Boutique hotels
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Schlosshotel im Grunewald
- Style
- Chic Lagerfeld-beloved palace
- Setting
- Grunewald gardens
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Soho House Berlin
- Style
- Boho Bauhaus
- Setting
- Mitte's coolest crossroads
Berlin Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
(+49 (0)30 612 5170)
Abendmahl
Set in the middle of Kreuzberg’s Turkish quarter, Abendmahl is perhaps the city’s finest vegetarian restaurant. It also serves fish.
9 Muskauer Strasse, D-10997 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 2175 1646)
Alpenstück
Who'd have thought you could indulge in hearty southern German cuisine such as sausages, sauerkraut and schnitzel in a stylish environment? There’s not a heaving dirndl in sight.
9 Gartenstrasse, D-10115 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 6730 20510)
Bandol sur Mer
For somewhere romantic for dinner, book ahead to reserve one of the six tables at this former kebab stand, now a favourite of Brad Pitt's. Try the snails, foie gras or speciality Irish entrecote.
Torstrasse 167, D-10115 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 2859 8585)
Brecht’s
This bistro-style restaurant down by the river on Schiffbauerdamm specialises in Austrian cuisine. Try its veal sausages or gnocchi in a creamy cheese sauce.
6–7 Schiffbauerdamm, D-10117 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 214050)
Die Quadriga
One of Berlin’s finest restaurants, this is where chef Bobby Bräuer serves up Michelin-starred cuisine to a sophisticated, urbane crowd. The 1920s-inspired interiors are beautiful, too.
14 Eislebener Strasse, D-10789 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 2887 9288)
Grill Royal
You'll find this fashionable French-style bistro under the Friedrichstrasse bridge. It's great for steak.
105 Friedrichstrasse, D-10117 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 442 9229)
Gugelhof
Wonderful Alsatian restaurant (as in the region, not the dog) that specialises in sturdy choucroute and tartes flambées. Bill Clinton stopped by a few years ago…
37 Knaackstrasse, D-10435 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 2265 2611)
Margaux
Young Michelin-starred chef Michael Hoffman does astonishing things with seafood at this hip Unter den Linden hangout.
78 Unter den Linden, D-10117 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 9929 6924)
Monsieur Vuong
This stylish spot is perfect for a quick lunch or supper of modern takes on Vietnamese favourites.
46 Schönhauser Strasse, D-10119 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 6956 6775)
Spindler & Klatt
This restaurant in a warehouse on the water's edge has a ready-made dancefloor waiting for your meal to finish.
16 Kopenicker Strasse, D-10997 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 211 1182)
Susuru
Just along Rosa Luxemburg Strasse from Lux 11, Susuru is an excellent Japanese noodle bar with chic decor. Its udon selection makes for a good lunch option.
17 Rosa Luxemburg Strasse, D-10178 Berlin
Bars
(+49 (0)30 2809 3840)
Altes Europa
Drink in the evening at this atmospheric café bar with an old-fashioned ambience. Dress up – it's frequented by Berlin’s beautiful people.
11 Gipsstrasse, D-10119 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 7174 5469)
Bar Tausend
This bar has dark, mysterious interiors, flooded in a golden light from the enormous 3D eye on the wall.
11 Schiffbauerdamm, D-10117 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 2809 5566)
Greenwich
This cool cocktail bar has lime-green walls lined with fish-filled tanks. It's open till 6am.
5 Gipsstrasse, D-10119 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 7889 9704)
KitKat Club
Perhaps the best known – courtesy of its namecheck in Cabaret – of Berlin’s numerous sex clubs. This is the place to come for fetish parties and to meet other liberal (and we’re talking extremely liberal) consenting adults.
2–14 Bessemer Strasse, D-10179 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 448 5688)
Prater
The city’s favourite spot for an alfresco drink when the weather’s fine. The tree-shaded garden fills up quickly in summer with fashionable Berliners who come here for cocktails and food – and for a nightclub called ‘Bastard’.
7–9 Kastanienallee, D-10435 Berlin
Cafés
(+49 (0)30 7895 7900)
Café Neues Ufer
This long-established gay and lesbian hangout near Heinrich Von Kleist Park in Schöneberg was a favourite of David Bowie and Lou Reed when they shared an apartment next door in the 1970s. It’s still an atmospheric haunt.
157 Hauptstrasse, D-10827 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 2888 4282)
Chén Chè
This authentic Vietnamese teehaus is down a courtyard in Mitte, with the bamboo plants giving away the exotic menu that's inside. Sip delicate teas as you sample the oriental dishes.
13 Rosenthaler Strausse, D-10119 Berlin
(+49 (0)30 614 2373)
Hasir
It may be the post-pub, pre-brawl food of choice in the UK, but the doner kebab is a far more acceptable snack in Germany. The combination of pitta and sliced meat was invented here, at Hasir, in 1971 by owner Mehmet Aygun.
10 Adalbertstrasse, D-10999 Berlin
