Hasir — Restaurant in Berlin

Not impressed with their dishes, to be honest. We ordered some mixed meze (tapas) to accompany our raki, but what arrived was more or less the same dish with minor variations. The haydari, which usually doesn’t have carrots, was described in the menu as "haydari with carrots." However, when the haydari was served, it didn't have any carrots. So, basically, it was "haydari with carrots, without carrots." Overall, the food was very basic and generic. The prices are reasonable, which is why you don't feel a strong urge to complain about it.

The service was poor, hostile, and unwelcoming. We arrived in Berlin a few hours later than expected and had a reservation at Hasir in Kreuzberg (see my review about Hasir Kreuzberg). Realizing we wouldn’t make our reservation, we decided to call ahead and ask if we could delay it. They informed us that their other restaurant had opening hours until 03:00. We called Hasir Schöneberg and made reservations there instead. On the phone, they confirmed they were open until 03:00 and that the kitchen closed at 01:00. We ordered two bottles of raki, each 35 cl. Exactly at 01:28, just five to ten minutes after opening the second bottle, the waiter came and told us they were closing in 10 minutes. We protested, referring to our previous phone conversation, but they denied any knowledge of this. In response, we had to chug our raki like there was no tomorrow and hurry away. Very unfortunate and indeed a sad stain on their reputation.

The area is as Berlin as it gets—bustling and vibrant, with all types of people walking by. Unfortunately, the street has a heightened level of ambient noise from motor vehicles.

The food was what it was, and the noise is what it is—but their attitude and obnoxiousness were surprising and very discouraging.

I won't be able to recommend this place, as Berlin has so much more to offer in terms of raki and meze...

Hey dear Berlin visitors, if you want to eat well for a little more money you should avoid this place.

Only the Döner and Dürüm is recommended in terms of price and taste.

The eating of the dishes from the menu are purely culinary the absolute catastrophe.

The bread as a side dish was just hard and dry, it had no roast aromas or any taste. The ordered Iskender Kebap dish is not worthy of its price. Loveless a blob of yoghurt on the plate and the good meat was unfortunately served on the same tasteless side bread.

The dish was a culinary flop as well as a visual lull. The grilled tomato came from the discounter, it was not ripe and the taste was a sad experience.

The big bottle of water was standard discount water from the Turkish supermarket. The price for a cheap water from the PET bottle without premium feature is exaggerated.

The restaurant is nice, clean and cosy. The food is a flop. For the prices of the dishes and drinks a training of the cooks would be appropriate. The place is a pearl but there is still potential for...

This place came highly recommended and we really wanted to like it more, but it was just OK. Things started out nicely with a generous portion of flavorful hummus and fresh-baked bread (6,50€). We then ordered two mains - the Döner Kebap (menu item #41 at 16€) and the Yogurt Sis Kebap (#46 at 16€). The Döner Kebap’s rice was rich and the red sauce, while sweet, had a nice spicy zing. However, the rest of the items were pretty bland tasting. The Yogurt Sis Kebap had perfectly cooked chunks of lamb drowned in what tased like canned tomato sauce and a nondescript runny yogurt, with soggy bread underneath it all. Portions on the entrees were also generous, but we gladly would have had much smaller portions in exchange for more intense flavors. Perhaps this is how everything was supposed to taste and we had the wrong expectations for the offerings? Either way, it was a miss for what we were looking for and we...