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Best Tasting Menus Under $200 in Berlin 2026
Tasting menus under $200 before drinks · Berlin · 6 picks ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Eighty-five euros buys a vegan five-course with a Michelin star at Bonvivant, which captures something particular about Berlin: this is the rare world capital where ambitious tasting menus stay well under two hundred dollars. The city's starred kitchens lean on regional sourcing and ideas rather than luxury imports, so the bill stays honest. Here is where to eat a serious tasting menu under the ceiling, what each kitchen does, and how far ahead to book. Six, ranked on the cooking and value, every price verified under budget before drinks.
1.Nobelhart & Schmutzig
Berlin's most distinctive tasting menu, strictly Brandenburg-sourced, from 120 euros at a kitchen counter. Book it for the city's purest sense of place well under budget.
Nobelhart & Schmutzig on Friedrichstraße in Kreuzberg is the city's most distinctive tasting menu, Billy Wagner's room where chef Micha Schäfer cooks a strictly Berlin and Brandenburg larder, no citrus and no pepper, in what they call vocally local. The set menu runs six or eight courses, priced by night from 120 euros Tuesday to Thursday up to 140 euros on Saturday, comfortably under our ceiling. It has held a Michelin star since 2016. You eat at a counter wrapped around the open kitchen. This is the booking for a sense of place rather than luxury ingredients. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, take the longer menu, and sit at the counter.
Book on the Nobelhart site; take the eight-course menu at the counter.
2.Cookies Cream
Berlin's pioneering vegetarian star, five courses for 115 euros down a hidden Mitte alley. Book it for meat-free cooking that has held its star since 2018.
Cookies Cream on Behrenstraße in Mitte is reached through a service alley behind the Westin Grand, the first fine-dining vegetarian room in Berlin when it opened in 2007 and a Michelin star since 2018. Head chef Patrick Ziegert, who took the pass in 2026, runs a five-course set menu at 115 euros, the parmesan dumpling its long-running signature, with six and seven-course extensions. This is the booking for vegetable cooking with the swagger of a club rather than a salon, downtempo soundtrack and all. The room stays loose while the plates stay serious. Reserve a week or two ahead, take the longer menu, and find the unmarked door before you give up on the address.
Book on the Cookies Cream site; the entrance is the unmarked door off the courtyard.
3.Hallmann & Klee
Sarah Hallmann's vegetable-led tasting in Neukölln, 120 euros and a Michelin star. Book it for produce-driven cooking that rarely needs meat to carry a course.
Hallmann & Klee on Böhmische Straße in Neukölln is chef-owner Sarah Hallmann's room, where the tasting menu is vegetable-forward and product-reduced, built around what is best that week rather than luxury proteins. The six-to-eight-course menu is 120 euros, with a handful of supplements, and it earned a Michelin star in 2024 alongside three Gault Millau toques. This is the booking for cooking that proves a tasting menu does not need foie gras to be ambitious. It marked ten years open and has only sharpened. Reserve a week or two ahead, take the full menu, and let the kitchen lead on the vegetable courses.
Book on the Hallmann und Klee site; take the full menu and let the kitchen lead.
4.Bricole
An intimate eight-seat star in Wedding, seven courses for 112 euros. Reserve it for precise, Nordic-leaning cooking at one of the city's lowest star prices.
Bricole on Gerichtstraße in Wedding is one of Berlin's smallest starred rooms, an intimate eight-seat space where chef Steven Zeidler cooks a seven-course menu for 112 euros. The style is precise and Nordic-leaning, the halibut with kohlrabi, shiso and dashi and the guinea fowl with porcini and sour cherries among the standouts, and it took a Michelin star in the 2025 guide. This is the booking for a quiet, considered tasting at a price well under budget. The small room means seats go quickly. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, since eight covers fill fast, and let the kitchen run the menu at its own pace.
Book on the Bricole site well ahead; eight seats go quickly.
5.Bandol sur Mer
A 14-seat former kebab shop turned French star on Torstraße, eight courses for 184 euros. Book it for ambitious cooking that just slips under the $200 line.
Bandol sur Mer on Torstraße in Mitte is the room that famously began as a kebab shop and now holds a Michelin star, chef Andreas Saul cooking modern French across fourteen seats. The eight-course menu is 184 euros, with a vegetarian version a touch lower, which puts it right at the top of our under-budget band but genuinely under it before drinks. It has held its star since 2016. This is the booking for the most ambitious cooking on this list at the edge of the price ceiling. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, since the room is tiny, and take the full menu rather than the short option.
