish Quarter and the Gallery district

A visit could be integrated with the Classic "Jewish Berlin Tour", with a gallery tour, as well as with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin
4 ****
Hotel Hackescher MarktAlexander PlazaARCOTEL Velvet Berlin Hotel LUX 11 Berlin Mitte
3 ***
Hotel AugustinenhofHSH Hotel Apartments MitteDietrich-Bonhoeffer-Hotel
2 **
Hotel TaunusFlower's Boardinghouse Mitte
1*
baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel
Hostels:
baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel
Apartment Hotels:
HSH Hotel Apartments Mitte

Reinhard's

Style:
German, Local (Berlin) Cuisine

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Reviews:
Fodor's recommends this place: "Friends meet here in the Nikolaiviertel to enjoy the carefully prepared entrées and to sample spirits from the amply stocked bar, all served by friendly, tie-wearing waiters. The honey-glazed breast of duck, Adlon, is one of its specialties. There's a nice outdoor area for dining."

The Basics:
Poststr. 28, 10178, Berlin-Mitte (U2 Alexanderplatz or Klosterstrasse)

URL: http://www.reinhards.de/

+49 (0)30 24 25 295

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:

Nikolaiviertel (the Nikolai Quarter)

A visit could be integrated with a tour about Medieval Berlin, with a special "Berlin's Top Sites" tour or with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin
4 ****
Alexander PlazaNovotel Berlin MitteDERAG HOTEL AND LIVING - Hotel Großer KurfürstDERAG HOTEL AND LIVING - Hotel Henrietteart'otel berlin mitte, by Park PlazaPark Plaza Wallstreet Berlin
3 ***
Halong Hotel
2 **
Motel One Berlin-Alexanderplatz
1*
baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel
Hostels:
baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel

Henne (Die Henne)

Style:
German; Berlin Cuisine

More:
Considered to have the best chicken in Berlin (and that's it...)

Reviews:
This historical restaurant, which had the Wall on its doorstep in Kreuzberg, serves one thing mostly: grilled chicken. But it is considered to be the best in it.

Bradley Chodos-Irvine writes in his blog: "we [...] had dinner at a little restaurant named Henne - they have been open since 1908 or something like and serve chicken. A 1/2 Roast chicken is the only thing on the menu - but it was very good, particulary after walking forever during the day."

The Basics: Leuschnerdamm 25, 10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg (U Moritzplatz)

URL: Die Henne

+49 30 614 77 30

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:
Kreuzberg

Could be integrated with the Kreuzberg Tour, or with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
Hilton Berlin

4 ****
NH Berlin Heinrich Heine
Hotel Luisenhof
art'otel berlin mitte, by Park Plaza

3 ***
Hotel Ludwig van Beethoven

2 **
A&O Mitte Ostbahnhof
alameda berlin
Motel One Berlin-Mitte
Ibis Berlin City Ost

1*
Ostel - Das DDR-Design Hostel

Hostels:
Ostel - Das DDR-Design Hostel

Rikes Gasthaus (Rike's Restaurant)

Style:
Berlin Cuisine, German

More:
The restaurant claims to apply recipes from old cookbooks, reviving the old Berlin cuisine, and is appropriately located at a hotel called "Alt Berlin" (Old Berlin); allegedly recipes left to Rike by her grandmother

Reviews:
"Mediterranean Girl" writes in her travel journal, "the food was delicious. [...] traditional Wiener Schnitzel [...] which came with a huge salad and lots of oniony, pan-fried potatoes. It was huge – it absolutely covered my plate and it was very tasty. My partner ordered a traditional pot-roast of beef that was served with a rich gravy, mountains of vegetables and heaps of oniony, pan-fried potatoes. He really enjoyed it and I saw what the waiter meant about a starter being too much. The dessert menu was rather simple. [...] The atmosphere was rather cosy. [...] t appeared to be a place couples would go rather than large groups of people or families with young children. " Menus are available in English.

