museum
Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg
Surrealist and related art from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, shown in the permanent exhibition Surreale Welten with works by Kurt Schwitters and Jean Dubuffet. The museum has a café and a bookshop.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
Not the usual dates
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Samowar
Russian, Georgian and Ukrainian restaurant in an old Russian-style interior, with shashlik and blini and a tea ceremony on offer.
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Sapori di Casa
A family-run Italian restaurant in Moabit with roots in Sicily, serving fresh pasta, pizza and Sicilian desserts such as cannoli.
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Saravanaa Bhavan
South Indian restaurant at Potsdamer Platz serving curries, tandoor dishes, idlis and dosas, with a terrace and reservations via its website.
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Satyam
A vegan and vegetarian Indian restaurant in Charlottenburg serving ayurvedic and South Indian dishes, with a Sunday brunch buffet.
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Schankhalle Pfefferberg
A brewpub restaurant in the Pfefferberg with beer brewed on site and a beer garden. Some dates add a murder-mystery dinner or team puzzle-solving over a multi-course menu, and brewery tours run on Thursdays.
- theatre
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Repertoire theatre on Kurfürstendamm where most productions are in German, while some shows run in English with German or English surtitles. The house also stages new premieres and has a studio space.
- cabaret & drag
Scheinbar Varieté
An open-stage variety theatre where amateurs and professionals share a bill of seven-minute acts, from comedy and magic to circus and music. It has launched well-known comedians early in their careers.
- cocktail bar
Schloss Café | Trattoria, Restaurant & Cocktailbar
Pizza, pasta and seafood in an Italian style, with cocktails and a sunny terrace. Game nights, poker and a Halloween painting night also run here.
- theatre
Schlosspark Theater
Steglitz theatre with comedies, chamber plays and revues, plus live radio plays, readings and song evenings, all performed in German.
- wine bar
Schmidt Z & KO.
A wine shop, wine bar, restaurant and cooking school under one roof, with a showkitchen and over 500 wines. It also takes events, so you can share a meal and a glass in a quiet courtyard setting.
- restaurant
Schneeweiß
Friedrichshain Austrian kitchen with a wine and cocktail bar, built on mostly regional produce and an Oktoberfest menu.
- spa & sauna
Schnurrbad
A sauna venue in Friedrichshain where you can spend a few relaxed hours in warm heat together.
- bar
Schönwetter
An outdoor beach bar in Mauerpark with sand, sun loungers, cocktails and grill food. DJs play at weekends.
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Schwarze Heidi | Fonduehütte
A Swiss fondue hut in Friedrichshain, part of the Schwarze Heidi group, with outdoor seating.
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Schwiliko Restaurant
Georgian restaurant on Schlesische Straße serving khachapuri and walnut-based dishes, with Georgian wines aged in clay amphorae. It also has a choice of non-alcoholic drinks, such as tarragon lemonade.
- bar
SeeGarten
A lakeside biergarten on the Tegeler See, under plane trees with sunset views. It serves Störtebeker beer and a Berliner Weiße with raspberry or woodruff syrup, plus fish and chips and flammkuchen made in-house.
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Segelschiffrestaurant „Klipper“
Dine aboard an 1890 two-masted ship on the Spree in Treptow, with seats on deck, by the wheel or in a lakeside pavilion. The kitchen smokes its own fish and meat several times a week.
- theatre
Shakespeare Company Berlin
German-language company staging Shakespeare comedies and tragedies at Theater am Insulaner in Steglitz. The repertoire includes Othello, Romeo und Julia and Der Kaufmann von Venedig.
- cocktail bar
Shiraz
A modern Persian restaurant in Kreuzberg serving grilled kebabs, mezze for sharing and wood-oven pizza, with Persian-inspired cocktails. It is open until 1am on Friday and Saturday.
- club night
Shuffleboard Bar
A bar with shuffleboard, pool, darts, arcade games, board games and karaoke you can book by the hour. Techno and house DJ nights run on Saturdays, and a weekly Thursday karaoke night aims to bring new faces together.
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Sigiriya
A Sri Lankan restaurant in Friedrichshain serving curries and South Indian dishes, with a broad vegetarian and vegan menu and Fair Trade teas.
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Simsim
Levantine restaurant with tapas-style dishes for sharing, drawing on Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese kitchens, traditional and modern. Menu features moussaka, grilled shawarma, falafel and hummus, and wine and cocktails are served too.
- cinema
Sinema Transtopia
Berlin-Wedding cinema run by bi'bak as a space for film, art and debate, screening features in languages such as Albanian and Indonesian with subtitles. Weekend HANE menu serves meze plates and savoury snacks.