Star Cuisine

The Rutz wine bar in Berlin Mitte stands for what many wine bars promise but few deliver: a wine list with over 900 positions, with a focus on Riesling, complemented by down-to-earth German cuisine from the kitchen of a three-star chef. On Chausseestraße, you can relax in a way that is rare at this level.

Awarded a Michelin star and housed in a listed stucco house from 1894 in Wilmersdorf, Bieberbau stands for new German cuisine at the highest level. Head chef Stephan Garkisch consistently relies on seasonal, regional ingredients — many of them from his own herb garden in the Barnim Nature Park.

Berlin's most famous Michelin-starred restaurant above the rooftops: SKYKITCHEN on the 12th floor of the Vienna House by Wyndham Andel's Berlin in Lichtenberg combines Michelin-awarded fine dining with a panoramic view of the TV Tower and skyline that is second to none.

The team around chef Marco Müller is ecstatic. Restaurant Rutz has been awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide 2024 for its unique cuisine and a green star for its sustainability!

Bonvivant in Schöneberg will also receive a Michelin Star in 2025, as well as an additional Green Star for sustainability. This gourmet restaurant combines creative vegan-vegetarian cuisine with award-winning cocktails. In a relaxed atmosphere, seasonal ingredients and perfectly crafted drinks come together to form an exciting symbiosis.

The Carte Blanche restaurant at the SO/ Berlin Das Stue Hotel serves an exquisite breakfast buffet with French accents and a waffle station, which also delights late risers until noon on weekends. At a price of 45 Euros per person, a particularly diverse buffet is offered here.

The capital's restaurant Gendarmerie at Gendarmenmarkt in Mitte is Berlin's culinary declaration of love to itself: modern Berlin cuisine with French brasserie influences, served in a historic bank building with the world's largest wooden relief on the wall.

In Berlin-Mitte's Linienstraße, there's a restaurant that deceives: plain on the outside, full of character on the inside. The establishment features a daily changing menu with ingredients from Brandenburg farms and demonstrates what new German cuisine looks like when it truly means what it promises.

At Oranienburger Straße 38 in Mitte, acht&dreissig proves that German cuisine can do much more than just home cooking. Here, seasonal classics meet contemporary interpretation, served by a team with true top gastronomy DNA and a host with Vietnamese roots who redefines German cuisine.

On Friedelstraße in Neukölln, CODA Dessert Dining makes dessert the main star: Germany's only fine-dining restaurant whose cuisine is entirely inspired by patisserie. René Frank breaks down every boundary between sweet and savory here, creating a menu unlike any other.

Hidden behind an unassuming facade on Linienstraße in Berlin-Mitte is one of the city's most surprising gourmet restaurants. Restaurant 136 combines Peruvian and Italian cuisine into a tasting menu that blends artisanal precision with aromatic depth. The Michelin star it received in 2023 is no coincidence.

Walk through a backyard in Mitte, ring an inconspicuous door, and climb an old staircase, and you'll find yourself in Berlin's most famous vegetarian fine-dining restaurant: Cookies Cream, offering a seasonal menu that elevates vegetables to the level of haute cuisine.

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

In Berlin-Mitte, on the lively Torstraße, the family business Friedel Richter has been showcasing since 2014 what New German Cuisine truly means: regional, seasonal, and with a genuine signature. Everything is homemade, with ingredients sourced from Berlin gardens and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

High above the rooftops of Tiergarten, Golvet sits on the eighth floor of the Loeser & Wolff House on Potsdamer Straße: Berlin's most famous Michelin-starred restaurant with panoramic views combines precise Michelin-level cuisine with a 360-degree view stretching from the Philharmonie to the Reichstag.

The restaurant Richard has been able to hold again its Michelin star and has thus earned a deserved place among the best gourmet restaurants in Berlin. 16 points were awarded by the Gault Millau 2019.

The Adlon Spa by Resense at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski is arguably Berlin's most renowned wellness address, located directly at the Brandenburg Gate in Mitte. Spread over three floors, one enters a world of white wood, polished marble, and quiet grandeur, which hardly suggests that one is in the middle of the capital.

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.

The gourmet restaurant "Facil" - located on the roof the The Mandala Hotel - is one of the best and most beautiful restaurants in town (2 Michelin stars 2019) and 19 Gault-Millau points (2019).

Bandol sur mer offers upscale French cuisine, expressively reinterpreted by the kitchen team, in a contemporary, rather minimalist ambiance on Torstraße in Mitte.

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.

Upscale Italian cuisine in Charlottenburg, less than a ten-minute walk from Ku'damm: Mine Restaurant on Meinekestraße stands for modern gourmet cuisine, influenced by international flavors, rethinking classic recipes. Plus, a wine bar with biodynamic wines and an interior that combines warmth with style.

Opposite the KaDeWe in Schöneberg, Brasserie Colette Tim Raue brings Paris to Berlin. Here, the star chef's signature style meets a classic brasserie atmosphere: modern, warm, without heaviness. A restaurant that provides the perfect setting for special occasions.

In Wilmersdorf, away from the major tourist crowds, a listed Gründerzeit building has borne the name of its creator for over 130 years: The Bieberbau combines creative German cuisine with a Michelin star and an unparalleled stucco interior.

The restaurant „Die Schule“ (The School) in Prenzlauer Berg serves German tapas.