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Best food and drinks in Berlin

Dietmar — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:10:24 +0000

Looking back there were a lot of posts in my blog about restaurants and cafés in the recent past. So, time to sit down and write a short little list of the best food and drink places in Berlin that I visited so far. This list is purely biased of course, created by a vegetarian and subject to change from time to time as soon as I find an even better place in a category:

Best vegetarian restaurant: Samadhi

Best cafè: Café & Bar Hilde

Best cakes: Tortenwerkstatt (Sredzkistraße 63, 10405 Berlin), Café Frau Paul (Hans-Otto-Str. 6, 10407 Berlin)

Best burgers and fries: Yellow Sunshine

Best sandwiches: Luigi Zuckermann Traditional Gourmet Deli

Best juices: Eve & Adams

Best noodles: Spreegold (Hufelandstr. 20, 10407 Berlin)

Best american pizza: Fatass Pizza

Best italian pizza: Pizza Nostra (Lychener Str. 2 – 4, 10437 Berlin)

Best burritos: Dolores

Best falafel: El rief (Schönhauser Allee 47, 10437 Berlin)

Best crêpes: Crêperie Bretonne

Best bagels: Bagels & Bialys (Rosenthaler Str. 46 – 48, 10178 Berlin)

Best soups: Suppen Cult

Best hot dogs: Hot Dog World (Kastanienallee 102, 10435 Berlin)

Best ice cream parlor: Häagen Dasz

About the list of non-smoking places

Dietmar — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:22:00 +0000

There are still a lot of people visiting the page including a list of non-smoking places when searching for smokefree restaurants and pubs in Berlin. As of Jan 08 a non-smoking ban made a lot of public place smokefree but parts of it were declared invalid by the “Supreme Court” of Germany a while later. This happened because the judges ruled that it is unfair if bigger pubs are able to create separate smoking rooms while smaller pubs do not have the space for that. The Berlin senate is working at a new version of the non-smoking ban.

So, how is the current situation? The simple rule is like this: If it looks like a restaurant or cafè, profits in big parts from offering food then in almost all the cases it is smokefree, if it looks like a pub or bar basing their profits on drinks then it is not smokefree. The new law being worked on at the moment will have some paragraphs telling pubs that are offering food to not allow smoking but due to the fact that there are only a few people running around in the city being employed for controlling restaurants and pubs the chances, that they’ll find the black sheeps are very small. Summarizing what is happening you could say: If you wanna eat or drink a coffee smokefree – no problem, if you just wanna have a drink or beer in a smokefree pub – forget it, stay at the restaurant and drink there.

Before the non-smoking ban this page was visited very often for its list of non-smoking restaurants/cafes/bars and at least for the restaurants it is not necessary anymore, for the pubs it would contain no entry so far because at least I don’t know of any pub that is smokefree in this city.

the impossible becomes reality – a smokefree bar in Berlin

Dietmar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:31:26 +0000

When I visited the Cupcake Bakery in Prenzlauer Berg and mentioned that I am always searching for smokefree places in Berlin, a friendly worker there told me about a smokefree bar called “Erdbeer-Bar”.

Say what? “Smokefree” and “bar” – I never heard these words in combination here in Berlin although I heard about a smokefree pub in Weißensee. So I had to check for myself if that was true. Upon arrival at the Erdbeer-Bar which is situated near the Volksbühne at the corner of Max-Beer-Str. and Linienstr. I saw a man standing outside lighting up his cigarette. Actually a good sign cause somehow it told me that he did this here and not inside for a reason. And indeed, entering the bar there were a lot of people enjoying the music played by a live DJ and drinking their cocktails but nobody smoked. While the worn down furniture was something I had to get used to I really liked the big variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks as well as the size of the cocktails that you can get there. Not forgetting the fact that this bar is open until the early morning. So,if you want to sit somewhere smokefree late at night, this place is definetely recommendable.

