Kanchan B.
Yelp
This huge mall is located near Potsdam Place and made a convenient pit stop when looking for a cheap place to eat and free loos. When we went around 6ish on a cold day in December, there was a peaceful protest going on by a union as according to the leaflets they distributed, the mall had been built by cheap Eastern European labor. Once past this gauntlet, we entered an atrium, and in between the Santa figurine and a Christmas tree, the mall had put together it's owned version of a mini-Christmas market with lots of food and artisanal carts. I just had a quick scan of this, before hurrying up to the 3rd floor, where the signs pointed to the food court being located. However, before going up the escalators, my eyes were caught by the plaque on the floor, and it was a quote by president Obama. My German being fairly non-existent, I have no clue what it's says, but tickled my fancy that American consumerism was def established in the former East Berlin area, and it had the presidents stamp of approval too.
The loos were excellent, very clean and nice, but had to pay 50 cents, and that was not refunded against shopping. There is a ton of food choice and also lots of seating available. Avoided the Chinese offerings as the oil smell coming from around that food shop smelt stale, and instead got a Thai sampler (fish, chicken x2, veg and rice) for 6.90 and my brother got the Laksa for around the same price. I liked my sampler, pretty decent although you could tell the used regular sugar rather than palm sugar for the sauce. My brother's laksa was too coconutty and sour, would have also liked it more spicy. My other dinning companion got a chicken biryani - it was crap, have had better, rice want basmati and no indian flavours. The best plate we got was from the Vietnamese, and the lady was so nice - we didn't want Tofu, so the lady substituted vegetables for the same price. If going back, I would def do Vietnamese again - it had the best, clean flavours.
Oh and the best part? Free wifi, with an excellent connection (woot!). I can see us going back here during the week in Berlin, again :)
Also Check out Peek & Cloppenburg- excellent shopping for an emergency winter coat. Excellent Service!