Book on the Bandol sur Mer site; take the eight-course menu in the small room.
6.Bonvivant
The best value here, a vegan five-course at 85 euros in Schöneberg with a Michelin and Green Star. Book it for plant-based cooking at the gentlest price on the list.
Bonvivant on Goltzstraße in Schöneberg is the value pick of this list, a five-course vegan set menu at just 85 euros that holds both a Michelin star and a Green Star. Chef Nikodemus Berger has cooked fully plant-based since 2025, much of it over the grill, the glazed brown kale with smoked beluga lentils and a sauerkraut beurre blanc among the dishes guests remember. This is the booking for serious meat-free cooking with the most budget left for the cocktail pairing the room is named for. The setting is a relaxed bistro rather than a hushed dining room. Reserve a week ahead, take the five courses, and let the bar pair drinks course by course.
Book on the Bonvivant site; add the cocktail pairing the bistro is built around.
Avoid if you are on a budget
Worth it, but over the $200 line
Rutz. Rutz is Berlin's only three-star, Marco Müller's flagship, and its Berlin Size tasting runs around 240 euros for food, more with the pairing. It is one of the best meals in the country but well over our ceiling, so it belongs on a different list. See our Berlin chef's tables ranking, where it sits at the top.
Horváth. Sebastian Frank's two-star vegetable cooking at Horváth is exceptional, but the menu sits around 210 euros, just over the line. Save it for when budget is not the constraint.
How to eat a tasting menu under budget in Berlin
Every room on this list is genuinely under 200 dollars for the food, but the value spread is wide. Bonvivant at 85 euros and Bricole at 112 euros leave the most room for wine, while Bandol sur Mer at 184 euros is the splurge inside the budget. Take the full-length menu at each, since the short options rarely show the kitchen at its best.
Book two to three weeks ahead for the small rooms, Bricole and Bandol sur Mer especially, where a handful of seats go fast. Tell the kitchen about any restrictions when you book rather than on the night, and if you are marking an occasion, say so, since these are intimate rooms that can make a night of it.
Frequently asked
What are the best tasting menus under $200 in Berlin?
Nobelhart & Schmutzig leads at 120 to 140 euros for its strictly regional menu, with Bonvivant the best value at 85 euros for a vegan five-course. Cookies Cream at 115 euros, Hallmann & Klee at 120 euros, Bricole at 112 euros and Bandol sur Mer at 184 euros complete the list, all Michelin-starred or Green-Starred and all genuinely under the $200 ceiling before drinks.
Which Berlin tasting menu offers the best value?
Bonvivant is the standout value, a Michelin and Green Star for a vegan five-course at just 85 euros in Schöneberg, which leaves real room in the budget for the cocktail pairing. Bricole at 112 euros for seven courses and Cookies Cream at 115 euros are close behind. All three deliver starred or Green-Starred cooking at well under half the price of Berlin's three-star, Rutz.
Are there Michelin-starred tasting menus in Berlin under $200?
Yes, several. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Cookies Cream, Hallmann & Klee, Bricole and Bandol sur Mer all hold a Michelin star and price their tasting menus under our $200 ceiling, from 112 euros at Bricole to 184 euros at Bandol sur Mer. Bonvivant holds both a Michelin star and a Green Star at 85 euros. Berlin is unusually strong for starred cooking at this price.
How far ahead should I book these Berlin restaurants?
Two to three weeks for the small rooms, where seats are scarce: Bricole has only eight covers and Bandol sur Mer fourteen, so both fill fast. Nobelhart & Schmutzig and Hallmann & Klee also book up for weekends. Cookies Cream and Bonvivant are a little easier but still worth reserving a week ahead. Tell the kitchen about dietary needs when you book.
What is the most expensive tasting menu in Berlin?
That is Rutz, the city's only three-Michelin-star restaurant, whose Berlin Size tasting runs around 240 euros for food and 300 euros with pairings, well above this list's budget. Two-star Horváth sits around 210 euros and Tim Raue's menus run near 290 euros. All three are excellent but belong on a different list; for them, see our Berlin chef's tables and wine ranking.
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