Food very good. Service was excellent Server was smart and…read morefunny Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

This place was hands down my favorite place in Berlin. It was very upscale in appearance but more…read morelike a local neighborhood restaurant in vibe. Overstuffed leather tufted chairs gave a lounge type cozy feel. The servers floated to every table and were chic and informed. They seemed to be very dedicated to making sure you enjoyed every bite. The food was gorgeous. Presentation was on point without being stuffy or over embellished. Would without a doubt return on our next stop in Berlin.

Fantastic MICHELIN star restaurant. Great views. Excellent tasting menu. Their food is visually…read morestunning & tastes incredible. Their creativity was brilliant & you can tell a lot of attention was put into ensuring they used only local & fresh ingredients.

Best to be there just before sunset. Excellent service, but the food fell far short of what should…read morebe expected at a Michelin One star.

Loved this place!…read more Real local vibe and no better place to enjoy the sun on the weekends. Right in the centre of a small park, their big terrace has plenty of space and picnic-style tables. Their brunch is on till 3pm at around 14€ for the buffet which had a nice variety and quantity! I'd be back for sure on a sunny day

Came here for my birthday dinner and it is beyond cute! In the middle of a park with an overlook to…read morethe pond and just down the street from Weinerei and a hip little cinema and Hahn ist Tot... great location! Got the mozarella appetizer... however they made those tomatoes... they were super tasty! Then main course (because its spargel season) I got the spargel pasta. If you come here thinking this is italian food, it really isn't but it is equally as tasty. The pasta looked as if it was made in house and the asparagus/spargel was well cooked. I wish the dish had a little more flavor but overall it was really good and I would like to try something else more original to the restaurant next time. The reason they get 4 stars is because the service was pretty slow but aside from that, very cute and I would go back again to try something else.

My guest and I visited on an unsuspecting weekday, but were met with quite the festive crowd and…read morekitchen. The maître d' had remarked that there would be a wait for food since their tables had slightly overwhelmed them. I sincerely appreciated the honesty and we didn't mind waiting so long as the quality of their food remained. AND IT DID! So much so we went again for our last night in Berlin! The eggplant dish was superb, rich and absolutely beautiful. The beef tartare was delicious and filled with fresh herbs. Cheese and fig platter was the hidden gem though! My guest was blown away by the jams included with the order. Overall this place is so unique with a fusion of European cuisine. Fresh dishes and quality care given by the staff! I felt like I was part of the family.

This was one of the most delicious restaurant experiences I've enjoyed in my life…read more It was the first time my girlfriend & I have ever been to Berlin, and a friend who lives there treated us to one of the best dining experiences ever. First of all, the location is gorgeous. It's at Holzmarkt 25 which is such a beautiful and artistic and joyous space. So different to anything I've seen in the States. I strongly recommend going to Katerschmaus, but get there early and just hang out for a while by the river, taking in the wonderful creative and beautiful atmosphere. The three of us shared everything: the baby leaf salad, tuna tartare, truffled potato mousseline, wild broccoli, and Selpin catfish in a banana leaf, and for dessert since we couldn't decide, we had both mousse au chocolate (with fermented pepper, which I had for the first time) and Crème Brûlée. Every single bite was better than the last. I can't say anything other than Go! Try everything! The restaurant is right on the water. It's is cosy and beautiful. The creative food fits right in with the vibe - but it's so fancy, and so delicious it's almost amazing that it melds together so well.

My girlfriend and I were in search of a premiere German restaurant where we could enjoy some…read moreauthentic food with the locals. We found exactly what we were looking for at Schneeweiss. Cozy atmosphere with some MGMT and Donnie Darko tracks playing in the background but at just the right volume so that you can still hold a conversation. We started off with the scallops and pork belly. I've had better pork belly but I'm also Cuban so that's not a fair assessment. However, I will say that the scallops were fresh and delicious and that alone is worth the price of admission. My girlfriend had the steak filet for her entree and I ordered the duck breast with goose confit and a quince-apple chutney sauce. The steak filet was cooked to absolute perfection. I would say that this was my first choice but my GF and I refuse to order the same thing. I tried her steak and immediately gave her that wide-eyed "OMG this is the best steak I've ever had look." I suffer from extreme short term memory while enjoying good good so the most recent plate is always the best ever. But what made this dish special was the braised fig sauce that accompanied it's meaty surroundings. The potato dumplings with steak and the sauce were an absolutely explosive combination of flavors. As for the duck, I'm still trying to figure out why there was a knife still at my table taking up space when one clearly did not need one to break the duck apart. The duck was soft and tender, falling off the bone with the touch of a silver fork. The sauce was epic, the waiter asked if I wanted more and now my biggest regret in life is saying no in the spur of the moment. But I can't be blamed because the taste put me in a state of shock making it difficult to understand my immediate surroundings. The goose was also very good but to be honest licking the duck bone is perhaps more entertaining. Go with either dish and you won't be disappointed. The meal with bottle ice water was about 69 euros. It's a hefty price for the slow service we received in return but the food was worth every coin. Overall, I give this place 4 stars because the service was a slow. The food took a while to get to the table and the waiter wasn't very attentive or special. Nonetheless, I definitely plan on returning upon a future visit to Berlin.

