Margaux

Style:
French, European

More:
One of the most expensive, most respectable, restaurants in Berlin

Reviews:


The Basics:
Unter-den-Linden 78 (entrance through Wilhelmstrasse), 10117 Berlin-Mitte (S Unter den Linden)

URL: http://www.margaux-berlin.de/

+49 (0)30 22 65 26 11

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness? no

Related Tours/Sites:

Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag

A visit could be integrated with Berlin's most important sites tour or with a customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
Hotel Adlon Kempinski BerlinThe Westin Grand BerlinThe Regent BerlinSofitel Berlin GendarmenmarktBerlin Marriott Hotel
4 ****
MARITIM proArte Hotel BerlinNH Jolly Berlin-FriedrichstraßeHotel Melia BerlinHotel The Mandala SuitesArtist Riverside Hotel & Spa
3 ***
Apartments am Brandenburger TorArte Luise KunsthotelHotel Allegra
Hotel AlbrechtshofApartHotel Residenz am Deutschen TheaterBest Western Hotel Berlin-Mitte
2 **
Hotel M68
1*
City Hostel Berlin
Hostels:
City Hostel Berlin
Apartment Hotels and Serviced Flats
Apartments am Brandenburger TorApartHotel Residenz am Deutschen TheaterHotel The Mandala Suites

Ming Dynastie

Style:
Chinese (northern China cuisine, Mandarin/Beijing)

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Reviews:
Annette Showell-Moosbrugger writes in her blog that the restaurant is probably the best Chinese in Berlin; many would also agree that it is a fine Chinese restaurant, one of the best in Berlin

The Basics:
Brückenstraße 6a, 10179, Berlin-Miotte (S Janowitzbruecke)

URL:

+49 (0)30 31 325 93

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:

Märkisches Museum, Köllnischer Park

A visit could be integrated with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin
4 ****
Hotel Luisenhofart'otel berlin mitte, by Park Plaza
DERAG HOTEL AND LIVING - Hotel Großer KurfürstDERAG HOTEL AND LIVING - Hotel HenriettePark Plaza Wallstreet Berlin
3 ***
Best Western Hotel am Spittelmarkt
2 **
alameda berlinA&O Mitte Ostbahnhof
1*
Ostel - Das DDR-Design Hostel

Hostels:
Ostel - Das DDR-Design HostelA&O Mitte Ostbahnhof

Mar y Sol

Style:
Spanish, Tapas

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Reviews:
A German user at Qype praises the food and the quick service, as well as the variety of choice in tapas. However, the bill came wrong, with extra drinks on it - each not exactly cheap.

The Basics:
Savignyplatz 5, 10623, Berlin-Charlottenburg (S Savignyplatz)

URL: http://www.marysol-berlin.de/

+49 (0)30 31 325 93

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:

Savignyplatz, the Technical University, the UdK

A visit could be integrated with a tour about Jewish life in West Berlin or with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
Hotel Q!
4 ****
NH Berlin KurfürstendammHotel Goethe87 - Das Wohngedicht
3 ***
Hotel HeidelbergAparthotel VegaHotel AidaHotel Otto
2 **
Hotel Am SavignyplatzHotel-Pension Cortina
1*
Hotel Waizenegger

Hostels:
baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel

Ma

Style:
Chef Restaurant

More:
Tim Raue's restaurant, "Chinese tinted European Cuisine" (Financial Times)

Reviews:

Bertrand Benoit writes a review in Financial Times: "Raue has nicely matured since Restaurant 44 - a highly controlled performance, at once self-confident and undiminished in its ability to surprise. [...] Dinner for two including wines: €375" (more in his review, including description of the excellent and the not-so-excellent dishes he has had)

Bloomberg's have a not so enthusiastic review - with the bottom line - a god restaurant, but not "out of this world" and an experience mostly for foodies.

The Basics:
Behrenstrasse 72, 10117 Berlin-Mitte (S Unter den Linden)

URL: http://www.ma-restaurants.de/

+49 30 3011 1733 3

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness? You must be kidding.

Related Tours/Sites:

Could be integrated with "Berlin's Best Sites", or with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin (bascially, at the back of the Adlon)
Berlin Marriott Hotel
The Westin Grand Berlin
The Ritz-Carlton Berlin

4 ****
Maritim proArte Hotel Berlin
Clipper City Home

3 ***
Apartments am Brandenburger Tor

2 **

1*
City Hostel Berlin
Hotel Putinn

Hostels:
City Hostel Berlin

Mirchi

Style:
Singaporean

More:
Two branches, one in Kreuzberg, one in Mitte; You can find it in our recommended restaurants in Berlin page.

Reviews:

Unfortunately, we haven't been to Singapore yet and I must admit that this Asian fusion is not what I hear about Singaporean food - but it is still good food, a mixture of Indian, Malaysian and Chinese, which also means something for (almost) everybody: vegetarians and carnivores, those who like their food drowning in coconut milk and those who'd prefer a Chinese style dish or a grilled Tandoori style dish. The prices are fair, especially during business lunch hours (called "Mittag Menu" in German), when you can get a whole meal for 10 EUR or less. The service is a bit lacking (as usual in Berlin), with the Oranienstrasse (Kreuzberg) branch slightly better in this devision (and in our opinion, in general).


The Basics:
Two branches:
Oranienburger Strasse 50, 10117 Berlin-Mitte (S Oranienburger Strasse),
+49 (0)30 28 44 44 82

Oranienstrasse 204, 10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg (U Goerlitzer Bahnhof),
+49 (0)30 61 62 99 93

URL: Mirchi

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:
For the first restaurant, Mitte, Tacheles, the gallery district ; for the second, Kreuzberg

The first could be integrated with a gallery tour or with the classic Jewish Berlin tour.

