Style:
Cafe-Restaurant-Bar, European eclectic with a German accent
More:
Reviews:
Ganda writes on "EatDrinkOneWoman": "The schnitzel (which I think was pounded veal) came with an oniony, warm potato goop and some kind of berry jam (gooseberry?). No vegs, totally awesome.
Francis, the vegetarian, didn't fare so well with his non-meat option, which turned out to be a cold baked potato with runny quark cheese, served with a sweet-dressed salad. A cold baked potato does not a dinner make, so we supplemented with another entree of kasespaetzle, German pan-fried squiggly pasta with melted Berg cheese and fried onions -- much tastier and more satisfying option."
The Basics:
Anklamer Straße 27, 10115 Berlin-Mitte (U Bernauer Strasse)
URL: Weltempfaenger
+49 30 4435 69 81
Accessible?
Child-Friendliness?
Related Tours/Sites:
Could be integrated with a Cold War/Wall tour, and with customised Berlin tours
Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:
5 *****
4 ****
Hotel Apartmenthaus Zarenhof
3 ***
Hotel-Pension KastanienhofTop Domizil - Apartments Residenz Prenzelberg
GLS Hotel BerlinHotel Jurine Berlin-Mitte
Hotel Andechser Hof
2 **
City Quartier Hotel
Amadeus Hostel Berlin
1*
Hotel City Quartier
Hostels:
Amadeus Hostel Berlin
Showing posts with label name-begins-with: w. Show all posts
Showing posts with label name-begins-with: w. Show all posts
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Wohnzimmer
Style:
Bar
More:
Styled like a retro living room, which is part of the experience
Reviews:
Steve McKenna writes in SMH: "With its uneven wooden floorboards, smoky haze and profusion of dimmed red lights - not to mention its 1960s-style decor, tatty wallpaper and furniture that looks like it's been picked up from a flea market - it could be construed as unbearably pretentious.[...] this place is so different I can't help but like it. It's certainly one of the coolest bars I've ever been to."
The Basics:
Lettestr. 6, 10437 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg (Eberswalder Str)
URL: Wohnzimmer
Accessible? small step in the entrance, no disabled toilets
Child-Friendliness? surprisingly for a bar, quite accommodating for kids - in certain hours. They have a children's time in the afternoon and a non-smoking room (although it also stinks of smoke, so policy is not really enforced)
Related Tours/Sites:
Prenzlauer Berg // Jahn-Stadium
Could be integrated with the Jews and Booze Tour a customised Berlin tours
Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:
4 ****
Apartmenthaus ZarenhofHoliday Inn Berlin City Center East Prenzlauer Allee
3 ***
GLS Hotel Berlin
2 **
Hotel 1a Apartment
Stadthotel Schall und Rauch
Bar
More:
Styled like a retro living room, which is part of the experience
Reviews:
Steve McKenna writes in SMH: "With its uneven wooden floorboards, smoky haze and profusion of dimmed red lights - not to mention its 1960s-style decor, tatty wallpaper and furniture that looks like it's been picked up from a flea market - it could be construed as unbearably pretentious.[...] this place is so different I can't help but like it. It's certainly one of the coolest bars I've ever been to."
The Basics:
Lettestr. 6, 10437 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg (Eberswalder Str)
URL: Wohnzimmer
Accessible? small step in the entrance, no disabled toilets
Child-Friendliness? surprisingly for a bar, quite accommodating for kids - in certain hours. They have a children's time in the afternoon and a non-smoking room (although it also stinks of smoke, so policy is not really enforced)
Related Tours/Sites:
Prenzlauer Berg // Jahn-Stadium
Could be integrated with the Jews and Booze Tour a customised Berlin tours
Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:
4 ****
Apartmenthaus ZarenhofHoliday Inn Berlin City Center East Prenzlauer Allee
3 ***
GLS Hotel Berlin
2 **
Hotel 1a Apartment
Stadthotel Schall und Rauch
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
White Trash Fast Food
Style:
Bar/Club/American
More:
Trendy in your face place
Reviews:
Lola y Maria write in their blog: "WTFF serves up delicious Fried Chicken, Ribs, Burritos, etc...It was better BBQ than I've found in NYC..."
Like many other English language sources, Berlin-Life repeats the weird urban legend that White Trash Fast Food (WTFF) is "Housed in what was was once a Chinese restaurant favoured by Communist party big wigs". However, it also correctly writes that "Once you've seen Elvis holding aloft a quarter pounder in a Socialist style pose you've seen pretty much everything. After your meal no need to go elsewhere for post-dinner drinks."