Excellent!!! Fantastic service and fantastic food!!! Hands down the best meal we've had on our trip!read more

I organized a large group dinner here and selected an €89 menu. We only discussed the food menu…read morebeforehand. When our group arrived, there was already poured champagne on the table, even though we had guests who do not drink alcohol for various reasons. Since they already opened the bottles (without discussing with us), they put them on our tab. As the initial courses were served, they kept opening wine bottles, whites and reds, and pouring them. I told the staff I never discussed wines when I booked the menu, and their response was, "Oh you want to choose the wine?" Well yes, and we had a budget so stop opening more when we didn't have many alcohol drinkers (1 star off). Even the wine drinkers were irritated that the staff kept topping off their glasses when they didn't want anymore. Needless to say, our final bill was much more than our initial agreement due to all the alcohol opened and poured without our consent. The food was well-plated and showed creative combinations. I liked most of the combinations. The herring-green beans-tomato-apple salad was my favorite, followed by the elderberry ice cream-white chocolate dessert. I did not like the corn mousse stuffed inside a white chocolate shell; I was confused if it was supposed to be a savory or sweet dish, and the combination tasted weird (1 star off). The cheese course did not need a second dollop of cheese foam on top of the cheese. The deer was too gamey for me, but that could have been a personal preference. Service was good at first, but slowed down and became very inattentive at the end...maybe because we asked them to not open more bottles of wine? Our guests really wanted to leave at the end because it took too long between courses. When I asked for the check, it took 20 minutes to get it. We were there for a total of 4 hours.

(Last visited 1/24/2023.) While working in Hamburg, Germany for the first time visiting this…read morewonderful country, I decided to take a drive down to Berlin and visit the biggest city in the country! Often when in Europe my wife and I like to visit Michelin Star rated restaurants because they're typically cheaper, more available and the tip is included (thus cheaper)! Lol. So today, we checked out Bieberbau, a Michelin 1-Star restaurant! Atmosphere/Appearance: Set a bit outside of the city center is this gem that genuinely is a bit hidden among some residential neighborhoods. This place is built inside an old studio house that was built at the end of the 1800s. The decor is so cool, laid back and filled with history. The carpet is bright red, the archways are so incredibly detailed and the energy in here was laid back. Service: Like an any Michelin-rated restaurant, the service was EXQUISITE. Beyond good. However, almost everyone has an accent of some kind so you have to really pay attention to when they're explaining things to you. Needless to say, we had no complaints. Food: This is going to be the hardest part for me to explain. Lol. Since I wasn't taking notes on each dish as I was eating them, I can't describe everything to you. What's most important is that the food is TOP TIER. The menu is designed to tell a story of the colder months in Germany, which it does. One thing I do absolutely love about these kind of tasting menus is that when you first sit down to check out the menu, you see 6 courses. But there's almost always extra. Lol. Amuse bouches come out then the pre-desserts after the savory courses conclude. The dinner winds up being like 9 and you're completely stuffed. Value: I mean, look. If you're coming to a place like this, you should know you have to pay to play. However, Bieberbau is willing to work with you. So they have several menus you can choose from and you can choose 3 courses for 86.50€. However, there are MANY more courses you can add to seemingly create your own menu and it's only an addition 12.00€ to do so! So if you're on a date and you get some wine, you can easily come out around 400.00€ at the end, but like I said, this is an experience, a journey in food. Totally worth it. In conclusion, I'm sitting in Berlin, Germany RIGHT NOW as I type this over 2-years later and this took me back down memory lane. I'm considering revisiting this place since they change their menu often... We shall see... Thank you for reading!

We had New Years dinner here. The ambiance is warm but also hip and fresh. It's comfortable yet…read moreit's not conventional or cookie-cutter. The food was 5 stars. They used some of the finest ingredients and it all came together well without any one element competing for attention. They also have a very fun cocktail list but I haven't tried any. The service was on point. Only mishap was getting sparkling water instead of still, which was remedied immediately. One thing to point out is that they charges us on the different occasions in excess of €1000. We are still waiting to hear back from their accounting team on this matter.

Wish you could have a Geneva Hotel dining experience without flying to Switzerland? Now you can!…read more We thought Cinco delivered on the trademark sedate, conservative Swiss dining experience but without the jaw-dropping lake/mountain views. Cinco's insular windowless room delivered all the haute and none of the heat of a new 1-Star Michelin destination. The junior suites at the design hotel Das Stue (especially those on the 4th floor) also underwhelm with a giant wall in place of windows (in fairness, the rest of the room is very nice except for some contrived EU law about not allowing the air conditioning setting to dip below 20 degrees C). Back to Cinco. In my book there is always a relationship between cost and quality that equates to value and Cinco would need to deliver on the quality to justify it's €40 appetizers and €45 entrees. Not to mention the €17 side of grilled vegetables. Really, no comp veggies as a side for a €45 entree? Also the wines were solid but with the lightest pours this side of the tasting room in at Harlan. Our lobster and pork app was the highlight of the meal (€45); delicious and substantial. The monkfish special (also €45) was a yawn, with the fresh grilled vegetables edging the fish out on flavor, sadly. Cinco has discovered foam and cotton candy too, stop the presses. Deserts were fine. Nothing unique. Other strange elements were: no butter or olive oil for the bread and a strange habit of changing napkins before desert (and a requirement that the staff not actually touch your napkin. All in all the €320 meal (4 glasses of house wine) with 10% tip was fine, good even. Hence 3 Yelp stars. For €180 it would have earned 4 stars. Cinco is just not sublime or exciting or fun or amazing or memorable.

I had the "Kalbsschnitzel Spargel Drillinge Miso Hollandaise", which was delicious! The sauce…read morecomplemented it well. I only wish the portion size was slightly larger. Servers kindly explained the menu for us. Ambiance is quite nice too! Great to sit outside during the summer and catch a breeze, although you might get some plants flying into your food! Haha

This is my absolute favorite restaurant in Berlin. It like the hidden Hinterhof ambience. The food…read moreis great, creative and the sharing concept really cool. It is not cheap but more than worth it!!!. The cocktails are to die for!! I can also highly recommend just coming for drinks on the patio/beergarden.