Il Giardino in Berlin

authentic Italian food in a quiet street garden

Great service, great food, very affordable prices. All in all, great place

Delicious food, interesting daily specials, great atmosphere, and fair prices. The service could be a little better, but the grappa on the house makes up for the wait for drinks 😁

Spring, late May, 23 degrees Celsius, naturally a great atmosphere, sitting outside. Great food, great service. Exceptional!

My absolute favorite Italian restaurant, everything here is just perfect: the food, the friendly and humorous service, the relaxed atmosphere...you always feel welcome.

Very good food, nice service, I recommend.

In simple terms: looks delicious.

Very good in all categories. We'll definitely go there again. And this pizza base is simply great!

Very tasty food and also very good service 👍will be back

Very pleasant atmosphere, very tasty pasta dishes with seafood and fish. Very pleasant service.

Very, very nice restaurant. Great ambience. Pleasantly reserved but still friendly service. The food was very tasty and the price was absolutely fair. Card payment possible (from 30 euros), but unfortunately tips are only possible in cash.

The arrabiata I took was mediocre and not as spicy as it should have been.

Simply great! We were there as a large family and absolutely loved it. The service was exceptionally friendly and attentive, and the food was really excellent. We felt very comfortable and would definitely like to come back. Thank you for the great service – absolutely recommended

It was 😋 delicious, I only ate a bit of it but it wasn't bad, it was great. You're welcome to come over

There are many Italian restaurants in Berlin - those that are really convincing are rare. But Il Giardino is one of them. The cuisine and service are convincing at the highest level, only professionals are at work, with heart and feeling - you can feel that and taste it! An undoubted recommendation for everyone! Gracie to Fabio and his crew!

Definitely worth a visit! Delicious food and attentive & friendly service

Very pleasant atmosphere with very friendly staff. Whenever we are in Berlin, we go there. Next time too!

We celebrated a friend's bachelorette party there. The waiters were so nice and funny, looked after us really well, the food (especially the truffle fries!) was delicious and the atmosphere there is really nice! Thank you again for the great day!

Went there last night with a small group and had one of the best evenings we've had in a long time. The atmosphere and the food are dreamy and the service comes from the heart. 10/10 would recommend!!

Very friendly and what I really liked were the nice conversations with the service staff. The food was wonderful 🙂. Gladly again and is a great recommendation for me.

A beautiful Italian restaurant. A very pleasant ambiance. The food was of the highest quality and well prepared. It tasted great. The staff was very friendly, accommodating, and not intrusive.

An absolute “feel-good” place with outstanding and attentive service! The food tastes very, very good and the wine list is well selected! We'll definitely come back❤️🎊

Nice atmosphere, friendly and attentive service, delicious food. We didn't have to wait long for our drinks and food.

My companion wanted to order a lasagna, the answer from the service was: We don't have lasagna today - it's a shame. Ok, then it will be a Pizza Diavola. Ordered and also a bit disappointed, the salami was not spicy at all and the peppers listed on the menu were not available. The Pizza Mista I ordered, on the other hand, was quite tasty and I would give it a rating of 2. But we will still give Il Giardino a chance.

We liked the food Which is actually the most important thing But you can't enjoy the food, it was louder there than in a canteen The waiters said it was Friday, that's just how it is It's a shame, I would have liked to eat there more often

We were there again with the family on Saturday last week for our son's birthday dinner. He had invited. It was simply outstanding again. We can recommend this restaurant with a very clear conscience. Thank you for the great service, the friendliness and of course for the great food. We would love to come back.

We were in this wonderful pizzeria at the start of 2025 👍👍 and we really found it to be first class again. A real secret tip 👍 Excellent value for money. Super friendly and accommodating, super tasty and the ambience...uniquely beautiful. And as a surprise there was also a super delicious dessert 👍 Thanks to the team. The two of us have become regulars. Greetings from Thomas and Cathrin 💕

Yes. Nicely decorated. Good food and attentive service

Nice shop, fast service, delicious food.

Yes!! Very friendly service!! Enjoy your meal!! Ambiance!! I liked it!! It's worth it!!!

Great ambience, great service, very good food. One of the best restaurants in Berlin. Particularly competent, friendly service. It is really recommended!

A very nice restaurant, lovingly and authentically furnished. The food tasted very good. The service was very good, all the waiters were very accommodating, friendly and in a good mood. We had a lovely evening and felt very comfortable! If we are in the area again we will come back!

A great restaurant! Nice service, value for money completely ok and the food is amazing! I'd love to come back :)

Always worth a visit. Day ticket with very fair prices. No matter what you take, it always tastes good.

Very friendly service, unfortunately when it's full there are longer waiting times. All of the food has tasted delicious so far.

