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:

• Just like in other countries, there are different kosher certificates used by different businesses, issued by different rabbis or organizations, not necessarily local (some owners prefer to be in contact with Israeli rabbis rather than with those based in Berlin). We don't take sides, so to keep things simple, this list is based on the owners' own statements. If you want to go into the fine details, you can contact the owners directly, using the details provided here.

• You'll find some restaurants and cafés on this list that are open on Shabbat. That's because the owners aren't Jewish and the food has just recently been certified kosher to give the few observant Jews in Berlin more options. This means that some food or drinks in these places aren't kosher (e.g. they might also sell non-kosher wine), so you should check the kosher certificate or ask the staff.

• The phone numbers are written with Germany's international prefix for you to call from abroad. If you're calling from Germany, it's just 030 and the restaurant's specific number.

• The train stations are often named after adjacent streets, so don't be confused when they don't have the same name as the restaurant's streets. The stations are termed U for the U-Bahn lines and S for the S-Bahn lines.

• The sites and attractions listed as adjacent are meant to help you know what kind of kosher places are around you while you're touring the city, so you won't have to travel especially to these places just to have a quick bite or buy some kosher snacks.

• We keep closed places listed here as well. The reason is that many people read about them elsewhere, e.g. in old books. This way, they can know that information is outdated.

• For your convenience, we created Google maps marking the various businesses. We use blue markers for the active, red for the inactive businesses.

1. Kosher Restaurants and cafés

L'Chaim

Used to be called “King David", “Milo”, and “Gadya” (same location, different owners)

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.chabadberlin.de/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/588568/jewish/Restaurant.htm

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, good for lunch

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

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: https://www.bleibergs.de/?lang=en

Our personal remark: Dairy, new owner, a nice variety of Israeli cuisine

Hummus & Friends

Please note: It's open on Shabbat, but they have a certificate that the food is kosher. 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

Kiez Vegan (Kreuzberg)

Please note: Non-Jewish Owners, therefore open on Shabbat. Not Kosher for Passover. Only their restaurant in Kreuzberg (Körtestr.) has a kosher certificate, NOT the one in Friedrichshain (Warschauer Str.).

Address: Körtestr. 22

Borough: Kreuzberg

Nearby sites: Fraenkelufer Synagogue

Closest train station: U Südstern

Phone: +49-176-22781691

Website: https://kiezvegan.net

Our personal remark: Fresh and healthy vegan food

Smokey Greens

Please note: Only open Friday-Sunday 1pm-10pm, payment by card only (no cash)

Address: Oderberger Str. 41

Borough: Prenzlauer Berg

Nearby sites: Mauerpark, Kulturbrauerei, Jewish Cemetery Schönhauser Allee

Closest train station: U Eberswalder Straße and tram M10 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

Phone: +49-175-8045917

Website: https://www.smokeygreens.com

Our personal remark: Vegan Burgers

Unser Café

Please note: Non-Jewish Owners, therefore open on Shabbat. Bakery products at both locations are certified kosher excluding Passover. They have a list of kosher products at the cafés.

Address 1: Dänenstraße 14

Borough: Prenzlauer Berg

Nearby sites: Mauerpark

Closest train station: S + U Schönhauser Allee

Address 2: Weisestr. 15

Borough: Neukölln

Nearby sites: KINDL Center for Contemporary Art, Tempelhofer Feld (former airport Tempelhof)

Closest train station: U Boddinstraße

Phone: +49-30-34394518

Website: https://www.unser-cafe-berlin.de/home-eng

Our personal remark: Great Portuguese pastries and fresh bread rolls

Süßfein (Ice Cream)

Please note: Non-Jewish Owners, therefore open on Shabbat. Both locations are certified kosher.

Address 1: Brunnenstraße 156

Borough: Mitte

Nearby sites: Kahal Adass Jisroel, Berlin Wall Memorial

Closest train station: U Bernauer Straße

Address 2: Rykestraße 50

Borough: Prenzlauer Berg

Nearby sites: Rykestraße Synagogue, Jewish Cemetery Schönhauser Allee

Closest train stations: tram M10 Marienburger Straße, U Senefelderplatz

Phone: +49-30-81722521

Website: https://suessfein-berlin.de

Our personal remark: Excellent handmade ice cream, dairy and vegan options

Brammibal’s Donuts

This very popular local vegan Donut Shop and Café with six different locations has recently been certified kosher. Please note that it’s not kosher for Passover, some seasonal donuts might not be kosher, just ask the staff.

Website: https://www.brammibalsdonuts.com

We marked their locations on the map below (yellow).

Beth Cafe

Update: Currently closed for renovation

Address: Tucholskystraße 40, in the building of the separatist Jewish community Adass Yisroel

Borough: Mitte

Nearby sites: 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

Update: Currently Closed. They don't offer kosher food at the moment.

Please note: The restaurant itself is NOT kosher, but you can pre-order kosher catering there, 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

Summer Grill at the "Joachimstaler" Synagogue

Update: Currently closed

Address: Joachimstaler Straße 13

Borough: Charlottenburg, West-Berlin

Nearby sites: The Kurfürstendamm

Closest train stations: U Kurfürstendamm, U+S Zoologischer Garten

Phone: +49-30-23619794

Website: http://www.berlinsynagoge.com

Our personal remark: It takes place on weekdays in the summer months, please check with them in advance

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 “Daily Markt" (see below in the next section; “Best oriental" is located at the entrance to “Daily Markt")

Shiloh

Update: Permanently closed

Address: Torstraße 159

Best Daily Dishes

Update: Permanently closed

Address: Waitzstraße 11

Lev Tov

Update: Permanently closed

Address: Karlsbader Straße 16

Café Elfenbein

Update: Permanently closed

Address: Kastanienallee 64

The Kosher Classroom

Update: Permanently closed

Address: Auguststraße 11-13, inside the former Jewish school for girls

Café Rado

Update: Permanently closed

Address: Brunnenstraße 26

It's Gabriel

Update: Permanently closed

Address: Fasanenstraße 80, within the old Jewish community center in West-BerlinBorough: Charlottenburg

Blue markers stand for active, red markers for inactive businesses, yellow for Brammibal’s Donuts:

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 some in the Ulrich supermarket at the West Berlin train station “Zoologischer Garten".

You could use the lists of kosher products available in ordinary supermarkets here (in English) and here (in German).

There's also a mobile app "Kosher Scan" that allows you to check the kashrut status of products by scanning their bar codes. It's a crowd sourced project and shows only products that users have already asked about. You can take pictures of the products that aren't in the data base yet and get a notification once the question has been answered by a rabbi. He usually answeres on the same day, sometimes within a few minutes. The app is available for iOS and Android: https://kosherscan.app/index.html

If you have more questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.