The Basics:
Schönhauser Allee 6-7, 10119 Berlin-Mitte (Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz)
+49 (0)30 503 48 668
URL: White Trash Fast Food
Accessible?
Child-Friendliness?
Related Tours/Sites:
Volksbuehne, Mitte
Could be integrated with The Jews and Booze tour or with customised Berlin tours
Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:
3
Hotel Jurine Berlin-Mitte
Myer´s Hotel Berlin
2-3
Ibis Hotel Berlin Mitte
Flower's Boardinghouse Mitte
Meininger City Hostel & Hotel Prenzlauer Berg
Bar/Club/American
More:
Trendy in your face place
Reviews:
Lola y Maria write in their blog: "WTFF serves up delicious Fried Chicken, Ribs, Burritos, etc...It was better BBQ than I've found in NYC..."
Like many other English language sources, Berlin-Life repeats the weird urban legend that White Trash Fast Food (WTFF) is "Housed in what was was once a Chinese restaurant favoured by Communist party big wigs". However, it also correctly writes that "Once you've seen Elvis holding aloft a quarter pounder in a Socialist style pose you've seen pretty much everything. After your meal no need to go elsewhere for post-dinner drinks."
The Basics:
Schönhauser Allee 6-7, 10119 Berlin-Mitte (Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz)
+49 (0)30 503 48 668
URL: White Trash Fast Food
Accessible?
Child-Friendliness?
Related Tours/Sites:
Volksbuehne, Mitte
Could be integrated with The Jews and Booze tour or with customised Berlin tours
Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:
3
Hotel Jurine Berlin-Mitte
Myer´s Hotel Berlin
2-3
Ibis Hotel Berlin Mitte
Flower's Boardinghouse Mitte
Meininger City Hostel & Hotel Prenzlauer Berg
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Weilands Wellfood
The Basics:
Two branches. The original one:
Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1 , 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
+49 (0)30-258 99 717
The second one:
Platz vor dem Neuen Tor 5, 10115 Berlin-Mitte
+49 (0)30-288 79 670
URL: Weilands Wellfood
Accessible?
Child-Friendliness?
Style:
Organic/Health food (relatively) fast food
Related Tours/Sites:
First Branch: Potsdamer Platz
Could be integrated with the Weimar Berlin, Third Reich Berlin Tour, Jewish Tour in West Berlin or with customised Berlin tours
Second Branch: Mitte, near the Natural History Museum and the Hamburger Bahnhof
Could be integrated with the Third Reich Berlin Tour, with a guided/escorted visit to one of the two above mentioned museums or with customised Berlin tours
More:
Organic ("bio") and health food restaurant. Vegetarians would probably be happy to know that if they don't mind eating with carnivores, there are many vegetarian dishes on the menu.
Reviews:
BioBerlin is a German Language blog discussing all aspects of healthy living and eating in Berlin. Although we personally haven't been to the restaurant, we agree with BioBerlin about this being an oasis in Potsdamer Platz, only from knowing the other cheesy places in this otherwise culinary desert. We'll free translate the main points of BioBerlin's review: The restaurant is somewhat hidden near the Casino in Potsdamer Platz. The idea behind it: healthy, fresh cuisine. There are wholegrain pastas, salads, also the regular mundane stuff but very tasty wok-dishes. The most important thing is that all dishes are fresh, healthy and low in calories. The coolest thing: the meat is organic! They don't write it anywhere, and only after we've asked, they said that the meat as well as many other ingredients are organic, including for example an organic beer. The food was good, it was quickly prepared, the service was very cordial. The prices are affordable: the main dish costs 7 EUR.
Two branches. The original one:
Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1 , 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
+49 (0)30-258 99 717
The second one:
Platz vor dem Neuen Tor 5, 10115 Berlin-Mitte
+49 (0)30-288 79 670
URL: Weilands Wellfood
Accessible?
Child-Friendliness?
Style:
Organic/Health food (relatively) fast food
Related Tours/Sites:
First Branch: Potsdamer Platz
Could be integrated with the Weimar Berlin, Third Reich Berlin Tour, Jewish Tour in West Berlin or with customised Berlin tours
Second Branch: Mitte, near the Natural History Museum and the Hamburger Bahnhof
Could be integrated with the Third Reich Berlin Tour, with a guided/escorted visit to one of the two above mentioned museums or with customised Berlin tours
More:
Organic ("bio") and health food restaurant. Vegetarians would probably be happy to know that if they don't mind eating with carnivores, there are many vegetarian dishes on the menu.