Very very tasty and very good service

The food was very good for all of us. Service was very nice. In my opinion there are too many tables in the room. Otherwise we will definitely eat there again.

We came here for the first time on a recommendation and will definitely come back. The service was attentive, cheerful and friendly, and the food was delicious. At the end, the three of us received a mixed dessert plate (without charge), with the tiramisu in particular being excellent, and a digestif on top of the bill. It was very crowded that evening and the tables were quite crowded, so it was very loud and a little uncomfortable. But it's certainly more pleasant when not every seat is occupied.

The stars say EVERYTHING!!! 😋👌🫃 Food TOP!!! A big compliment to the kitchen too!!! Service and their recommendation/attention TOP!!! Ambiance as it should be, you feel at home!!!

Best food, best service, authentic ambience - a dream. Coming from Munich and is a "must" in Berlin. It's a shame that restaurants like this are rare these days. Keep it up 👍👍. Kind regards from the guests from Munich

It's a shame, it was poorly placed. I didn't feel well.

Ein guter Nachbarschaftsitaliener. Unprätentiös, schneller Service und ordentliches Preis- Leistungsverhältnis. Interessante Saisonkarte. Und natürlich zum Abschied einen Grappa aufs Haus. Wir kommen gerne wieder.

This place has amazing food and service 😍

Enjoy fine Italian cuisine in a relaxed manner! Just the thing after a long city tour! Cozy, tasty and good value for money! Very happy again!

Met new people and immediately felt extremely comfortable. A super great, friendly, qualified service, with humor! 👍🙏 Danger of repetition! 🤩

The food there is great. The service is very friendly and funny. The ambience is lovingly furnished. We can only recommend the restaurant. Pasta in cheese is simply amazing

This is the second time I've been to Il Giardino and I'm absolutely thrilled. Unfortunately, this great Italian restaurant is 27 miles from my home, otherwise it would become my go-to restaurant. The food is excellent, the staff is super friendly and very attentive, the atmosphere both outside and inside is very pleasant and the price-performance ratio is right. So all in all a restaurant that I would recommend at any time and will definitely make the long journey myself from time to time.

A new discovery for me. Very good, balanced cuisine. There is a pleasant atmosphere in the restaurant.

Very friendly team and nice place. Great antipasti and wine selection.

Our new favorite Italian! Great cuisine, absolutely lovely service! Thank you, dear ones! We're looking forward to next time!

No hay un menú inglés, solo un alemán / italiano. El menú no incluía una carta de vinos específica, solo tres variaciones de "vino de la casa". Buen servicio y pan / aceitunas en la mesa antes de que se sirvieran los platos.

My new favorite Italian restaurant in Steglitz! Incredible food, funny, friendly and fast staff and delicious wine! 5 out of 5 friends 🫶

Unfortunately not authentically Italian but the service is very good… food ok

Very tasty food, nice atmosphere and top service - 10/10, we'll be back! :)

Pretty restaurant a little off Schloßstrasse. You can sit perfectly both inside and outside, the atmosphere is great. The food tasted very good, both the pizza and the grilled salmon were excellent. The prices are within the usual range, pizza between 11 and 15€, the salmon with a vegetable side dish comes to 23€.

We had a lovely evening. The pizza mortadella in particular is also highly recommended!

Unfortunately we do not accept payment by card.

Fantastic service, food was incredibly tasty and good sized portions. Dessert is a must - made in house! Beautiful setting outside in a leafy suburb.

Fantastic food and Luke had an incredible birthday 🎉

Great food & very friendly staff. A great spot for a birthday dinner 🎉

Delicious food and great service. Dino was a lovely server.

Came here for lunch with a large group and every need was met by the incredible staff. A great spot for a birthday celebration!

Sehr gut, great food and very friendly service. Thank you to our lovely waiter Dino!

We were there for lunch yesterday, the food was high quality, the prices were fair. The staff is very friendly especially Dino. A clear recommendation, we’ll be back👍

Best Italian food with great service and tasteful ambience.

We would have liked to have been guests at Il Giardino again. We remembered lovely evenings from our last visits. Unfortunately the service is extremely unfriendly. When we tried to make a telephone reservation, we were abruptly cut off: "Call again tomorrow!" According to its website, the restaurant is open until 12:00 a.m. and, according to Google, until 11:00 p.m. We find it very surprising why a reservation is not possible before 10.30 p.m. We go to the competition and look forward to nicer treatment.

A good authentic pizzeria. Nice friendly staff. Price performance fits.