Cupcakes with a view

Dietmar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:12:39 +0000

A while ago I reported about cupcakes and the arrival of other items in this city long sought by American expats. Now, another café opened up in Prenzlauer Berg called “Cupcake Bakery” not only offering a wide variety of these delicious calorie bombs but also little sandwiches, English tea, scones and soups etc… Upon my first visit I especially liked the cozy atmosphere upstairs in a room basically lit up only by candles having a great view of the Zionskirchplatz and its impressive church. The Cupcake Bakery can be found at Zionskirchstraße 36. I am pretty sure that in this area with a lot of young people willing to try out new tastes it will find its cupcake fans under the Germans also. The café is completely smokefree.

The Golden City

Dietmar — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:57:02 +0000

Whenever I mentioned to my friends that we intent to go onto a trip to Prague the reaction was almost the same – “Awww, Prague, what a beau-ti-ful city!”. The city is known as the “Paris of the East” and although I haven’t visited Paris I believe people who say this are probably right. No matter how you call it – after having been there finally I must say it is the most beautiful city I have seen so far. Here is a little report of the trip – chronologically.

Wednesday:

Our hotel is situated in Praha-Smichov. This city part consists of a lot of newer business buildings, hotels and a big shopping mall called Novy Smichov. After checking in into the hotel we decide to not use the nearby metro but to walk direction downtown. Over the Vltava we reach the Nove Mesto part of Prague. What we notice right away is the big traffic on almost all streets of this part. Many people still use old cars running on unfiltered Diesel. On the other, positive side it is not necessary to put away the digital camera since at almost every corner, interesting, nicely decorated houses and squares pop up. Highlights in this area of town are “Fred and Ginger”, the dancing house as well as the Charles Square.

We move on on our way to the Stare Mesto, the old city center. A gem is “Slovansky Ostrov” an island in the Vltava river with a nice castle-type of building called “Zofin”, a cultural center. Here we find some places to sit in the shade with a nice look onto the river. The Vltava is much different than the other rivers I saw before because due to some little built in water falls at most of its parts the only types of ships that use it here are little rowing or pedal boats and a few tourist ships.

A few blocks further we reach the shopping district of Prague consisting of a big pedestrian zone and Wencelas Square, a big rectangle area with a parklike zone in the middle part and shops to the sides ending up at a huge museum building. This street might be comparable to the Champs Elysees in Paris.

Reaching Stare Mesto the density of beautiful buildings rises more and more, almost every little street has something to offer, paintings at walls, ornaments and statues, you’ll find so many that you might as well plan to spend a lot of time here if you wanna see them all.

We take a little break at one of the few smokefree restaurants in Prague, the “Bohemian Bagel“. A place run by a Czech and an American which offers some delicious and authentic american food. After relaxing here we head on to the Charles Bridge. The tourist density rises and we find ourselves within large groups of people from all over the world walking over the bridge, taking photos of almost every statue along the way. The Mala Strana quarter begins right after the bridge with Hradcany, the Castle Hill throwning over the narrow paths and cute looking buildings in this area of town. We take the effort to climb around 180 – 200 stairs up to the castle and I am a little bit surprised that – although it is getting dark already – we are still able to enter the different courtyards of this huge building. The view from the hill onto Prague is magnificent and worth the sweating experience of reaching this place. Very delicious icecream from Cream & Dream refreshes us afterwards.

Back over the Charles Bridge. Suddenly, to many people’s surprise, a big fireworks starts from a boat and I wonder if this is done everyday for the tourist’s pleasure? Because I don’t know of any special occasion or celebration. After the fireworks we had our way back to the Wencelas Square noticing even bigger crowds of tourists on their search for a nice dinner or drink and walking by a lot of souvenir shops. Sadly we don’t have the budget to buy something from the beautiful but expensive Bohemian Glass being sold everywhere. The whole city is now illuminated in fascinating lights. Almost every building uses different colors. We take the metro back to the hotel. It needs to be mentioned that the platforms are much deeper down than in Berlin and the long escalators are going with so much speed that I wonder how disabled or older people are able to hop on and off of them.

