Caligari is a small Italian bistro on Kienitzer Strasse in Schillerkiez that rewrites its menu daily and stays deliberately tight.

A few antipasti and a handful of pasta, plus two mains and desserts to share. Pasta is rolled in-house, sauces started fresh. Organic burrata and tagliatelle with truffle keep surfacing on the rotating board and act as the anchors the rest hangs on. The wine list runs through Italy. The room is small and the light dimmed, tables close — rustic-elegant, more bistro than trattoria. Portions read compact and that's by design: the kitchen plans for several courses, not one plate on the way past.