La Sepia in Berlin

The food was tasty, but the fish was so dry, and for the price. It was quite small, the tapas mix was nice with a really good selection Edit: this place wasn't happy with this review and accused me of dafemation trying to delete it through Google - i wonder how many bad reviews they managed to remove like that. While my initial 3 stars are not inherently bad, i will now change it to 1 to reflect their attempt of bullying customers

I liked this place and had a good time, even if the ventilation was very poor - my clothes were smelly after spending an evening there, I had to wash everything. I did however love the food (which is the most important part) and had good value for money, good wine as well. Service was fast and good. The place was loud and atmospheric. Over all really good. Just please do something about the ventilation when you fry in oil - the smell spoiled the atmosphere for me. We walked in without reservations and got a great table, we got lucky. It was busy.

A cozy restaurant offering Portuguese specialties. The welcome was friendly, and I was given a table without a reservation. The ambiance is charming. To start, you're served ciabatta bread and a spread. I ordered a warm tapas appetizer: octopus in peppers. This was followed by a seafood paella, freshly prepared (allow 30 minutes for preparation). I would have preferred the octopus to be a touch more tender, but it was still very tasty and a generous portion for an appetizer. While the paella was plentiful, the flavor was only average for my taste. I've had better. Nevertheless, I can recommend the restaurant; they also offer many fish dishes.

Great restaurant on Kurfürstendamm. Not a tourist trap for once. I'll definitely be back.

La Sepia is a warm and welcoming place in a city where the weather can be quite stressful. Thank you so much for the excellent service and the delicious, wholesome food. 100 out of 100%

The food was a true delight, for both the eyes and the stomach! The service was perfect: friendly, attentive, and charming! Unfortunately, the background music was sometimes too loud. I can wholeheartedly recommend La Sepia.

Everything was great, especially the very friendly staff, only the music was a bit too loud for my taste...

We were at the restaurant for our Christmas party. We received a very warm welcome, the waiters were friendly and efficient, and they readily accommodated our special request, preparing three fantastic tapas platters that were absolutely delicious. The main course was also a treat in itself. Thumbs up!

Absolutely amazing place to enjoy the evening with the great seafood and excellent service! Sea food paella and grilled octopus were both fabulous. Thank you very much, La Sepia team for the beautiful evening!

The food was prepared quickly and was very tasty. The staff was attentive, professional, and very friendly. The only slight drawback was the music being a bit too loud, but that's a minor criticism.

We had a very pleasant evening in a cozy atmosphere with good food. You should like fish, though :-) The restaurant is highly recommended!

There were four of us for dinner at La Sepia on a Saturday. We had several appetizers to share, and each of us had a main course. Everything was delicious and well-seasoned. The fish was fresh and cooked to perfection. The price was also reasonable. The service was very attentive and friendly. If there's one minor criticism: the hot appetizers could have been a bit warmer. But that's really nitpicking. We'll definitely be back.

The food was excellent, and the service was attentive and friendly. We enjoyed our stay and will be back.

The food was very good but the fish is not very fresh, typical for seafood in Berlin. The atmosphere was very nice the restaurant is élite and the waiters are very professional. I recommend the seafood soup and the mixed seafood plate but not the appetizers.

Delicious food and excellent service. I'd gladly come again.

Delicious lunch at fair prices! Very nice to children! Good and fresh fish selection! Highly recommended!

Very pleasant atmosphere and excellent food.

A very unassuming restaurant on a side street off the Kurfürstendamm... with really good food and a chic atmosphere. We'll gladly come back.

Hats off! World-class! Service, friendliness, and quality were outstanding. It was a great pleasure being with you. Respect!

Absolutely delicious, highly recommended, delicious fish!

Absolutely amazing and delicious! 👍

A bit messy, decent food, decent price, rock solid

I moved from Portugal two months ago and visited this restaurant because I missed Portuguese food. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment. I ordered the grilled red snapper. The presentation of the dish was well done, but the taste left much to be desired. The fish had a gelatinous texture and didn't seem fresh. I'm from the Azores and since I was little I've been used to eating fresh fish, so I easily recognize the difference. The taste was reminiscent of frozen fish that had been thawed during cooking. It had a strange taste and, honestly, it could have been any other fish. Based on the taste, it would have been impossible to identify that it was red snapper.

