Budget
Café Mezzo
Lister meile 4, +49-511-314966, fax: +49-511-3884677. normally crowded with students during lunch and dinner time. reservations should be considered if planning to come during this time. service can be slow sometime, but they offer a wide range of "student" menus with reasonable prices.
Mr. Phung
A chinese restaurant inside the central train station. very quick and has big portions. they have a very good "ente kung-pao" crunchy fried duck with soya sauce, served with rice. â¬4.50-8.50.
Wurst-Basar
Is the perfect place to taste german's favourite dish, the sausages! there are several stalls throughout the city, including inside central station and krã¶pcke.
market hall (
Check out the variety of food stalls in the market hall Markthalle. You will find almost everything from Spanish tapas to Mett raw minced meat.
Satluss
Georgenstrasse 112, phone [0] 531 / 13089, deutsches essen, â¬10/person, open mo-sa from 10.00 - 23.00,
Schöneberger
Badensche 23, phone [0] 531 / 31890, deutsches essen, >â¬5 for a snack open mo-so from 10.00 - 24.00,
Asia-Garden
A chinese buffet restaurant in ernst-august platz - just opposite the central station. it is on the 2nd floor of the ernst-august food court. you can serve yourself picking bits and pieces from around a dozen chinese dishes. the small plate costs â¬4, the big one - â¬6.
Extrablatt
This is a franchised restaurant easily found in several cities in germany. they serve burgers, pizza, and wraps. reasonable prices. for the one in list friesenstraãe, reservations are not necessary except for large groups.
Midrange
Georxx
Georgsplatz 3, +49-511-306183. breakfast, lunch and a good place to grab a light bite and a beer for dinner. they have a fine selection of naughty snack such as cakes and biscuits which can be enjoyed with afternoon tea or coffee. great atmosphere, good service.
Café Konrad
Knochenhauerstrasse 34, +49-511-323666. gay-friendly restaurant in the old city. the food is good, but the preparation is quite often slow. best to come before you get hungry. the atmosphere is great, even for straight diners. they have an english menu and are always happy to help you with it.
Mr. Q
On raschplatz behind the central station, offers all you can eat brunch every sunday, including coffee and beverages, â¬12-13
Das kleine Museum
(http://www.das-kleine-mus...) grotestr. 10, +49-511-2153979. a corner restaurant/pub with large portions of excellent german, french, and moroccan inspired food. run by the owner, the staff are warm and welcoming. the decorations are true to it's name, replete with stuffed crocodiles on the roof.
Maredo
Georgstr. 38, +49-511-323148. a chained steak-restaurant famous for its beef variation.
Mövenpick
In krã¶pcke, georgstr. 35, +49-511-3262840, fax +49-511-3632539. the best place to come for the all-you-can-eat-and-drink breakfast. but not for late sleepers as the breakfast ends at 11:30 a.m. try the ice cream, a bit expensive but definitely worth the price.
Bavarium
(http://www.bavarium.de/) near krã¶pcke, windmã¼hlenstraãe 3, +49-511-323600. bavarian restaurant.
Top end
Pier51
(http://www.pier51.de) rudolf von bennigsenufer 51, +49-511-8071800, fax +49-511-80718019. 12am-1am kitchen 12am-3pm, 6:30pm-10:30pm. fantastic sun deck where you can eat whilst taking in the views of the lake. mediterranean meals.reservations are more than likely a must especially in the summer season.
Basil
(http://www.basil.de/ind10...) dragonerstr. 30, +49-511-622636. dining in a high ceiling, brick domed room creating an medieval appearance whilst at the same time being contemporary and modern. the menu is fresh and changes every 3 weeks to keep it that way. international meals. open monday- saturday 18.30-2.00am. set menu prices begin at â¬30-35.
Brasserie Bruxelles
(http://www.brasserie-brux...), ernst-august-platz, +49-511-3530808. a genuine brasserie set in a lovely courtyard serving international food.
Vienna Café & Restaurant
Sallstr. 48, +49-511-5344194. tu-su, 11:30am-midnight.
In most cafés and small restaurants, paying individually is accepted, as Germans like this system. Tips are not compulsory but most people do. In smaller cafés, if paying separately, rounding up to the next full euro is common; in bigger restaurants, 10% is best.