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Café Anneliese
A renovated Zehlendorf café with a terrace, cakes and small dishes, plus a separate wine bar for evening gatherings.
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Café Breslau fuego
Friedenau café and sports bar with bowling lanes, billiards and darts in the basement, and a party room upstairs with a dance floor. Games and screens for matches make it a lively night out.
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Cafe Isa Mitz
Indoor mini golf in Kreuzberg, with a café attached for drinks between holes.
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Café Keese
A Charlottenburg bar known for DJ nights and themed parties, where a free beginner dance course on Tuesdays leads into open dancing late into the evening.
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Café Linie 1
A cosy café-bar near Hallesches Tor with board games, billiards, darts and pinball to play between drinks.
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Café M
A neighbourhood café by day that turns into a bar in the evening, with a living-room feel, candlelight and red neon.
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Café Schaubühne
The café in the foyer of the Schaubühne theatre on Kurfürstendamm, serving breakfast, a daily lunch menu and an evening menu with wine and cocktails.
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Café Timbale!
A French bistro in Neukölln serving lunch, shared evening platters and weekend brunch with croissants and pastries. Vegan and vegetarian dishes are on the menu.
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Cafégarten Altstadtcafé Cöpenick
A caféhaus on the Spree-Dahme waterfront in Köpenick, with a garden terrace where the two rivers meet. Known for large cakes, ice cream and coffee, and custom-designed cakes ordered 24 hours ahead. A pianist sometimes plays Sunday coffee time.
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Call me Picasso
A studio in Schöneberg where you paint your own ceramics, from breakfast sets to one-off pieces.
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Candyman
Japanese izakaya in Mitte built around shared small plates, yakitori and otsumami, with signature highballs and sake. Chef's Selection set menus are offered for the whole table.
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Capitolo Rosso
Italian restaurant on Choriner Straße serving wood-fired pizza, handmade pasta, focaccia and antipasti, with outdoor seating.
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Cappuccino
Italian ristorante in Spandau serving traditional dishes, fresh specials from a daily board and a selection of wines.
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Captain's Inn am Stößensee
A marina restaurant and beer garden on Stößensee with traditional German cooking, where you can swim, rent boats and then have a drink. Surrounded by wooded scenery.
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Casa Italiana - Die Spindel
Traditional Italian restaurant in a small house in Friedrichshagen, with a seasonal menu and a wine list of Italian estates, rarities and dessert wines.
- escape room
Cat in The Bag Escape Room
Three live escape rooms in Mitte, a prison, a bunker and a ski cabin, each booked privately for your own team of two to six. The bunker is scary, so pick the prison as a first room.
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Cento Molliche
Italian pizzeria and trattoria where pizza dough rests for 72 hours and is flattened by hand; Calabrian specials and Sicilian lemonades feature on the menu.
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Chalet Suisse
Restaurant and beer garden in Dahlem serving modern German-Swiss dishes designed for sharing, with an indoor fireplace and fire bowls outdoors.
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Château Royale
Mediterranean restaurant in a Mitte hotel, with handmade pasta, seasonal fish and a menu that changes with the seasons. Courtyard seating and a rooftop terrace with views over central Berlin, and contemporary art in the dining room.
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Chez Emil
A French bistro-style kitchen in Moabit that also caters events, cooking classic recipes with seasonal ingredients from local producers.
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Chez Zola
A family-run Algerian restaurant in Schöneberg serving lamb tajine and couscous cooked in a broth, with pastries to finish.
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Chi-Chi-Kan
A Chinese restaurant in Schöneberg serving modernised traditional dishes, with an open show kitchen and recommended dishes such as smoked tofu salad and braised goose leg.
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Chotto
A Japanese restaurant in Prenzlauer Berg serving izakaya-style small plates and ramen, with vegan and gluten-free noodle options and an interior built from recycled furniture.
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Chuan Garden
A Sichuan restaurant on Torstraße built around shared family-style dishes, with dim sum, dan dan noodles and a bar where you can have a drink.