Babel in Berlin

Food perfect...room temperature needs improvement

We heard a lot of good things and wanted to try it out. The food looks delicious, but there are many equally great options in the area. The staff was quite unfriendly and we didn't get tap water (upon request) on a very warm day. Finally, you can't pay by card, which you were only told after eating... that's often the case in Berlin, but the shop is running, so all in all it's not really customer-friendly. Would recommend checking out another store in the area, they also have good food and a friendly welcome.

Very very tasty and generous portions!

What a surprise. When we left the nearby NAUTA, hurried and hungry, after 3 hours of waiting, we no longer expected to eat so deliciously. Tables were quickly put together for 11 people and drinks were served and after less than 15 minutes the table was filled with food. We had ordered 4 plates of the BABEL mixed plate, which was extremely tasty. The evening was saved, highly recommended 👍 👍 👍

Very poor Halloumi / Babaganoush, most of plate was basic salad, Babaganoush very little. Got 1 pita bread. Bad deal for 15 EUR

Ordered micro small portion plates for €20, portion size of a €6 shawarma box. It's a shame that you can't get your money back from Uber eats. The sauces were good, the meat was dry and partly burnt. Lots of dark spots in the salad.

Great place. Really tasty, atmospheric, delicious... the place is a bit small and budget-finished, but the food is great. You can take as many "breads" as you want... I highly recommend it. Served quickly despite heavy traffic. For two people, I recommend a meal with photos and various items for probably 18 Euro. The photo does not reflect the taste and appearance. Much better live.

Nice place, nice service. Delicious vegan food!

Expensive. And only cash payment is possible. Why?!

Casual style, very tasty and authentic food and very friendly staff

Delicious food! My husband and I took Babel-Teller, supposedly intended for one person, but we were full to the brim ;-) a wonderful mix of flavors, a nice option to try for someone who doesn't know Eastern cuisine well. Ordering and paying at the bar, you can see that the restaurant is very popular, because people were constantly coming in and out. It's quite cramped inside, but that's the charm and atmosphere of this place :-)

We ate outside as the music in the restaurant was very loud. The food is really good, the service could be a bit friendlier. Price/performance is right so far.

The food was really great. It was very busy.

Had enough of that delicious German food on your visit? Check out Babel in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood of Berlin! It was a festival of flavors, from the salad, to the shawarma, to the spinach pie and particularly for the excellent falafel, one of my favorite foods when it is done right (but if not, I’ll pass). Babel is small (but has nice outer seating in the warm weather), hectic, and far from quiet - all of which lend to the friendly atmosphere. Should I be lucky enough to return to Berlin in the future, I can only hope Babel will still be there - and judging from the crowd at even 6 PM, that seems highly likely!

Taste wise food was perfect. Initially cost might seems little costly but size of platter matches the cost upto extenst.

We had a shawarma sandwich and a mixed plate with baba ganoush, falafel and hummus. The food was solid, but not “wow”. Service and ambience can be improved.

Nice Lebanese restaurant. We tried a combo of 3 - falafel, hummus and babaghanoush. It was good. Portions were big. They have us a complementary dessert at the end, which was too good!

this place was a recommendation from a friend and it definitely lived up to the hype! everything was so delicious i had to clear the plate even when i was already full 🥵 best falafel i’ve had in a long time! sidenote the portions are huge and come with bread so reconsider the extra portions of rice or fries

The food was delicious and fresh, but the price was a bit too high in my opinion, so a star deduction.

Sehr freundliche und rasche Bedienung. Durchaus preiswert (allerdings nicht billig). Absolut lecker! Wir - sechs Personen - waren alle begeistert.

Best vegetarian food i ever tasted. We had an enormous platter for 2 persons. Fatoush, makdouf, hummus, spiced broccoli, pepper, grilled aubergine & zucchini, 3 different sauces, can't remember everthing but it was só good! Almost had to roll back to bed. Thank you Babel!

Such places are called "tourist traps" and I'm annoyed at myself for falling for them. Basically the large mixing plate is advertised which costs 45 EUR for two people. Our platter included cold meat and lots of canned side dishes. Partly inedible. The service brought the wrong drinks and was very inattentive. Good location, yes, that's it. There are much better shops in the area.

very expensive! the food doesn’t worth the price! paid 24 euros to get Lammspeis but got a plate of salad with few pieces of meat (maybe 100grams)!

