Smack dab in Pariser Platz right in front of the Brandenburg Gate is this luxury German restaurant that works as a lively setting for its clientele of politicians, government folk, and the occasional buttoned-up tourist.

Offering such plates as die Literatische mit Curry, the restaurant satisfies both the bespectacled literati as well as the hungry, while other items like the Tucherbein mit Wurzelgemüse are best enjoyed while sitting back in the chocolate-leather seats for hours. With a select choice of local beers and wines.