German food can be hard to find in Berlin…read more You can find German food at Prater Garten. Prater Garten has a double distinction. Outdoors, it has the oldest biergarten in Berlin. Indoors, it has an upscale German restaurant of distinction. The biergarten is not my style. If I am going to spend all day sitting outside drinking beer, I want the location to be outstandingly beautiful. Prater Garten's Plain Jane courtyard doesn't cut it. The indoor restaurant though is a different story. This is the traditional German restaurant of your dreams. The Gaststatte was the culinary peak experience of a month of serious Berlin eating. * * * Prater Gaststatte looks just the way you would expect a German restaurant to look. Dark woods. Wainscotting. Cream walls. The menu for both food and drink are limited, although they do change seasonally. This means that they make the same dishes over and over and over again. They have brought them to a high level of perfection. They only serve three beers at Prater Gaststatte, beers they brew themselves. I have no doubt those beers are wonderful. However, Prater Gaststatte had the Holy Grail of what I had come to Germany looking for Artisanal German Schnapps and Artisanal German Distilled Spirits. Bars in Berlin just don't carry those. Prater Gaststatte had a curated selection of six. (Actually a curated selection of five. The sixth item was a traditional Czech rarity.) Indiana Jones had just found his treasure. German Spirits are strong. Judiciousness limited my consumption to three. I went with a Nordhauser Doppelkorn, a Dirker Hasselnussgeist and a Stahl Birnenschnaps. Doppelkorn is a German alternative to vodka. It is 76 proof, just slightly weaker than a traditional vodka. It can be made from any of five different grains, but the rye-malt combo is the most common. The Nordhauser is an eminently superior alt-vodka - consummately smooth yet full of taste. I could have done a string of those happily. The Dirker and Stahl were both schnapps: hazelnut and pear respectively. I have never had a beverage like the hazelnut schnapps. It was not a liqueur. It was a strong brandy. Nothing sweet or cloying here. It was commanding like a brandy but smooth like the Doppelkorn. The hazelnut taste was overwhelming. It was as baritone and nutty as an Amaretto. An utterly unforgettable beverage. I stuck my neck out by going with a pear brandy. Most pear brandies are awful. I had had one and only one in my life that was good, the Finnish product Xante. Nothing is as good as Xante. Xante tastes like the canned pears served in heaven. But the Stahl Birenschnapps impressed. Nothing cloying. A real fresh pear taste. I was a very happy guy. * * * Note that although my beverages were outstanding, The food was even better. Given the quality of my distilled spirits, that last sentence is saying quite a lot. Never mind the strawberries I had for dessert. It is the beginning of strawberry season in Germany, And my meal had been so substantial that anything other than fruit would have been a crime. Spring is asparagus season in Germany. German restaurants will have one third to one half of all the dishes be asparagus dishes. I ate my fair share of mediocre asparagus dishes elsewhere in Berlin. The cream of asparagus soup at Prater Gaststatte is utterly to die for. Nothing tastes more like asparagus than that cream soup. And good cream soups are one of the fundamental pleasures of life. However, the headliner act which blew me away was their Brandenburger Pork Chop. A Brandenburger Pork Chop is a thick double-cut pork chop. The only way to get a "good" pork chop in the United States is to go to a steak house and pay steak house prices. American steak houses typically cheat by cooking it in apple juice so the pork chop gets caramelized. You eat well, but you are still covering up a ho-hum pork chop. This was a we-don't-have-to-hide-under-anything superlative pork chop. Yes there was about a tablespoon of red cabbage on top of the pork chop. It was like a maraschino cherry on top of a huge slab of meat. That pork chop had nothing to apologize for. It was a magnificent piece of meat. Easily a third of it was outer fat - outer fat that had been broiled to perfection. The pork chop fat was the star ballerina. The pork chop meat was the male dancer holding up that ballerina in a romantic pas-de-deux. It was the absolutely perfect pairing. (Anyone who uses that pork chop and ballet to make a joke about "Swine Lake" will be thrown off Yelp permanently.) Suffice it to say, I liked the meat course. Accompanying that was the potatoes au gratin of your dreams, And the green beans with bacon of your dreams. I never wanted to wake up. * * * If you come to Berlin, Come to Prater. Skip the Biergarten. Eat at the Restaurant. Deutscheland, Deutscheland Uber Alles!

Just noting that as of this review the hours are incorrect on Yelp so better check the website…read morebefore you go. It opens at noon, not 6pm on Saturdays. There are plenty of tables with communal seating. It wasn't super busy when I was there but admittedly the weather was pretty poor so I imagine it gets buzzier when the sun is out. I ordered a beer, some sauerkraut and a pretzel. Beer was nice, as was the food. Pretzel seemed stale upon initial inspection but was actually pretty good. They have mustard on the side. Overall, didn't wow me, but it was a nice stop and I'd recommend for someone wanting a chill biergarten to visit in Berlin.

Great little microbrewery in Berlin. Tonight was the pre party before Metallica tomorrow night…read more They brew Metallica's own beer, Enter Night. A really good Pilsner, I must say. They have a nice menu of different kind of beers, so stop in if your in Berlin, and need a place to hang out with some adult beverages.They have a small menu, my friend got the Pastrami sandwich, he gave it a thumbs up.

