Head-to-Head · Berlin
Horváth vs Tim Raue
Two Kreuzberg two-stars: Horváth for Sebastian Frank's Austrian vegetable cuisine, Tim Raue for Asian-inspired fireworks — book Raue to impress a client.
The Verdict
Horváth is the vegetable one. Sebastian Frank cooks an Austrian-rooted, vegetable-led tasting on the Landwehrkanal at Paul-Lincke-Ufer 44a, building courses from preservation, celery and memory rather than luxury protein, with the signature celery, ripe and young, offered as an add-on. The set menu runs roughly €120 for six courses and €140 for eight. It holds two Michelin stars in 2026 and scores 9.6 for food, 9.4 for the room and 8.4 for value.
Tim Raue is the punch. From the Kreuzberg room on Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse, Tim Raue cooks Asian-inspired plates without dairy or bread, the Wasabi Langoustine and his Peking-duck interpretations leading a menu of sharp, high-impact flavour. The Koi menu opens around €188 and Kolibri x Berlin runs €292, with an early five-course near €212. It holds two Michelin stars in 2026 and scores 10 for food, 8 for the room and 8 for value. Horváth is the cerebral, vegetable-forward tasting; Tim Raue is the bold, protein-driven one.
Scores, Side by Side
| Score | Horváth | Tim Raue |
|---|---|---|
| Food | 9.6 / 10 | 10 / 10 |
| Atmosphere | 9.4 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
| Value | 8.4 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
Which One for Which Occasion
| Occasion | Editorial Pick |
|---|---|
| Impress a client | Tim RaueA famous name and high-impact plates read as serious across any business table. |
| Vegetable-forward dining | HorváthThe menu is built on vegetables, the easier room for lighter or meat-free eating. |
| Adventurous diner | Tim RaueThe Asian-inspired, no-dairy, no-bread cooking is the bolder ride. |
| Quiet, cerebral dinner | HorváthThe canal-side room and slow, considered courses suit a focused evening. |
| Best value at two stars | HorváthA €120 six-course is the cheaper way into a two-star Berlin tasting. |
Price Comparison
Both are two-star tasting rooms but priced apart. Horváth is the gentler bill, a vegetable-led set menu around €120 for six courses and €140 for eight. Tim Raue runs higher, the Koi menu from about €188 to the €292 Kolibri x Berlin, with an early five-course near €212 for tables that finish by seven. Horváth is the value pick at the two-star level; Tim Raue is the splurge. Weigh them against the wider field in our Berlin dining guide.
How to Book
Both book direct and online and both want advance planning for weekends. Tim Raue is the higher-demand table, a famous name where prime weekend seats clear weeks ahead, though the early Kolibri seating is an easier midweek route. Horváth's smaller canal-side room also fills on weekends, so three to four weeks out is the safe lead. Start the wider map from the Berlin restaurants guide.
For occasion fit beyond this pairing, weigh them against our guides to the best rooms to impress clients and the best first-date restaurants. For more Berlin match-ups see Facil vs Golvet and Mrs Robinson's vs Tim Raue, and browse the full set on the compare index.