Imren Grill & Restaurant

Beef döner on Hauptstraße: Imren bakes its own flatbread and stacks the spits with cumin, cinnamon and lamb fat.

Imren is an owner-run döner chain that started in Schöneberg. It began in 1993 and now has several shops in Berlin, one of them at Hauptstraße 156.

Imren stands for classic beef döner. Imren bakes its own flatbread, the spits are stacked by hand and the sauces made in-house, 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 and helps it brown. There are plated dishes too. Open daily from 9 am to midnight.