Thursday:

After eating at a store of the Bio-Cafe chain “Bio Cafe” (organic food, smokefree) we go downtown to the Wencelaw Square in order to look at a Multimedia and a book store. Returning to Smichov we explore Novy Smichov, a big, nicely designed mall. I am not ashamed to say that we spend about 2h in Tesco, a giant supermarket since I am always interested in finding out, what other countries offer concerning grocery stuff. It appears to me, that the Czech people are obviously big fans of any kind of muesli bars as well as of non alcoholic beverages when looking at the big variety of these items in the shop. Getting around and communicating in the shops is easy by the way since almost everbody and especially the younger people are understanding and talking english.

The mall is directly connected via a bridge with a small park on a hill, the Sacre Coeur park from which you have a nice view of Prague. We decide to walk from Smichov to Mala Strana exploring Prague at this side of the river. The absolute highlight on our walk here is the Petrin Hill. This is a big park. You can either have it easy by going up there with a tram or you walk up the hill which is a sportive event since parts are very steep. Finally reaching the top we have another nice look of the castle hill and Prague as well as of the buildings up here, the Hunger Wall and the Petrin tower, a copy of the Eifeltower.

On our way down we see a lot of embassies and little cafes. We cross the Charles Bridge again, walking through Stare Mesto making sure we use streets we haven’t visited before. A nice meal ends this trip to Prague.

There are much more photos of our trip in the album.

Enhanced list

Dietmar — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:35:15 +0000

I guess it somehow was not very informative to just put some short comments under the non smoking restaurants in my list like “italian restaurant”. So, I enhanced some of the comments and I put links to a map for each of the entries which shows where the particular restaurant is.

Balzac becomes smokefree

Dietmar — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:47:13 +0000

The main competitor against Starbucks in Berlin is Balzac Coffee. Wherever there is a place where a lot of people come by, one of those cafes will be in the neighbourhood. Now, the world as we know it at the moment looks like this: People who care about a smokefree environment while enjoying their coffee and cake are going to Starbucks, the others, those that don’t care to sit in cancerous clouds – or actually produce them – go to Balzac Coffee. The few times I went to Balzac to take an admittingly delicous looking piece of cake with me it often stank like cigarettes. Now, this will all change on April 1st.. Balzac Coffee is announcing at the doors of their cafes, that they will be completely smokefree from then on. Considering, that other cafes became smokefree too in recent times (I just saw one Meyerbeer Coffee house being smokefree now) this is a good development here in Berlin and it delivers more variety.

Non-smoking restaurants in Berlin

Dietmar — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:21:16 +0000

Update 10/08: There are still a lot of people visiting this page when searching for smokefree restaurants and pubs in Berlin. As of Jan 08 a non-smoking ban made a lot of public place smokefree but parts of it were declared invalid by the “Supreme Court” of Germany a while later. This happened because the judges ruled that it is unfair if bigger pubs are able to create separate smoking rooms while smaller pubs do not have the space for that. The Berlin senate is working at a new version of the non-smoking ban.

So, how is the current situation? The simple rule is like this: If it looks like a restaurant, profits in big parts from offering food then in almost all the cases it is smokefree, if it looks like a pub or bar basing their profits on drinks then it is not smokefree. The new law being worked on at the moment will have some paragraphs telling pubs that are offering food to not allow smoking but due to the fact that there are only a few people running around in the city being employed for controlling restaurants and pubs the chances, that they’ll find the black sheeps are very small. Summarizing what is happing you could say: If you wanna eat smokefree – no problem, if you just wanna have a drink or beer in a smokefree pub – forget it, stay at the restaurant and drink there.

Districts:
Charlottenburg/Wilmersdorf
Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg
Mitte
Pankow
Tempelhof/Schöneberg
Tiergarten

Charlottenburg/Wilmersdorf
(district including War Memorial church, boulevard Kurfürstendamm, department store KadeWe)

Balzac Coffee
Knesebeckstraße 1-2, 10623 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffeehouse chain, in opposite to Starbucks, this german coffee house chain offers cheaper prizes for similar drinks and cakes, after being smoked up completely the whole chain went smokefree a while ago

Hard Rock Cafe
Meinekestraße 21, 10719 Berlin
non-smoking section
american restaurant situated in one of the side streets of the Kurfürstendamm. Why this american restaurant owned by an american company only offers a small non smoking zone I don’t understand.

