Food very good. Service was excellent Server was smart and funny Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx read more

This place was hands down my favorite place in Berlin. It was very upscale in appearance but more like 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. read more

I made this reservation for an early pre-theater so upon arrival at 6pm we were the first ones there and sat in front by the window. However, this is such a chic AF restaurant, there's no bad seat in the place. It's quite large and beautifully designed with cushy, comfy, leather lounge chairs, a large bar to the middle left side, and open kitchen to the back. The entire staff was amazing, our waiter was great and always had a smile on his face, and the bartender was always doing tricks with tossing the shakers while making cool drinks. My husband & I both had delicious specialty cocktails and ordered 2 apps & 2 entrees which we shared. I can tell you this was the BEST meal in BERLIN and on a high level of other superb restaurants (we live in NYC and we're just in Italy, France, and Greece). I HIGHLY RECOMMEND! read more

We had a wonderful dinner in this beautiful restaurant. The food was cooked perfectly. The service was excellent. It was our waiter's first day, but he did a great job and worked hard to understand my broken German! Highly recommend!! read more

Heel slechte ervaring, en als je gaat vraag dan om niet door Nadia geholpen te worden. Zijn hier al meermaals geweest en het is altijd goed! Speciaal 2 maanden op voorhand gereserveerd voor een leuke tafel voor de verjaardag van mijn vriendin. Bij aankomst kregen we helaas een andere tafel. De wijnkaart die we kregen was niet up to date en de bestelde fles was er niet. De uitgeserveerde hoofdgerechten zagen er goed uit! De smaak was ook goed totdat er een MIER uit de salade kwam lopen. Netjes aangegeven en het bord weg gehaald. Echter werden de andere borden niet weggehaald, gevolg dat de jarige alleen aan het eten was. Toen het nieuwe gerecht zonder MIER werd ingezet moesten we zelf naar de bar lopen voor bestek, ook werden de door haar bestelde frietjes niet opnieuw geserveerd. Wij waren erg teleur gesteld en wilde graag de manager spreken om netjes ons ongenoegen te uitten. Dit kon alleen bij Nadia, die echt op een heel ander level van klantvriendelijkheid zit dan wat wij gewend zijn. Netjes onze tegenvallende ervaring uitgelegd maar daar kwam geen reactie op. Gevraagd om de rekening toen ze deze presenteerde konden we nog een lelijke blik krijgen. Toen we naar de bar liepen om af te rekenen aangegeven dat ik het erg gek vind dat het gerecht niet van de rekening is afgehaald of dat ons een drankje is aangeboden. Toen we daar met onze jas aan stonden gaf ze aan dat als we gingen zitten wij een drankje konden krijgen. De arrogantie droop van haar af en ze gaf ons geen blik waardig. De lol was er van af en zijn lekker ergens anders ons dessert gaan eten en gaan borrelen. Wij komen hier na 8 jaar met enige regelmaat te komen nooit meer. Deze vrouw moet een cursus klantvriendelijkheid en gastvrijheid hebben. read more

My husband and I attempted to walk in for an available table last week. The host (shorter male , w/o hair) was extremely off putting and rude. I cannot believe a centrally positioned restaurant in downtown Berlin would allow for such a bombastic, discourteous individual to greet visitors on a daily basis. We would never consider visiting your establishment again. read more

Eeeh, for the amount we spent here and number of total dishes we tried to say that we left disappointed it's a bit of understatement. Starters - beef tartar - appetizer tapas (pork belly, octopus, salmon, salad) - ramen - pulpo salad Main - meat for two - spare ribs - Arctic char Everything was so boring and super salty! Ramen and spare ribs are especially over salted. Pulpo salad was the best out of all. All dishes had pomegranate in it. Pomagrante seeds or sauce. So imagine everything has the same acidic bite to it. read more

