Top10 Category: Eating
Updated List Beer Gardens
The beer gardens of Berlin have their very own charm. Traditional, rustic garden restaurants next to smaller and rather unknown venues offer countless possibilities to unwind from the busy day while having a beer outside in the evening. Most of the times they also offer small snacks like the famous Berlin Boulette, Pretzels or other food going well with a beer. This is like getting away from...
Updated List Rooftop Restaurants with a View
Where are the restaurants which combine a stunning view of Berlin with a nice rooftop terrace for those upcoming warm summer nights? The team of Top10 Berlin has scouted for just these panorama locations for you. Anything from an award-winning restaurant for the more sophisticated taste with a view of Berlin to a rooftop terrace to have coffee and cake in the heart of Berlin's tourist area -...
Updated List Popular Restaurants by the Water
A Berliner Weisse, a nice Boulette or a cup of coffee with cake, splendid sunshine and a nice view - is there anything more you can ask for? Berlin's restaurants by the water are popular trip destinations, they stand for heartfelt hospitality with genuine Berlin lingo, far away from having the supercool chill factor and the glamour of Mitte - just purely down to Earth. Please find here the...
Updated List Upscale Waterfront Restaurants
Berlin's upscale waterfront restaurants convince their guest with an elegant ambiance, sophisticated gastronomy and a good wine while enjoying a relaxing view of the water. Due to the Spree River and the city's many lakes there is a multitude of options for a nice dinner, lunch or breakfast including a sweeping water view. This is the Top10 Berlin selection of the best waterfront restaurants...
Boat Restaurants
Ships and boats always have a unique atmosphere, eventhough they may have come up in age. In Berlin, you will find a lot of boats moored and used as restaurants. These restaurant boats are interesting to locals and tourists alike. You sit at your table with a view of the water and sometimes you can even take in particular sights as side show while enjoying your food and drink. Any type of...
Ice Cream Shops
What are the ten best ice cream shops in Berlin? Not an easy task with over 500 ice cream palors in the city! Berlin's best ice cream shops take great pride in the fact that no chemicals are added to their creations. They even think about vegans and people with lactose-intolerance (think of refreshing sorbets!). Flavours range from classic to exotic. What about straying from the normal "...
Trend Ice Cream
Berlin is always a pioneer of new food trends in Germany. Whether it is at street food markets or small manufactories - Berliners always enjoy the latest food trends. And because ice-cream is a very popular topic in the capital and simply belongs to a summer day, we have put together the most extraordinary and coolest ice trends with the best ice cream parlors and manufacturers in Berlin. And...
Frozen Yogurt
Frozen yogurt is Berlin's coolest summer refreshment trend! But where do you find the best toppings like like elderflower sauce, pieces of brownies and fresh fruit to go along with the low-fat frozen yogurt? Or is there even an option for "All You Can Top" so you don't have to choose at all? Are there stores for organic frozen yogurt? What about lactose-free frozen yogurt for vegans or people...
New List Vegan and Vegetarian Snack Bars
Be happy meatless? No problem! More and more snack bars and supermarkets in Berlin specialize in vegan and vegetarian dishes and create exceptional treats. Even non-vegetarians / vegans should not miss this creative, healthy cuisine. Not eating meat does not necessarily mean boring food. The top 10 of the best vegetarian and vegan snacks bars in Berlin prove how good the vegan and vegetarian...
Updated List Vegan Restaurants
The vegan lifestyle has arrived in Berlin long time ago. Vegan pizza, burgers, ice cream & co can be enjoyed everywhere. Cafés and restaurants offer vegan brunch at weekends and a vegan breakfast during the week. But there is also vegan clothing, shoes or even vegan condoms. More and more shops and supermarkets specialize in the needs of the vegan lifestyle. In the most diverse districts...
New List Greek Restaurants
There are plenty of Greek restaurants in Berlin. Gyros and Mousaka are probably the most famous dishes the Greek cuisine has to offer, but there are traditional specialties such as Meze – Greek starters – that attract more and more people outside Greece. Top10 Berlin came up with the ten most unique Greek restaurants the city has to offer. They’re not what you can normally expect in a city...
New List Restaurants for Special Occasions
A special rendez-vous, the wedding day, the birthday of an especially dear person or an engagement party or a business dinner, we often look for very beautiful and exciting restaurants with exclusive ambience to spend a special evening. Upscale cuisine, sparkling atmosphere and a pleasant stay are guaranteed in the following Top10 Berlin Restaurants for Special Occasions.
