Long March Canteen

Amazing experience at Long March Canteen. Every single dish was delicious and flavourful, and we even got to try to new things (to us), like the thousand year-old egg, or duck dumplings. I would go back and somehow would love to order everything again, but also try a bunch of other dishes. I don’t really understand the negative reviews - food was perfect, service was amazing. This is not a traditional Chinese or Cantonese restaurant, but highlights some incredible flavours. It’s a little expensive (about 45€ worth of food per person), but it was worth it for the experience and quantities. We ordered à-la-carte.

Long March Canteen in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district presents a contemporary interpretation of Cantonese cuisine, with a particular emphasis on dim sum and dumplings. The dimly lit, industrial-chic interior, paired with an open kitchen, creates an atmosphere that is both intimate and dynamic, making it a compelling dining destination. The menu is extensive, offering a mix of traditional and modern creations, yet diners should exercise some discretion when ordering. Notably, the Shanghai dumplings and Baozi bear striking similarities in both texture and composition—both featuring a soft, doughy exterior encasing a savory filling. While enjoyable in their own right, ordering both in a single sitting may feel redundant rather than complementary. For those looking to explore the restaurant’s breadth of flavors, the à la carte menu offers better value than the set menus, allowing guests to curate a more varied experience. This is particularly useful given the nuanced interplay of textures and flavors across the selection of steamed, fried, and grilled dim sum. One unexpected omission from the menu is rice, a surprising choice for a Chinese establishment. While the focus on dim sum naturally steers the dining experience away from traditional rice pairings, some guests may find themselves longing for a neutral base to balance the bold flavors and spice-forward profiles of certain dishes. Despite this, Long March Canteen remains a standout for those seeking an elevated dim sum experience in Berlin. The quality of ingredients, refined execution, and immersive setting make it a noteworthy choice—provided diners navigate the menu with a strategic approach.

Cool Place, some creative dishes to share. The cocktails are satisfying, the boiled pork belly in the sauce is wild. Beautifully decorated, waiter was a pro.

In short, expect Bib Gourmand-level pricing, for passably good food; a low-four star for me. It's hard to not be at least a little critical when the restaurant has some acclaim, but my party and I expected a bit more out of Long March Canteen. Asian food may be hard to come by in some parts of Berlin, but I consider this to be more Asian-inspired fare due to its fusion elements. Sharing is encouraged, but I definitely left wanting a bit more on the plate. The plating and service was excellent and I can tell that a lot of effort was gone into the construction of the dishes and subtle flavors but as opposed to elevating the original dishes the food had been based upon, we felt like it lacked some of the deep and rich flavors we come to expect with this type of Asian food.

Very Bad ! below average , nothing special from a foodie I really don’t recommend it ! I don’t know from where they got the Michelin thing. I think they fake it to be honest, and the lady at the door she is very unfriendly!

It was a good experience overall. We chose the Dim Sum menu for 2. We really like the first two dishes. We were not that impressed with the rest of them. We were very positively surprised by the service. The waitress was adorable! A rarity in Berlin. The facilities are really cool. I didn’t like I had to share a table with another couple tho. It felt too close and invasive.

Nice restaurant, high speed but pleasant service with good food. Did not 100% match our expectation because of the mass of guests, felt a little in a hurry. But might return sometime for a second opinion

Absolutely amazing service. The server was very attentive and made sure we were comfortable. The food was equally good. Their take on some popular Asian food is really refreshing. One of the best places in Berlin if you are looking for a great dinner experience.

I am not expert in Chinese food but I can surely say that I really enjoyed the food there. Great choice! Fried duck tongues were delicious! The atmosphere is also very pleasant. Pretty hip place I guess, was very fool. The only minus: prises. For example: 4,80 euro for two dumplings and 50ml of bullion. :)

Great find for Asian fusion in Berlin last night. The highlights were the chicken carpaccio (which is really just sliced chicken breast in a bowl of chili crisp oil, but still delicious), the bok choy, the duck dumplings and the roast beef pancakes. The dim sum menu has some hit and miss qualities to it, with about a third of the items being less than spectacular and a few items still leaning more on a single spice/heat rather than a complex taste profile. Service is fast and efficient with pleasant staff, and the room is designed with spacious, yet communal feeling dining. We had no issue carrying on a conversation while enjoying the food. The price was about right for the food and the nice cocktail selections.