Kadewe
Tauentzienstraße 21 – 24, 10789 Berlin
non-smoking section
self service restaurant at the highest level of the department store. This is not the main place to go and eat something at the Kadewe though. If you go down one level you’ll find various delicacies and special foods to buy and you have the chance to eat at various mini-restaurants directly. All of them are smokefree.

Marche
Kurfürstendamm 14/15, 10719 Berlin
swiss self service restaurant
big non-smoking section
I’m not a fan of food that once was made fresh but is just sitting there under some heating lamps. Some food is being made fresh in front of your eyes though, if you are in a hurry this place is ok

Pizza Hut
Tauentzienstraße 8, 10789 Berlin
non-smoking section
american pizza restaurant chain

Satyam
Goethestraße 2, 10623 Berlin
completely smokefree
indian vegetarian restaurant. This seems to be the only smokefree indian restaurant in town, vegan menues available too. Somebody working there told me though that in absolute exceptional cases they have two tables in the far back near the beergarden where people if they insist on it can smoke. So, it might sometimes be not completely smokefree? Big variety of known and more unknown indian meals.

Starbucks Coffee
Kurfürstendamm 231, 10719 Berlin
completely smokefree
small store of that chain, short opening hours which is, looking at the location of this store, not understandable

Suppenbörse
Ansbacher Straße 21, 10787 Berlin
completely smokefree
big variety of freshmade soups. I can not say more about this specific store of this chain since I am almost exclusivly being customer at the other store in Mitte

Swingdiele
Goethestrasse 5, 10623 Berlin
completely smokefree
Small Swingcafe with short opening times offering some concerts

World Coffee in Hugendubel
Tauentzienstraße 13, 10789 Berlin
completely smokefree
cafe in a bookstore, while other World Coffee stores are smoked up, the ones in malls and this one here is smokefree

Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg
(district with a lot of specialty stores, Bergmannstraße, restaurants and lots of nice looking renovated houses)
My hope is this district has much more non-smoking restaurants, but I don’t know them since I don’t go there that often.

Backhaus Liberda
Zossener Straße 47, 10961 Berlin
completely smokefree
Standard offer of cakes, snacks and coffee, pretty spacious with lots of tables

Barcomi’s
Bergmannstraße 21, 10961 Berlin
completely smokefree
Deli and Cafe, selfmade cakes, bagels, soups, hot meals, the coffee for both Barcomi’s is roasted here, compared with the other Barcomi’s in Mitte this cafe is pretty narrow, dark and has some simple, older furniture

Cupcake
Krossener Straße 12, 10245 Berlin
completely smokefree
Cafè offering american and english breakfast as well as goodies like cupcakes, rice crispy treats and beans on toast

Kaffeeladen
Simon-Dach-Straße 41a, 10245 Berlin
completely smokefree
nice cafè not only offering the standard drinks but having coffee specialities from other countries as well, teas and cakes

Sesam
Gneisenaustr. 22, 10961 Berlin
small Falafel place, friendly service, good food and tea.

Mitte
(district including the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin cathedral, TV Tower, Hackesche Höfe and Alexanderplatz):

All in One
Rosenthaler Straße 43, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
arabian specialities, Döner, Falafel, open 24 h, always crowded, directly in the entrance to a grocery store that could be open all day long like this place but it sadly isn’t, you order and pay right away when you enter

Bäcker Steinecke
Dircksenstrasse 52, 10178 Berlin
non-smoking section
normally bakeries do not offer many tables to sit at, this has a lot of them though

Bagels & Bialys
Rosenthaler Straße 47, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
open 24h, always crowded, big variety of wraps and bagels

Balzac Coffee
Friedrichstraße 194-199, 10117 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffeehouse chain, this store has short opening times which is no wonder looking at Friedrichstraße at later times

Balzac Coffee
Karl-Liebknecht Straße 5, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffeehouse chain, at the entrance to the Dom Aquaree, a businesshouse/hotel/Aquarium combination

Barcomi’s
Sophienstraße 21, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
Deli and Cafe, selfmade original american cakes, bagels, soups, hot meals, spacious, pretty much hidden in a courtyard, you can not reserve a table at the weekend although due to the big crowds then it would actually be necessary

Cadadia
Charlottenstr. 63, 10117 Berlin
soup bar, big variety, often non-standard, interesting soups

Cafe Galao
Weinbergsweg 8, 10119 Berlin
completely smokefree
small Cafe offering croissants, tortillas, toasts and various drinks

Cafe Napoljanska
Kastanienallee 43, 10119 Berlin
everything is selfmade here, nice tarts and icecream, you might not have a lot of space for yourself since the tables are not far from each other and it is often very crowded.