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Never had I been so offended by an attitude at a restaurant. After waiting for at least 30 minutes, the either manager or host approached me asking what I wanted. I asked politely if there was room for dinner and he looked up up and down and said "no" then turned his back and walked away. I am not sure if it was because of how I was dressed (button down, slacks, kippah) or that he did not like me but the vibe was very hostile. I would not recommend this restaurant no matter how good the food is. not to mention, the art on the walls is tasteless and unbearable to look at. read more

Expensive. Small portions. Service is good. Food is good but not deserve the high price. Especially the vegan dish . read more

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I'm in Berlin to eat interesting food. And I found some at the Pantry in Mitte. A cute little place with some very tasty food lurks behind the bamboo planters in front. A quick glance at the menu out front hinted at some creativity and interesting flavors. So we came in out of the rain to give it a try. Drinks and wine were interesting, but a bit curious why the wines by the glass are not available as a bottle. But the prices on the by the glass were much more reasonable than the bottle, which is usually not how it works in the states. But some good wine helped up start off our choices. We started off with the Heirloom - Tomato salad with mini calamari, green papaya, snow peas, tamarind, and roasted peanuts. The mini/baby calamari looked more like octopus but they were yummy and delightful and added a wonderful note to the tomatoes and papaya. The dressing was light and really the right touch of acid to bring out the flavors of the yummy tomatoes, which there were four varieties. We followed this up with the salmon fillet with apple salad and creamy potato. The salmon was cooked perfectly, just the right seasoning, and melt in your mouth tenderness. The apple salad was tasty and not too sweet and played off the fish very well, I belive it also had some flash fried greens, possibly spinach which was very tasty and added another texture note. The salmon really didn't need the creamy potato but they were so good I wanted a whole bowl of them. Our other dish was the rib eye with sweet potatoes and Bearnaise. This was cooked to a perfect medium rare to the rare side, seasoned like it was from heaven. The combination of the wilted spinach, steak and the Bearnaise sauce was a lovely richness that counter balanced the bit of salt on the steak. The sweat potatoes were more of the yellow variety, and were so tender as to almost melt in your mouth. they also had a lovely like smokiness to them. The malbec by the glass went very nicely with the steak. We were too full to even consider dessert, so possibly another time to try out the choices there. Service was attentive, pleasant and friendly. Prices for the food were very reasonable, especially for the quality and the creativity in the flavors, which I have not done justice to here. My only complaint was the wine by the bottle seemed very high compared to other things in the area, but luckily there were interesting things by the glass that went very well with what we were having. I plan to go back before I leave town. read more

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My friend's friend swears how good the food at Pantry is. I was also told it took her an hour to get reservation for this place (and we were very lucky to have gotten the reservation for that night). When we arrived, I noticed the plush and comfy decor. They have these super comfy couches you can sit on - this is probably my favorite part about the restaurant. I ordered the ramen bowl for appetizer and the steak for my main course. I hate to say this but I don't think this was made properly. It was very salty and lacking flavor. I ate about 1/4 of it and gave up. The steak was good but nothing special. Not worth all the hype in my opinion. I wouldn't mind coming back to try something else though. It's a cool place to check out while in Berlin. read more

We arrived at 7 pm, ordered at 7.20 and received our food at .. 8.15 pm. This was unfortunate as our theater show started at 8.30 pm and we were consequently 15 min late for curtain. Out 2 waiters were pretty indifferent to our situation and told us, among other things, that "it's not possible you've waited this long", "you should have told us you were in a hurry" and - what annoyed me the most - walked off on us while we were talking to them. We never got an explanation nor an apology, on the contrary the staff was staggeringly rude, rolling their eyes, sighing. It was as if they just didn't know how to handle having made a mistake and instead snapped at us and made us feel bad. The food was so-so. There was leeks in the main dish despite a promise that there wouldn't be (severe allergies). The sourly waiter brought us 2 espressos WITH our dinner that we didn't have time to drink. A weird evening that made us feel like we were imposing ourselves on Pantry instead of being welcome, paying guests. read more

Everything was great there. The place was cool. Everything on menu was delicious I can say. read more