An amazing place for trying out some Arabic flavors. Probably the first time I wiped clean a salad that came with the main dish. The dressings they use of their salad pack a unique punch❤️ But, the salad isn't even the main gig! The main gig is the rice and meat combination that melts into perfection in your mouth with each bite you take! This place is totally worth the effort of taking that long tram ride if you stay far away from the restaurant

Delicious. Came here for lunch, and it was a generous portion for a decent price. Can’t wait to come back

I ordered Babel plates for two, the food was amazing. the service is really nice and friendly! I can only recommend. 🫶🏽

Good food and generous portions, but you have to bring your own cutlery, glasses, etc., which left us a little confused also because it hadn't been explained to us at the beginning. Very nice waiter but he only spoke German and very little English so we didn't understand each other perfectly 😅 Another waiter who brought the dishes started shouting the name of the dish in the middle of the tables in annoyance to ask whose dish it was 🤦🏻‍♀️ When we went to pay they asked us what we had taken, they hadn't marked anything, so by feel... Boh, it all seemed very confusing and not very organised, then maybe we caught them on a particularly busy day. However, if you already know what the service is like and speak German, it's still worth it 😄

The food was super delicious!! The service was a bit unfriendly at first, but after a few smiles it worked out. We ordered a large platter for 2 and had a very tasty typical Lebanese meal. It's a bit expensive, but I would go again. It's worth the price. The ambience inside is not so nice, but outside it is nice, typical of the Kastanienallee.

Food was delicious and the portions were generous. We had the vegetarian platter and each item had its own wonderful authentic taste. Would definitely recommend.

I came twice several years apart: always a treat! Delicious flavors, beautiful colors, a pleasant terrace! I particularly recommend the vegetarian plate for two, very generous!

The service was very unfriendly. There was a brief inquiry from me regarding the lunch offer and the lunch menu (there are probably minimal naming differences). Apparently it was the same dishes and plates. When asked about the price, the operator reacted very unfriendly and aggressively (the food wasn't even ready or served yet). He said that you had to state exactly what you wanted beforehand: this apparently had to be exact word for word (or he heard what he wanted to hear). Before ordering, I expressly told him that we wanted to take advantage of the lunch special. I have rarely been served in such an unfriendly manner and will not visit this snack bar again in the future.

The service was very appreciable, the raw materials of quality, the choice on the menu perfect.

We tried the Babel Platter for one person for two. The portion was definitely enough for us. Unfortunately, the food was far too salty (we are used to salty food) and the taste was not particularly tasty. The prices are far too high for a snack bar and in my opinion the price-performance ratio is not right. We spent €31 for 2 drinks and a meal. For half the price I would probably eat there again, but otherwise I would rather go to other Arabic or Lebanese restaurants where the quality of the food is much better than Babel for less money. There is almost no seating inside (3 tables) and no high chairs for children/babies.

Good food in large portions. Very friendly service and lots of tourists. Prices still reasonable.

0 stars, unfortunately not possible: customer satisfaction is not the top priority here! Ordered food with nine people and none of our sandwiches went to the right person. The service staff didn't know what they were bringing to the table, so allergies were ignored and various dishes couldn't be enjoyed. In addition, half of the group received their food after 10 minutes (cold), while the other half had to wait half an hour. However, the real audacity occurred during the payment process. One person was allowed to pay with a card and then suddenly the “rule” applied that from now on either everything had to be paid together with a card or you pay in cash (😉). There was no response to any questions, only people in the store made fun of us loudly in Lebanese. Last but not least, the bill included sandwich “combinations” that never arrived at the table. We felt so ripped off that we definitely won't be coming back.

Food is incredible, good price for a lot of food, didn’t have to wait long for the food and the staff are so nice and outgoing! They serve both meat and vegetarian. Best middle eastern food i’ve tasted in Europe!

Great food, super friendly staff. Highly recommend.

Great food and very nice service!

Everything was delicious and the people there were super nice and hospitable!!

The kindness of the personel and the amazing taste of the food may make this restaurant the best libanees I have ever been to.

Always good and really fresh and authentic. If you stay vegetarian the food is healthy too. Sometimes it's very crowded, but the guys are super fast. I love it and it's one of my go to places when hosting guests in this city.

El domingo, después de darnos una vuelta por los mercados de Mauerpark y de Arconapark nos fuimos a comer a Babel, uno de los mejores sitios valorados en la web. Un libanés con terraza, no hay sitio en el interior, comida rápida y bien organizada sin mucho servicio (y muy discutidor) donde sirven todas las especialidades libanesas, hummus, falafel, kafta, shawarma,... Nosotros pedimos una bandeja especial de la casa con todas las especialidades incluidas y con mucha ensalada, suficiente para los tres, y una bebida a base de yogur. Todo muy bueno. Tampoco es barato para ser un sitio de comida rápida.