Dolores
Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 7, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
delicious californian style burritos and soups simple but nicely decorated, one of most original and best places to enjoy a smokefree meal, see also blog entry (in German)

Falafel Dada
Linienstraße 132, 10115 Berlin
completely smokefree
small store but excellent falafels

Galerie Lafayette
Friedrichstraße 76 – 78, 10117 Berlin
completely smokefree
food court with diverse french food

Good Pasta
Reinhardtstraße 11, 10117 Berlin
competely smokefree
variation of freshly made pasta and sauces

Häagen Dazs
Hackescher Markt, Neue Promenade 3,10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
spacious cafe offering delicious ice cream, went smokefree a short while ago, this bustling square with a lot of restaurants at it needed a smokefree place since all the other restaurants here are not smokefree

Icexoc
Potsdamer Platz 8, 10785 Berlin
completely smokefree
delicious pralines, waffles and icecream

Joey’s
Henriette-Herz-Platz 2, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
Pizza delivery service that has a some tables and stools, open long

Lagano
Kronenstraße 55 – 58, 10117 Berlin
big non-smoking section
italian food, this was one of the first restaurants of it’s kind where you have an open kitchen, you get a card, go to the kitchen counter, order the noodle sort that you want and the sauce you want – or the pizza – you wait and can actually watch how your food is being prepared

Leo Bettini
Mulackstraße 33, 10119 Berlin
completely smokefree
selfmade pasta and delicious various dumplings

Maredo
Unter den Linden 36 – 38, 10117 Berlin
big non-smoking section
argentinian steak house offering vegetarian food also, good salad bar, sadly situated in the smoking zone though

Maultäschle
Charlottenstraße 79/80, 10117 Berlin
completely smokefree
small store, south german filled pasta squares, vegetarian variations available

MC Donald’s / MC Café
Europaplatz 1 (Berlin central train station)
10557 Berlin
completely smokefree
23 h open, delicious coffee creations and cakes, see blog entry

Mittendrin
Sophienstraße 19, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree

south german cuisine

Moreno Carusi
Leipziger Platz 15, 10117 Berlin
completely smokefree
original italian cuisine

RNBS
Auguststr. 58, 10119 Berlin
completely smokefree
asian health fast food, shows which is being prepared in front of your eyes, vegetarian food too

Samadhi
Wilhelmstraße 77, 10177 Berlin
big non- smoking room separated from the smoking room
superb vietnamese vegetarian restaurant, you might not know some of the vegetables that are listed in the menue, but the staff is very friendly and helpful, so they will explain them to you and give you tips also, see blog entry (in German)

Schlotzky’s Deli
Friedrichstraße 200, 10117 Berlin
non-smoking section
delicious american sandwiches and pizzas, smoke could come over from the smoking zone

Splendid Delikatessen
Dorotheenstraße 37 , 10117 Berlin
completely smokefree
small and fancy store with a lot of organic food plus Bistro

Starbucks Coffee
Rosenthaler Straße 40, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
very spacious, 2 level store, the longest opening times of all Starbuck Cafes in Berlin, on the upper level you have an excellent view over Hackescher Markt, see also blog entry (in German)

Starbucks Coffee
Friedrichstraße 61, 10117 Berlin
completely smokefree
near the trainstation “Friedrichstrasse”

Starbucks Coffee
Friedrichstraße 96, 10117 Berlin
completly smokefree
in the business area of east-downtown

Starbucks Coffee
Pariser Platz 1a, 10117 Berlin
completly smokefree
with a view of the Brandenburg Gate, looking at the big crowds of tourists at Pariser Platz this store could be open much longer

