Fries

The Bird at Falkplatz is the American Diner in Berlin for everyone who doesn't want to eat their burger with a knife and fork. Each patty weighs 250 grams, consists of regionally sourced beef freshly ground in the morning, and comes in an English muffin. The steaks are 30-day dry-aged US Black Angus from Creekstone Farms, with salad and cucumber served alongside.

Since 1930, Konnopke's Imbiss has stood under the heritage-listed elevated railway viaduct on Schönhauser Allee, serving East Berlin's first Currywurst since 1960 - skinless and with a sauce whose recipe the family keeps secret to this day. It also offers five levels of spiciness, a vegan option, and an outdoor snack garden next to the kiosk.

On Lietzenburger Straße, this shop works with smoked beef brisket, which hardly any burger joint in Berlin puts on its menu. In addition, there are toasted brioche buns, a burger in a butter croissant, six house-made sauces from Korean BBQ to Chili-Mango, and a Vegan Burger. The Classic Burger costs 11.99 Euros here.

Since 2008, a burger joint on Krossener Strasse has been bringing together hip-hop and real craftsmanship: the beef from Brandenburg heifers is ground in-house and smashed into a patty on a hot griddle, the potato bun is baked vegan, and the peanut sauce, coleslaw and guacamole are all made in the kitchen on site here.

Curry 36 at Mehringdamm carries the house number in its name: the first stand was a cart just over a metre wide in the building's entrance, with the 36 still visible beside it. Today there is currywurst with and without casing, from Havelland apple pork and in a vegan version, plus an own ketchup with 87 percent tomato paste.

Curry61 at Alexanderplatz sits between the World Clock and the Congress Centre and cooks its curry sauce fresh several times a day. The vegetables are market-fresh from Brandenburg, the sausage comes from a Berlin butcher, and the vegan currywurst is served with a vegan truffle mayonnaise made with real summer truffle.

Since 2014, this shop on Kollwitzstraße has been forming its patties from aged entrecôte from pasture-fed cattle, baking them in sourdough buns from a Berlin bakery, and caramelizing onions for ten hours in butter. In addition to thick steakhouse burgers, the flattened smash burger is on the menu, each also available plant-based.

Ketch'up 35 in Britz cooks its own ketchup fresh every single day, following a secret family recipe and using no preservatives at all. It also uses exclusively Neuland meat, hand-formed buns and Belgian-style twice-fried fries. The currywurst costs 3.20 Euros, as do the fries, and there is parking directly at the stand.

Curry Baude sits in the entrance hall of Gesundbrunnen underground station, a listed complex designed by Alfred Grenander. Owner Reina Lehmann is a trained butcher and produces the sausages and meat in his own butchery. The ketchup sauce is a family secret, and the house creation is called SPECIAL, served with corn and paprika.

On Mehringdamm, a family runs a small burger joint whose menu features brie and cranberry chutney, gorgonzola and caramelized pineapple. Three burgers come with a vegan mushroom patty, and seven sauces are available separately. Among Berlin's best burgers, Marthas Delicious Burgers is an independent spot alongside the big fast-food names.

Zur Bratpfanne has existed since November 16, 1949. Günter Mosgraber placed the stand in front of the Titania Palace back then; since 1951, the stall has been located at Schloßstraße corner Kieler Straße in Steglitz. The sausages consist exclusively of pork shoulder, the ketchup is homemade, and the fries are double-fried.

Named after the Japanese shiso leaf, this establishment on Auguststraße has been bringing together burgers and Asian cuisine since 2013: Angus patties, even Wagyu on request for the Asia Burger, served with a homemade black sesame bun. In addition to Bulgogi, the menu features variations with salmon, shrimp, and marinated tofu.

Curry und Chili on Osloer Straße offers twelve spice levels, ordered ascending by Scoville. Levels one to seven do not contain chili extract and cost no extra, while the Gold Edition at level ten is over seven million Scoville. Frank Spieß founded the stand in 2005 and the first German Chili Eating Championship in 2009.

Curry Wolf is located on the median strip at Unter den Linden 77, opposite the Hotel Adlon and within sight of the Brandenburg Gate. The cult sauce OPIUM is handmade, jarred, and served at the stand without extra charge. The Currywurst costs 4.30 Euros, the vegan version 5.80 Euros, and champagne up to Dom Pérignon is also available.

Lange's Imbiss at the corner of Berliner Straße and Holzhauser Straße in Tegel is the cheapest address on this list: The currywurst costs 3.10 Euros, the fries 2.50 Euros. Additionally, there's a full breakfast assortment with minced pork and scraped meat rolls, and changing home-style dishes like pork hock with sauerkraut or Königsberger Klopse.

In Neukölln's Bohemian Village, this shop consistently builds its burgers plant-based, either around a flat-pressed smash patty or Beyond Meat. Additionally, there's a complete Chick'N line made from breaded plant protein, loaded fries with mustard-cheese sauce, and two desserts, all of which are also free of animal ingredients.

Bier's Kudamm 195 has been selling currywurst on Kurfürstendamm since 1965, founded by the Berlin photojournalist Klaus-Peter Bier and now run by Gregor Bier, the second generation of the family. Champagne, including Dom Pérignon, is served with the homemade spicy sauce. The currywurst costs 3.80 Euros, with and without casing.

This Neukoelln establishment's Big Burgers carry a full 180 grams of beef, cooked only once the order is placed. Alongside the Cheeseburger at 11.90 Euros, the menu offers extravagant creations such as the El Gordonita, a smaller smash burger line, six variations of fries and its own vegan burger with a Beyond Meat patty.

This small shop in Prenzlauer Berg stands out from many others with a simple idea: every burger is regularly available with 180 grams of beef or as a BabyBurger with 62.5 grams. Cooking is done openly in the dining area, the sauce is homemade, four vegetarian burgers are available, and the cheeseburger costs 8.90 Euros here.

Lion Burger and Steak grills its patties over lava stones that reach over 350 degrees Celsius, making it one of the few American diners in Berlin with its own stone grill. The beef is sourced regionally from a butcher, and the buns are freshly delivered every morning by a baker from Kreuzberg. The restaurant has been located on Warschauer Straße in Friedrichshain since 2015.

Since 2006, Burgermeister has shaped the image of the Berlin burger eaten standing up. The Mehringdamm location, opened in 2023 as the tenth, introduced milkshakes. Patties and fries are produced in-house in Tempelhof, the bun has followed an in-house recipe since 2009, and the cheese sauce remains a company secret.

The bar at Falkplatz serves its burgers made from 250 grams of freshly ground beef on an English muffin, with salad and vegetables separately on the plate, and the recommendation to order medium rare. Additionally, there are steaks by weight, chicken wings, their own cellar beer, draft beer in pitchers, and to finish, New York Cheesecake.

The home-made sweet potato fries and their own bakery where the tasty burger buns with extra sesame on top come fresh out of the oven are the highlights of Neukölln's Schillerburger.

Two chefs from a three-Michelin-star kitchen started here in 2017 with fries and fried chicken, then added smashburgers in 2021. The patties are pressed flat on a hot griddle and served on a soft potato bun, the pickles and special sauce are made in-house, and every burger on the menu is also available completely plant-based.