The Basics: Potsdamer Str. 67, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten (U Kurfuerstenstrasse)

URL: In the hotel's website: Rikes Gasthaus

+49 30 26 06 70

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:
Potsdamer Platz, Neue Nationalgalerie

Could be integrated with an architectural tour in Berlin, the Weimar Area and other customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

In the Hotel AltBerlin

5 *****
Grand Hyatt Berlin

4 ****
Maritim Hotel Berlin

3 ***
Hotel Altberlin
Lindemann Hotel Fjord
Hotel Delta
City Suites Berlin Potsdamer Straße
AGON Hotel Aldea

2 **
Hotel Am Potsdamer Platz
Hotel Villa Amadeus
FG Hotel Berlin

1*
Apartmenthaus am Potsdamer Platz

Hostels:
Meininger City Hostel Tempelhofer Ufer

Lindenbräu

Style:
German, Bavarian, Berlin Cuisine

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A similar branch is located at the Hauptbahnhof, the Hopfingerbräu

Reviews:
Lindenbräu is not where you'll be heading, if you're looking for a quaint restaurant attended mostly by the locals. On the other hand, those small, quaint, restaurants, almost never accept credit cards, have menus only in German, no access to disabled persons and a staff that hardly speaks any language, including German.

Lindenbräu is the opposite: it is a large restaurant in one of the most touristy places imaginable: the Sony Centre in Potsdamer Platz. But being a "touristy" German restaurant has many advantages: not only that the menu comes in four languages, it also has pictures of the dish, so you will understand what it is all about; the waiters speak English; and the restaurant accepts credit cards and has wheelchair access. The so-touristy location also means that you have a view, if you choose to - sit close to the window or in the yard, you will get a wonderful view on the futuristic architecture of Sony Centre and its fountain. If you choose to sit close to the centre, you will see the brewery from a close distance.

The food is a mixed version of all types of regional German food, with heavy Bavarian and southern influence; but also with typical Berlin dishes, such as the Eisbein (pork knuckle). Unlike many German restaurants around town, this one offers a variety of dishes to vegetarians, those who won't eat pork, and the like. The dishes are not small, so prepare to leave some or come hungry.

The Basics: Sony Center, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten (U+S Potsdamer Platz)

URL: Lindenbräu

+49 30 25 75 12 80

Accessible? yes, including a lift for wheelchair users who prefer to sit in the upper levels and disabled toilets on the ground floor

Child-Friendliness? If the children are old enough to enjoy the Sony Centre fountain, the lights, and the brewery

Related Tours/Sites:
Sony Center, Legoland/Discovery Centre, Tiergarten

Could be integrated with an architectural tour in Berlin, the Weimar Area and other customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
The Mandala Hotel
The Ritz-Carlton Berlin
Berlin Marriott Hotel
Grand Hyatt Berlin
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin


4 ****
Casa Boardinghouse

3 ***
Apartments am Brandenburger Tor
Hotel Bel Ahr

2 **
Hotel Am Potsdamer Platz

1*
Apartmenthaus am Potsdamer Platz

Hostels:
City Hostel Berlin

Mittmann

Style:
Berlin style, workers' restaurant

More: Simple Berlin cuisine in big dishes and small prices; quite a contradiction to yesterday's restaurant...

Reviews:
Two reviews in German on Qype basically say the same: very cheap food (lunch for 5.55 including a drink), very big dishes, good Berlin style cuisine, nothing fancy.

The Basics: Rungestr. 11, 10179 Berlin-Mitte (Märkisches Museum or Jannowitzbrücke)

URL: you're kidding, right? but I have a phone for you - +49 30 2793502

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:

Märkisches Museum and the Koellnische Park

Could be integrated with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

Naturally, it is in The Mandala Hotel

5 *****

4 ****
Hotel Luisenhof
art'otel berlin mitte, by Park PlazaDERAG HOTEL AND LIVING - Hotel Großer Kurfürst DERAG HOTEL AND LIVING - Hotel Henriette
Park Plaza Wallstreet Berlin
NH Berlin Heinrich Heine
Novotel Berlin Mitte

3 ***

2 **
alameda berlin
A&O Hotel Mitte
Hotel Ibis Berlin City Ost

1*

Hostels:

