stoke

Yakitori over binchotan on Lindenstraße: a set menu of five skewers, highballs and chuhai like in an izakaya.

stoke is the shared idea of three friends, Jeffrey Claudio, Jessica Tan and Niklas Harmsen. They take what they love most about eating in Japan and make it at home in Berlin: a charcoal-and-woodfire restaurant with yakitori at its heart. You eat at the kitchen counter or at tables.

The set menu consists of five skewers grilled over binchotan charcoal and changing seasonal dishes; à la carte there is a small selection of the best cuts of the day. Almost every part of the chicken goes on a skewer, negima with leek, seseri from the neck, kawa from the skin, tsukune, heart and gizzard, plus duck and Iberico. Drinking follows the izakaya way, with wine, sake, highballs and chuhai with sesame or hojicha. The menu changes daily. Open Tuesday to Saturday in the evening.