East Berlin's rooftop Michelin star. Creative cooking above Lichtenberg with views of the DDR landscape and a kitchen that has found something to say about where it is.
Skykitchen sits on the 14th floor of the ANDEL's hotel in Lichtenberg — an East Berlin neighbourhood that has not been gentrified out of character. The view from the panoramic windows includes the particular urban texture of the former DDR: prefabricated apartment blocks, industrial infrastructure, and the slow greening of a city that is still, three decades after reunification, in the process of becoming something new.
Chef Alexander Koppe has developed a cuisine simultaneously specific to its location and internationally fluent. Ingredients from the Brandenburg hinterland — game, root vegetables, dairy from small farms — are prepared with technique informed by French classicism and inflected with the flavours of Central and Eastern Europe. A schmaltz-enriched preparation that would have appeared on a DDR table arrives in a form that would not embarrass a Paris bistro.
The service is professional without the stiffness that often accompanies Michelin formality, and the wine list is well-chosen across price points that make the star feel accessible. Explore all Berlin restaurants.
Skykitchen offers an experience unique in Berlin: a Michelin-starred meal in East Berlin with a perspective on the city that visitors staying in Mitte never access. Taking clients here demonstrates the kind of insider knowledge that impresses people who know the city well. Perfect occasions: Birthday · Impress Clients · First Date.
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