For those of you who keep kosher, we're happy to provide a list of the various (although not many) places in Berlin that offer kosher meals/food, divided into two sections: “Restaurants and Cafés” and “Kosher Groceries”.
Some general remarks:
Gadya Used to be called “Lechaim", “King David", and “Milo” (same location, new owner)
Address: Münstersche Straße 6, inside the Chabad house Borough: Wilmersdorf Nearby sites: No special attractions but the backside of the Ku'damm avenue is not far Closest train station: U Konstanzer Straße Phone: +49-30-21913624 or mobile: +49-163-8973028
Website: https://www.gadya.de/en-gb/home
Our personal remark: Good food, fleischig, for reasonable prices Eivgi's Address: Belziger Straße 75
Borough: Schöneberg
Nearby sites: The Bavarian quarter, Schöneberg's city hall (where Kennedy held his speech in 1963)
Closest train station: U Rathaus Schöneberg
Phone: +49 177 5034310
Website: http://www.eivgis.com
Our personal remark: Authentic oriental (sephardi) cuisine, fleischig, inexpensive
Bobbe Address: Motzstraße 91 Borough: Schönberg Nearby sites: The Bavarian quarter Closest train station: U Güntzelstraße Phone: +49-30-21966922 Website: https://www.bobbe.berlin/ Our personal remark: Trendy atmosphere, fleischig, Israeli-oriental cuisine Shiloh Address: Torstraße 159
Borough: Mitte
Nearby sites: It's just "behind" the Jewish quarter, so there's really a lot to see there
Closest train station U Rosenthaler Platz (a bit further but still close: S Oranienburger Straße)
Phone: +49-176-70676858
Website: http://www.shilohcafebistro.com/
Our personal remark: Vegetarian-dairy, Israeli cuisine, with an oriental touch
Best Daily Dishes Update: Currently closed Address: Waitzstraße 11 Borough: Charlottenburg Nearby sites: The middle part of the Kurfürstendamm and the shopping promenade Wilmersdorfer Straße Closest train station: U Adenauer Platz Phone: +49-176-57230721, +49-172-3023199 Website: http://www.bestdaily.de Our personal remark: They offer a nice dairy and parve variety from pizza to hummus. They also have a kosher supermarket nearby (see below in the next section). Best Oriental Update: Currently closed Address: Wilmersdorfer Str. 70 Borough: Charlottenburg Nearyby sites: The Kurfürstendamm avenue, the shopping promenade Wilmersdorfer Straße Closest train station: U Adenauerplatz Phone: none (it's a street food stand) Website: http://www.facebook.com/bestoriental Our personal remark: Nice & cheap shashlik, falafel and the like, by the same owner as “Best Daily Dishes" (above) and “Daily Markt" (see below in the next section; “Best oriental" is located at the entrance to “Daily Markt") Beth Cafe Address: Tucholskystraße 40, in the building of the separatist Jewish community Adass Yisroel Borough: Mitte Nearby sites: Also within the Jewish quarter Closest train station: S Oranienburger Straße Phone: +49-30-2813135 Website: http://www.adassjisroel.de/en/beth-cafe Our personal remark: Plain, but does the job if necessary. Dairy. You can also buy kosher groceries there. Wilson's Please note: The restaurant itself is NOT kosher, but you can get there kosher catering, served in separate dishes Address: Nürnberger Straße 65, inside the Crowne Plaza hotel Borough: Schöneberg, close to Charlottenburg Nearby sites: The famous KaDeWe department store, the Memorial Church, the Ku'damm avenue Closest train station: U Wittenbergplatz Phone: +49-30-210070 Website: http://www.crowneplazaberlin.com/en/restaurants/ (scroll down for the information on their kosher service) Our personal remark: Probably the best solution if you're looking for a good hotel offering kosher meals Bleiberg's Address: Nürnberger Straße 45A Borough: Wilmersdorf, close to Schönberg Nearby sites: The famous KaDeWe department store Closest train station: U Augsburger Straße Phone: +49-30-21913624 Website: http://www.bleibergs.de/english/ Our personal remark: Dairy, somewhat old-fashioned Lev Tov Update: Currently closed Address: Karlsbader Straße 16 Borough: Grunewald Nearby sites: The (unfortunately) well known "Platform #17" is relatively close Close train station: none, it's better to take bus M29 to "Roseneck" Phone: +49-30-88472291 Website: http://www.lev-tov.org/ Our personal remark: The synagogue "Lev Tov" has a bakery and a café, but it's open only on Fridays from 9.30 to 14.00 Please note: It's open on Shabbat, i.e. no kosher certificate Address: Fuggerstraße 37 Borough: Schöneberg Nearby sites: The famous KaDeWe department store Closest train station: U Wittenbergplatz
Phone: +49-30-91553462
Website: http://www.feinbergs.de/
Our personal remark: Though not officially kosher, they offer glatt kosher chicken imported from Israel
Hummus & Friends
Please note: It's open on Shabbat, but they have a certificate that the food in itself is kosher (i.e. the ingredients). The restaurant is owned by two partners, one of them is Jewish, the other is not. Halachically, the non-Jewish partner is the one who owns it on Shabbat
Address: Oranienburger Straße 27
Borough: Mitte
Nearby sites: The so-called "New Synagogue"
Closest train station: S Oranienburger Straße (another option: S Hackescher Markt)
Phone: +49-30-55471454
Website: http://hummus-and-friends.com/
Our personal remark: This is a subsidiary of a restaurant well known in Tel-Aviv
Café Elfenbein Update: Currently closed
Address: Kastanienallee 64 Borough: Prenzlauer Berg (chic!) Nearby sites: The Lauder synagogue, the Jewish cemetery "Schönhauser Allee" Closest train station: U Senefelderplatz Phone: +49-30-48493495 Website: http://www.elfenbein-cafe.de/ Our personal remark: Stylish, great bagels & burekas. Dairy.