New List New German Cuisine
The German cuisine has liberated itself from the dusty image of traditional house-cooking long ago and has become refined and modern. No longer only tourists, but also locals decide for the German cuisine out of the evening restaurant selection. More and more restaurants with typical German dishes are also popular among a young, trendy Berlin audience. In addition to Mitte and Charlottenburg,...
Wine Bars
A good glass of wine and a nice meal that goes with it is often considered a nice way to spend the evening. Over the past years quite a few wine bars with various concepts opened up in the city. Wine lovers will get the chance to talk to experts who understand their business and love to share their passion. You don’t have to be an expert yourself though to feel at home in the ten best wine...
Bakeries with great bread
After the Berlin Wall came down, many established bakeries in Berlin had to fight for survival. Many didn't make it and you got the feeling that bread and bread rolls in Berlin came exclusively from large bakery chains. Fortunately, the tide has turned. Those bakeries which held out are enjoying more and more business. Due to a new generation of customers looking for good bread, healthy bread...
Restaurants for original Wiener Schnitzel
The Wiener Schnitzel has its eternal place on the list of favourite foods ever! Berlin has a lot of restaurants offering this alpine classic on their menu. However, only if the meat is the finest veal available, it deserves to be called Wiener Schnitzel. Still - where do you get the best Schnitzel in town? Which of them comes closest to the original? Berlin has lots of restaurants but here...
Updated List Street Food Markets and Food Trucks
Street food markets and food trucks really do have become a trend in Berlin for discovering new flavours from all over the world in a sophisticated way. No matter if it is Iberian steamed pork, Thai tapioka dumplings or Vietnamese porridge - you're nearly speechless at all the variety. However, also classics like cheese Spätzle or the good old burger don't fall by the wayside. The operators of...
Updated List Sunday Brunch
A leisurely brunch on a weekend is the ideal opportunity to catch up with family and friends. Share the latest news or gossip over a meal and something to drink. Is there any better way to start a Saturday or a Sunday?
Updated List Special Brunch
It's Sunday and you are looking for a special brunch? Berlin is the right city for it: no matter if it's a jazz brunch, a family brunch including fun for the kids or a sophisticated lunch with champagne and caviar - with our Top10 list for the best special brunches in Berlin, your next breakfast will be a total highlight!
Updated List Cafés for Coffee Fans
It's no secret to coffee fans that their favourite beverage comes with a greater variety of flavours and fragrances than wine. These special flavours do not stem from adding syrups to the brew but from first-class Barista work! Genuine coffee fans don't go to get their flavour fix from big franchises, they rather opt for a more personal atmosphere far off the beaten track, where quality and...
New List Tea Houses and Tea Rooms
Tea is a centuries-old culture with tradition that has been increasingly rediscovered in Berlin in recent years. Whether you meet, very british, for afternoon tea with scones and clotted cream, experience a tea ceremony in a Chinese tea house or enjoy fine Vietnamese cuisine with tea, all this is possible here, in the ten best tea houses and tea rooms in Berlin.
New List Berlin Breweries
Self brewed beer as well as solid traditional German food is what you can expect when visiting one of the many beer pubs in Berlin. Many of them offer tours through their very own brewery and beer lovers will get great insights about the making of. But of course you can also go there just to grab a pint and enjoy some fine ale.
New List International Tapas
Tapas are tasty dishes, mostly from the Mediterranean areas, which are served along with wine as small portions in so called tapas bars. Many international restaurants or dining bars from Berlin have discovered the likes of those small portions that are perfect to try and share. These days tapas do not necessarily have to be from the Spanish or Mediterranean cuisine, but as well German, Asian...
Tapas Bars and Restaurants
Is there any food more Spanish than tapas? Germany has grown quite fond of these little snacks, washed down with a cool beer or a nice wine. No matter if you are into meat, fish, gourmet style or vegetarian: These Spanish bars and restaurants in Berlin offer the right thing for anyone.
Updated List Pizza
Pizza is also a food favourite in Berlin - be it in the classical round shape, by the metre, vegetarian or with Salami, in a posh restaurant or a slice from one of the many "Pizza to go" places around town. Berlin's pizza landscape is so diverse that it is really easy to get lost. We have asked our readers and users for their favourite places and put them to the test. The following Top10 has...
