Ah Berlin,

It took a little while to grow on me but once I’d found a cute Wollmutze, drank some weine and eaten a wurst - not to mention seen my friend’s amazing flat, think St Petersburg meets Paris, and met her charming, charming flatmates - I fell for the place, hook, line and sinker.

And then we went to what could easily become a favourite restaurant, if only it wasn’t so far from my house…

Madchenitaliener is a little restaurant in Mitte (central Berlin, east side) simple and unpreposessing from the outside, it has no sign just a big window glowing warmly in the night. Inside the simplicity continues with white walls, simple tables and star lights. The staff are really cute and the restaurant card a charming 70s scene, look closer and you’ll see it’s made up of the staff.

Best of all, of course, was the food, simple pasta piled on big plates and juicy carafes of wine. Mine was just simple olive oil and truffle shavings but exquisite and my friends both did rather well too, that one top left is parma ham! Oof!

No room for pudding I’m afraid but I bet they were lovely. The restaurant is also really cheap - in a city where prices easily rival everyday London ones 3 bowls of lovely pasta, 2 caraffes of wine and a big bottle of sparkling water was only 45 Euros.

Plus if you don’t book and have to wait (as we did) there is a great little bar opposite, very east Berlin cool, which feels like cool without the attitude, highly recommended.

4.5/5

Madchenitaliener
12 Alte Schonhauser
10119
Berlin

+49 30 40041787

Tags: best Berlin restaurant, Cool Berlin, italian

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