Horrible service. Horrible waitress. Don't go. The food was delicious. The place is gorgeous. We took one of their menu which had way too much food for our stomachs and every bite was great. It is an expensive place. Don't go if you are on a budget. But the MASSIVE downside remains the service. Waitress pressuring us to order. Not very friendly but maybe she was having a bad day, that happens. 500€ bill arrived and we started paying and forgot the tip. Our bad! But how she handle it was beyond anything in this universe. That's when the magic of the place disappeared and we vowed to never put a foot inside: The waitress harassed (yes, that's the word) each one of us for her tips!!! I gave her a 20 and she dared look at me in eyes and asked for more!!!! Who does that! Then she went to each one of us begging in the rudest way ever for her tips! Some of us had to give her 40€ !!!! On a 500€ bill it's pretty excessive!!!!! (It summed up to 140€ tips, so more than 25% !!!!!!!!!!!) She looked like a hobo harassing people on the streets... Some of us work in the hospitality industry and were pretty chocked by this unbelievably rude situation!! Oh, it was my birthday too. I specified it in the booking and email exchange and they didn't do a thing about it (candle, maybe?). At the end the manager came a bit confused and offered us a shot, which was a nice touch! :)

Smart and stylish Dim Sum with a friendly and fun staff.

If you are looking for a large hearty portion of stick-to-your ribs food, then why would you go to a tapas restaurant? The portions arrive as small plates, but the flavors are complex and delicate. The duck and fig dumplings are incredibly rich and delicious, even a little decadent. My favorite thing on the menu is the grilled baby-squid. Simple but done to perfection! Our waitress was really friendly and helpful, seamlessly switching between English and German depending on who she was addressing at our table. We had a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc that was crisp, tangy, served cold and not overly priced. My main criticism: they do not serve tap water here, and I think this is a real crime! I just find it ridiculous to pay for water and create more trash when Berlin's tap water is just fine. At least make it an option!

First they lose one star for refusing to offering tap water. I find this outrageous and rather stingy and rude. Berlin water is great and there is no reason why a restaurant should refuse to serve it. I find that insulting and pretentious. Else I'd easily given them four stars. Access to drinking water should be sacred and a nice gesture of hospitality. Food is pretty good. It is well thought of and nicely put together. It is definitely on my top restaurants in Kreuzberg and Berlin. I like the interior and though it is a rather EXPENSIVE place, it is worth the trip. I had their fried crispy Tofu and it was heavenly. Packed with flavor and a great balance of spice and aroma. Their veggie dumplings are among the best I tried in Berlin. And their crispy radish (a form of pickles) are to die for. The sticky rice in lotus paper was yum. Great consistency, packed with flavor. The desert was smart but not of the same quality of the food. We ordered the crispy banana and it was very good. We also ordered the Tang Bao which is an excellent idea. The chocolate, the cinnamon and the yum vanilla sauce. But I found the dough to be rather disappointing. Still I'd try it again maybe I was just unlucky. Our waitress was one of the best I had in Berlin. Attentive, smart, knows her menu very well, eloquent and professional. She apologized for a mistake SHE found in the English menu and explained it to me to make sure I know what Im ordering. She took very good care of us the whole night. I´d give her five stars. I ended up paying close to 50 euros per person and we mostly had vegetarian food and couple of glasses of wine each. We left full but we didn't pig out. It was very comfortable fullness, I could've easily eaten more. So yes, it is rather on a pretty expensive side. They could totally use a readjustment of their prices.

Overpriced food, underwhelming. Tiny portions (not bad, but tiny) for the price of a very filling meal elsewhere.

