Café Datscha Mitte

While visiting Berlin we had both breakfast and dinner at Cafe Datscha Mitte and enjoyed every meal. It's Eastern European style is both unique and delicious. Really fresh and healthy food with friendly staff. Definitely will go back next time I am in Berlin!

Amazing food and very stylish interior. Love to be also sitting outside on the street. Their wine is also very tasty

Food was pretty good and the service was very friendly. The pelmeni was great! The ambience on the porch was nice.

Two for waiting 25 minutes to order anything. Food was a solid 4+. So made it a 4. Seemed like the service got better after about 8:30 as they added three servers to the one that was there at 8:10 when we arrived. Would go back for sure.

Someone recommended this place to us, and I'm so glad they did. A Russian restaurant wouldn't normally be my first choice, especially not for breakfast. My dining companion and I both ordered vegetarian breakfast samplers (nice that there were multiple options) and everything was terrific. The food was fresh and light but very flavorful. The ambiance was nice. We came when hardly anyone else was in the restaurant and had the whole back room to ourselves. The interior was very warm and cozy. It was the perfect way to start the day in Berlin and turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip.

Great place for romantic evening, meeting best bodies for drinks, or spending family time with kids and a dog - everyone will be able to find best table and warmly welcomed by friendly and helpful staff. They speak German, English, and sometimes Russian.

The place offers selection of Ukrainian, Russian, and Caucasian dishes as well as full bar. Drinks are decent, but don't forget that's it's not a bar. Breakfast is amazing! Try some blini (Russian pancakes).

My vegan personal fav is Borsch without cream.

I keep coming back.

I am mostly vegetarian. The vegetarian Wareniki section doesn't fail. It is more of what to eat when, because all of them are worth it.

I specially love the Wareniki "Moskwa" on a rainy day. Hearty and warm and cheesy and mushroom gravy-ish feel. Yum! I also love the walnut sauce on the Wareniki "Brynsa". And the Hatschipuri is always tempting.

** I wouldn't order the mix as it is nice to indulge with each type fully with its sauce and garnishes **

Golubzi, cabbage rolls filled with buckwheat in a yummy fresh tomato sauce, is also worth the try.

I took a star off as I am not a big fan of their Blinis.

But *GOOD JOB* on serving tap water.

This is really the WORST dining experience I have ever had! This place should be avoided at all costs. Unbelievably unfriendly and downright dangerous.

The waiting staff were curt and discourteous from the beginning however it was when we ordered the food that the real problems started.

I was there with a friend and we ordered the mixed starter plate, fully aware that there was fish contained. Now, I have an allergy to fish, she loves fish, so I asked if it would be possible to have the dishes separate. I do this all the time, and if it is an issue, we just order something else. Simple.

The waitress told me that everything came in separate bowls and this would not be an issue. When the starter came we again asked specifically which contained fish. She assured us that there was only one and pointed it out. Next thing I knew, I had a mouthful of fish, a burning tongue, sweats and a very sore throat.

Now, my allergy is not bad, however this could have been really serious for someone with a worse allergy.

When we pulled her up on her mistake, she simply shrugged her shoulders and said, "oh yeah, that has tuna"

She became very aggressive and blamed us for ordering something with fish. I have worked in restaurants and the very least that is expected is a reasonable knowledge of the menu. At the very least, if you hear that someone has an allergy and you are not sure, simple common sense would be to make sure or tell them that it was not possible to tell which dishes contained fish and which not.

The mistake aside, it was the simple lack of common courtesy which turned into downright rudeness displayed by both the waitress and then her workmate that was just unacceptable.

This took place on the 18th of October 2016, if a manager or owner of this restaurant reads this, I would really recommend taking some serious action towards your staff working this evening. They do your restaurant a serious disservice.

Our AirBnB host recommended this part of town to us shortly after we had arrived (late at night). She mentioned that this is a part of town for the locals; a hustling and bustling intersection with many great restaurants that open late. It was only a short tram ride away and it was definitely very lively with streets lined with restaurants and patios. We picked this place because it was one of the few that had a free table outside.

I have not been an avid diner of Russian cuisine back home though I think the cuisine is good albeit a little too meaty at times. Gorki Park was excellent to say the least, better than any of the Russian meals I've had in Canada but one would only expect it due to the closer proximity to Mother Russia.

We had the chicken stew and it was excellent; tender, juicy, aromatic chicken bathed in that sultry and satisfying sauce. We also ordered dumplings and it too was fantastic. The filling is deliciously fresh and the wrapper is perfectly tender with just a bit of chew. The borscht too was one of the best I've ever tasted with layers and layers of flavour in that rich broth.

Highly recommended.

Should have read the reviews before. It's really become a terrible place where a beer costs 4.50 euro!... I ordered a wine which was just undrinkable and the service was terrible. I read my old review where I ate here and it was bad. I just forgot I had been there. REALLY AVOID at any cost!