Berlin rests its best kitchens on Sunday. Rutz, Tim Raue, Facil and Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer all go dark on Sunday or Monday to give their teams a weekend, which thins the field exactly when a visiting diner most wants a table. Six upscale rooms keep their Sunday lights on, and they are mostly the city's institutions rather than its tasting-menu stars. Here they are, ranked by what each room is actually for, with prices in euros.
Berlin runs its fine dining on a five- or six-day week. The Michelin rooms that carry the city's reputation — Rutz on Chausseestrasse, Tim Raue in Kreuzberg, Facil at the Mandala, Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer on Pariser Platz — close Sunday, Monday or both so chefs can recover. A concierge faced with a Sunday booking tends to default to a hotel dining room. The independents worth the trip are often shut, which is why a confirmed Sunday list earns its place.
The order below leads with the institutions that hold the Sunday scene together, then closes with the value pick. We cross-checked each room's published hours and dropped anything we could not confirm serves on Sunday rather than guess. Kin Dee, the one-time one-star Thai room, closed in 2024 and does not appear. Every name links to its full review with the score, the booking notes and the anti-recommendation. For the rest of the week, start with the Berlin dining guide.
Sunday hours: daily, 11:30–00:00
Roland Mary's brasserie on Französische Strasse has been Berlin's power canteen since 1992, the room where chancellors, film crews and gallery owners book the same banquettes. The Wiener Schnitzel, pounded thin and as wide as the plate, is the dish everyone orders and the reason to come. It runs a full Sunday service from late morning to midnight, which makes it the most reliable upscale Sunday seat in the city for lunch or a long dinner.
Sunday hours: daily, 17:00–23:30
Boris Radczun and Stephan Landwehr opened this Spree-side steak and seafood room on Friedrichstrasse in 2007, and it still draws the city's art and film crowd to its dry-aged beef and ice-bedded oysters. The dining room sits below street level with a view of the river through the glass. It seats every night of the week, so a Sunday booking lands you the same kitchen and scene with a calmer floor than Friday.
Sunday hours: daily, 11:00–24:00
The Gendarmenmarkt branch of a wine house founded in 1811 serves Sauerbraten and a crisp Wiener Schnitzel under dark wood and old bottles, a few steps from the Konzerthaus. It keeps its doors open 365 days a year, Sunday included, with both the restaurant and the wine bar running into the night. For a classical German Sunday lunch before a concert, this is the address, and the cellar list is one of the deepest in the city.
Sunday hours: daily, 08:00–00:00
The original Einstein occupies an 1870s villa on Kurfürstenstrasse and has poured Viennese coffeehouse culture into Berlin since 1978. The kitchen runs from breakfast through dinner with schnitzel, Tafelspitz and a textbook apple strudel, served by waiters in long aprons. It opens at eight every morning and runs to midnight on Sunday, which makes it the rare grand room you can use for a leisurely Sunday brunch as easily as a late supper.
Sunday hours: daily, 18:00–01:00
Set in a former brewery courtyard off Bergstrasse, Katz Orange cooks a seasonal German menu built on named regional farms, with its slow-roasted “Candied Duroc” pork the standing signature since the room opened in 2012. The dining room is candle-lit and quiet enough to talk across the table. It serves dinner every evening into the small hours, so Sunday is part of the regular week rather than an exception, and the courtyard suits a slow date.
Sunday hours: daily, 18:00–23:00
This dark Kreuzberg canteen on Wrangelstrasse, listed in the Michelin Guide, sends out hand-folded dim sum and Sichuan plates from an open kitchen along a long bar. The dan dan noodles and the prawn dumplings are the test pieces, and the cocktail list is better than a dumpling room needs. It is the most affordable choice here and the easiest fun on a Sunday night: sit at the counter, order in waves, and the kitchen will pace it for you.
Sunday is the slack night, which works in your favour across this list. Borchardt and Lutter & Wegner both take walk-ins and online bookings and rarely fill their full Sunday service, so a midday table is usually there for the asking. Grill Royal is the one to reserve ahead, even on Sunday, because the riverside room stays in demand year-round. For the counter seats at Long March Canteen, a single stool is the easiest thing to place, which is part of why a Sunday counter is a good solo dining in Berlin move. Entertaining a client on a Sunday is harder here than in most capitals; Grill Royal is the safest room to impress a client in Berlin when the starred kitchens are closed.
Almost none of Berlin's starred kitchens serve on Sunday. Rutz, Tim Raue, Facil and Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer all close Sunday or Monday, so the Sunday field skews toward institutions rather than tasting menus. The one room here that appears in the Michelin Guide is Long March Canteen in Kreuzberg, which serves its modern Chinese menu nightly. For a star on a Sunday, you generally have to leave the city or change your night.
Yes. Borchardt on Französische Strasse in Mitte serves daily from 11:30 to midnight, Sunday included, for both lunch and dinner. Sunday is one of its calmer services, so a banquette is easier to land than on a weeknight when the political and film crowd fills the room. Book online or by phone a few days ahead for a prime evening table; a Sunday lunch can often be had same-day.
For a full upscale Sunday dinner, the strongest options are Grill Royal for dry-aged beef and oysters on the Spree, Katz Orange for a candle-lit farm-to-table menu in Mitte, and Long March Canteen for modern Chinese small plates in Kreuzberg. All three serve every Sunday evening. Borchardt and Lutter & Wegner run later and suit a long table; the Viennese Café Einstein stays open to midnight for a quieter supper.
Many of the headline kitchens are. Berlin's Michelin rooms tend to take Sunday and Monday off to rest their teams, which is exactly why a confirmed Sunday list is useful here. The six rooms above verify Sunday service in their published hours, led by the institutions Borchardt and Grill Royal and anchored by the Michelin-Guide Long March Canteen. Always confirm directly before travelling, as winter and holiday hours can shift.
Long March Canteen in Kreuzberg. The Michelin-Guide Chinese room on Wrangelstrasse serves nightly from 18:00 to 23:00, with most plates between €30 and €55 a head before drinks. Order the dan dan noodles and the prawn dumplings, take a counter stool by the open kitchen, and you have the most relaxed upscale Sunday in the city for roughly half the cost of the brasserie rooms on this list.
Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.