In America, Stone is synonymous with high quality beer. Traveling in Germany over New Years, I was…read morevery excited to learn that Stone had opened a brewery and taproom in Berlin. Went to their newly opened taproom in the Prenzauler Berg neighborhood. The atmosphere is cool. There are a mix of traditional tables and other seating options like couches, stools and barrels on which to rest your beers between sips. Our group of 3 wanted to try a variety of beers so we ordered six 0,15L offerings from their large draft list. It included beers not available in the USA and specialty pilot series beers. The beers were tasty as heck and the vibe great. Definitely recommend stopping in here for a beer or two or three!

I consider Augustiner helles Beer as the best beer in the whole world. And as they are a franchise…read moreof Augustiner, they didn't need much to score high. Great outside sitting, right at the airport. Doesn't matter if you are flying into or outside Berlin, it's always a good time to have Münchener helles.

Our plane was delayed so we decided to grab a burger and beer. I don't think burgers are their…read morestrong point. We got two Siamese twin style burgers (attached at the bun), and they were dry and tasted like BBQ sauce. The beer tasted like beer though!

Great ambiance, broad menu with vegetarian options. Good locations close to the train stationread more

GREAT interior. Tasty beer. We popped in here, and didn't expect all that much - but wow, it was…read morefantastic! This is also a really cool area, with a lot of fantastic stops. Quaffed a few of their special beer, service was excellent. All the food that we saw walk out looked great, will be trying some of that next time!

It's a banger. Good food, good people. Good atmosphere. We've spend some time at Kaschk and I had…read morean amazing experience there. Props to Dave Chaplin!

One of my favorite things to discover in Europe is multi-function cafes, so I was thrilled to come…read moreacross this cafe that also serves craft beer! I stopped in with a friend after lunch to warm up with a chai latte - I noticed that many of the cafes in Berlin only offered oat milk as a non-dairy option which is delicious but also a bit heavy for me. Nonetheless, the chai was delicious! My friend also tried the peach beer and loved it. I wish I'd made it back here a second time because the craft brew list by BRLO looked so good and interesting. The vibe here is perfect - a little industrial but with homey touches such as plants and shelves of books. The outside space looked super cute as well, but it was chilly so I didn't get to experience it. For those looking to play games, they have shuffleboard in the basement!

Visited here on 22/04/2026. I haven't tried any food but got the beer tasting board, which did not…read moredisappoint. The place is huge with many seating places. They have some cool merch available if you're interested. I liked that grung music was playing when i was there. Cool place, cool people.

A combination brewery and food fair space…read more The space is divided into two sectors not unlike West and East Berlin Except that both halves are nice. One half has one of the most famous biergartens in the city. The other half hosts some sort of street food fair every weekend with a large changing array of food carts. We went for the African Food Festival. You only get BRLO beer if you go to the biergarten side. On the food fair side, you get a fixed drink vendor who sells a small selection of soft drinks and bottled beers. (But hey, don't knock German bottled beer.) * * * The location is 1/3 nice 2/3 not so nice. The biergarten is right near an enormous urban park. It is a more of a flat sports space than a dramatic forest, garden or lakeside. Berlin has lots of parks with the last three. But hey, flat parks are nice too. Over the whole lot runs one of the largest subways in the system. Nearby are all sorts of highways. So this is not the most sylvan tranquil location you can find for drinking beer outside. Either you really like BRLO beer, or you like the food carts at your particular food festival. * * * When we were there, the African Food Festival was not the greatest. The SHOPPING was fantastic. There was all sorts of colorful African wear to buy. I bought a spectacular bag from a Kenyan stand. The food was unfortunately on the meh side ... We tried food from multiple different vendors Including vendors for which there were long lines. Somehow the thrills were never there. I imagine if you go on a day with really good food trucks, Your experience will be different than ours. Rumor also has it - although I can not substantiate this That BRLO's own food on their side of the wall is pretty good. * * * I could be talked into going back and trying BRLO's own domestic side. But there are many spectacular biergartens in Berlin And many are known for their food as well as their beer. I imagine BRLO is a great thing if you live in the neighborhood. Otherwise save your trips to under the subway for weekends When you are particularly excited about the food festival de jour.

Alright food, but I think I should have ordered something different. I got the meat and cheese…read moreplatter, but didn't love it that much. Other food looked much better and traditional. Staff was slightly rude unfortunately.

Great place to enjoy traditional German food. The staff is very friendly and welcoming…read more The 1L beer is pretty unique and adds to the experience. The food was very good and came out very fast. The terrace is calm and very relaxing during the summer, with a nice breeze almost all the time. I especially enjoyed the beef goulash.

Limited menu, good beer but crowded and loud. One person in our group had to ask where their food…read morewas. Not good customer service.

Really nice Biergarten in a great location not too far from the S-bahn in the Tiergarten. The…read moreweather was a bit shite when I was there so unfortunately the bbq wasn't up and running but I still enjoyed my pilsner and a pretzel. Prices for beer are cheap and they have a nice food menu outside of the bbq options but I didn't try anything as I was heading to lunch after. The personnel were nice and spoke English fluently. I didn't feel like I was judged at all for not speaking German. The vibes even on a rainy day were nice and most of the tables were filled. I can only imagine how wonderful this place would have been had it been sunny!