Trendy Breakfast Places
The offer for a hip and trendy breakfast place in Berlin is enormous. There is something for everyone: a sweet breakfast with pancakes, a healthy breakfast with granola and fruit variations or a hearty breakfast. At the many trendy breakfast places of the city guests enjoy their late breakfast or vegetarian and vegan breakfast varieties. The Top10 editors have compiled the perfect places for a...
Updated List Currywurst Stalls
January 21st 1959 was the historical day when the legendary currywurst sauce - invented by Herta Heuwer - got listed in the patent roll. The invention of the original Berlin Currywurst took place nearly at the same time. Ever since countless currywurst stalls have served their customers. Most will know the legendary classic stalls, "Curry 36" and "Konnopke" - these stalls are always worth a...
Updated List Trendy Restaurants
Which restaurants in Berlin are trendy, hip and cool? Where do celebrities and hipsters meet? Where is the interior design particularly trendy? Where are they, the special restaurants that skillfully unite culinary delights with seeing and being seen. This is the Top10 list of restaurants the whole city is talking about.
Updated List Candle Light Dinners for Lovers
It does not matter if you have just fallen in love recently or already have been together for years. A candle light dinner is always a nice way to celebrate your love and surprise your special someone. Needless to say, it should be in a particular restaurant in a truly romantic ambience. Top10Berlin has come up with a number of suggestions for place for an unfotgettable candle light dinner....
Updated List Asian Restaurants
Berlin offers a wide range of Asian restaurants and Asian inspired restaurants. Here we have good Pan Asian restaurants and those that specialize on certain regions and their cuisine. Picking the best ten is nearly impossible. Therefor our Top10 editors came up with ten extraordinary Asian restaurants which follow different food concepts. We opted for the classy Asian cuisine for gourmets by...
Updated List Restaurants with Dinner Show
Berlin offers a cornucopia of extraordinary restaurants with dinner shows, a crime menu, a medieval restautant as well as the combination of comedy and food. Or what about dining in pitch-black darkness in a dark restaurant? Just scan through out Top10 of the most extraordinary restaurants in Berlin and spend an unforgettable evening in one of them. One thing is sure: outstanding food in a...
Crêpes and Waffles
Crêpes and waffless come in a wide range of flavours to suit every palate: classic sweet with sugar and cinnamon, Nutella and banana, savoury bacon and cheese or more unusually prawns with sweetcorn.
Crêpes, waffles and the French galette are no longer just a tasty fairground snack in Berlin but can now be found on the menues of most small specialtiy restaurants. But where to go for...
New List Indian Restaurants
The Top10 team presents the 10 best Indian restaurants in Berlin. The Indian cuisine is becoming more and more popular. There are many Indian restaurants in Berlin now. This is a gain for the city as barely a kitchen style is as diverse as the Indian cuisine, with such distinctive flavors ranging from exotic to spicy.
The presented restaurants differ from the usual notions of Indian...
Updated List Pasta
Pasta is most definitely soulfood and Berlin has a lot of it. There are countless restaurants - and not only Italian ones - specializing in pasta, making their own pasta dough and coming up with creative sauces and fillings. We have asked our readers and users for their personal experiences and tips and put the recommendations to the test. The result is our Top10 for pasta in Berlin - enjoy...
Restaurants with Fireplace
The sky over Berlin is dark and grey. It's freezing, your hands are numb and the faces of the people in the street are far from happy. There are, however, a couple of places in the city of Berlin, where the weary Berliner can recharge his batteries with cosy warmth. Cafés and restaurants with a fireplace are just the place to be in winter.
Updated List Gourmet Restaurants
There are some evenings, when you just want to treat yourself with a very special menu created by the award-winning Berlin chefs since Gault-Millau and Michelin cannot be wrong. Sometimes though you will see a menu whose parts at first glance do not seem to go together. What does sea urchin sauce taste like and do red beet and horse radish really go together? Their new culinary ideas are...
New List Coffee Roasters
The scent of the famous black coffee bean has always exerted a great fascination, vitalized and bewitched. Many Berlin coffee-makers have devoted their passion and love to coffee, experimenting and fiddling with different roasts and degrees of coffee beans. The raw materials are carefully selected; the coffee used for the in-house roasts comes from distant regions of Latin America, Africa or...
Steak Houses
Medium, rare or well done - that's a question which all friends of a good steak know fully well. Most of you will be familiar with names like Maredo and Block House but where else in town can you find a good steak with a large variety to choose from? In which restaurant does the steak really melt on your tounge? The Top10Team has looked all over town for steak restaurants in proper style...