The dumplings are good but not really special though. Also the prices are quite high, you easily end up over 100 EUR if you order some wine and a few plates. Won't go there again.

Great place for a nice dumplings dinner. A little over the market average prices for this type of food, but great great food!

Long March Canteen serves excellent food, with good service and friendly staff. While the high prices sometimes aren't really understandable (even the "boring" stuff is expensive), at least they keep away pub crawlers. My friends and I have tried most of what's on the menu and it's all been delicious. I find the interior / decoration a bit too kitschy though but I guess it fits the place's attitude.

I loved the ribs and the steamed dumplings but wouldn't recommend the baked ones! Also, the place is super cool! It's better to make a reservation 'cause it seems is always packed.

I think it is an interesting concept and as soon as you know how it works it is fun and super delicious. Go here with some more people so you can try as much as possible. The dumplings are really of good value so don't eat too many cold and warm dim sums before that. Bring some time. The service is good but when its busy it can be a little slow.

This supposedly Chinese version of tapas bar is grossly and sneakily overpriced. Add an amateurish service and bistro like environment and bench seating, one wonders why the hype.

Das Essen war okay, aber auch nichts besonderes. Personal unfreundlich, unaufmerksam und langsam. Preislich völlig überzogen. Keinen Besuch wert. Food quality was fair, but not great. Manager was unfreindly, and staff was slow and messed up orders. Massively over-priced. Not worth trying.

Great place. Love everything they offer. The place is well done. Everything is great. Except: Their staff. Once we were invited us to this place and 2 tables for 18 people were booked. Some people didn't make it and never confirmed. The staff was super rude upon knowing that we could do with 1 big and one small table instead of 2 big tables. That was no way to deal with customers. They know they are good and hence they can be super cocky. One less star because of the staff.

Dim Sum in Germany? If you have a small appetite, big wallet, and a very padded posterior then this is the place for you. Overpriced and underwhelming. To be fair, I've been spoiled with Dim Sum from San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland. Really should have gotten a clue when tap water was not an option. Over 5 Euros for a 50 cent bottle of water is a bit excessive! We were told by the manager "this is not your typical Chinese restaurant." Well, duh! Plates are upwards of 4 plus Euros each. Food is nicely presented and comes out fresh and hot after considerable wait time. Service is friendly but not attentive, guess that's the norm. Bottom line, don't head here if you're hungry and on a budget. We stopped for ice cream, candy, and a loaf of bread on the way home. Guess that kinda sums it up!

I went back to see if I was mistakenbut no.overpirced, unfriendly manager, mediocre food. I can imagen that, if you don't eat dimsum that often, you think it is special. If you want to eat dimsum, try Sichuan Gourmet.close to the s bahn in the south of Berlin. I had the best dimsum EVER there at a good price, brought by very friendly staff.

the food was good, being Asian the dumplings tasted good, but they definitely weren t what I was hoping for. the meat dumplings are very dense and heavy. almost like steamed meat pies. service was good, a bit clumsy may be, but honest and always friendly... the problem was two in our group ordered the set menu which clashed with the open and disorderly dinner the rest of us had. On top of that their food took a long time even though it was similar to the dishes the rest of us ordered. The dinner experience suffered immensely and had someone explained things to us we would have ordered differently. The real problem however was the manager. When we paid our bills we had to go to the cash register. So one by one we paid our bills. One of our friends in a group of 9, had not left a tip which another friend had made up for by leaving plenty of extratip on the table which the night manager had not seen. When our friend stood with him and our waitress at the cash register leaving no tip the waitress said politely 'thank you' but she was interrupted by the manager who told her that there was no reason to thank him... I have experienced something like this in my life. The whole group was very upset about what had happened and based on this experience I really cannot recommend long march canteen...

