Where to eat in Berlin after midnight, and the classic 2am move.
Where to eat in Berlin after midnight. kitchens that keep going, post-bar staples and the classic 2am move.
Mustafas Gemuese Kebap on Mehringdamm keeps its grill running past midnight on weekends. The queue thins slightly after 22:00 and the grilled-vegetable doener tastes the same at 01:00 as at noon.
Try: Doener kebab with grilled vegetables
Curry 36 on Mehringdamm is Berlin's most dependable late-night Imbiss, open until 05:00 every day. The currywurst at 03:00 draws the same crowd of taxi drivers, clubbers and shift workers it has since 1980.
Try: Currywurst
Diener Tattersall in Charlottenburg is a hunting-scene-panelled bar open until 02:00 since ex-boxer Franz Diener took it over in 1954. Simple Berlin tavern plates, a long beer list and a crowd that includes artists, journalists and regulars.
Try: Berlin tavern food: Klopse, lentil stew, sausage and kraut
Imren Grill on Boppstrasse stays open until 03:00 every night and is Berlin's go-to late-night doener after the clubs. The lamb turns on a spit that has been going since 1995; fresh soups and pita available until closing.
Try: Doener kebab and duerüm wrap
Zur Letzten Instanz, Berlin's oldest restaurant since 1621, serves traditional Prussian tavern food in the Nikolaiviertel through the evening. Eisbein with sauerkraut and the historical room are the pull.
Try: Eisbein, Sauerbraten, Koenigsberger Klopse
Henne Alt-Berliner Wirtshaus in Kreuzberg runs its single dish, a half-roasted milk-fed chicken with kraut salad and rye bread, through the evening. The 1907 room is the most atmospheric late dinner in Berlin.
Try: Half a milk-fed roast chicken with kraut salad
Peak food season in Berlin is year-round.
Local dining hours: lunch around 12:30, dinner from 19:30.
service is typically included; small extra is welcome but not expected.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Berlin rewards trust.