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Perched high on the 14th floor of the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin-Tiergarten, Hugos reigns as Berlin's highest Michelin-starred restaurant, offering panoramic views over the city's rooftops. From the Victory Column to Potsdamer Platz, the cityscape unfolds while Franco-Mediterranean gourmet cuisine of Michelin quality is served at the table.

In Berlin's highest gourmet restaurant, the Hugos, New Year's Eve 2018 combines culinary enjoyment with a perfect view of the New Year's fireworks!

Next to the Brandenburg Gate, a spa of around nine hundred square metres spreads across three levels, with eight treatment rooms and three private suites that each have their own sauna and steam bath. An eleven metre pool with whirlpool and its own pool bar, several theme saunas and a gym rebuilt in 2024 complete the picture.

In a Kreuzberg courtyard near Checkpoint Charlie, Tim Raue has been cooking an Asian-inspired cuisine since 2010 that works without bread, noodles, rice or white sugar and relies instead on sweetness, acidity and heat. Two Michelin stars, seven courses at 292 euros, and a room of its own in the basement for tables of up to 28 guests.

On Paul-Lincke-Ufer by the Landwehrkanal, Sebastian Frank has been cooking a vegetable cuisine since 2010 that has earned two Michelin stars without meat, fish or luxury ingredients. His menu is called the Horváth Experience, holds six main courses for 240 euros, and the award-winning non-alcoholic juice pairing stands on equal footing with the wine.

The hip Cookies Cream is one of the most "in" restaurants of town. International stars like George Clooney and Robby Williams have already eaten here. Cookies Cream is the first vegetarian restaurant to have been awarded a Michelin star.

At Coda on Friedelstrasse the kitchen builds its entire menu out of the techniques of patisserie, without refined sugar and without the usual division into starter, main course and dessert. Two Michelin stars, thirteen to fifteen courses across some three hours, and the small pairing drinks are already included in the price from 264 euros.

Horváth invites you to celebrate New Year's Eve 2025 with an extraordinary 9-course New Year's Eve menu that showcases chef Sebastian Frank's emancipated vegetable cuisine. The vegetable-based menu costs €350 per person, including sparkling wine from local vineyards

Located in Tiergarten, directly within the InterContinental Berlin, the Marlene Bar is one of the capital's most renowned hotel bars. The interior, designed by London studio Goddard Littlefair, combines metropolitan glamour with classic elegance. And the cocktail menu? A tribute to 100 years of bar culture and Berlin's greatest diva.

At Nobelhart & Schmutzig on Friedrichstrasse nothing reaches the plate that does not grow in and around Berlin, and nobody eats at a table for two: guests sit at a counter around the open kitchen. Six courses start at 120 euros and eight at 200 euros, filtered water included, and every course names its producer on the card.

On Friedrichstrasse in Kreuzberg, Nobelhart & Schmutzig has been proving since 2015 that Berlin's top gastronomy needs no olive oil or pepper. What counts is radical regionality: seasonal produce from Brandenburg, hand-picked producers, and a menu that consistently brings the capital's surroundings to the plate.

Tulus Lotrek on Fichtestraße in Kreuzberg combines ambitious cuisine with genuine hospitality, stucco-decorated old building ceilings, and an atmosphere that wants nothing to do with white starched tablecloths.

The Mandala Hotel at Potsdamer Platz is the only owner-run luxury hotel in Berlin and has the largest rooms of any five-star house in the city. Inside are FACIL with its two Michelin stars and the ONO Spa of 600 square metres on the eleventh floor, plus a gym on the roof that is open around the clock. Pets are not allowed.

The InterContinental Berlin on Budapester Straße is the largest luxury hotel in the city with 558 rooms and the only one that is fully listed. Its chessboard facade is a landmark of the City West, the starred restaurant Hugos sits on the fourteenth floor and the spa covers 1,000 square metres with an indoor pool and sauna.

A starred restaurant now works in the room that held the first kebab shop in East Berlin: Bandol sur mer on Torstrasse serves a menu for 184 euros, in an interior that comes in part from the former Central Committee of the GDR. The head chef Andreas Saul has cooked here since 2010 and has also held the lease since 2018.

Hugos Wine Bar is located on the 14th floor of the InterContinental, on the edge of the Tiergarten, with views over the Victory Column, Potsdamer Platz, and the TV Tower. Since 1999, the establishment has continuously held a Michelin star. For an evening, a bar snack with Irish oyster, Imperial caviar, and a glass of Champagne blanc or rosé for 49 Euros is sufficient.

On the first floor of the Hotel Adlon, the Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer serves classic French cooking with Asian aromas, in wood-panelled salons and with a view of the Brandenburg Gate. The head chef Jonas Zoerner brings five courses to the table for 275 euros, and the wine pairing comes from a cellar of more than 1,600 entries.

In the pedestrian zone on Boehmischer Platz in Rixdorf, Sarah Hallmann has run her Hallmann und Klee since 2016 and in 2024 took the only new Berlin Michelin star of the year. Her menu costs 128 euros including filtered water, the drinks pairing 68 euros, and at the houses high tables single courses are served without a booking.

At the turn of the year, the star restaurant reinstoff serves a special, very exclusive 8-course dinner with an accompanying wine tour.

The restaurant Sra Bua by Tim Raue offers Asian cuisine mixed with European craft and some exclusive ambience.