MINE

Guide MICHELIN Deutschland 2026: recommended; Falstaff Restaurant- & Gasthausguide Deutschland 2026: 87 points

MINE opened in 2017 on Meinekestraße in Charlottenburg, a few steps from the Kurfürstendamm, on a site once occupied by Berlin’s smallest bar. It is run by the Mnatsakanov family, who also have restaurants in St Petersburg and Moscow; the managing partner is Mikhail Mnatsakanov, a graduate of the Ferrandi cookery school in Paris. Head chef and restaurant manager is Artem Dovlatyan, and a chef from Emilia-Romagna is involved as culinary director for the Italian cooking.

The kitchen interprets Italian classics in a modern way: home-made pasta, meat and fish from the grill, seasonal vegetables. Well known are the vitello tonnato, thinly sliced veal with tuna sauce, and lamb cutlets alla griglia; for two or more there is the ‘Greatest Hits’ menu. Spaghettini with 20 g of black caviar show that the menu also knows luxury produce, while most main courses cost between €35 and €50.

The wine list of around 120 references, many of them biodynamic wines, has received Wine Spectator’s Best of Award of Excellence. Next door is the small wine bar MINE WINE, and the wine cellar can be booked for private dinners. In 2025 the restaurant hosted a dinner in honour of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti for the first time, and the second edition followed in September 2026. MINE suits wine lovers and festive evenings in the west of the city.