Gaststätte Berliner Wappen — Restaurant in Berlin

Picture this: We are a lesbian couple lost in Berlin. We are poor, and also extremely cold because of the heavy wind on this chilly February evening. We are desperately looking for a place to eat, particularly craving some schnitzel. Suddenly, we come across this place which, at first sight, doesn’t seem like the best of what Berlin has to offer. We were, admittedly, initially intimidated. However, the highly competitive prices and excessive amount of old people inside managed to convince us, so we entered. Verdict: ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU ARE SCARED OF !!! Entering almost feels like you are intruding into a wholesome german family enjoying their home cooked dinner. The waiter/barman/possible cook is polite, and had the kindest crystal blue eyes i have ever seen. It felt like I could tell him my deepest secret and he would keep it safe. In reality I only told him my order (Hungarian schnitzel with fries), but the depth of our connection was still there. The vibe of the place is hypnotically german, which was what we were looking for. The outstanding amount of people over 75 all around us really made the atmosphere feel electric. The food was delicious, the portion was great, the price was amazing. We learnt to ALWAYS trust the preferences of elderly german people. Would definitely recommend 100%....

The food was great. The service was terrible terrible making our experience very unpleasant. We were super kind and wanted to order in English and even do kind German translation, the waitress woman shouted at us everytime we tried to order sth as a group. We were just a friendly group of 9 and had dinner and drinks. When I adked if I can get ketchup for french fries she yelled at me no german no. The payment was terrible I was the first one paying and she immediately said “tipment is not included in the payment” few times and apparently could talk us in english but preferred to yell.

Though the food and atmosphere is good, we had the worst experience with the service AND the owner/manager did nothing to stop this attitude towards. She witnessed the whole situation in payment when I asked a little help with gestures, she could have come and did somethşng to stop this shouting and...

Wanted to try an authentic schnitzel and many people recommended this place. Spent more than an hour trying to get there and as soon as we entered we were very rudely told it's full. There was not even a good evening or a conversation about what we wanted to have (drinks or food). Just a hard 'NO'. I could see there was a bit of space so clearly they didn't want us there. They could have tried to be a bit more welcoming or even if they had said it's really busy but feel free to have a drink at the bar or at least tell us to wait for a bit for a table may have been a better approach. Terribly disappointed with the behaviour and will never ever go there or recommend this place to anyone who is a tourist. Absolutely disgusting behaviour by the lady...