When in Berlin visit KaDaWe and go directly to the 6th floor. There you will find gourmet food…read morecounters and restaurants. It's similar to Harrods in London or the magnificent department stores found in Tokyo. Oh my! You can get anything here! Amazing pastries, high end chocolates, charcuterie, huge cheese counters, smoked fish of all varieties, fine wines, specialty restaurants and much, much more. We enjoyed delicious crab sandwiches. I think they may have been the best sandwiches i ever had. Stop reading and get over to KaDeWe right now. Highly recommend.

Kaufhaus des Westerns is sehr groß and reminded us of Bloomingdale's on Lexington Ave (NYC) but in…read moreHerald Square proportions. It's huge and an absolute treat shopping here and I haven't even discussed the two food floors on 6 & 7. Wow. The quality of their offerings is impressive and upscale while also somewhat eclectic as well. We also found their prices to be fair and not obnoxious. Service throughout the store, is old style personal and friendly. We were always warmly greeted, in a sincere way. Nice!

Karstadt treats customers poorly. Shoppers should take their business elsewhere -- especially…read moreshoppers who are apt to be bothered by security staff in department stores. (1) I assume it is illegal to handle a customer physically without good reason. It is certainly bad business practice. (2) When you wish to question a customer you've stopped at the exit, you should tell the customer where you are taking them, and it should be someplace other than an isolated office in your garage. (3) Once a customer has emptied their pockets and bag, you should not continue to detain them and ask repeatedly where the clothing they left in the changing room has gone. If the customer tells you they do not know, and your security footage shows no incriminating evidence, then it is time to let the customer go. You are allowed to question the customer, not to interrogate them. (On a side note, it is silly that the men's shirts can't be tried on and frustrating that this policy is only stated on small signs in the changing rooms. In any case, most of the men's button-down shirts have too many pockets to be worn in business settings.)

Wie schön! Man braucht garnicht erst auf die Autobahn um dieses "Le Buffet" zu genießen…read more Der Vorteil: Die Benutzung der Toilette ist kostenlos, dafür aber Parkgebühr!!! Fazit: Kennt man eins, kennt man noch lange nicht alle.

Nice deco Fast check out service as a department store…read moreWith a great cafe great coffee Clean and priced rigt

This place is awesome. Reminds me of home when you look at every corner and see TJ Maxx and…read moreMarshals,

I did a double take when i saw this... in the US they are TJ Maxx. A web search indicates same…read morecompany, just one letter off. OK, whatever. Inside, a vast improvement over the US version: Way better looking clothing items, a far nicer interior build out and the same cost-conscious approach to retail goods. I got a nice messenger bag for my laptop among other small purchases in my first trip there. Great location right near the Ubahn station too.

Lots of local shopping and places to eat (dine in & fast food for Frank). McDonald's local German…read moreeats KFC A BURRITO joint etc, It's open late.

The Europa-Centre is a shopping centre in Berlin, it is a fairly decent size and includes eateries…read moresuch as Vapiano and KFC. It's located directly adjacent to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church so the location is reasonable. The mall is slightly hard to navigate with very few employees around, and only two lifts, both of which are close to each other but not close enough you can press a button and wait for the next one, the lifts overall are quite slow. The mall does have some nice features such as a market outside, and a nice square where you can sit outside if you ate at Vapiano for example, and a water feature inside. Probably a lack of shops also doesn't do this place any positives, and the number of shops and even places to eat is much smaller than most other shopping malls I've seen around the city, such as the Mall of Berlin. This isn't the best of places to shop, and probably not somewhere one should come out of their way for, it has a new nice water features and an excellent branch of Vapiano and sadly that is about it, also frustratingly the toilets are downstairs (they do have a pretty frightening stair-lift) but of course you have to also pay 50 cents each for this. Due to what I've mentioned, the Europa Centre deserves a two star rating.

Gourmet Lafayette (in the basement) is an excellent spot for a quick lunch or snack. The champagne…read moreselection is outstanding.

This review is for their lunch. It's by the internal "glass vortex" at the bottom. Their quiche…read moreis delightful and their salads excellent. Fine service, too.

Great place to come and shop for interesting souvenirs. You can find some genuinely unique pieces…read morehere, all made by locals. Prices are a bit steep, but smaller items are affordable, and you might spot something you really love that can only be bought in Berlin.

I came here with my husband when we were in Berlin to look for gifts and they have a really great…read moreselection. I love that the store supports local artists and companies. They have a great variety of small trendy knickknacks, postcards, t-shirts, totes, liquor, neat books, and unique local designer clothing. The shopkeeper was super friendly and helpful when he answered our questions.

One of the cleanest Primarks I've been to in Europe! Also one of the largest!…read more Definitely spent over an hour here both days we stayed here. Returning a purchase was also really easy, the customer service desk in the kids section at the top can exchange and return items; you cannot do it at a regular cashier.

Wow- how we wish we had Primarks in the U.S.!! We couldn't believe the excellent section of…read moreclothes, luggage, etc. and such great low prices. We bought so much that we had to buy an extra piece of large luggage to take all our purchases home to NYC.

Generic mall, paranoid security. Went in to see if they had charging adapters and got followed…read morethroughout. They stopped me to look at a left over donut I had brought in. Not a friendly shopping experience.

Date of visit: May 31, 2024…read more We were staying near this store while in Berlin and stopped in to see what it was about. For the Americans reading this, it was in the vein of Macy's or maybe even a step above, like a Dillard's or Nordstrom's. The store was in very nice condition, from the floors to the fixtures and general upkeep of the store. The prices on the clothing were definitely out of my realm, especially once factoring in the exchange rate from the Euro! I was a little bummed that there wasn't anything affordable that I could bring back for myself, especially a brand that you don't see here in the States, but that just wasn't happening. The one section you should check out is the candy and food as those prices seemed far more reasonable for what you were getting. As we still had two countries to go, we opted not to purchase anything here; had Berlin been our final stop, I would have selected some things to take home as souvenirs. Despite spending 20-25 minutes in the store, not a single employee approached or interacted with us in any way, even the severe-looking woman working just a couple tables away from us in the men's clothing section. Guess she knew I wasn't going to buy anything, either!

This place is amazing. Huge, clean, well lit, has everything…read moreyou want, a legit sale section, and the prices are totally decent. Definitely the German version of Target, but it seems like that only applies to this location only (see my review of the other Woolworth down the street on Kottbusser!). I'm glad I live next door, definitely amazing!