Suppenbörse
Friedrichstraße 90, 10117 Berlin
competely smokefree
big variety of freshmade soups, vegetarian and vegan soups available, very friendly staff

Susuru
Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 17, 10178 Berlin
completely smokefree
Japanese Noodle Bar, interesting design, long opening times, see also blog entry (in German)

The Coffee House,
Hausvogteiplatz 11, 10117 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffeehouse chain, small store

The Corner Berlin
Französische Straße 40, 10117 Berlin
completely smokefree
combination of a store and big restaurant, upscale cuisine

Pankow
(district including galleries, specialty stores, many restaurants and bars)

Arom di Sushi
Dietzgenstraße 43, 13125 Berlin
completely smokefree
Thaifood and Sushi, every meal can be ordered as a vegetarian dish also

Balzac Coffee
Schönhauser Allee 116, 10439 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffeehouse chain, compared to many other Balzac stores this has pretty extensive opening times

Blumencafe
Schönhauser Allee 127 a, 10437 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffee, snacks, cakes in a flower shop

Cafe-Bar Manolo
Schönhauser Allee 45, 10435 Berlin
coffee, cakes, small non smoking section, the smoke comes over from the smoking zone

Cafe-Bar Mia
Pappelallee 58, 10437 Berlin
Sandwiches, soups, salads and cocktails in a nicely designed cafe-bar. To my knowledge the only smokefree place in Berlin where you can drink a cocktail. Child-friendly being visited by a lot of parents with their kids who can play with toys
completely smokefree, see also blog entry (in German)

Cafe Paula
Florastraße 14, 13187 Berlin
completely smokefree
selfmade organic cakes, croissants, toasts and bagels, small cafe visited by a lot of families with their children, see also blog entry (in German)

Cupcake Bakery
Zionskirchstraße 36, 10119 Berlin
completely smokefree
lots of different cupcakes, scones, sandwiches, English tea, soups etc. Very cozy café, see also blog entry.

Dodoos Palatschinken-Bar
Schönhauser Allee 155, 10435 Berlin
completely smokefree
Austrian, filled pancakes in many variations.

Erdbeer-Bar
Max-Beer-Str. 56, 10119 Berlin
completely smokefree
cocktail bar, big variety of alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, Live DJs, extensive opening times, see also blog entry.

Fettnapf
Rykestraße 48, 10405 Berlin
big non-smoking zone
belgian fries, other deep fried food also, lots of selfmade sauces, the small smoking zone is directly at the counter by the entrance

Focaccia King
Danziger Straße 25, 10435 Berlin
competely smokefree
Little focacceria. In difference to other focaccia breads I noticed that the prepared pieces were not reheated but actually were baked freshly

Fräulein Smillas
Pappelallee 63, 10437 Berlin
completely smokefree
Small cafe and reading salon

Hans Wurst
Dunckerstraße 2a, 10437 Berlin
completely smokefree
vegan, organic cafè and restaurant, very nice place to go out to. Offers cultural events like readings, concerts, theater and exhibitions too.

L’Isola Verde
Choriner Straße 45, 10435 Berlin
completely smokefree
vegetarian and vegan food, coffee, organic food

Maja’s Deli
Pappelallee 11, 10437 Berlin
completely smokefree
fresh soups, sandwiches and cakes, vegetarian and vegan food available, friendly staff, see also blog entry (in German)

Omoni
Kopenhagener Straße 14, 10437 Berlin
completely smokefree
japanese and korean kitchen

Subway
Breite Straße 22, 13187 Berlin
completely smokefree
near Rathaus, fresh sandwiches, not every Subway is smokefree or offers a non-smoking zone, this here though is completely smokefree

Teigwaren
Oderberger Str. 21, 10435 Berlin
completely smokefree
little, cosy noodle restaurants. You pick what you want from the fresh made noodles at the counter and they prepare them for you

Viv Lounge
Schönhauser Allee 10 – 11, 10119 Berlin
completely smokefree
offering organic coffee, cakes, snacks and soups

Tempelhof/Schöneberg
(district including bars, restaurants, interesting stores)

