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    Zur Gerichtslaube

    3.8 (65 reviews)
    ModerateGerman
    Open 11:30 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Beautiful interior
    Matthew W.

    My buddy and I came here for lunch because it looked like good place to eat from the outside and it did not disappoint. It was possibly the best meal I had in Berlin. They have English menus and the staff was friendly and timely. I'd like to go back the next time I visit. It is located in a fun little area running along the water channel of shops and a few small museums to include a beautiful church.

    Carrot apricot soup with chili and maple syrup (vegan)
    Lissa B.

    Zur Gerichtslaube is totally touristy but a great spot for some local German food in a beautiful building from 1270!! You can sit in history and try some hearty new dishes. All dishes were very good, had reasonable prices, and were quite large. You certainly won't leave hungry! An extra star for our waiter who was having fun with everyone, making jokes, and very kind. I've only seen grumpy waiters in Germany so this is very special! Carrot apricot soup with chili and maple syrup (vegan) - a seasonal special and very good Striegistaler Camembert baked in beer batter with cranberry - very delicious - recommended! Baked blue cheese pear rolled in almond and breaded (their specialty) - very good and creative Kalbsschnitzel (veal cutlet) - a solid schnitzel Half fried duck with red cabbage - perfectly cooked House beer - both light and dark were very good - recommended! Recommended to call ahead and reserve a table as most of the tables were reserved when we showed up.

    Pork joint and red cabbage.
    Kip P.

    This place is kid friendly they brought out a coloring book and color pencils for the kids. first we got our drinks and let me tell you the dark beer is amazing. It's like a light dark beer almost reminds me of a light root beer, really wishing I got the large size or could buy it at the store for that matter. I got the pork joint, when it came out on the plate I thought maybe I made it mistake, it didn't strike me as it being good. But one bite into that red cabbage and wow. The meat was amazing, very happy we chose this place.

    Schnitzel
    Maria P.

    Excellent German food with reasonable prices. I had the duck and others had the schnitzel. The beers were amazing and that is all the counts in Berlin. Nice building and helpful stuff

    Homemade cherry streusel cake
    Ute L.

    In the center of the Nikolaiviertel, one would expect an overpriced and mediocre tourist trap, but this couldn't be farther from the truth. This is homestyle German food like grandma makes it, with big portions and reasonable prices. The feel is pub style and cozy, complete with dark wood, brick walls and romanic ceilings. We stopped for coffee and sweets. A cup of Joe with a slice of cake is 4.80 EUR. I had the Xmas special dessert, roasted apple filled with marzipan in vanilla sauce. Warm and delicious. Get a coffee with a shot of brandy and Schlag (whipped topping) and you're set for a cold winter day. Vegetarians will have a few options here, and there is a special section for healthy organic fare, if sausage and potato dumplings aren't your thing.

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    Great food in a great atmosphere. Service was very efficient. All meals tasted home cooked. Recommended foods were spectacular and fresh!

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    Stadtklause

    Stadtklause

    4.3(202 reviews)
    2.2 kmKreuzberg

    Fantastic local place to get some low-frills eats and beer! Very friendly staff who accommodated us…read morewithout a hitch. We came here after having been turned away by an Indonesian restaurant that was "full for the night". We are so glad that fate brought us here instead of that Indonesian restaurant!! What were we even thinking anyway -- forget the Indonesian food, get the local specialities!! Ordered the schnitzel as well as the meatballs and both were executed perfectly. Schnitzel was hot and crispy on the outside and tender on the inside -- not overly salty either. Meatballs were juicy and packed with flavor from the minced onions that they had mixed in. The beer (we ordered a Pilsner) was the best that we had tried in all of the Berlin and Dresden restaurants that we visited. I believe it is from some small private brewery affiliated with the restaurant somehow. Whatever they are doing, they are doing it right, so definitely order the house beer. Super cozy seating (you'll probably be sharing a table with other guests) and packed all night long but amazing vibes and casual comfort food. Would come back if I ever visit Berlin again!

    They must have expanded as the menu seems the same and it was quite big and clean. Not a dive at…read moreall. Also they take credit cards. We tried to go to a nearby Greek place but they were full and kind of rude too. We walked over here and the place was empty at 6:30 pm so a bit worried. No need. The draft Pilsner was very excellent and the food was outstanding and reasonably priced. We got pork schnitzel and meatballs and it was really very tasty. Would recommend!

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    Stadtklause - Gastraumnische mit Bestuhlung aus der Bernburger Straße

    Gastraumnische mit Bestuhlung aus der Bernburger Straße

    Stadtklause - Scrambled eggs with bread, pickles, and sauerkraut :)

    Scrambled eggs with bread, pickles, and sauerkraut :)

    Stadtklause - Unfortunately not open according to Yelp's hours. Check the restaurant's website before you go.

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    Unfortunately not open according to Yelp's hours. Check the restaurant's website before you go.

    Prater Garten

    Prater Garten

    4.0(303 reviews)
    2.5 kmPrenzlauer Berg
    €€

    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.

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    Prater Garten - Plenty of outdoor seating

    Plenty of outdoor seating

    Prater Garten - Hefeweizen (€5.50)

    Hefeweizen (€5.50)

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