The lamb and french fries were really good

Can you increase the prices a little more? Just a little more. Please. 8€ for a falafel is just too cheap.

Unfortunately, we didn't get to enjoy the meal: we were turned away from an already very small table with the argument that there was still room for three other people. We had to give way, so to speak, which is absolutely not okay. Given the high prices and the rather relaxed atmosphere, we will no longer visit the restaurant. Even the beautiful flowers don't make up for it. Good service requires that you don’t simply “drive away” guests.

Wunderbar und lecker!! I enjoyed this place twice now and it's spectacular. We had the veggie plate for 2ppl and it's a substantial amount of food!

Overall below average experience in my opinion. The prices for what you get are way too high. The seating is cramped. And what's worse is they refused to sell us a shawarma sandwich because we are sitting down??? The waiter said, if you are sitting you can only order plates. Which I found to be absurd given that the price for an average size shawarma is 7.5 euros. What made the matter worse is that we saw another table getting a sandwich despite them being sitting down? That's one of the worst experiences I've had in a while. Never again.

The shawarma I ordered only contained meat and NOTHING else and then, what's more, the sauce wasn't available and the price was an unbeatable €7.50, which really burned the student account for a meat wrap :( I don't like it

The babel plate for two was humongous but we couldn’t stop eating it was so good.

Super delicious Persian food. Got super expensive though! Still worth it I think

Cool neighborhood in Berlin. In summer I only recommend terrace. Very used to tourists.

Il mio libanese di fiducia a Berlino. Il cibo è sempre ottimo: ingredienti freschi, molte verdure e varianti per vegetariani. Le porzioni sono enormi; apprezzo sempre il loro hummus e il babaganoush. La cosa più bella sono i fiori freschi (quasi sempre rose e gigli) che si trovano sempre sia all'interno che all'esterno del locale.

Extremely large portions. Very tasty food.

The service is fantastic, as is the food.

Visited this place a couple of times and food always tastes wonderful, nice helpful staff and nice neighbourhood. However the babel-plate contains something that kind off looks like balls ( it may be some meat or stuffed aubergine ), that I did not try this but the rest of the plate was good, generous portions but a bit pricey. Oh and they ONLY accept cash.

The service and food were excellent. 👌 Cash only.

Some of the best Middle Eastern food we’ve eaten. Order a big platter or two and share! Extremely flavorful.

Very good Lebanese restaurant. Please note, payment only by CASH!!! I hadn't seen any inscription... maybe I missed it. Luckily there was an ATM right next door, but good to know.

Lebanese food in this restaurant located in a magnificent neighborhood and near the Mauerpark, with the Sunday market. Well prepared dishes and reasonable prices. Fast service.

Very friendly, super tasty authentic food The platter for 2 (vegetarian) is worth it The stuffed eggplants are the best

The atmosphere is a bit chaotic and colorful. The shawarma plate with vegetables is very good. More expensive for shawarma, but it's worth it. Fresh and delicious.

Food was very tasty. Service forgot my drink, but apart from that everything was very good.

Delicious and huge portion, the service is nice. 👍

Food was good, but the service was completely chaotic. I got food that I didn't order. My food ended up with the neighbors and I ended up having to pay too much.

Food was delicious, unfortunately more expensive. Falafel sandwich now 7€50

I do wolt delivery job and i am waiting for last 15-20 minutes and he make the food is ready but i wait long and long very bad experience

Best shawarma I have ever eaten in Germany. Good service and reasonable prices

We had catering from Babel and thank God we were able to eat from it for two more days 😂 absolute recommendation!

Great Lebanese place in Berlin. Strongly recommend the sharing platters (babel for the omnivores, or the vegeterian one). Good atmosphere outside

Food is delicious. We especially recommend the Baba Ganoush.

2024 and no card payment, that's not possible!

Unfortunately I have to say that I didn't find the falafel particularly good. Even though the salad and all the side dishes were fresh and delicious, the falafel itself was missing herbs and the typical spices. Okay, of course that's also a matter of taste. Unfortunately the gentlemen behind the counter were very unfriendly. Another customer, who certainly had special requests regarding the side dishes for her falafel, was rudely informed that, in addition to the €7.50, she would have to pay €1 each for a dollop of hummus and another €1 for a dollop of parsley salad. So €9.50!!! Really a very unfriendly atmosphere from all three gentlemen and damn expensive! Overall, this felt very much like a rip-off. I won't go there anymore. A pity.

