eating out in Berlin

[FleurDelacoeur]

We're off to Berlin for a few days soon (kid free) and looking for eating suggestions. We are staying fairly close to the Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz area. We will be travelling hand luggage only so I'm not taking my "posh clothes" - so probably not 3* Michelin type places but decent restaurants serving great food?

Neither DH nor I speak much German, but enough to know most of the food words...

We’re off to Berlin in May so will be watching with interest

Josty and the Lindenbrau restaurants in the Sony Centrum at Potsdamer Platz are really nice trad German food. Everywhere is very child friendly.

Everyone speaks excellent English, but "bitte ein....danke" goes down well.

Also watching, I'm going for xmas

Go to the best pizza place- 12 Apostel in the railway arches near the museuminsel

And the potato bar for breakfast in KaDeWe (dept store) on Kurfürstendamm. Scrambled eggs and potatoes fried with bacon and onion

If you're there on a Sunday, go to the flea market in Boxhagener platz and then for a buffet brunch at one of the surrounding bars.

I'm so jealous, it's my favourite city.

Coffee and cake here

Am also jealous. Best city ever.

Oh god- it looks like 12 Apostel is closed. It was amazing

Hi Tethers. Long time no see! You okay?

Here for wanky hipsters and a lovely flatwhite.

Borchardt on Französische Straße is awesome if you like schnitzel the size of a dinner plate! It looks really stuffy and traditional but I like it.

I'm ok thanks Remus. Well, I was until I found out 12 Apostel had closed! You?

Sorry for hijack, OP

Am good, thanks.

Sorry, OP!

Do you want recs of things to do? Have you booked online for the Reichstaag dome?

Cookies Cream! It's a must do in Berlin, I'd say. It's vegetarian, and some of the best food I've ever eaten (I'm not a veggie). And a great experience too - finding it is all part of the fun...

There's a really great area in East Berlin with loads of different restaurants - I think it's quite famous but the name escapes me. Maybe the guide books would help identify it!

Burgermeister. You might have to queue but it's amazing!

I got this as a rec from a local - its out of the way but fun
beta.mutzenbacher-berlin.de/
we went on the ubahn - were staying a short walk from the Potsdammer platz

CanYouHearThePeopleSing Cookies Cream is on my list - is it super smart?

It's smart-ish, but not especially so. Jeans and a smart top would be fine. It's quite 'grungy' (if that's a word) inside - especially the bar.

You'd need to book, I'm sure. It is v popular. So worth it though.

Germans don’t do smart IME

Excellent - that’s all booked. Sooo excited now