The Kosher Classroom Update: Currently closed Address: Auguststraße 11-13, inside the former Jewish school for girls Borough: Mitte Nearby sites: The Jewish quarter Closest train station: S Oranienburger Straße Phone: +49-30-315950950 Website: http://www.thekosherclassroom.com/english/home.html Our personal remark: Quite expensive, but the best kosher food you'll get in Berlin Café Rado Update: Currently closed Address: Brunnenstraße 26 Borough: Mitte - Prenzlauer Berg Nearby sites: The national memorial for the Berlin Wall is quite close (Relatively) close train stations: U Rosenthaler Platz and U Bernauer Straße Phone: +49-30-54499157 Website: http://www.lecaferado.de/index.php?lang=en Our personal remark: Nice and intimate, dairy-vegetarian It's Gabriel
Update: Currently closed Address: Fasanenstraße 80, within the old Jewish community center in West-BerlinBorough: Charlottenburg Nearby sites: The Kurfürstendamm, West-Berlin's main shopping avenue Closest train station: S+U Zoologischer Garten Phone: +49-30-8826138 Website: http://www.itsgabriel.de Our personal remark: Reasonable Address: Joachimstaler Straße 13 Borough: Charlottenburg, West-Berlin Nearby sites: The Kurfürstendamm Closest train stations: U Kurfürstendamm, U+S Zoologischer Garten Blue makers stand for active, red markers for inactive businesses:
Daily Markt (=German for “Market”) Please note: This is a small supermarket with many kosher products, but not everything is kosher. Kosher products are labelled as such. Address: Wilmersdorfer Str. 70
Borough: Charlottenburg
Nearby sites: The Kurfürstendamm avenue, the shopping promenade Wilmersdorfer Straße
Closest train station: U Adenauerplatz
Phone: +49-176-57230721, +49-172-3023199
Website: http://www.bestdaily.de
Address: Goethestraße 61 Borough: Charlottenburg Nearby sites: West-Berlin's Opera House Deutsche Oper is within walking distance (Relatively) close train stations: U Deutsche Oper and S Savignyplatz Phone: +49-30-31509243 Website: http://www.kosher-deli.de/ Schalom Address: Sybelstraße 10 Borough: Charlottenburg Nearby sites: the middle section of the famous Ku'damm avenue Closest train stations: U Adenauerplatz and S Charlottenburg Phone: +49-30-3121131 Website: none Kosher Life Address: Brunnenstraße 31a Borough: Mitte, next to Prenzlauer Berg Nearby sites: The national memorial for the Berlin Wall is close by (Relatively) close train station: U Bernauer Straße Phone: +49-179-6745908 Website: http://www.koscherlife.de/ Kädtler Bakery Address: Danziger Straße 135 Borough: Prenzlauer Berg Nearby sites: No main attraction is close, but it's nice to walk the streets of this neighborhood Closest train stations: none, it's better to take the tram/streetcar M4 from Alexanderplatz Phone: +49-30-4233233 Website: http://www.kaedtler.de/ Lampari Address: Damaschkestraße 31 Borough: Charlottenburg Nearby sites: The Charlottenburg palace is in the same borough, though not really close Closest train stations: S Charlottenburg and U Adenauerplatz Phone: +49-30-31019680 Website: http://www.lampari.de/en/ Pletzl
Update: Currently closed
Address: Passauer Straße 4 Borough: Schöneberg Nearby sites: right next to the famous KaDeWe department store Closest train station: U Wittenbergplatz Phone: +49-30-2177506 Website: none Kolbo Update: Currently closed, groceries can be bought at the aforementioned "Beth Cafe" around the corner Address: Auguststraße 77-78 Borough: Mitte Nearby sites: the so-called New Synagogue complex Closest train station: S Oranienburger Straße Phone: +49-30-2813135 Website: http://www.adassjisroel.de/kolbo Le Marché Rado Update: Currently closed Address: Brunnenstraße 26 (next to the Café Rado mentioned above) Borough: Mitte, next to Prenzlauer Berg Nearby sites: the national memorial for the Berlin Wall (Relatively) close train stations: U Rosenthaler Platz and U Bernauer Straße Phone: +49-30-54499157 Website: http://www.lecaferado.de/index.php?lang=en Hofpfisterei This is a chain of Bavarian bakeries from Munich that has quite a few branches in Berlin. Some, though not all of their bread and pastry products are kosher. Check the list here: http://www.chabadberlin.de/media/pdf/618/Glpu6184040.pdf We've marked their locations in the map below. Blue makers stand for active, red markers for inactive businesses. Green markers stand for branches of Hofpfisterei: Please note that you can also find some (not many) kosher products in other, not specifically Jewish business, such as the big department stores (KaDeWe, Karstadt, Galeria Kaufhof). In those places, kosher products might not be marked as such on the German labels. If you're doing your Shabbes in Berlin and looking for kosher wine for kiddush, you'll find a relatively nice selection of Israeli wines in the Ulrich supermarket at the West Berlin train station “Zoologischer Garten". If you speak German, you could also use the lists of kosher products available here and here. If you have more questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. Visitors of this page were looking for: Kosher in Berlin, Kosher food in Berlin, Kosher restaurants in Berlin, Kosher places in Berlin, Jewish restaurants in Berlin, Kosher groceries in Berlin, Eating kosher in Berlin, Dining kosher in Berlin
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