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Here you can enjoy magical food such as smoked sturgeon, a tartar that has layers of cucumber, egg and caviar or the divine glass of ice-wine. Facil is housed in a post-modern glass box overlooking a fifth-floor courtyard, with a large central skylight that allows for year-round star gazing. The most novel dining accessories are the tableside stools—the perfect place for your laptop. Set menus start at €75.
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Gugelhof’s cuisine and atmosphere are still unrivalled in this charming part of town, with a buoyant, lively ambience in a rustic environment and great service. The excellent traditional Alsatian food is a successful mix of French and German specialities, from cheese raclette and flammkuchen (thin-crust German pizza) to the choucroute (sauerkraut) and scrumptious assortment of pork products and game dishes. This is where Bill Clinton famously dined and former chancellor Helmut Kohl can often be spotted. Reservations advised.
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The InterContinental adopted the American floor numbering system for its relocated Michelin-starred French restaurant, placing Hugos on the 14th (not 13th) floor and shortening its [name] from Zum Hugenotten. You’ll be greeted by a 360-degree panoramic view of the city, and delighted by chef Thomas Kammeier’s (voted best chef in Germany 2004) light but sophisticated haute cuisine creations. Look out for the glazed foie gras with pattaya mango, the suckling pig with fennel and oranges on mashed herb potatoes, and the blue fin tuna with wild herbs, sesame and ginger-braised cucumber vegetables—luscious! Set menus start at €78.
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This is one of the best and oldest traditional Turkish restaurants in Berlin. The festive interior is dark and lavishly decorated with Middle Eastern bits and pieces. Istanbul offers you a wide range of meat, fish and vegetarian delicacies as well as belly dancers for a bit of weekend entertainment. Sample the leg of lamb covered with an eggplant puree. Homey and delightful flavours.
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With locations in the Velvet Hotel on Oranienburger Strasse and in the Sony Centre on Potsdamer Platz, these Austrian restaurants serve some of the best German food around and are also one of the city’s oldest vintners. The historical location on Gendarmenmarkt is more traditional, with its beautiful wood-panelled decor reminiscent of 19th century Vienna. It serves such classic Austrian fare as sage and chilli roasted veal chop with Bandnuldeln (flat noodles) and the thinnest of Wienerschnitzels. The Sauerbraten (marinated pork roast) with red cabbage was [name]d best in Germany in 2003 and is still a hit.
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