The second could be integrated with the Kreuzberg Tour, the Cold War Tour or with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
The Westin Grand Berlin (branch I)

4 ****
ARCOTEL Velvet Berlin (branch I)
Artist Riverside Hotel & Spa (branch I)
NH Berlin Heinrich Heine (branch II)

3 ***
Hotel Aquino, Tagungszentrum (branch I)
Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Hotel (branch I)
Hotel Augustinenhof (branch I)
Hotel Zarenhof (branch I)
Best Western Hotel Berlin-Mitte (branch I)
Best Western Euro-Hotel Berlin (branch II)

2 **
Hotel Taunus (branch I)
A&O Mitte Ostbahnhof (branch II)

1*
baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel (branch I)

Hostels:
baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel (branch I)

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:

Maxwell

Style:
German

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Reviews:
On "Top 15 New Foodie Destinations": "Located in a former brewery in Mitte (in the east), Restaurant Maxwell offers the best example of modern German cooking with dishes like trout in brown butter, game terrine, and rare duck breast with cabbage (restaurant-maxwell.de; entrées from $20)."


The Basics:
Bergstr. 22, 10115 Berlin- Mitte (near U Rosenthaler Platz)
+49 (0)30 280 71 21

URL: Maxwell

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:
In Mitte, close to the Wall Memorial

It could be integrated with Cold War Berlin Tour and with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

HSH Hotel Apartments Mitte (4 ****)

Hotel Augustinenhof (3 1/2 )

Hotel Andechser Hof (3 ***)
Hotel Zarenhof (3 ***)

Hotel Novalis

Ristorante La Marianna

Style:
Italian

More: A nice neighbourhood Italian restaurant=

Reviews:
Apparently, as reported regarding Il Tramonto , one of Qype users has made it his (or her) goal, to charter all of the Italian places in Steglitz and see which ones deserve recommendation. So, according to the Qype user Miniwelt, La Marianna is even better than Il Tramonto (in German). It is a traditional, small, pizza restaurant with limited offering but those that exist are very good. Qyoe in general rank it in place 133 of 343 Italians.


The Basics:
Feuerbachstr. 63, 12163 Berlin-Friedenau (S Feuerbachstrasse)
+49 (0)30 855 96 47

URL: La Marianna Restaurant Berlin

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:
It could be integrated with guided tours about the history of Southwest Berlin, and with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

Akzent Hotel am Forum Steglitz
Literaturhotel Berlin (3 ***, small boutique)

Eckstein

Hotel Pension Kossack (pension)

Maru

The Basics:
Rigaer Str. 74, 10247 Berlin-Friedrichshain (U Frankfurter Tor or Samariterstrasse)
+49-(0)30-26545652

URL:

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Style:
Korean

Related Tours/Sites:
Friedrichshain, Karl-Marx-Allee
Could be integrated with the Communist Berlin Tour, or with customised Berlin tours

More:

Reviews:
On Been There, Sissi writes: "Maru is a small and cosy Korean restaurant, which offers quality sushi. You’ll get a good portion of nigiri for about £5, you’re not stuffed but not hungry anymore as well. You can choose this place for a late dinner - they serve food till midnight. Korean sushi is a nice option, if you don’t like the typical Japanese sour rice; it comes with a well flavoured smooth sauce.
I especially liked the atmosphere, they haven’t chosen the typical Asian interior and it matches will with the small size of the place and friendly people working there.
It is a place to meet for a date, as well as for a business lunch. If you want to show up with a group, I recommend to book, as the space is very limited."

Monsieur Vuong

The Basics:
Alte Schönhauser Str. 46 10119 Berlin-Mitte (U Weinmeisterstrasse or S Hackescher Markt)
+49-(0)30-9929 6924

URL: Monsieur Vuong

Accessible? Not really: there is a small stair in the entrance (there is a bell for wheelchair users, but according to the waiter, it is for a ramp); the restaurant is crowded and narrow and most importantly no wheelchair accessible toilets.

Child-Friendliness? No real catering for the needs of kids, except for one thing (that is more important with older, well behaved, but hungry kids; and with adults who are not much of an eater): all of their dishes are available as a smaller portion, with even cheaper price. Believe me, "small" is relative and their "small" Wonton Soup was almost satisfying in itself.

Style:
Vietnamese

Related Tours/Sites:
Hackescher Markt and the "Scheunenviertel" (Barn Quarter)
Could be integrated with the Classic Jewish Berlin Tour with customised Berlin tours

More:

Reviews:


Our review: The design in Monsieur Voung is very nice, the food excellent. Despite busy hours, the service is rather quick; and all of that with cheap prices and the availability of all dishes at smaller rates for those who are less hungry (or less of an eater). The only thing that has perhaps diminished a little from the experience has been the fact that one of us has ordered two dishes (the others had each only a main course), and received both courses together (the waitress also didn't ask whether to bring the entrée separately). Despite that, the one who received the two dishes at once was satisfied however and said that the main course one was not too cold by the time she's gotten her way with it.

Jim Boyne writes in "Lost in Europe": "I got in there a little before the lunchtime rush, but it was still packed with people. There are only about three dishes on menu, and I went for a kind of green curried chicken with stir-fried vegetables which was probably the best meal of my trip so far, and only cost me nine euros with a drink as well."

More reviews: Life in Milano
Another positive review comes from Ryan at "Backpacking Across Europe", which points out something important: any non-vegetarian dish on the menu could be with tofu instead.

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].