café
House Of Small Wonder
A Western-style café with a Japanese twist, serving breakfast and brunch by day and an izakaya-style dinner menu at night under the name Candyman, with sake and highballs.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
Not the usual dates
- restaurant
House of Vegan 182
A vegan Asian-style restaurant in Friedrichshagen, the first of its kind in the district, with layered dishes built on spices and refined technique. It also has a drinks menu.
- restaurant
Houtang Hotpot
A Sichuan hotpot restaurant themed on 1930s Chengdu, with bamboo weaving and Guohua paintings on the walls and street-vendor sounds in the room. You cook fresh ingredients in a broth you choose from spicy, savoury or mild.
- live music
Hugo & Notte
A restaurant inside the Französischer Dom on Gendarmenmarkt, serving seasonal dishes with vegan options; concert and dinner packages add classical, jazz, boogie-woogie and a cappella music.
- museum
Humboldt Forum
A museum in the Berliner Schloss with ethnological and Asian art collections, plus temporary exhibitions on languages and cosmologies. The rooftop terrace and a music programme mixing Mongolian music with poetry add to the visit.
- wine bar
IL Calice
Italian restaurant and enoteca near Ku'damm in a modern vintage setting, with a wine programme and menus in English.
- restaurant
Il Cardinale
Italian restaurant in Charlottenburg known for classic pasta, fresh fish and steak, with an elegant, stylish interior and a garden terrace.
- cinema
Il Kino
A Neukölln neighbourhood cinema with a bar and bistro, showing films mostly in original language with German or English subtitles.
- restaurant
Il Nuovo Cristallo
Upscale Italian restaurant in Zehlendorf with a seasonal menu of pasta, seafood and steak, and an extensive wine list.
- restaurant
Il Valentino
An Italian restaurant in Tiergarten named after Cesare Borgia, with a standing menu of classic dishes and a chef's choice that changes weekly. It has outdoor seating and a modern interior.
- restaurant
Impasto Rosso
Italian restaurant serving traditional dishes made with fresh ingredients, with an award-winning wine list and outdoor seating.
- cabaret & drag
Incognito
International drag and travesty show palace in Schöneberg, with performers from around the world, colourful costumes and transformations. A karaoke-style night is also promoted.
- restaurant
Ionah
A Vietnamese restaurant with a sushi bar in Schmargendorf, serving Asian dishes made in-house, open every day.
- restaurant
Iro Izakaya
A Japanese izakaya serving small shared plates, ramen and katsudon, with sake and shochu, and a separate vegan menu at one branch.
- restaurant
IRO Izakaya
A Japanese izakaya in Friedrichshain serving ramen, tonkatsu and small plates for sharing, with sake and shochu and a vegan menu alongside the regular one.
- restaurant
Iro Izakaya Vegan
A vegan branch of the IRO izakaya in Friedrichshain, with ramen, katsudon and tonkatsu-style dishes alongside vegan options, plus sake and shochu.
- restaurant
Jäger & Lustig
Regional German home cooking with a modern twist, served under chestnut trees in a beer garden or in an Alpine-style indoor room. Jungbullenkeule in black beer sauce is meant for sharing.
- bar
James June
A summer beer garden in Friedrichshain under old trees, serving pizza, burgers, salads and grilled food with beer on tap from a Czech brewery.
- live music
Joker Bowl
Six bowling lanes with an LED wall, plus pool, darts and air hockey in Köpenick. Resident DJs play on Friday and Saturday evenings, and party bowling is offered.
- wine bar
Jolesch
Austrian restaurant and Vinothek in Kreuzberg serving modern Austrian dishes, with a wine selection from Austria's main regions and a wine cellar used for tastings. Known for its Wiener Schnitzel.
- workshop
Journey into the Night
A Charlottenburg bar that also runs a course where you mix three cocktails yourselves.
- museum
Jüdisches Museum
The Jewish Museum Berlin covers Jewish history and present-day Jewish life in Germany, with rotating exhibitions and English-language guided tours. An architecture exhibition on Daniel Libeskind's building runs in 2026.
- restaurant
Jules Verne
Restaurant in Charlottenburg serving a world-spanning menu, from oysters and flammkuchen to bouillabaisse, with a long wine list and crème brûlée made at the table.