Drinks in Berlin

Listening bar in the Locke hotel on the Spree: café by day, records on a Berlin-built hi-fi by night, with small seasonal plates and cocktails.

Italian bistro on Friedelstraße: familiar Italian dishes and drinks until late.

Israeli and Levantine food in Rixdorf: sabich, shakshuka and hummus at lunch, freer dishes in the evening, with drinks and music.

Italian-American day bar on Friedelstraße: comfort food like schnitzel with cheese and rigatoni ragù bianco, drinks with Campari and amaro.

Neighbourhood bistro on Vorbergstraße by Facil and Tulus Lotrek alumni: small plates, oysters, terrine, Saxon skewers.

Sharing plates in front of an open kitchen in Neukölln's Schillerkiez: house-made pasta, wines from growers the team knows. Bib Gourmand since 2020.

Vegan bistro with a Michelin star on Goltzstraße: a five- or six-course menu, drinks with or without alcohol and brunch at weekends.

Self-built restaurant and wine bar on Giesebrechtstraße: seasonal plates for sharing, the Seppel chicken and produce from the neighbourhood and region.

Brewery built from 38 containers at Gleisdreieck: beer from its own kettles, vegetable-led shared plates and a beer garden for 600.

Berlin brewery BRLO's gastropub in the former Irish pub The Harp: 20 taps, rotisserie vegetables, Kikok chicken and a terrace on Meyerinckplatz.

Neighbourhood bistro on Helmholtzplatz: market cooking from Brandenburg, in-house sourdough, natural wine and records.

Restaurant and bar in the former Cookies club on Friedrichstraße: Brandenburg vegetables, plates to share, house cocktails.

Kreuzberg classic on Pücklerstraße: Italian food from the board, new every day, by candlelight and brick walls.

American bar behind the green door on Winterfeldtstraße since 1995: classics and house cocktails, Germany's Bar of the Year 2025.

Restaurant, wine bar and wine shop on Walter-Benjamin-Platz: regional Italian cooking and around 750 wines, including the house's own from Friuli.

Natural wine bistro on Weichselstraße since 2016: "Naked Wine & Seasonal Food", guest chefs and a Michelin Guide listing.

KaDeWe's food floor: more than 30 restaurants, bars and counters, from the oyster bar to the steakhouse, open until midnight.

Bar and restaurant on the Pfefferberg: cooking over real fire, cocktails and 100 metres of red neon art under eight-metre ceilings.

Natural wine bar on Hobrechtstraße with hand-painted ceilings: wines from Austria, France and the Czech Republic, some on tap.

Pizzeria verace on Weichselstraße: San Marzano, fiordilatte from Agerola, montanarine and the Mater Rossa in four quarters.

Café and wine bar on Schönhauser Allee: coffee from its own Brandenburg roastery, Spanish natural wines and sardine toast.

Luncheonette on Grunewaldstraße: comfort food, changing pies and Leberkäse, wine and snacks from Thursday afternoon.

Wine bar and restaurant in an 1860s pharmacy on Oranienplatz: a big wine list and sharing plates by Alan Micks.

Austrian restaurant with a wine shop on Kantstraße since 1994: Wiener Schnitzel from veal loin, Tafelspitz and around 300 Austrian wines.

Italian daytime bar on Große Hamburger Straße in the Milanese style: focaccia, pasta, coffee and aperitivo.

Wine bar on Kastanienallee from the otto team: biodynamic wines, Mangalitza ham, pork head terrine, no reservations.

Mediterranean wine bistro on Oderberger Straße from the people behind Bar Nonno: every wine by the glass, oysters and pasta.

Germany's first sardine bar, on Grunewaldstraße since 2016: tinned fish from Portugal and France, opened fresh, with wine.

Bistro on Reichenberger Straße like a ferry to the Mediterranean: sparkling wine on tap, calamari, onion-dripping bread and Italo pop.

Western saloon-style cocktail bar in the Nollendorfkiez: swing door, Chesterfield sofas and a menu with Latin American flavours.

Wine bar on Pannierstraße with directly imported natural wines from France and Italy, plus grilled cheese and Minimisu.

Cocktail bar on the corner of Weserstraße and Fuldastraße since 2009: candlelight, seventies design, seasonal menu, entry from 21.

Cocktail bar by the Stadtbad Neukölln: a weekly changing menu built on plants foraged around Berlin, twice Bar of the Year.

Israeli-Mediterranean sharing food on Ritterstraße: hummus, Shani's Cauliflower and feta chilli brûlée.