Super nice staff and the food is a dream, can only be recommended

Best food on Kastanienallee Prenzlauer Berg. Although the prices are unfortunately always rising and the portions are getting smaller, I don't want to miss it when I'm in Berlin. The floral creations are unique

I'm pretty disappointed... I used to love eating there, but the prices are higher every time and the portions are smaller. A vegetarian platter for two now costs €40. This is in no way justified and is not appropriate for the local snack bar atmosphere. You sit close together on wobbly tables in the outdoor area and can easily overhear the conversations of those sitting next to you. The service was quite clumsy.

One if the best around that area, it's a little busy and you wait some time until you get what you desire. But it's worth it.

The food was cold and pricey for the poor quality, they don’t let everybody pay by card and don’t let you see the receipt.

Super delicious! 100% recommended!

Drank 2 glasses of white wine, were not so welcome as we weren't supposed to eat

The service is terrible. The food is ok, don't expect anything special, there are much better restaurants. Not recommended. The music in the restaurant is extremely loud & it is not child-friendly.

Good food but incredibly unfriendly service. Need to learn some manners.

I am very disappointed and would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. The food was okay, but the service is just bad, the staff very unfriendly. You feel very uncomfortable and out of place! Never again!

An over-crowding certainly due to the praise of the Guide du Routard. A limited welcome, poor hygiene, the cooks smoke their cigarettes and come back to cook. The water in the flowers is moldy. And the food isn't great, too bad.

Unfriendly welcome, food was good and served quick. Reasonable prices. Owner(?) appeared to take pictures from customers sitting on the terrace without asking for permission.

Very tasty Lebanese food, with meat, vegetarian and vegan.

Babel is an institution here at Kastanienallee but it’s become rather pricey for the quality and the service. Falafel plate (with only 3 falafel balls) and a black tea for 18€ is way too much.

I visited Babel on May 17th with a friend, and it was an extraordinary experience! 🌟 As we say in Turkey, it was "top" – simply the best. Babel's oriental food truly stands out. The quality and freshness of the ingredients were evident in every bite. The vegetables 🥗, fries 🍟, and all the components of the dishes fit together perfectly. We ordered a big plate and a small plate of shawarma 🥙, and both were exceptional. The shawarma was tender and flavorful, with perfectly seasoned meat that melted in your mouth. The accompanying sauces were delicious and complemented the dishes wonderfully. The hummus 🧆 was creamy and smooth, and the falafel had a perfect crispy exterior with a soft, flavorful interior. The presentation of the food was also noteworthy – everything was arranged beautifully, making the meal not just tasty but visually appealing as well. The ambiance of the place added to the overall experience, creating a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere. If you're in Berlin and looking for amazing oriental food, I can only recommend Babel. It’s a must-visit spot for anyone who appreciates high-quality and delicious cuisine. 👍

Just had a beer with friends and it was okay

great lunch deal: 13€ for a plate with three different specialities of your choice and a non alcoholic beverage. one star less bc i could feel a strange aftertaste in the falafel, probably the oil was not freshly changed but overall food was good!

Incredible falafel in a beautiful sea of flowers-setting

Always an amazing good experience, not an ordinary grab. Beautiful roses all around you, quick service, top flavors in delicious meals .

Food is great, maybe a bit a too much. Service is a bit chaotic but it works.

Really good and taste food. Good value.

The food was cold and pricey for the poor quality and they don’t let foreigners pay by card (but other apparently can). Foreigners don’t necessarly mean tourists .

really nice and tasty) falafel is super fresh

Very hearty Lebanese cuisine! The prices are reasonable and the service very friendly and fast. The slightly noisy atmosphere and the very narrow room are the only downsides.

I’m not entirely sure why this is so popular? The food was ok but the atmosphere is hectic and messy, the service all over the place and uncoordinated. I couldn’t wait to get out of this stressful atmosphere and I think there are better options in the city.

Low carb minced meat - highly recommended

Hasn't changed much in the last few years. Authentic Lebanese cuisine. The service is very nice. Unfortunately only cash payment possible.

I wish i had the option to choose no star at all. Very bad experience. Bad food. Bad atmosphere. Waiters with bad attitude. Claims to be Lebanese. What they have is definitely not Lebanese, nor edible. Prices are unreasonably high. Paid a lot for it to turn out bad.