Where to eat in Berlin

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Berlin, Germany that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

• Curry 36 — Currywurst, Kreuzberg (1). Order the Currywurst + mayo fries. The West's answer — open late, always mobbed.
• Mustafa's Gemüse Kebap — Döner, Kreuzberg (1). Order the Gemüse kebap. The veggie-loaded döner that made a kiosk world-famous.
• Zur letzten Instanz — German, Mitte (3). Order the Eisbein (pork knuckle). Berlin's oldest restaurant (1621); Napoleon allegedly sat by the stove.
• Rogacki — Deli / fish, Charlottenburg (2). Order the Smoked eel + potato salad. The 1928 smoked-fish counter that survived everything.
• Cocolo Ramen — Ramen, Mitte (2). Order the Shoyu ramen. The ramen bar that taught Berlin to queue for broth.
• Prater Garten — Beer garden, Prenzlauer Berg (2). Order the Bratwurst + Prater Pils. Berlin's oldest beer garden (1837) — bratwurst under chestnuts.
• Konnopke's Imbiss — Currywurst, Prenzlauer Berg (1). Order the Currywurst mit Darm + fries. Under the U-Bahn tracks since 1930 — East Berlin's currywurst standard.
• Café Einstein Stammhaus — Viennese café, Tiergarten (2). Order the Wiener schnitzel + apfelstrudel. Kaffeehaus grandeur in a villa — apfelstrudel done properly.
• Burgermeister — Burgers, Kreuzberg (1). Order the Meisterburger. Burgers from a converted public toilet under the tracks — Berlin in one sentence.
• Clärchens Ballhaus — German / ballroom, Mitte (2). Order the Schnitzel + a dance. A 1913 dance hall where schnitzel comes with waltzing.

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