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CôWei
A modern Asian restaurant in the ARCOTEL Velvet hotel on Oranienburger Straße, serving handmade sushi, dim sum and grilled dishes, with creative cocktails and teas.
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Culaccino
Italian restaurant near Bahnhof Zoo serving classic recipes with a modern touch, built on seasonal market ingredients. Dishes include burrata and aglio e olio with chili, and wine is served with the food.
- restaurant
daia
Georgian restaurant with bread from a wood-fired oven and natural Qvevri wines from its cellar, rarely found outside the Caucasus. Long communal tables and set tasting menus.
- restaurant
Das Bonito
Small Spanish restaurant with 26 seats and lounge music, where candlelit dinners give way to a night salon with colourful beats. Adults only, and same-day reservations are taken by phone.
- wine bar
Das Weinlokal
Wine bar in Lichtenberg with over 120 European wines and Neapolitan-style pizzas, with monthly tastings led by a sommelier, sometimes with winemakers.
- restaurant
DaVinci
An upscale Italian restaurant in a listed 1882 railway viaduct arch at Friedrichstraße station, with Leonardo da Vinci and Renaissance-inspired artworks. It has outdoor seating and is open until midnight.
- wine bar
Der kleine August
Small wine bar on Auguststraße focused on French wine, with bottles and open wines and a food menu. The room is small, so it suits a quiet evening for two.
- wine bar
Der Weinlobbyist
Restaurant and wine bar in Schöneberg built around German and Austrian wines, with a green courtyard and kitchen dishes such as flammkuchen and cheese plates.
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Diekmann
French-German restaurant on Kurfürstendamm with a freestanding oyster bar, oysters from France and Ireland, and an evening menu of French and German dishes or a tasting menu.
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Dorotheá
Mediterranean restaurant in central Mitte where Friday and Saturday dinners give way to DJ music and a party mood after midnight. It has a terrace and a dining room with an artful interior.
- live music
El Borriquito
A Spanish restaurant open since 1972, serving fish, meat, tapas and paella, with live music and Spanish folklore, and a wide wine selection.
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El Dorado
A Spanish-style tapas bar and steakhouse on Kurfürstendamm, known for dry-aged steaks, with handmade cocktails and live music.
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Enoteca L’Angolino
Small Italian restaurant and enoteca in Charlottenburg, serving delicatessen starters, house-made pasta and mains with Italian wines, which the owner suggests personally. A weekly set menu runs alongside the à la carte.
- comedy
Epic Comedy Berlin
English-language stand-up nights across several Berlin venues, including a back-to-back showcase of English-speaking comics and an improvised game show built from audience-written dark thoughts.
- escape room
Escape Berlin
Live escape game in a set-built scenario, with themed detective and puzzle formats and a briefing before each one-hour game for 2 to 12 players.
- restaurant
EZSRA
A restaurant in Neukölln with a constantly changing sharing menu of about ten plates, paired with natural wines from small producers. Plates are ordered à la carte or as a six-course tasting.
- cinema
filmkunst 66
Arthouse cinema in Charlottenburg with two screening rooms, recent releases and a classic-film series, Frühe Meister der Filmkunst. Foreign films often run in original language with German subtitles, usually Mondays. Filmmakers sometimes join screenings for Q&A sessions.
- theatre
Friedrichstadt-Palast
Large Friedrichstraße theatre built around big stage revues, with its main production BLINDED by DELIGHT and a second show for younger audiences.
- cocktail bar
Gallery Rooftop Bar
Rooftop cocktail bar above the Spree beside the East Side Gallery, with the Oberbaum Bridge in view. Cocktails are creative and classic, and the terrace is known for sundowners.
- restaurant
Ganymed
French brasserie on the Spree in Mitte, known for shellfish, oysters, fish from lakes and rivers, and steaks grilled on lava stone. Candlelight dinners and wine seminars are held there, with a view of the Fernsehturm.
- restaurant
Gasthaus Figl
A Kreuzberg guesthouse restaurant known for pizza whose dough rests 48 hours, with a preserved retro bowling lane that can be booked with a meal.
- cocktail bar
GinChilla Bar
Gin bar with over 700 gins, where bartenders guide you through the selection and cocktails. Gin tastings at 25 or 39 euros are limited to eight people, and the drinks mix traditional gin customs with modern cocktails.
- restaurant
Goji
A small Cantonese restaurant in Schöneberg known for dim sum, steamed, pan-fried or deep-fried, alongside wok classics and house-made chili and soy sauces.
- cocktail bar
Grace
Casual fine dining restaurant on Kurfürstendamm mixing Asian and European flavours, with a cocktail bar and a rooftop garden over the street.