I'm off to Berlin in November, staying in the mitte area,any bar/restaurant recommendations. Staying at the leonardo
Hotel Berlin mitte.cheers.

Would have thought you’d be the expert in this area with that username.

SSCLARET wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:14 pm

I'm off to Berlin in November, staying in the mitte area,any bar/restaurant recommendations. Staying at the leonardo
Hotel Berlin mitte.cheers.

I've been 8 times for work and pleasure, in last couple of years, and I don't know what you're into, but the following are my faves:

Restaurants:

Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt do a daily lunch deal which is very good value, and of course the excellent Augustiner Beer.

Oderquelle on Oderbergerstraße in Prenzlauer Berg ist very good German food.

Bar Internazionalle on Rosa Luxemburg Straße, ace informal Italian in a cool neighbourhood

Craft beer places:
Birra Italia on Prenzlauer Allee
Manifest Taproom on Oderbergerstraße
Kaschk on Rosa Luxemburg Straße

You also can't go wrong with an evening stroll down the Spree to James Simon Park, grab some beers and snacks from the Rewe, and do what the locals do and sit on the grass enjoying the various artists that perform on the river bank.

Unbelievably good city is Berlin.

Rileybobs wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:19 pm

Would have thought you’d be the expert in this area with that username.

I was just thinking that’s a concerning username

Just like to be topical

Just like to be topical

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:38 pm

I've been 8 times for work and pleasure, in last couple of years, and I don't know what you're into, but the following are my faves:

Restaurants:

Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt do a daily lunch deal which is very good value, and of course the excellent Augustiner Beer.

Oderquelle on Oderbergerstraße in Prenzlauer Berg ist very good German food.

Bar Internazionalle on Rosa Luxemburg Straße, ace informal Italian in a cool neighbourhood

Craft beer places:
Birra Italia on Prenzlauer Allee
Manifest Taproom on Oderbergerstraße
Kaschk on Rosa Luxemburg Straße

You also can't go wrong with an evening stroll down the Spree to James Simon Park, grab some beers and snacks from the Rewe, and do what the locals do and sit on the grass enjoying the various artists that perform on the river bank.

Unbelievably good city is Berlin.

My favorite city in Europe by a distance. It feels like another place in time, in a good way. Some cities like to promote an arty or bohemian scene, but its forced or commercial. In Berlin I always get a genuine sense of culture and individualism.

Link to old thread re. Berlin

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75565&p=2329146&hil ... n#p2329146

Berliner Republik Restaurant and bar along the riverside.

Lots of different draught beers on and their gimmick is that they have a large screen showing the prices per beer like in a stock market and the prices periodically fluctuate up and down depending on how much of a particular beer is being sold/they expect to sell at the time.

Further along the riverside on the same side heading towards the city centre there's a nice garden / terrace type bar but can't remember the name of it and also an Irish Bar a bit further along that was ok for food and drinks.

Hope you like weed ....or at least the smell of it.

Thanks for all your input. I will be looking at a city map for all suggestions

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 24, 2025 3:01 pm

I was just thinking that’s a concerning username

It’s when he announces he’s going to Poland you need to start worrying.

willsclarets wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 24, 2025 3:37 pm

My favorite city in Europe by a distance. It feels like another place in time, in a good way. Some cities like to promote an arty or bohemian scene, but its forced or commercial. In Berlin I always get a genuine sense of culture and individualism.

100%, and it's so big, you can visit many times and not see the same areas

martin_p wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 24, 2025 5:33 pm

It’s when he announces he’s going to Poland you need to start worrying.

I was thete last year without incident