Pasta kitchens and wine bars: Italian restaurants in Berlin

Pizza has its own list in this magazine. This one is about everything else: antipasti to share, homemade pasta and wine lists you can get lost in. Six places, from a small restaurant in the Schillerkiez to the red velvet banquettes by Weinbergspark.

Caligari – Italian in the Schillerkiez

In early 2014 three Italians who had long lived in Berlin opened Caligari on Kienitzer Straße; today Andreas and Miki run it. In the evening there is a changing menu of antipasti, pasta and mains. People come for the food and for the people who work here. It works best to share several courses: antipasto, pasta, main. Since June 2025 there has been a little sibling a few streets away, Sugo, with “Caligari’s Greatest Hits”.

CaligariNeukölln · Italian

Pinci – from coffee to wine at the same counter

Pinci, on the corner of Große Hamburger Straße and Auguststraße, works like a Milanese day bar: coffee in the morning, quick food at lunch, drinks in the evening. It was founded by Manu, Lu Leisering and Silvan. Manu runs the kitchen, and the name comes from his family, where every man is called Pinci. The menu changes daily and stays simple: coppa with hazelnuts, focaccia sandwiches, pasta, salads. At lunch a focaccia sandwich is worth it, in the evening an aperitivo. Closed at weekends.

PinciMitte · Italian

Trattoria Breda – Pinci with more ambition

In 2026 the Pinci team opened Breda, a trattoria on Paul-Lincke-Ufer next to Spindler. The room is orange throughout, with small tables and counters of polished metal, plus a terrace by the water. Berlin Food Stories called Breda Pinci’s more ambitious sibling in May 2026.

What the kitchen can do shows in the veal tartare with herbs and bottarga, the cavatelli with white ragù and the tuna belly with sauce au poivre. Tables are often booked weeks ahead.

Trattoria BredaKreuzberg · Italian

IL CALICE – enoteca on Walter-Benjamin-Platz

Antonio Bragato opened Il Calice on Walter-Benjamin-Platz in 2001, restaurant, wine bar and wine shop in one. Since 2016 he has run it himself again with his son Louis, a sommelier. The wine list runs to about 750 entries, including wines Bragato makes himself in Friuli. Danny Benedettini has been cooking here since late 2025.

A good evening starts with the cherrywood-smoked prosciutto from Friuli, followed by the homemade cappelletti with pumpkin and the tagliata from the charcoal grill. In summer you sit outside on the square, and the house recommends the wine.

IL CALICECharlottenburg · Italian

Mine – fun fine dining on Meinekestraße

Mine is a few steps from Kurfürstendamm and calls itself “fun fine dining”: Italian classics with a twist. There are homemade spaghettini with caviar, lamb shoulder slow-braised in Barolo, and vitello tonnato. The Michelin Guide has listed Mine five years in a row. On a first visit, the six courses of signature dishes are worth it. Before or after, there is a glass next door at Mine Wine, by its own account Berlin’s smallest historic wine bar.

MineCharlottenburg · Italian

Coccodrillo – red velvet by Weinbergspark

In July 2022 Coccodrillo moved into Veteranenstraße by Weinbergspark, the first Berlin restaurant from the French Big Mamma Group. The model is northern Italy in the sixties: space-age design, red velvet banquettes, colourful walls. There is homemade pasta, risotto, lasagne, parmigiana and pizza from the stone oven. In summer, book a table on the big terrace above the park.

CoccodrilloMitte · Italian

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