Lil, Berlin Cityguide in one Paragraph
A Few Date Ideas …
More lovely Berlin selections for restos, hotels and sight seeing you’ll find here.
In Berlin, you can a) take a walk in the Tiergarten.
b) Stroll along the shopping mile Kudamm and slurp on an eclectic assortment of oysters at the historic department store KaDeWe.
c) Have art-historical views in the Hamburger Bahnhof, the Neue Nationalgalerie, the Gropiusbau, or in one of the countless museums and galeries or )d contemplate on photographs in the C/O Berlin.
e) As a reward relax in one of the dayspa suites in Berlin's huge inner city SPA, the Vabali.
f) Take the sight seeing bus line 100 or g) take advantage of one of the many subsidised theatre, opera, dance and music offerings.
h) Go skinny-dipping in one of the many forest lakes while you i) ride along the Berlin Wall Trail with rented bicycles. j) Late in the evening we will get hungry....
Restaurants in Berlin, or the drama of the empty stomach after 9 o'clock in the evening
Uh-oh. Unfortunately, most good restos are booked weeks in advance … yet in my experience those are always worth a call:
893 Ryōtei Kantstraße, Japanese, fine
aerde Gleisdreieck Xberg 61, small sharing resto, local forests and fields
Prism Kantstraße, my fave levantine (Michelin x 1)
Lovis Kantstr; beauty, vegan options, bring your own wine!
Irma LaDouce Potsdamer Str, French (Michelin x 1)
MINE / WINE City West, Italian
Rutz Mitte (Michelin x 3)
Neni im 25h Zoo – the view!
Golvet Potsdamer (Michelin x 1)
Vegan: Cookies Cream, FREA, Kopps
Cuisine after 21 o'clock in Berlin
Rutz Zollhaus Xberg 61, wine selection!
oh, Panama Schöneberg
Roots Mitte, Telegraphenamt Hotel
Nightkitchen Mitte
CODA Dessert Dining! Neukölln (Michelin x 2)
Sippi Neukölln, easy going Italian
Paris Bar, a Berlin classic
Lunch (Mittag)
Diekmann Kudamm, with oyster bar (12-22:00)
Klemke’s Mommsenstraße
Hallmann & Klee S-Neukölln
Spindler Xberg 36
BLESS Gendarmenmarkt
Entrecôte Gendarmenmarkt
If there is nothing to eat left one could also always take a drink:
Levante Bistro Bar & Mezze Mitte, Weinbergsweg, levantine bar with tasty snacks!
Velvet Southeast, seasonal drinking, lovely virgin options!
Freundschaft Friedrichstr, wine
Bellboy Friedrichstr, tourist experience with best drinks, reserve a table
Curtain Club Ritz Potsdamer, if we’re already there …
Sleepless nights? The best hotels in Berlin
In Berlin there are endless dance music clubs. Even there are sex themed music clubs in Berlin like the Insomnia, the Kitkat or Pornceptual. Yet Berlin weakens when it comes to beautiful hotels. Here is a small selection of appropriately phantasy inducing hotels in Berlin
Telegraphenamt Mitte (hot)
Château Royal Mitte (design)
SO/ Berlin Das Stue Tiergarten (classic)
Sir Savigny City West, not so discrete but cute
Provocateur City West, everbodies darling, too noisy ime
Hotel de Rome Mitte, classic, lovely terasse
Michelberger Fhain, only the “Hideout” (comes with an own sauna)
Henri City West, budget but very Berlin!
Berlin’s new beauty KPM Hotel & Residencies Tiergarten
As a member of Soho House, make sure to tame your reception personnel, they are horrible even to registered guests with an invite
Wir tun nichts Verbotenes, dennoch schließt leider 'sehr-diskret' in Berlin ein gutes Design aus, stabil sind
Ritz Potsdamer, Adlon Brandenburger Tor, Waldorf Zoo (bath tubs!) etc.
25h Zoo (the view!)
the Sky Suites of Park Inn Mitte (the view!)
Gorki Apartments Mitte, Noma-, Locke- serviced apartments
the Crown Plaza Potsdamer (no key card)
I am fascinated by that sparkle in your eyes when I enter the restaurant or my hand gestures elegantly during dinner. How you watch my body and listen to my voice – in silent anticipation.
I am currently available as your city guide.