Brasserie Colette Tim Raue

A great restaurant with delicious food and wine! You can choose from a full menu or simply enjoy à la carte options. It’s always a pleasure to dine here. However, one small point to consider regarding the fixed menu: for just a slightly higher price, you could visit a 1-star restaurant in Berlin. That said, this spot, despite not having a star, offers a lovely experience.

For a well-priced lunch at 37 euros, Brasserie Colette by Tim Raue offers a solid selection of small plates, making it easy to sample a range of flavors. The dishes are tasty, and while they aren’t exceptionally intricate, they do give a sense of Tim Raue’s approach to food in a more casual setting. The wines pair well, the location is convenient, and it’s a good value if you’re looking to explore a bit of Raue’s style without the Michelin price tag. Overall, a pleasant experience without the fanfare.

3/5 stars. Tried the lunch menu, and it was a mixed experience. The pumpkin soup with ginger oil was flavorful and definitely worth recommending. However, the salmon salad, while tasty, wasn’t as fresh as I’d hoped, and the oyster also lacked freshness. Overall, it’s a bit hit or miss, but the staff is friendly, which made the visit okay.

I’ve wanted to try the brassiere for a long time but what a disappointment. The service was just ok at best. Everything took too long and the food came nearly cold ,I’m sorry but a soup should not take 45 min to bring out barely warm with dry cheese. All the dishes shared one strong characteristic: way too much salt or no salt at all. The tasting lunch menu did not have a single dish with good flavour and the filet was just salty. For this price point I would not be coming back. (The tasting menu dishes were tiny and unless you are a toddler you will be leaving hungry ).

Tasty food, the steak was well cooked and the serving was generous. Desserts were good, crème brule very tasty and good pairing with the strawberries, mousse and eggnog sauce was very good as well. Service was a bit slow and inattentive.

A wonderful experience, super service, quality products and the food was very well prepared. Choice of wines was of very high level. Of course on this price level is normal to be a bit harder on the criticism. Found the lentils to overpower the lamb dish. Same applies to the tombinampour consomme with the delicate Camembert with truffles. The Bouef Bourguignon was not at the same level as the other dishes. This is of course personal taste. Certainly a restaurant to recommend for the stronger wallet.

The restaurant inside is beautiful and with a lot of attention to detail. The service was quite chaotic when i was there in a sense that it didn’t seem sure who is responsible for the table. The king prawn with pistachio and beet carpaccio is absolutely amazing. Unfortunately we had to send back one of the main dishes as it came cold; we were told even if they remake it it wouldn’t change anything. Overall expected more by the overall experience at that price level.

It is difficult to sell oysters a few meters from the huge oyster bar in KaDeWe. So Rau differentiates himself by serving them with a green apple sauce nevertheless called vinaigrette, despite the very sweet taste. The steak tartare was a very small portion presented on chopped cabbage. But atmosphere, service and quality are up to the standard.

Vielleicht waren meine Erwartungen zu hoch. Jedenfalls wurden sie bei weitem unterboten. Zunächst freundlicher Empfang, guter Tisch, nette Einrichtung, übersichtliche Karte. Soweit alles prima. Eine Getränke/Weinkarte gibt es nicht. Dem Kellner fiel erst mal die Kinnlade auf den Tisch bei dem Wunsch nach alkoholfreien Getränken. Minimales Angebot, das hab ich schon viiiiel besser erlebt. Essen ganz okay, tatsächlich winzige Portionen, mit drei Gängen wird man definitiv nicht satt. Preis-/Leistung in der 6. Etage des gegenüber gelegenen KaDeWe besser! Lauwarme Hauptspeisen, Sauce Bernaise mit Haut am Tisch. Alles zu standardisiert, keine Leidenschaft. Nachdem es uns 15 Minuten lang nicht gelungen ist, Nachtisch zu bestellen, war's dann auch gut. Ist eben nix, wenn alle Kellner alles machen müssen.... auch Theke. Ich würde da definitiv nicht nochmal hingehen.

This was my second visit. The first was good. This one not. The cornichons were to sweet. The oysters were good. Tomato salad was refrigerated and to much salt. The cod was in a over spicy sauce and went back. The replacement pulpo was ok/ good. Service was friendly. No further visits planned.

This is a wonderful find. True French Brasserie offerings at a fair price given the neighborhood. Very competent staff with a warm and caring demeanor. The competence in the kitchen is also quite impressive. I'm already looking forward to my next visit.