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The Gendarmenmarkt area had little to offer to the hungry visitor—besides posh establishments and tourist traps—until Galeries Lafayettes opened its own bistro last year. After some shopping on Friedrichstrasse, make a well-deserved stop for a gigantic croque monsieur (with unrivalled pain Poilane), quiche Lorraine and a glass of excellent house red or a business lunch for €10.50, including wine and coffee. We recommend it to anyone looking for a good value authentic meal in an unpretentious atmosphere.
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This ample and elegant art nouveau styled restaurant is the ultimate canteen for some of Berlin’s most influential A-list TV stars and former chancellor Gerhard Schröder himself. The cuisine is high-quality French-German, including several dishes with fresh fish, veal and some of Berlin’s best (and most tender) beef classics, including the famous Kobe beef. The imminent arrival of yet another VIP only serves to enhance the experience. Reservations essential.
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Exquisite and, considering you’re eating at the Ritz-Carlton Berlin, exceptionally well-priced, with main dishes averaging around €17. Chef Thierry Marais has developed a mostly traditional menu including dishes such as sea bream fillet on sautéed spinach with chickpea flour and fresh pasta au pistou (the French pesto), both delicious.
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This restaurant inside the Peugeot car showroom has been modelled after the popular French version on the Champs Elysées. Don’t be intimidated by the high-tech interior and cutting-edge everything from design chairs to futuristic cutlery. The food is unpretentious, generously served and tasty, making this one of the best lunch deals in the Brandenburg Gate area.
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The tasteful, carefully styled surroundings are somehow reminiscent of a French restaurant in New York—not surprising considering chef and boss Hannes Behrmann learned his French cuisine there. 'The Bourgeois Pig’ caters to a well-to-do clientele who find here refined gourmet French food, concocted daily according to the chef’s creative whim and market availability. It has a fine selection of French wines, but don’t forget this is a cash-only restaurant—no credit cards accepted.
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