Need restaurant recommendation for Berlin - traditional German food

Dicke Wirtin (The Fat Lady) on Carmerstrasse, just off Savignyplatz.

Staendige Vertretung is a traditional Rhineland restaurant by the river near Friedrichstrasse railway station.

German food isn't one type fits all. In Berlin, you'll have wonderful access to Prussian cuisine given your proximity to the former German state. I really enjoyed Marjellchen. For lunch one day, go to a stand that sells currywurst, a Berlin staple.

Your nephew would know Berlin restaurants far better than almost any tourist on this site. Why not go with his recommendation?

2nd the recommendation for Prussian food at Marjellchan. Definitely try the currywurst sometime and the Berliner potato & sausage soup.

It is out of place for Berlin, but the Haufbrau Berlin serves a Sunday Buffet that features about the whole Bavarian menu. Great chance to sample that regional cuisine

Why don't you ask your nephew to make a suggestion? I'm sure there is either a place he would like to try or that he likes.

The East Prussian restaurant is most recommendable, better reserve first unless you plan being there at 9:30 pm, even then it's still packed at times. It is a restaurant of the "old school."

How far east are going? How about a restaurant in Berlin-Köpenick?

It's called "Restauration zur Gardestube"...old time Berlin place, advertises the cuisine of Berlin at the turn of the century, cheaper than Marjellchen. It is located at the corner of Rosenstraße and Böttcherstraße across from the side of the Köpenick Rathaus. I was here twice, the first time to check it out since I was at the Rathaus anyway, the next day came back for dinner. You won't see any international tourists here, only working class locals.

Hi,

If you need a couple more recommendations for traditional Berlin cuisine to choose from, I can give you those too, both in eastern and western Berlin.

Try the Lindenbrau in the Sony Centre at Potsdamer Platz. I bet you can't finish the pig's knuckle meal - it is huge. Here are the reviews: https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Restaurant_Review-g187323-d1037035-Reviews-Lindenbrau_am_Potsdamer_Platz-Berlin.html

Die Henne restaurant can't be beat - although it's not German.