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.
Address: Waisenstrasse 14-16, 10179 Berlin
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
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