This Italian restaurant with a beautiful, quiet beer garden is located not far from Forum Steglitz. The prices are reasonable for the dishes and their quality. The service was quick and unobtrusive. There was bread and olives in advance, and there was also a good olive oil at the table. The pasta was Pacheri with salsiccia and buffalo mozzarella, as well as Sedanini with strips of beef fillet and mushrooms. Finally there was a Sambucca and a Limoncello It was very tasty in a nice atmosphere and we will stop by again.

Really great food with really great waiters (and of course the limoncello on the house as a farewell tastes good too)!

Super delicious food and great service!

Best Italian in Friedenau! By far… service top, food top. Simply outstanding 👌🏽🇮🇹

The food and the price-performance ratio is very good. The garden and the interior are really beautiful too. Unfortunately the staff leaves a lot to be desired. Obviously you have to come there very regularly to receive courteous service. We were there with a group of 6 people. When it came time to pay, we were ignored for 20 minutes. We were made to feel that it was probably unreasonable that we wanted to pay separately. It's a shame that the service devalued the great visual and taste impression so negatively.

The service is excellent and the wine was very good. The pizza tasted fantastic, as did the grilled octupus and the tiramisu. Always my pleasure.

A dream, great food, super nice staff... just great

For us the best Italian. It's best to go with a reservation. Everything we have eaten so far has tasted excellent. Be sure to try the cocktails too!

The food is delicious and the service is great!

A great location! The staff are friendly and accommodating, the food is simply unique! We'd love to come back!

Il Giardino is an absolute gem! I recently had the pleasure of dining at Il Giardino and all I can say is that it was one of the best dining experiences I have ever had. From the moment I entered the restaurant I felt warmly welcomed. The ambience is cozy and inviting, with a touch of Italian charm that immediately creates a relaxed atmosphere. The service was first class - the staff were attentive, friendly and very knowledgeable about the menu. Our server was extremely helpful in selecting dishes and was able to answer all of our questions. The menu itself offers a fantastic selection of traditional Italian dishes, all made with fresh, high quality ingredients. I had the tagliatelle al tartufo, and they were absolutely delicious - perfectly al dente and with a wonderfully aromatic truffle sauce. The pizzas that my companion ordered were also excellent – ​​crispy, well topped and full of flavor. I would also like to particularly highlight the wine list, which offers a wide selection of Italian wines that go perfectly with the dishes. Overall, my visit to Il Giardino was a thoroughly successful experience. I can recommend this restaurant to anyone who wants to enjoy authentic Italian cuisine in a charming ambience. I will definitely come back!

The Albanian restaurant in the Friedenauer Kiez offers Italian dishes. Unfortunately, the initially consistently good quality of the dishes has deteriorated significantly and it varies from day to day depending on the occupancy. With the exception of the always friendly and well-organized waiter Rami, the rest of the service is sometimes an absolute disaster. We had reserved a table for 7 p.m. and were currently the only new guests arriving (2 adults and 2 children). We were assigned a table that had not yet been cleared and was completely filthy. But we preferred to wait until everything was cleared away and clean (or so we thought). The grumpy waiter did not comply with our request to replace the two wet seat cushions that were covered in cola (it felt like at least one glass per cushion). - Pillow just turned over briefly, great, the back was just as wet- I then exchanged them at a free table and was loudly told not to do this. Just another blanket was placed over the equally wet and totally sticky tablecloth, so that everything came through again after a short time. The previous guests' full ashtray and empty glasses were eventually cleared away with a grumpy face after repeated requests. Apparently the boss is on vacation and the employees don't have a plan. The order was taken 25 minutes after we arrived. After another 15 minutes the drinks were served. The children were now restless and after another 45 minutes I asked when our food would come. The waiter's incredible answer was that too many guests had arrived at the same time and it was too hot in the kitchen today. - No regrets or apologies from the waiter with glasses - He forgot to pass on our order. Only after “Rami” kindly took care of our food did we receive the food at 9 p.m. We were so annoyed that even the free grappa and dessert didn't detract from the whole experience. We politely declined everything. After that terrible evening, that... Il Giardino lost us and our friends as regular guests. My tip, then maybe go back to the beginning - more class, instead of mass-

The food is very good! After a brief note from us, our service took a very positive turn. We are looking forward to coming back and wish the entire team a nice summer until then.

We went there on the recommendation of our hotel. Delicious little Italian. I can really recommend the Caesar salad.

Unscheinbares Restaurant in einer Nebenstraße, ruhig gelegen. Man kann hervorragend im Vorgarten genießen. Innen geräumig. Wir waren eine Gruppe von Freunden und alle Speisen (Salate, Fisch und Fleisch) waren gut und schmackhaft. Der Service war unaufdringlich und zum Schluß gab es einen Grappa auf´s Haus.

