Imren Grill

Beef döner on Karl-Marx-Straße: Imren bakes its own flatbread and stacks the spits with cumin and cinnamon.

Imren started in Schöneberg in 1993 and is still owner-run, with eight shops in Berlin today. For many, Imren is the benchmark for beef döner, and the shop on Karl-Marx-Straße gets the same praise. What sets Imren apart: the flatbread is baked in-house, the spits are stacked by hand and the sauces are made on site, which is unusual in Berlin.

For the spit, beef is marinated with spices, cumin and cinnamon above all, and onions, then layered with fat, topped with a crown of lamb fat that keeps the meat juicy. There is also pide from the oven, plated dishes and lentil soup. Open daily from 9 am until late at night, until 5 am at the weekend.