The Best of »Falstaff Online Germany 2023« in Berlin
In Giacomo Mannucci's new perfectly styled restaurant, excellent Italian meats play the starring role with premium on and off the bone cuts from Italian butcher Dario Cecchini. The Bistecca Fassone of Tuscan Chianina beef is first class fine dining.
Highlights: Real Poke Salmon Bowl with avocado, pomegranate and raw fish. You can watch the preparation in the open stainless steel kitchen. Head chef Daniel Finke and Holger Hellmuth were inspired by the traditional harbour cuisine of Hawaii. The food is served at two solid concrete tables on stone stools - minimalistically cool.
At Hotel Indigo Berlin between the East Side Gallery and the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Stylish and bright with a view over historic Berlin and the Spree River. Drinks from the Golden Twenties like a "Shimmy" or from Mexico like a "Titty Twister" with Mezcal - what more do you need?.
Chic meets casual calm, the "Gastrobar" in the name says it all. At Holly, they pour carefully curated pet nats and natural wines to accompany a seasonal and always successful menu, with highlights like baked camembert with pumpkin miso.
In 2015 Mani in Pasta opened a store in the gourmet oasis Markthalle Neun in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Angelo is the pasta master who brought the best Sicilian cuisine to Berlin. Now there is the restaurant to go with it in Kreuzberg, following the traditions of the best Italian cuisine.
Meeting place for creative people in Mitte in the rooms of a former brewery. Berlin's number one slow food restaurant. Premium products from the region, forgotten vegetable and potato varieties and the specialty "Candy on Bone," meat dishes braised slowly and long at low temperature.
Brooklyn flair in a rooftop studio with lots of green plants and Japanese-American cuisine. The German offshoot of the House of Small Wonder, which was founded in Williamsburg, New York, is right on trend with crazy combinations like matcha cappuchino, taco meat with rice.
French brasserie opposite the Willy Brandt House. Popular with politicians and beyond for its hearty quiches and tarte flambée. If you like it even heartier, order the Bourdin Noir, French black pudding. Impressive menu with French wines and Alsatian crémant.
The Weinhaus was built in 1912 and is the only historic house among the 19 buildings on the Daimler site at Potsdamer Platz. In addition to an extensive wine list with German, Austrian and Italian wines, it offers its guests home-style cooking with an Austrian twist.
Puglia, in the south of Italy, is praised for its simple cuisine with excellent ingredients. From this region comes chef Antonio Lagalante, who is known for a creative cuisine; for culinary poetry try Tagliolini with pecorino cheese, coconut and lime
"Sexy and wild" is the motto of this all-red restaurant. The cuisine is authentic Italian. The produce comes from 180 small producers from all over Italy, which Chef Fabio Fisicaro and 27 young chefs transform into great dishes. Magnificent view of Weinmeisterpark!
At the trendy Hotel Michelberger in Friedrichshain, the lunch menu changes every month. The minimalist design with dark wooden tables and brightly tiled walls does not distract from conversations among business partners. Suitable for international guests: the service staff speak English.
On the site of the office of star architect David Chipperfield, who among other things redesigned the New Museum. A popular meeting place for a casual lunch, in summer in the courtyard under the plane trees.
In 1996, the listed wooden shack from 1837 became a restaurant with a beer garden. Farmers' duck, kale with pinkel or trout, you can't get more rustic than that. Only German wines from the Moselle, Nahe or Pfalz are served.
"All Day Hangout" by the Mrs. Robinson's team. The charmingly warm café offers homemade bread and dishes made from seasonal and regional produce that changes almost daily, as well as a fine selection of natural wines. A highlight is the croissant with burrata.
Almost meditative silence and just twelve seats make the Omakase restaurant in Köpenick a very special place. The focus is on the original flavours of the food. Every piece of furniture is self-designed and can be purchased.
The hippest pizza address in Berlin. Flour, yeast, water, a little salt - that's how the dough of the Neapolitan pizza is made. In addition, the finest ingredients from the Naples/Vesuvius region such as San Marzano tomatoes and Fior di Latte. Complemented with funky downbeat and electronic soul - That's Amore.
Bertold Brecht was a regular at this brasserie on Schiffbauerdamm. The interior is imposing with stucco and café furniture, while outside there is a laissez-faire summer holiday feeling with coq au vin, steak frites or oysters.
NENI Berlin sits like a kind of greenhouse at the very top of the Hotel 25hours Bikini Berlin. As for the food, chef Haya Molcho likes it international: Persian, Russian, Arabic, Moroccan, Turkish, Spanish, German. Small portions according to the "sharing is caring" principle.
Oyster bar Vòlk is Berlin Francophilia in action. Chef Oliver Chesler, a New York musician, composer and DJ, hired Margaux Arabian as chef, who learned from her mother, a two-star chef. So there's super-fresh seafood and French trifles that score with intense flavours and creative arrangements.