Restaurant Facil vs Restaurant Pasternak
Both establishments are highly recommended by expert writers. On balance, FACIL scores significantly better than Pasternak. FACIL comes in at #1 in Berlin with praise from 9 reviewers including DK Eyewitness, Rough Guide and Michelin Guide.
Restaurant Facil
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Potsdamer Strasse 3, The Mandala Hotel, 10785 Berlin
From $36 /night
Concierge
"Chef Michael Kempf is whipping up some of the most interesting food in town."
Fodor's
"One of Germany's top restaurants, Facil is also one of the more relaxed of its class."
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Frommer's
"At tremendous expense, in the infrastructure of the Mandala Hotel, a crane lifted a vast tonnage of glass, steel, and garden supplies to the hotel's fifth-floor terrace."
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Travel + Leisure
"The food is not vividly memorable but, rather like the room itself, is expertly composed and easy to like."
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DK Eyewitness
"This Michelin-starred restaurant, in a green oasis on top of the Madison hotel, is a study in understated elegance."
Restaurant Pasternak
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Knaackstr. 22-24, 10405 Berlin
From $0 /night
Frommer's
"Menu items read like what the characters in a Dostoevsky novel might have ordered: borscht, blinis, chicken Kiev, pork skewers with pomegranate and walnut sauce, Taig Taschen."
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Insight Guides
"Comrades! Collectively endeavour to avail yourself of the traditional specialties of the Russian people!"
Lonely Planet
"The menu looks like an old family photo album with black-and-white pictures on the left and Russian favourites – borscht to blini to beef stroganoff – on the right."
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DK Eyewitness
"Go Russian at this Moscow- style venue, with borshch, Russian music and vodka."
Time Out
"The atmosphere is friendly and the food fine and filling. Kick off with borscht or the ample fish plate, then broach the hearty beef stroganoff."
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