Aufgrund guter Erfahrungen meiner Tochter, haben wir uns für dieses Lokal entschieden und waren begeistert. Von Ankunft bis zu unserem Abgang wurden wir rundum professionell und supersympathisch bedient. Sehr guter großzügiger Vorspeisenteller der auch optisch ansprechend bereitet war. 4 verschiedene Hauptgerichte von denen lediglich die Lasagne durchschnittliche war. Ceasars Salat, Kalbsleber und Pizza trafen voll unsere Geschmäcker. Überraschen wurde ein Nachspeisenteller geliefert - auf Kosten des Hauses, wir sich herausstellte. Auch dieser war köstlich. Bei unserem nächsten Strglitz Besuch kommen wir ganz sicher wieder.

Pizza could have had more fillings. Otherwise it is very cozy there and the service was very friendly.

Amazing food, outstanding service, felt really authentic. Would go again and again!! 👏

Very tasty (not really) Italian, nice staff, great ambience... I used to often go to Go Gärtchen (predecessor), just tried this one out and wasn't disappointed. Price performance is consistent. 👌🏻 Unfortunately spaghetti carbonara with CREAM!? No real Italian does that 🧐

Located in the beautiful Friedenauer Kiez. Down to earth and good food. Service and hospitality are very important. The guest is welcome here. Always happy 😍

Il Giardino is my personal favorite Italian restaurant in Berlin. I come here regularly. The food is unbeatably delicious and is only surpassed by the warm and competent service. Price-performance ratio is great and the ambience is tasteful - both inside and outside. I'm already looking forward to the next visit!

Magical Italian restaurant in the middle of the Friedenauer Kiez, a crowd of cheerful Italian waiters and very good food. A little vacation from everyday life!

Everyone is way too nice in this restaurant, I love every single one of them, but they really aren't that good at seasoning their food

It's nice to sit on the terrace and the staff tried hard. That's it then. The risotto without real risotto rice, I was brought the wrong pizza, with the result that it had to be made again and my wife had to eat alone first. Not much of an excuse either. The tiramisu with way too much cream. Instead of limoncello there was crema di limoncello with coconut? When I did the billing, I realized that the drinks from the table next to us had been added to our account. I found the price-performance ratio to be below average. Maybe we just had a bad day? Maybe, but we probably won't find out...

Great service and very family/child friendly. We felt comfortable with two small children and would love to come back. You can sit very comfortably on the terrace in a quiet residential area. I would have liked a little more kick to my asparagus-filled ravioli, so I deducted a point here. But everyone else was very happy with the pasta and starter.

Boah war das heute schlecht. Die Pizza Mista war außer am Rand lapprig ohne Ende, man konnte die Zutaten einfach runter schieben und darunter kam ein lappriger Teig zum Vorschein …, ungenügend und ungenießbar. Die Pasta mit Hühnchen war geschmacksneutral in dieser Tomaten-/Sahnesosse mit frischen Tomaten 👎 Das Hühnchen war weich ohne Ende und nicht kross angebraten… furchtbar. Aber welcher Italiener stellt Spaghetti Carbonara mit ner Sahnesoße lt. Speisekarte her. Brrrrr. Das angebotene kostenlose Dessert wollten wir und nicht gönnen… Wir meiden dieses Restaurant künftig, falls Freunde es bevorzugen trinken wir max. Nen Wein. Insgesamt enttäuschend schlecht.

Wow, that was bad this afternoon. The pizza mista was terrible, except for the edge everything else was flaky, not crispy or anything. You could stuff everything in and the dough underneath was terrible... my pasta with chicken in tomato/cream sauce was tasteless, the chicken wasn't fried but had a soft consistency. Terrible. We will avoid this restaurant in the future. The tiramisu etc. that was offered as a replacement was something we wanted and didn't want to indulge in. It's a shame.

A beautiful restaurant with original Italian delicacies. Very attentive staff with a certain amount of know-how☀️always happy.My favorite Italian😇

Good sea bass...and good burrata. Vitello tonnato tastes good. Pasta is not recommended.

It was another very nice birthday dinner with the family, delicious and relaxed. And to top it all off, the birthday dessert for the whole table. We will be back.

Eight of us went to this restaurant for a birthday dinner. The service was outstanding, very accommodating and very friendly. There was dessert and a digestif on the house as a gesture from the house. The food was also delicious. Very happy again!

Went for a birthday there and we had such an amazing time! Very attentive staff, charming space outside and great food! The group was big, but at no point we felt uncomfortable about this (which is not always the case in Berlin 😅), in fact, they welcomed us with joy and made our birthday girl feel very celebrated! ♥️ Would definitely recommend for everyone!

Super nice and quiet outside area. Service incredibly good. Very attentive, warm and responsive to our special requests. Can only recommend the restaurant.