restaurant
Schoenbrunn
An Austrian restaurant in Friedrichshain with outdoor seating by the Schwanenteich lake.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
Not the usual dates
- live music
Schokoladen
A Mitte bar that books punk, rock and noise-rock bands, with DJ sets after some shows and a Sunday reading series on East German subcultures.
- workshop
Schönheitstanz Studio
A studio offering burlesque for all levels and chair dance workshops, where you learn movement and performance together.
- park & garden
Schönower Park
A park in Zehlendorf to stroll or sit in, with limited wheelchair access.
- restaurant
Schust
Owner-run restaurant in Prenzlauer Berg serving traditional Erzgebirge dishes from Saxony. The name is a family nickname passed to the firstborn son, and owner Björn runs the kitchen himself.
- bar
Schusterjunge
A traditional old-Berlin corner pub serving hearty German home cooking such as Kassler with dumplings, Sauerbraten and Eisbein. East German Ostalgie decor and a blunt but friendly service style.
- bar
Schwarz Sauer
A neighbourhood pub on Kastanienallee with outdoor seating, where smoking is allowed inside and out.
- games & arcade
Schwarzlichtzone
Berlin's first blacklight miniature golf course, in a former railway station building in Görlitzer Park. Its 18 holes are lit by UV light, and the course is played over roughly an hour and a half.
- restaurant
Schweighofer's
An Austrian restaurant in Charlottenburg serving Wiener and Steirer Schnitzel and crispy Backhendl. It also hosts all-you-can-eat Schnitzel and Hendel evenings on select dates, which need advance booking.
- museum
Schwules Museum *
Berlin museum on queer history and culture, with changing exhibitions, guided tours and an archive and library of queer collections. Some of the tours are offered in English.
- museum
Science Center Spectrum
Hands-on science museum with more than 150 experiment stations on light, electricity, sound and mechanics, meant to be tried by hand. It is aimed at young and old visitors alike.
- gallery
Scope Berlin
A small art space in Moabit where you wander past exhibitions side by side.
- restaurant
Scorpion
A Thai restaurant in Moabit with outdoor seating and step-free access.
- restaurant
Secret Garden
A fully vegan sushi restaurant on the first floor above a supermarket entrance in Warschauer Straße. Bookings go through its website, and it is described as cozy and homelike.
- restaurant
Seepalast
A buffet restaurant in Rahnsdorf with an Asian-style selection that includes sushi, and a larger all-day buffet on Sundays and public holidays. À la carte ordering is available outside buffet hours.
- restaurant
Seerestaurant
A regional restaurant and beer garden on the Müggelsee shore in Köpenick, with views over the water and forest around it.
- café
Seerose
A vegetarian and vegan restaurant and café in Kreuzberg with a salad buffet, daily changing dishes and fruity cakes.
- café
Seestern
Café and restaurant in an earth-mounded building in Britzer Garten, built for the 1985 Bundesgartenschau. Known for flammkuchen, with cocktails and rotating cakes and coffee specialties.
- café
Seestern
Café and beer garden beside the Schlachtensee S-Bahn station, a place to linger over drinks outdoors.
- boat trip
Seminarschiff Fluxservice GmbH
A seminar ship on the Spree offering a winter boat trip on the river through central Berlin.
- restaurant
SemiRamis
An Armenian restaurant in Charlottenburg where the cuisine is the reason to sit down for a dinner together.
- restaurant
Sen Vegan
A fully vegan Vietnamese restaurant in Charlottenburg, where the whole menu avoids animal products.
- restaurant
Senegambia
A restaurant in Kreuzberg serving African food, with outdoor seating.
- restaurant
Serio
A Neapolitan pizzeria in Wedding, with pizza baked in a wood-fired oven and a menu of fried classics, antipasti and Italian desserts. Specials rotate and may not return.