Reviews for Germany

The small streets running from north to south on both sides of Kurfürstendamm are filled with small inexpensive restaurant. The area near Bleibtreustrasse and surroundings contains a lot of Italian restaurants. Our pick for a fast lunch was Levante.

The menu contains all the basic Italian dishes... More >

The Mexx store on Tauentzierstrasse near KaDeWe is a really huge for a Mexx outlet. Sprawling on three floors, there are garments for him and her, and also for children.

The variety is wide and it caters all relevant categories of fashion. The first floor has clothing for her, the second floor fo... More >

Porsche Design flagship store on Kurfürstendamm has a wide range of ultra-designed items on its shelves. The variety can boggle your mind: shoes, luggage, pens, pipes, pocket knives, glasses, and host of other items.

Everything has been designed with the same principles, and it shows. You can mi... More >

Potsdamer Platz used to be wasteland in the divided Berlin, and now Germans are filling the void with a lot of money involving bold architecture and modern facades. In the middle of one center, an old world luxury hotel remains have been carefully restored and are on display behind a glass wall. A n... More >

Reichstag, the German seat of the parliament, is located on a beautiful spot near river Spree in the middle of Berlin. The building has been designed at the end of the 19th century, as the newly founded German empire required a large parliament building -- even if the parliament did not have any rea... More >

Sushi Oshima is a funny mix of a sushi restaurant and an internet café: the front of the restaurant looks like any cheaper sushi restaurant with soy sauce bottles and Japanese beer ads on the tables, and at the back there is a collection of computers.

The sushi is ok, not fabulously tasty, but f... More >

Theodor Tucher is a cozy literature café located next to Brandenburger Tor in the very heart of the German capital. They even have a bookshop on the mezzanine floor.

The service is nice, in German style -- not too much sugar coating, just getting to the point with a smile. The terrace is a good ... More >

Via Veneto is a no-frills Italian restaurant near the busy Kurfürstendamm shopping street. In fact, the restaurant looked so no-frills at the first time that we decided to go somewhere else. Next time, our feet were hurting so much that we just decided to bite the bullet. And we were, fortunately, ... More >