aerde restaurant

Restaurant on Am Lokdepot near Gleisdreieck: seasonal cooking with plenty of fermentation and foraged plants, in the Michelin Guide.

aerde is on Am Lokdepot in Kreuzberg, close to Park am Gleisdreieck. The kitchen sits on a gallery above the guests, and the cooking is classically grounded and modern and creative in execution, with seasonal ingredients at its heart. Fermentation plays a big role, and foraged plants such as Judas tree flowers or wood sorrel end up on the plate too. Igor Kazakov runs the kitchen, and the Michelin Guide lists the restaurant.

Past dishes have included monkfish with saffron and spring onions, kohlrabi with sunflower seeds and elderflower, quail with chimichurri and wild herbs, or sheep's-milk yoghurt with honey and hay. Open Tuesday to Saturday in the evening.