Highly recommended... like a holiday in Spain...

Food was fair, service was not, atmosphere overall good, very poor ventilation

The food was delicious and we were satisfied. The only disappointment was that the staff strongly encouraged us to order more because he though the portions were not enough, but we ended up leaving a lot of it behind. If we hadn't ordered more, we would have been satisfied with the price we paid.

Very friendly. Good restaurant.

Very friendly staff, excellent fish and seafood (fish & mussel soup, grilled fish and octopus). Little bit noisy, but decent atmosphere

A very cozy restaurant. The food was incredibly delicious. The service was rather cold, but the friendliness of the chef made up for it.

Nice sea food Spanish restaurant

The ambition with Spanish food was higher than the delivery. There is potential for improvement for larger groups.

Was a good seafood, fresh seafood and good service. We have to wait for our dish quite long but it was good, a lot of sauce, not that big potion enough for 2 people.

It was quite late, but the host still served us a delicious dinner! I'd love to come back!

Highly recommended! Very tasty fish, everything fresh, and the service was attentive, friendly, and quick despite being fully booked. It was probably a good idea to make a reservation in advance, though... I'll go back when I'm back in Berlin.

A truly cozy place to eat. Super friendly staff! Carajillo is simply top-notch 🫶🏻

I had seafood paella~ It was my first time eating paella at a Spanish restaurant. The seasoning was perfect, the seafood was rich and flavorful, and there was plenty of fresh seafood. It was absolutely delicious!! The staff were also cheerful and friendly, so I left feeling great!!

I guess I paid 3 euro delivery fee for each oyster I got. Anyway, you can’t get a satisfied Spanish dinner in Germany.

I used to really like this place, but this visit was disappointing and made me feel like I won’t come back again. My friend and I ordered some food and drinks. On the menu, the drink I chose only had one price listed, but when I got the bill, it turned out to be more expensive because the server gave me a larger size — an option that wasn’t even shown on the menu. When I mentioned this to the owner, he refunded the price difference, but his attitude made it feel like the mistake was somehow my fault for not noticing the size. That left me with a pretty bad impression, unfortunately.

Great food and friendly staff 👍👍👍👍

The tuna steak was tasteless, bitter, and most likely spoiled. I don't recommend the food here.

I highly recommend La Sepia. The staff was friendly and accommodating, the food was delicious, and the value for money was reasonable.

Tasty food, good atmosphere and nice service.

All good, paella could be better and bigger though.

The service started right outside the restaurant! We had a wheelchair user with us and had parking problems… it was incredible how lovingly and kindly we were helped! The food was delicious, and the service here was also beyond 5 stars! We'll definitely be back.

Very tasty, great staff, dedicated chef.

Nice place, a bit different from the usual tapas restaurants in Berlin. We enjoyed it.

I really like the concept. The service is really good, and the food was perfect and delicious. I can only recommend it. My wife and I were very satisfied.

A truly beautiful restaurant. The ambiance is lovely. The service is very friendly and fast. The food is excellent. We had the seafood paella. I highly recommend it.

Great seafood in a fun environment. Ordered the paella. Did not disappoint.

Amazing cheese board, and just about every other dish was excellent. Service was quick and friendly. A great option!

Very tasty food, friendly service🙂 I recommend it!

An insider tip near the Gedächtniskirche (Memorial Church)/Kurfürstendamm Very good food at a more than reasonable price Great appetizers and main courses, beautifully presented Whenever I'm back in the capital, a visit there is a must.

Perfect food, service and atmosphere. A waiter surprised us with a free dessert!

We only had a small snack, which was okay

Very good Spanish 🇪🇸 Restaurant. Quality food like paella and steak! Friendly staff with good service. Recommend

Had the most amazing tapas for lunch. Service was great, food was great. Nice quiet location just away from the hustle and bustle.

Very wide selection on the menu, authentic fish dishes and really nice waiters. Definitely coming here!