Familienwirtschaft
Rheingaustraße 1, 12161 Berlin
completely smokefree
Restaurant and Cafe with long opening times and an extensive menue and food from different countries

TeeTeaThé
Goltzstraße 2, 10781 Berlin
completely smokefree
teahouse, recommendation by Bryah (see comment below)

Tiergarten
(district including Reichstag, Potsdamer Platz)

Balzac Coffee
Potsdamer Platz 10, 10785 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffehouse chain, this store has the most extensive opening times of the chain

Meyerbeer Coffee
Eichhornstr. 1, 10785 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffeehouse chain, pretty short opening times

Maredo
Potsdamer Platz 1, 10785 Berlin
non-smoking section
Argentinian steakhouse

Tony Romas
Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 10785 Berlin
non-smoking zone
American restaurant close to the Berlin Casino

Starbucks Coffee
Alte Potsdamer Straße 7, 10785 Berlin
completely smokefree
coffee house chain

Vapiano
Potsdamer Platz 5, 10785 Berlin
big non-smoking section
fresh Italian noodles and pizzas, same system as the Lagano restaurant in Mitte

Weiland’s Wellfood
Marlene Dietrich Platz 1, 10785 Berlin
completely smokefree
Wok dishes, bagels and salads

updated 2005-11-14 added Pankow section, added Maja’s Deli
updated 2005-11-15 added Suppenbörse in Berlin-Mitte and in Charlottenburg/Wilmersdorf
updated 2005-11-16 added All in One and Bagels & Bialys in Mitte
updated 2006-01-14 added Schöneberg section, added TeeTeaThé, added Subway in Pankow
updated 2006-01-31 added Cafe-Bar Mia in Pankow
updated 2006-02-20 removed Pommy & Friends in Charlottenburg/Wilmersdorf, does not exist there anymore
updated 2006-02-27 added Bäcker Steinecke in Mitte, added link to Dolores in Mitte
updated 2006-03-06 added Cafe-Bar Manolo, L’Isola Verde in Pankow, added Leo Bettini, Milchhalle Berlin, The Corner Store in Mitte
updated 2006-03-09 added links to the districts
updated 2006-04-05 added Barcomi’s in Mitte
updated 2006-05-12 added Viv Lounge in Pankow
updated 2006-06-02 added MC Donald’s / MC Café in Mitte
updated 2006-07-24 added Good Pasta in Mitte
updated 2006-10-04 added Cafe Paula in Pankow, added Splendid Delikatessen in Mitte, Vapiano in Tiergarten
updated 2006-10-07 added Susuru in Mitte
updated 2006-10-23 added Cafe Galao and Joey’s in Mitte, added Barcomi’s in Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg
updated 2006-11-02 added Familienwirtschaft in Steglitz/Zehlendorf and Falafel Dada in Mitte
updated 2006-11-05 added Fräulein Smillas and Fettnapf in Pankow
updated 2006-12-13 added Weiland’s Wellfood in Tiergarten, Pastakontor in Mitte
updated 2007-04-01 added Balzac Coffee in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Mitte, Tiergarten and Pankow, added Swingdiele in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, added The Coffee House in Mitte, added Arom di Sushi in Pankow, added Häagen Dazs in Mitte
updated 2007-04-07 added Moreno Carusi in Mitte
updated 2007-05-20 added Omoni and Blumencafe in Pankow
updated 2007-05-30 added Satyam in Charlottenburg/Wilmersdorf and Backhaus Liberda in Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg
updated 2007-06-05 added map links and some longer descriptions
updated 2007-07-20 added Cupcake in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Icexoc in Mitte
updated 2007-08-01 added Kaffeeladen in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
updated 2007-08-13 added Sesam in Friedrichshaim-Kreuzberg, Cadadia and Cafe Napoljanska in Mitte
updated 2007-09-27 added Hans Wurst in Pankow
updated 2007-10-25 added Cupcake Bakery, Erdbeer-Bar and Focaccia King in Pankow
updated 2007-11-14 added Teigwaren and Dodoo’s Palatschinken-Bar in Pankow, removed Pastakontor in Mitte