Last updated 10 September 2025
I actually prefer Asian food, but once in a blue moon (and when I am feeling rich) I find it interesting to try a “higher end” restaurant, perhaps with one or more Michelin stars or ambitions in that direction, and luckily, I know two others here in Berlin with the same interests.
We often talk about restaurants and decide to “add them to our list”, but up to now, this list has only existed in our heads.
This the start of a more constructive approach:
(I will add links soonest)
Bonvivant, vegetarian – visited! A Berliner Morgenpost Monatsmenu arrangement. Great experience – the food, the wine, the service – everything perfect.
Bostich
Bricole
Chiaro – visited! Very good. Especially their strawberry tiramisu was to die for.
Ernst – for years trying to make up their minds whether to close or not? The other two foodies did go and said that it was like nothing else they had ever tried before. In a good way. Now closed.
Facil
Faelt
Freundschaft
Glaserei, Mehringdamm 49
Heritage, Charlottenstraße
Il Calice
Julius Ernst- a spin-off of Ernst. Something I read made me decide to let the other two go ahead and try this without me – something about an attitude towards new-born calves which did not sit well with me. But their website certainly looks interesting.
Kink
Lagalante Ristorante
Le Faubourg
Lode & Stijn
Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer (Interior apparently a bit too classic, but the chef should be really good)
Loumi, Ritterstraße 2, seems to be doing well on an address where many others have tried and given up. Would really like to try this one. EDIT: We did try this one, and found the food and wine excellent, novel, and the service personal and friendly, BUT it took far too long, especially in the beginning we waited much too long between courses, which meant that towards the end of the meal we were annoyed and just wanted to get out of there and did not really enjoy the last two courses the way we should have done. Edit: In the meantime, it has actually won a Michelin star.
MaMi’s Food & Wine”. Das charmante Souterrain-Restaurant hat nur 20 Plätze, dafür aber 200 Positionen auf der Weinkarte und 20 im offenen Ausschank. Marcel, der zuvor Souschef bei Tim Raue war, serviert kleine, ausdrucksstarke Gerichte. Er hat ein großes Herz für Umami, für alles Asiatische und ein gesundes Maß an Schärfe. Wer alles zusammen will, bestellt das Paket „Tischlein deck dich!” (74,50 Euro). Attraktion zum Nachtisch ist die Cheesecake-Creme mit Safrankaramell und Physalis. Mo-Fr ab 18 Uhr, Oderberger Straße 13, Tram-Haltestelle Schwedter Str.
Macionga
Mored, Münstersche Straße 11, Wilmersdorf, opened December 2023, would very much like to try this one.
Nobelhart & Schmutzig (a vegetarian, Michelin-starred restaurant in the southern end of Friedrichstraße which only Helle would like to visit – the others not so much :-)). EDIT 6 December 2024: All three of us did visit this one, finally. It was interesting to watch the “choreography” and the wines were OK. As was the food except all courses except the desserts were accompanied by a beige sauce – perhaps slightly different flavours but always the same texture – which started to really get on my nerves.
Osteria Ribaltone
Pars
Pink Room (?Added by Helle, prompted by this note: On September 21st (2023) a new fine dining restaurant, Pink Room, will open inside the Bellboy Bar in Mitte. The concept promises to be unique – a Levantine-Japanese 9 course omakase menu, curated by Michelin-starred chef Gal Moshe and Bellboy’s head chef Paris Katsampis (formerly of Nobu). The drink pairing is also distinctive, combining cocktails, wine and sake. Japanese egg custard with Chilean Sea Bass and Arak Beurre Blanc, anyone? Mohrenstraße 30, Thu-Sat From 18h ). EDIT September 2025: Apparently permanently closed.
Prism – 6 December 2024 have again read good things about this one.
Sky Kitchen. From Tagesspiegel 10 September 2025: Zu den schönsten Orten, um in Berlin den Sonnenuntergang zu bestaunen, zählt das „Skykitchen”. Im 12. Stock des Hotels „Vienna House” gelegen, hat man hier einen Cinemascope-Blick über die Stadt. Nach Bauarbeiten hat das Sternerestaurant seit August wieder geöffnet. Dass das Essen der Aussicht in nichts nachsteht, dafür sorgt das Team von Sascha Kurgan. Der Sternekoch serviert ein Menü mit sechs Gängen, auch vegetarisch. Highlights sind etwa der fein ziselierte Spanferkelbauch mit einem Dim Sum von der Keule und einem hauchfeinen Krautsalat mit Koriander. Ein besonderes Augenmerk gilt der alkoholfreien Begleitung (spannende Weine gibt es aber auch!), lauter Eigenkreationen. Mi-So 18-23 Uhr, Landsberger Allee 106, S-Bhf Landsberger Allee
The NoName
Tulus Lotrek
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Volt