Letztes Wochenende zum ersten mal dort gewesen und gluecklicherweise vorher reserviert. Interieur sosolala, lange Sitzbaenke ueberwiegend. Der Name ist irrefuehrend (Kantinenqualitaet) aber wie von anderen angemerkt, recht geschmacklos. In dem Zusammenhang frage mich manchmal was eigentlich los waere, wenn jemand auf die Idee kaeme einen Laden aufzumachen, diesen zur Nacht der langen Messer nennt und an den Waenden Portraits von Roehm, Himmler und Hitler, gemischt mit Truppenwerbungspostern a la Deutscher, komm zur Waffen-SS! aufhaengt? Zum Restaurant selber: der Laden hat eine angenehm umfaengliche Weinkarte fuer ein China-Restaurant. Die Speisekarte bietet aus verschiedenen Chinakuechen (sichuan, kanton etc.) an, in der Hauptsache dim sum und dumplings. Das Dim Sum auch im Trolley angeboten wird, ist China-ueblich, jedoch sind die Wagen hier leider ohne Bedampfung Geschmacklich gibt es fast nichts auszusetzen das meiste ist sehr lecker. Bei den unverschaemten Preisen sollte das aber auch zu erwarten sein. Das Personal war sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend, ich kann die Beschwerden in anderen Beurteilungen nicht nachvollziehen. Das Publikum ist auch in Ordnung, weder die zahllosen spanischen Dauertouristen die x-berg besetzt halten, noch die ungepflegten linksgruenen x-berg-ureinwohner. Alles in allem durchaus einen Besuch wert.

Nothing says, "we don't care about you having a good time here, we just want to squeeze you for cash" like declining your guest's simple request for tap water with their (pretty) pricey drinks and food. Not classy, not cool, frankly embarrassing for both staff and guests. It is also illegal in several countries.

For better or worse, Long March feels like what would happen if a club promoter and architect decided to open a restaurant without consulting anyone in the hospitality trade. Its design is impressive to look at; from the Mao-era artwork to the subtle lighting and black walls, it feels a bit like dining in a Blade Runner set. Unfortunately, it's not designed for comfort; many customers are crammed into narrow benches, too close for comfort in shared tables, shouting over the noise in the room. The overcrowded dining room constrasts oddly with a huge empty lower level, which seems to have some ambitions as a grungy nightclub. Similarly, the service style looks inventive at first, with the attractive waitstaff busily typing orders into iPhone-like devices. But they don't seem to have worked out the basics of customer service yet; after being seated you can expect to wait as much as half an hour to have your order taken, during which time several servers will show up at your table, looking very confused, mistakenly bringing you someone else's dishes. After ordering, expect to remind the staff repeatedly which dishes you are still waiting for, and inspect the bill carefully for things you either didn't order or never received. Good luck getting the attention of one of the otherwise friendly waiters, who spend so much time staring into their apparati that they don't notice how many patrons are flagging them down. While all the little details like these are style over substance, the food (when it does finally arrive) is quite solid. The excellent dumplings will be familiar to regulars at Yum Cha Heroes (which is all around a more pleasant place to dine), but they're well rounded out by a creative and tasty menu of small plates, with some real standouts. The thin-sliced roastbeef and pressed tofu were especially impressive, perfectly balancing earthy and sweet flavors with quality ingredients, at a reasonable price. The good value of the food is a bit compromised by a wildly overpriced drinks menu, which could be improved by some cheaper house wines to match the price scale of the food. As Hot Spot in Charlottenburg famously demonstrates, inexpensive German wines can be paired beautifully to Chinese spices, but it takes creativity and knowledge that isn't evident here. Pitchers of beer and cider are also on offer on the menu, but attempts to order both were met with more confusion from the server, who told us they never had such things. Overall, the food shows real promise; I wouldn't be surprised if, once the buzz dies down and the management gets the service tightened up, Long March Canteen emerges as one of the better restaurants in the Wrangelkiez. For now, though, it's defeated by a self-conscious hipness that is already in oversupply in Berlin.

GREAT Food! Good quality, really tasty and nice atmosphere! REAL traditional dishes!