Garden Breakfast
Meeting up with friends or family on the weekend and really celebrating breakfast is truly a piece of luxury in your everyday life. The best place for doing so is of course out in the green, in a park or beautiful garden, far away from the hustle and noise of the city. We've found the ten best outside breakfast locations for you - among them also some real insiders' tips, both for early birds...
Updated List Sunshine Cafés
Isn't it just great to feel the warm sun on your skin? What about sitting in a calm café without any traffic noise and getting the best of both worlds: a nice latte with a sudden rush of serotonin caused by the Berlin sun. Where are the cafés with nice terraces, sunny courts or just plain sunshine? The team of Top10 Berlin has come up with a list for you. Important: Don't forget wearing a hat...
Delis
Looking for a snack in between that’s not just a hot dog or kebab? We were looking for sit-down restaurants where you can get delicious food that will provide for premium fast food such as bagels, tasty avocado or Pastrami sandwiches or Polish pirogi. The selection we made offers great meals that will definitely satisfy your appetite – and you will be probably screaming for seconds even if you...
New List Snack to Go
In Berlin you will find snack bars and fast food chains in almost every corner. There are several offers for stressed big city dwellers as well as for tourists who can easily tolerate a snack “to go” in between sightseeing and shopping. With our snack to go list we offer a selection of exceptional or particularly delicious dishes that can be taken with you after an intense workout or on the...
New List Superfood
Recently, the Clean Eating Trend has arrived in Berlin. More and more people are interested in a healthy lifestyle and "Healthy Living" is no longer just a hashtag on Instagram. Superfoods like Chia Seed and Co. are no longer limited to the blogs of yoga enthusiasts. The gastronomy has also adopted the superfood trend and there are more and more restaurants and shops where you can find a wide...
Sushi Restaurants
A lot of Japanese restaurants and sushi bars create such amazingly taste maki, nigiri and inside-out rolls that it's really tough to stay on top of it all. Be it for a meeting with friends or perhaps even a first date, Berlin's sushi bars are ideal for having a relaxed evening out with nice food in a great atmosphere.
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants
Happy without meat? Not a problem. More and more restaurants in Berlin specialize in vegetarian cuisine and create extraordinary menus. Also non-vegetarians should not go without trying this healthy and creative cuisine. Eating no meat does not mean eating a boring diet at all. The Top10 of the best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Berlin proves just the opposite!
Burger
Where can you get the best burgers in Berlin? We ate our way all through the various burger restaurants sampling classics like the cheeseburger or the BBQ burger but also did not shy way from testing vegetarian burgers. Many burger restaurants offer in addition to the standard beef burger (and that even as organic or Black Angus beef) also rather exotic meat choices like octopus, ostrich or...
Cake shops and cafés
You have the extended family splash in for a visit on Sunday? No time to make a cake or your cakes just don't turn out that you want to serve them to anybody? On top of that all supermarkets are closed? Turn to the professionals, because master confectioners are truly masters of their trade, even better than your grandma's cakes! Find out the best places for cake in Berlin! Either at...
Oriental Restaurants
In Berlin you will find a variety of Turkish and other Oriental influenced or inspired restaurants. Hummus, stuffed vine leaves, marinated eggplants, couscous, grilled lamb and cold and warm starters like Meze are no longer exotic in Berlin, but can be found in many restaurants. The Top10 Berlin editorial team presents a variety of oriental restaurants, each with its own focus and yet showing...
Upscale Italian Restaurants
The upscale Italian restaurants in Berlin serve more than just plain old pasta and pizza. Because the Italian cusine is capable of more! The Top10 Berlin editors took a look at various interpretations of the Italian cuisine on a more sophisticated level and realized that there both award-winning gourmet chefs around Berlin and ambitious family restaurants looking for absolute fresh...
Fish Restaurants
Taste may differ as we know. While there are people who will try fish and sea food of all kinds, there are also folks who would not eat anything coming out of the water. Berlin's fish restaurants are prepared for all eventualities and the team of Top10 Berlin has assumed the herculean task of testing them all. Where can you get the freshest salmon, lobster, shrimp or pikeperch? Let us present...
Falafel
Berlin is know for its culinary diversity. You'll find anything your heart desires, and on every corner you'll get fast food such as Döner kebap and curry sausage, but another famous snack is the falafel. The fried chickpea balls with herbs and spices have been brought to Berlin by the Arabian cuisine and quickly became a vegetarian alternative to the others. By now there are many snack bars...