Reviews:
BioBerlin is a German Language blog discussing all aspects of healthy living and eating in Berlin. Although we personally haven't been to the restaurant, we agree with BioBerlin about this being an oasis in Potsdamer Platz, only from knowing the other cheesy places in this otherwise culinary desert. We'll free translate the main points of BioBerlin's review: The restaurant is somewhat hidden near the Casino in Potsdamer Platz. The idea behind it: healthy, fresh cuisine. There are wholegrain pastas, salads, also the regular mundane stuff but very tasty wok-dishes. The most important thing is that all dishes are fresh, healthy and low in calories. The coolest thing: the meat is organic! They don't write it anywhere, and only after we've asked, they said that the meat as well as many other ingredients are organic, including for example an organic beer. The food was good, it was quickly prepared, the service was very cordial. The prices are affordable: the main dish costs 7 EUR.
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Weinerei
Style:
Wine cellar/restaurant/cafe
More:
The Weinerei is a unique place, working on an honour system. You pay 1 EUR to be a member of the Weinerei Association for that night. For that, you get a glass and can start eating and drinking - at the end, you're expected to pay fairly, in the amount you think they deserve for what you ate and drank - please don't be a bastard and ruin it for the others.
The four branches vary: the Perlin has a theatre (experimental) and every Sunday has movie + wine tasting; the "Loch", the original Weinerei, is all about wine tasting; the Forum (which is sometimes closed for events) is also mostly for wine tasting with some small dishes; the Fra Rosa is a "real" restaurant in the evening, with cafe-fare during the day and is the place to come to if you want to try the Weinerei system for a light lunch.
Reviews:
The Weinerei is all the rage and has been mentioned in countless reviews, that would probably eventually appear here.
Review at the "i-am-in Berlin" Blog
Review at the New York Times, Feb/March 2008
The Basics:
Several places:
Loch, Kollwitzstr. 41, 10405 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg (near Kollwitzplatz)
+49 (0)30-4406983
"Forum", Fehrbellinerstr. 57, 10119 Berlin-Mitte (near Zionkirchplatz)
+49 (0)30-60053072
Fra Rosa Restaurant, Zionskirchstr. 40, 10119 Berlin-Mitte (near the Forum ;-)
+49 (0)30-65706756
Perlin, Griebenowstr. 5, 10435 Berlin-Mitte (near Zionskirchplatz)
+49 (0)30-40690951
URL: Weinerei
Accessible?
Child-Friendliness?
Related Tours/Sites:
Prenzlauer Berg, Mitte
Could be integrated with the Jews and Booze tour and with customised Berlin tours
Wine cellar/restaurant/cafe
More:
The Weinerei is a unique place, working on an honour system. You pay 1 EUR to be a member of the Weinerei Association for that night. For that, you get a glass and can start eating and drinking - at the end, you're expected to pay fairly, in the amount you think they deserve for what you ate and drank - please don't be a bastard and ruin it for the others.
The four branches vary: the Perlin has a theatre (experimental) and every Sunday has movie + wine tasting; the "Loch", the original Weinerei, is all about wine tasting; the Forum (which is sometimes closed for events) is also mostly for wine tasting with some small dishes; the Fra Rosa is a "real" restaurant in the evening, with cafe-fare during the day and is the place to come to if you want to try the Weinerei system for a light lunch.
Reviews:
The Weinerei is all the rage and has been mentioned in countless reviews, that would probably eventually appear here.
Review at the "i-am-in Berlin" Blog
Review at the New York Times, Feb/March 2008
The Basics:
Several places:
Loch, Kollwitzstr. 41, 10405 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg (near Kollwitzplatz)
+49 (0)30-4406983
"Forum", Fehrbellinerstr. 57, 10119 Berlin-Mitte (near Zionkirchplatz)
+49 (0)30-60053072
Fra Rosa Restaurant, Zionskirchstr. 40, 10119 Berlin-Mitte (near the Forum ;-)
+49 (0)30-65706756
Perlin, Griebenowstr. 5, 10435 Berlin-Mitte (near Zionskirchplatz)
+49 (0)30-40690951
URL: Weinerei
Accessible?
Child-Friendliness?
Related Tours/Sites:
Prenzlauer Berg, Mitte
Could be integrated with the Jews and Booze tour and with customised Berlin tours
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