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It's hard to say 5 stars for any place! But I could not think of one thing that was not good enough here. Pantry tapas and salmon tataki for starters: EXcellent! Honi-Honi and Berlin Mule cocktails: excellent! Sea bream and spare ribs: excellent! Creme brûlée to wrap: awesome. A must visit while @ BERLIN. Love it all read more

This review is a difficult one, but I will try a one sentence summary up front: You may not be happy here, if you care about how much money you spent on your food. I loved this place for it's modern mix of styles with retro elements. These tiled black walls and comfy leather chairs give you a comfortable, yet elegant vibe. The lighting is rather dark, but still likable. The well decorated entry with lots of plants and burning candles round up the image. But as you already notice, I am mostly talking about everything but the food. The food tastes very fresh and the ingredients appear to be of good quality. Especially short grilled tuna felt like a real mouth watering experience. But in the end you spent almost as much money, as you would in a one star restaurant. And here comes the problem - the food can simply not meet that expectation. Neither the creativity necessary for that, nor the variety of flavours you would expect. Apart from that - a large part of the visit was just fine. read more

Very cosy environment, friendly waiter and fabulous fusion modern European food! Quite happy with this restaurant and will definitely come back read more

great menu!! i had the , to start, "shoyu-ramen" (japanese noodle soup with pak choi, mushrooms, tofu & egg - with your choice of chashu or fish" ) dinner , i had , "two hundred and twenty" ( entrecôte steak grilled, with crispy belinda-french-fries, vegetable variations, pantry's homemade sauce choron & sauce bordelaise) so delicious!! what i loved about this restaurant was the fact the servers as well as the other restaurant crew, were dressed so casually, but the food and service was a fine dine experience! wow!! we came in the night before right when they were closed, they told us to come back the next evening! they were so nice about it, we returned and loved it!!! read more

The 3 stars are purely a reflection of the quality of the food in comparison to the price for Berlin. There are so many other wonderful options in this city. Don't waste your time here unless you want a typical business dinner or a pretentious date night. read more

Had one of the best fish dishes I ever ate. Very nice ambience and super tasty side dishes. I loved to sit on the comfortable sofas. Atmosphere was very nice, it does get a little bit loud when it is full, so go early if you prefer eating quietly ;) read more

Was hardish to get a table (required a reservation) which was odd because when we got there at 8:15 it was half empty. Split two appetizers, three main courses, dessert and a riesling between three people and can say that only the steaks and wine were above average. Spareribs were "meh". Definitely not worth the €150 bill. They don't take credit cards. read more

Ich habe selten so gut, und für den Preis völlig gerechtfertigt von der Qualität her, gegessen. Dabei kam ich in den Genuss des oben sogar auf einem Foto sichtbaren Gerichtes mit den frittierten Süßkartoffeln und einem Fleisch, was ich so lecker selten genießen durfte. Nur zu empfehlen! Es ist nicht billig in dem Sinne, aber steckt andere Restaurants ähnlicher Preisklasse vom Level des Kochens her locker in die Tasche. read more

Frankly a bit overrated, which is sad because I wanted to love the place. The decor is cool and the menu is exciting, but the service was scattered and frustratingly inattentive, and several items on the menu were out. Coupled with a rather high bill (particularly by Berlin standards) and only okay food, I won't soon be back. read more

Amazing!!! East Berlin at its Nouvelle best!! Start with the salmon tataki and dine on the flat iron steak!!! Great atmosphere!! Tufted leather!! read more

Cool place! Great atmosphere, creative drinks, fantastic food, and friendly service! What more can you wish for? We had lots of great food in Berlin (no, none of it was "German" :) ), and this may have been the best meal of all. Highly recommend it! read more

My new favorite restaurant in Mitte. Great food. Service almost a little too attentive, but that's a good surprise in Berlin!

Last week I went to this restaurant to reserve a table personally. They took my name, my telephon number and my address, and told me there was no problem, but when i came back the day of the reserve they told me that I had no table. Outrageous. They were rude, unprofessional and bad mannered. The best example so far of the Berlin unpolitness. They are trash of the worst kind read more