Italian Restaurants
The Italian restaurant on the corner of your block is a place, where you just feel at home. Be it a trattoria or an osteria where an Italian Mamma is working the pots and pans herself, you'll enjoy their food, be greeted with a personal handshake, your kids are welcome too and the places are not overdone stylish but simply cosy. Italian food enjoys great popularity in Berlin and about every...
Celebrity Restaurants
Berlin is also Germany's capital for celebrities. Quite a lot of them live here but also international stars regularly swing by. Opening nights of movies, the Berlin International Film Festival, lots of concerts and musicals premieres - all this and more brings the stars to town. You are certain to bump into a well-known figure in one of these restaurants. Even George Clooney and Brad Pitt...
Updated List Ice Cream Parlours and Cafés
The best ice cream parlours and cafés in Berlin serve more than just scoops of ice cream in a cone to go. If you dream about a place to sit down in the sun to dig into opulent ice cream sundeas with whipped cream, lots of fresh fruits und wafers you should study Top 10 Berlin’s guide of the “coolest” cafés in town offering ice cream desserts deluxe. For example enjoy ice cream parlour...
Berlin Restaurants
Down to earth, hearty and above all: satiating - this is what Berlin-style food is all about. Between the culinary temptations from all over the world, the menus of the old-Berlin style restaurants offer a refreshing difference. Are you curious about Teltow Beets, Eel on green herb sauce, cutlet in jelly or true classics like the Berlin burger "Bulette" or pork knuckle with mashed peas? Enjoy...
Updated List Thai Restaurants
Thai food is without any doubt one of the most tasteful food in the world. You can always expect tasty surprises and sometimes even a bit of secrecy - expect astonishing flavours any time you order. If you like spicy food, you will love Thai menus. Hot or mild in flavour, very low in fat - Thai food is just always an exotic delight. The team of Top10 Berlin has set out on a quest to find the...
Austrian Restaurants
Kaiserschmarrn (a sugared pancake), Backhendl (roasted chicken), spinach dumplings or beef goulash - Austrian cuisine is most definitely not low in calories, but it is absolutely tasty and soul-food of the purest kind. Complete your meal with a select wine from an Austrian winery and you end up with a perfect evening with friends or your significant other. Berlin has a number of Austrian...
Updated List Best Deal Lunch
If you are looking the best lunch deal in Mitte, Charlottenburg, Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg, you will not run short of options. The variety on offer goes from healthy and tasty vegan organic food to Mexican burritos to honest stews and cheese spätzle. Since normally time is equally important as the price, the team of Top10 Berlin has put both elements on the scale when researching this list...
Kebab Shops
Finding the ten best kebab shops - formally known as Döner - in Berlin is not really an easy task, since there are more than 1,000 places selling them in Germany's (kebab) capital. We tried to locate the ten best places, each one of them with a different focus thus explaining the Berlin's enormous kebab variety. One thing is clear: a kebab is as Berlin as can be! The fast snack of meat,...
Breakfast Cafés
During the week there is little time for a relaxing breakfast in a café in Berlin. That's why on Sundays most people pamper themselves with a sumptuous breakfast. It doesn't matter if you are into a healthy, a frugal or an opulent breakfast: Berlin's cafés and restaurants treat their guests like royalty with scrambled eggs, fresh croissants, sweet pancakes, antipasti, orange juice and much...
Business Lunch and Dinner
Find the right place with the right atmosphere for a business lunch is often an ingredient to success. A tranquil yet stylish ambience, fine cuisise and a rich variety of various lunch menus are some of the criteria Top10 Berlin used to find the best restaurants for a good business lunch.
Fine Dining Restaurants
Berlin's fine dining restaurants combine the best of both worlds: a select ambience for nice conversations in a tranquil atmosphere while enjoying a special menu. For a special occasion like a wedding anniversary, a birthday, a promotion, a business dinner or even your engagement, you just have to step up from your normal trip to the Italian restaurant on the corner. The Top10 Berlin team has...
American Diner
"The American way of life" is still a dream for many people. But at least where the food is concerned, you will get lucky in Berlin. Countless restaurants and diners offer traditional dishes like spare ribs, burger and steaks. The question remains where to get the best tasting burger however. Which restaurant offers the most authentical ambience that you see in US movies? The Top10 Berlin team...
