Chris C.
Yelp
I had read about this place in some magazines and thought it sounded chic and cool. Well, to sum it up, it was a disappointing evening. The decor was quite modern and chic but as a restaurant, it does not really rate, but it will probably survive for a while simply because it is the coolest-looking place in an area not known for haute cuisine.
The service was actually worse than the food. They forgot our main course, for which they apologised profusely, and then they lost our dessert order as well! However, to be fair, they did not charge us for the dessert. So, a simple nice evening out turned out to be rather drawn-out and irritating. There were also several staff smoking outside the front door, which is perfectly legal, but irksome when we realised later that these same people had forgotten our main course.
Anyway, the food was just about tolerable. A rather basic schnitzel was accompanied by some ordinary white asparagus. Standard stuff like that, which one can find anywhere else, and often better. There are not many items on the menu anyway and the red wine list is a joke, though we managed to find a decent German white.
So, the points I am allocating are for the decor, which is quite nice and rather elegant for the area. If you expect gourmet food, then, despite what one might read in publications, please do not expect to find it here.
NOTE: I was back here for a Sunday brunch and the brunch was really very good. Inventive, authentic, delicious - why couldn't they do the same for the evening menu? Anyway, this place does the best brunch I know of in East Berlin, so do try and come here for that. But please book ahead - it's not easy to get a place.