Mikkeller Berlin — Restaurant in Berlin

We visited here Thursday 5th August 2021. We'd walked from our hotel Steigenberger Hotel, near Berlin Hauptbahnhof, and already been to the Castle, Brewdog Mitte and Manifest. Checking Google Maps it's about 37mins and 3km to walk from the main station however tram route M8 or the bus 142 are the best public transport options and will more than half that time so 17 or 18 minutes. Mikkeller is situated on a road called Torstraße, there are a couple of clothes shops either side Sigorzia and A.D.Deertz Store, but it was quite late so I cannot really say what else is in the area.

There is a small amount of outside seating but I suspect that people will have to be mindful of noise as there are apartments directly above and all around this place. We sat outside, however whilst it's quite small there is 'obviously' seating inside, I think that it was set up as a small two room configuration. It's an older building and for those with limited mobility I seem to recall that there might be steps to navigate in order to get inside. When entering the small bar is directly ahead, I think that I saw a large well stocked beer fridge in here also. The beers (about 24 on tap?) were clearly written up on a large board above and behind the bar. I had a Jester King SPON Méthode Traditionelle which was great, a really lovely beer, Loz had a Mikkeller 0 IBU which is as the description indicates a beer with nil IBUs or to use the lengthy more explanatory term, International Bitterness Units. It was super sweet, syrupy and not really our 'cup of tea'.

I liked the place it had a nice vibe, the staff knew their stuff and worked hard and whilst undoubtedly a small venue it was popular with a mixed clientele, and I guess from hearing the chatter around us it's mainly, but not exclusively beer lovers and quite an international contingent which wasn't a surprise. We were only here for about 30mins and tiredness was catching up after a long day otherwise I would have liked to stay...

This used to be one of my favorite bars for craft beers in Berlin. My latest experience was well under what I usually expect from them.

First, you never know what hoops you need to jump through to be able to eat there. Before you could order a pizza next door, and eat it there, no problem. Now their relationship with the neighbor pizza place seems to have deteriorated, and the customer pays the price (quite literally, there's a fee). The fee is not the worst part, I know they end up having to deal with trash, etc, I'm ok with that, it's reasonable. But there's an invisible bureaucracy to being able to eat there that's unclear and not at all well communicated.

I don't know if you have to clear with the staff before ordering the pizza, but apparently getting a pizza to go and going there for beers is not allowed, to the point that the server had to be rude to my group as if we were obligated to know that. They could have charged us the fee after, we were ready for that. What I wasn't ready was to be denied entry for simply coming there having already ordered a pizza. It's quite...

We came in here for a drink after dinner tonight, before we even spoke the barman ‘Nick’ had a really unfriendly attitude and told us there was no space for us. First he claimed we weren’t allowed to stand at the bar (although plenty of other people did) and when we said we got a table as the group sitting there was leaving he claimed they’re not leaving- only going for a cigarette. When we said they took all their bags and the table is now empty he still didn’t seem willing to let us sit there. I like this bar and have been to the London one many times, but this guy Nick clearly wanted to close up early and is not doing the place any favours. Sad to have had such a bad experience- we ended up leaving without getting a drink and if this bar wants to succeed they should consider friendlier and more hospitable bar staff. Sorry Nick- but...