Had a wonderful meal with grandma and grandpa, very welcoming and helpful. The food was perfect. The music was a bit loud, but not bothersome. The aquariums and the fish were really cool. So, simply fantastic food.

We had a lovely evening with wine, oysters, fried anchovy paella, and octopus. Everything was delicious, and the service was very attentive and friendly. They have a large selection of fish to enjoy.

I'm impressed! A great place if you like Spanish and Portuguese food, or just want to eat fish. The service was friendly and prompt. I tried octopus for the first time and was very satisfied. I came hungry and left full. Highly recommended. Greetings from Leipzig.

A very hospitable atmosphere and very accommodating. New tables were set up outside in seconds, and we were served immediately. The food was delicious; paella and various tapas are highly recommended. We'll be back. The seafood and fish selection at the counter is clearly visible and diverse. Thank you very much 🌻

We were looking for a nice restaurant in Berlin and went to La Sepia, how lucky we were as we only went there by chance. The food was amazing. I had fish and seafood and it was super yummy. The staff was very friendly and helpful and the prices really reasonable. There was a really nice waiter from my home country, Venezuela. Highly recommended

VAT wasn't included in the menu prices, so the final amount was increased by 19%. Maybe it was listed somewhere on the menu, but not directly next to the prices. The food was average, and the white Rioja gave me a headache.

Fantastic food from Spain and Portugal. The waiters were a bit unatentive .

Yesterday I visited this restaurant for the first time and I was absolutely thrilled. The seafood selection is magnificent, from freshly caught oysters to perfectly grilled fish. Everything was beautifully prepared, very fresh, and tasted of the highest quality. The side dishes were also finely balanced and perfectly rounded off the overall experience. The service was attentive, friendly, and unobtrusive, and the atmosphere was pleasantly maritime without being overly pretentious. An absolute recommendation for all seafood lovers!

A very nice restaurant; if you're seated correctly, you have a view of the fish counter and the show kitchen behind it. The food was very, very tasty. Just don't expect large portions, so you're paying more for taste than quantity.

Great tapas, good service, cozy restaurant. Highly recommend the lamb sausage and fish croquettes. Love the complimentary bread with garlic butter and a free digestiv is a really nice touch!

La Sepia undoubtedly serves very fresh seafood. Unfortunately, in my seafood salad, it was so soft that it almost seemed raw – not my taste. However, the particularly large mussels, which looked very appetizing, deserve special mention. The baked squid rings could have been seasoned better in my opinion – without the mayonnaise, they tasted quite bland and boring. We enjoyed the mixed platter with various fish and seafood. The roasted vegetables as a side dish were particularly well seasoned. The best tasting dish was the garlic prawns – aromatic and delicate – but they were unfortunately served cold, which was surprising and a shame. We actually wanted to order sangria, but it wasn't worth almost €20 for a 0.5 liter. The service was disappointing: While most of the waiters seemed friendly and cheerful, we encountered one who was very grumpy and didn't smile once. This unfortunately somewhat dampened the atmosphere.

La Sepia – Great Atmosphere, Unfortunately, Service Fails La Sepia is truly beautifully and comfortably furnished. I was particularly impressed by the sepia-themed wall and a huge screen with fascinating underwater images. The narrow, blue-lit corridor to the restroom, with its atmospheric images, was also an eye-catcher. Unfortunately, the service couldn't keep up. Our server was very cold. No smile, hardly any eye contact. The food was overall rather mediocre in taste, although my Ipanema stood out positively – it was surprisingly refreshing and tasty. A small mishap when paying: card payment wasn't possible at first, supposedly due to internet congestion from the large number of guests. We were offered cash or a wait of about 15 minutes. Since we had time, we waited – and lo and behold, after just five minutes, the waiter returned with the card reader and the payment went through without a hitch. As we left the restaurant, we were warmly bid farewell by the other waiters – friendly, open, with eye contact and a smile. It's a shame that we had no luck with our waiter.