Assel

Style:
German

More:
Top German Food for not so top prices

Reviews:
Berlinbound writes on "German Diary": "Let me say at the outset that the food was sublime. [...] For starters I had what the restaurant called, “Ragout Fin” which was a small puff-pastry filled with a mixture of chicken, beef and parmeggiano cheese, covered with hollandaise sauce and surrounded by a delicate but spicy apricot chutney – it took my breath away. The main course was rabbit stew with Mediterranean vegetables served with a potato dumpling and a mixed salad. The rabbit and vegetables were cooked to perfection, the vegetables soft and savory, the meat infused with onion and peppers and just a hint of something stronger. The dumpling was never heavy, I could feel the texture of the vegetable in my mouth, the food was still living, not ground and pounded and processed to death like so much of what we are subjected to in restaurants today. Desert was something from the deep recesses of the imagination … fried nut and poppy noodles served with caramelized plums in a bourbon vanilla sauce. I will only say that the thrill of eating this dessert was probably equal to the thrill of whatever the redhead down the street had to offer and it only set me back five Euros! I selected a Spanish wine, Faustino Crianza Rioja, and it had just the right weight and texture to play with this food. The entire meal was under thirty Euros.

The restaurant is called, Assel, and it was the first establishment opened on the Oranienburger Strasse after the Wall came down. The original owner has returned to her first love of teaching, but her brother Christopher has kept the restaurant in the family and from what I can see he is doing a terrific job. [...]."

The Basics:
Oranienburger Str. 21, 10178 Berlin, Germany (near S-Oranienburger Str.)
+49 (0)30 281 20 56

URL

Accessible? no (in a cellar)

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:
Mitte: the "Jewish Quarter" and the Museum Island
Could be integrated with a guided visit to one of the museums in the Museum Island, with the Jewish Berlin Tour, or with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

Am Scheunenviertel Hotel Garni (2 **)

Artist Riverside Hotel and Spa
Augustinenhof (3 ***)
Dietrich-Bohnhoffer-Hotel (3 ***)
Taunus ( 3 ***)

Arcotel Velvet (4 ****)
Hotel Hackescher Markt Berlin (4 ****)

More hotels in Berlin, near Assel restaurant

Marcus Bräu - Microbrauerei Barkowsky

The Basics:
Münzstraße 1 - 3, 10178 Berlin (U/S Alexanderplatz, Hackescher Markt)

+49-(0)30- 24 769 85

URL: Marcus Bräu - Microbrauerei Barkowsky (German only!)

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Style:
Micro-Brewery with German/Berlin Cuisine restaurant

Related Tours/Sites:
Near Alexanderplatz, the Volksbühne Theatre, Hackescher Markt
Could be integrated with a general instrodutory tour in Berlin; a Jewish Berlin Tour; Weimar Berlin Tour; or with customised Berlin tours

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Reviews:
Lauren writes in her Blog: "For dinner Jocelyn and I both had lentil soup with sausages in it, and this German flat bread that is covered with cream cheese, bacon, onions and spinach and baked. Altogether a yummy dinner."
[Our comments: although the food at Marcus' is good, the real reason to come there is the home-brewed beer; the "German flat bread" mentioned is Flammkuchen , typical dish for the westernmost parts of Germany; Lentil soup is more Berlin-cuisine].

Tiergarten Quelle

Style:
German/Berlin Cuisine

More:
Affordable students restaurant with good German and local (Berlin) cuisine

Reviews:
"Yuri" writes on her blog: " The Tiergarten Quelle is this great restaurant located underneath the S-Bahn train tracks. It’s very close to the station, which made it really easy to find and you can hear the trains traveling above.[...] The food was delicious." (she wonders what she had - it looks like pork schnitzel with brocolli and chips to my untrained eye).

Jane writes in her blog: "It was a hole in the wall place under the subway, but inside was fantastic. Although very tiny, it was packed with people, clearly a popular hang out for regulars. A traveling band (a violin player, a bass player, and an accordion player) entered and played a few songs. We all got traditional (very heavy) German food, washed down with traditional (very good) beer."

The Basics:
Bachstr. 6, 10555 Berlin

+49-(0)30- 392 76 15

URL: Tiergarten Quelle

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:
Hansa Quarter, the University of Technology, the flea market on the Strasse-der-17.Juni
Could be integrated with the Jewish Tour in West Berlin, or with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

Novotel Berlin Am Tiergarten

Hotel Hansablick