Klinke — Restaurant in Berlin

My experience has not been great. We were a group of 20 people and were served a fixed menu of “all you can eat” sort-of tapas. Problems: 1) food was average. We received bread, broth, a basic salad, cucumbers… not bad but not good either. 2) service was slow. I acknowledge that we were many, but we arrived at 7:30pm and finished dinner almost at 11pm. 3) portions were very small. For example, I ate a third of a curry wurst, three spoonfuls of salad, half a piece of bread, etc. 4) some foods quickly ran out of stock and were insufficient for the table. To be fair, at the moment of dessert, when we got this feedback one more time, the waitress was very kind and asked the kitchen to prepare more desserts since many of us were still hungry. However, I think there should be more thought into this proactively, rather than waiting end of dinner to hear our complaints. Not sure if the problem was that we were too many, but we could have been told that in advance. Not recommended...

We visited the Klinke Restaurant and unfortunately, the first impression was really disappointing. The bartender Lukas was extremely unfriendly. He left us waiting outside for over 30 minutes without serving us or even acknowledging us. It truly felt like we weren’t welcome something I’ve never experienced in a restaurant before. Very unfortunate, because it immediately ruined the start of the evening.

Luckily, the food completely turned things around. The kitchen was outstanding, everything was absolutely delicious, and we were really happy with the quality. Also, the other two people working in service did an excellent job – very attentive, friendly, and professional. Big compliments to them and to the kitchen!

But Lukas sadly spoiled the beginning of our visit. He really doesn’t do his job well, and being treated so unfriendly at a restaurant of this standard should...

We went there with great expectation, but all in all it was a terrible experience. We ordered 2 main dishes and 2 sides. After 30 minutes only 1 side dish arrived (bread); after other 15 minutes, only one of the main dishes had arrived. We were sitting there confused and not knowing whether to start eating or not. Finally I asked about the remaining dishes and they told us, basically after one hour after we sat down and ordered that “we are out of that”. Then they were trying to make us order something else but we were very so annoyed and disappointed. The cherry on top was that the waiter offered us two Schnaps to apologise but one of them was charged to us under the name “mineral water” which we were not supposed to pay since it was tap water.

Overall, the food was fine but overpriced and portions microspopic. They ruined a birthday dinner. Stay away...