Creaky wooden interiors, tiled stoves, and hearty Berlin classics — it leans hard on its history, and that's exactly the point. A snapshot of old Berlin that survived the city's many reinventions.
Berlin's oldest restaurant, with gastronomic tradition dating to 1621; the building is on Waisenstrasse near Alexanderplatz and serves traditional German cuisine. · zurletzteninstanz.com
Took the name 'Letzte Instanz' ('last resort/instance') in 1924 after the courthouse on neighbouring Littenstrasse. · onedayinacity.com