A place to linger, the food and service are first-class! You truly feel welcome as a guest! An experience for the palate and stomach, gladly again☆☆☆☆☆ ♡

Very friendly staff, delicious food - we ate see food and paella and everything was really good and at a reasonable price. Recommend to visit:)

Here it's all top-notch... Really good food, service, and can be up to scratch, even if it's often disappointing, there's a shortage in central Berlin. But not here... They come here many times, and every meal, and the excellent service has some truly wonderful atmosphere. This restaurant has always been wonderful. Can only recommend it to people with a sense of good food and incredibly good service. Everything here is first-class... Really good food, service, and can sometimes, even if it sounds strange, be in short supply in central Berlin. But not here... I've been coming here for many years, and neither the food nor the excellent service have ever disappointed me. This restaurant has never disappointed me. Highly recommended for people with a taste for good food and great service.

The food is not bad but could be better

Good, tidy cuisine. Fish dishes take center stage.

The food was very good, everything freshly prepared. We received a very warm welcome and were served very well. The service staff was very friendly, and the chef was also very personable.

Excellent food and service. I would return without a second thought. I highly recommend it.

Highly recommended if you like Spanish cuisine. We always reserve a table when we're in Berlin. :)

We discovered La Sepia while looking for lunch. It looks rather unassuming from the outside, but it's actually quite large and tastefully decorated. Since we were there at lunchtime, we had a reasonably priced meal from the lunch menu. We enjoyed it very much, and it's very good value for money. There's a wide selection of Spanish and Portuguese dishes. We'll definitely stop by again on our next visit.

Great food and very welcoming staff.

Awful experience. The smell inside was so bad it made me feel nauseous while waiting over 40 minutes for a simple business lunch. Totally unacceptable. Never again.

Good good, nice atmosphere and friendly service. The special prices for lunch were really affordable

Very good tapas, you can see the food in the display...Everything is freshly prepared! The restaurant has a very cozy atmosphere, and the service is quick. Highly recommended.

We had a delicious meal and the host was as it should be!

Very nice place, great food, super service! I've been here many times.

Always delicious, very good fish and more than fair prices (half lobster and monkfish 39.90)

Food is great, highly recommend the wings. Service is exceptional, espresso and desert were complimentary or “from the house” as they call it. Beautiful and clean restaurant to dine in.

Unfortunately, I have to make some adjustments. Clearly overrated: Service was okay under the strict regime of the "owner," but this compromised the feel-good factor. The food, here the paella, was somewhat bland in flavor with clear potential for improvement (e.g., the shrimp was borderline overcooked, the rice wasn't crispy). The scampi, the second dish, also had a bland flavor. Piri-piri was the last resort. Otherwise, there are good alternatives on the same street.

Prices and services are well-balanced. Very friendly staff. Very pleasant atmosphere!

Very good fish dishes, attentive service and good value for money.

Fantastically delicious, great value for money for lunch.

The food was absolutely fantastic! Every single dish we ordered was bursting with flavor. The music set the perfect vibe—great selection, and just the right volume. Service was impressively fast, even for the paella. I fully intend to come back soon! .

Very good food, great selection, well-seasoned, very impressive fish counter. Tasteful decor, very friendly staff.

Great restaurant. Fresh fish and excellent cataplana. Reasonable prices. Very friendly and fast service. We would come back anytime. Thank you very much.

food was good, but not good enough given the price and portion size

This restaurant is simply a non-event.

Eating certain Asian dishes can help relieve homesickness, but I find that Spanish food can only be eaten in Spain. It has nothing to do with whether the restaurant is good or bad. It’s just that Spain is so beautiful and makes people nostalgic.

We felt very comfortable in this restaurant. The atmosphere is relaxed, the staff friendly and attentive. The owner was particularly funny and created a good atmosphere. The food – especially the oysters and mussels – was fantastic: fresh, perfectly prepared, and incredibly delicious. An all-round successful evening. We'd love to come back!

We were at the La Sepia restaurant today. The ambiance is truly beautiful and the food is outstanding. The welcome was wonderful, even though we were there with a toddler and a dog. For dinner, we opted for a fish platter with prawns and a children's menu. All the dishes were truly delicious and truly exquisite. I was so impressed by the friendly service and the delicious food that I actually got around to writing a review—something I never usually do.

Exorbitant prices, unfocused waiters, very small portions... but very tasty...

It's worth eating at this place... good service, tasty food... and the prices are fair.