Osteria Caruso in Berlin

We went there a busy evening, with 3 children, with out a reservation, and they helped us to a table within minutes. Fast service and we didn’t have to wait for long before the food arrived. The food was what you could expect. Nothing extraordinary, but good food for a good price. The Gnocchi was really good!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Unbeatable: Antipasto Caruso and Tagliolini al Parmigiana con Tartufo, plus a wonderful Trebbiano d'Abruzzo - and the service has maintained the same high level for all these years. A treat I've missed for 8 years! Absolutely recommended. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Unbeatable: Antipasto Caruso and Tagliolini al Parmigiana con Tartufo, paired with a fantastic Trebbiano d'Abruzzo – and the service remains just as excellent after all these years. I've missed this experience for 8 years! Absolutely worth it.

Authentic. I’m visiting from Catania. Great flavours, atmosphere and service. Italian, German and English spoken. It seems popular among locals, with maybe 25% international visitors. Chic and classic at the same time. Hope to return 🙏🏼

Ok trattoria, but as there is almost nothing around pitsdamer platz a bice location to eat propper Italian Ford.

You come here because it is close to Potsdamer Platz and convenient for a quick work lunch. The food is average, and the restaurant could do with a little touches here and there. I had a side salad which was not great, ready dressing and bland veg and leaves. The arrabiata has nothing to do with an arrabiata but it will keep you going for the rest of the day. The service is ok, although you do have to sometimes make an effort to get the attention for more drinks or get the bill etc. It's reasonably priced, and the portions are huge Would not go here if I wouldn't be restricted to being in that area and having litte time

We were here to eat before a musical. It was nice from the first minute. Nice welcome, very nice waiters, delicious food and drinks.

Very tasty food, fair prices, extremely nice service - what more could you want...

We wanted to try an Italian restaurant close to our hotel in Berlin, so we chose Osteria Caruso. Even though there were many empty tables when we went to the restaurant, we decided to stay here to experience the place. However, our dining experience fell short of our expectations. Especially the pasta prepared on a parmesan wheel was a big disappointment. Frankly, I could have achieved a much better result if I had cooked the same dish myself at home. It was not satisfactory in terms of taste and the presentation was not attentive enough. However, we specifically ordered this pasta to try it. However, the tomato pizza and salad we mentioned before were quite delicious. We did not experience any negative issues in this regard and we were pleased with the starter portion of the meals. However, the overall service quality of the restaurant was poor. The service was indifferent and slow, which negatively affected our dining experience. As a result, although some of Osteria Caruso's dishes are successful, I think it should reconsider the taste and service quality, especially of the pasta made with a parmesan wheel. With a better service approach and culinary standard, the restaurant can offer a much better experience. For your information, I wish you good work.

Benissimo! Everything was very good. We'd love to come back.

An Italian who lives for his work. Thanks for the nice time

Food was okay, as young people they weren't treated fairly at the level of an adult, and they defied good behavior. The man behind the bar was drunk and there were dull knives that you couldn't even cut through a bread roll with. No respect for your own customers. impudence.

Pizza was almost impossible to cut. Either that was due to the already blunt knife or the pizza itself. Employees were drunk and totally unfriendly. It would be better to hire young people. At the table next to us, young people were turned into dogs and prefer to go to Ali Baba on the corner.

The three of us were there yesterday and we were thrilled. Great service and the food was just great. We'll definitely be back.

The food was good and the atmosphere was nice, but unfortunately the service was really not good at all and very inattentive. They weren't necessarily super rude, but unfortunately they weren't really friendly either. When I arrived at the restaurant with my companion, only a few tables were occupied, so we couldn't understand why it took over a quarter of an hour for the order to be taken. Even as the restaurant became more crowded, the waiter rarely showed up. And as a result, the waiting times were unfortunately very long.

The best bruschetta! Everything was great. Super friendly.

best italian shop pizza good everything mamamia

The food, a sea bream and a caprese, were good but not very good. Service and ambience appropriate.

Good Italian restaurant on Köthener Straße, where there is no parking zone yet. The ambience is typical, the food is good, not bad and not outstanding either. We had reservations for the evening, which I would recommend. When we visited, the restaurant was full, so there were waiting times, but they weren't annoying. Price-performance is good. I can recommend the restaurant, but if you weren't there you didn't miss anything.

The best pizza in Berlin for sure 🫶🏼 thank you for the entire experience! Grazie

Tipica decoracion italiana,la mayoria del servicio tambien lo es.Tienen diversos platos de pasta,pizza y otras especialidades tipicas a buen precio.Las pizzas estaban bastante ricas con el borde crujiente,a la pasta carbonara le faltaba un punto de jugosidad porque estaba un poco apelmazada pero en general era buena y el plato muy abundante,los crostini no me gustaron porque el pan estaba completamente mojado por el jugo del tomate y no era el tipico pan tostadito,a parte no estaba aliñado con aceite virgen o no lo parecia.Creo que deberian dejar pan y aceite virgen en la mesa,como en cualquier italiano.El precio muy economico,vale la pena.

Very good pizza, tasty pasta Very good price Service and friendliness 100% Thank you!

I recommend the Caruso pizza and the best Carbonara pasta, plus the white wine is very good

Unfortunately, the food tasted like it had just been warmed up. But otherwise the evening was very nice.

Very good Italian restaurant on a side street. Be sure to ask about the daily specials. To be on the safe side, reservations should be made in the evening.

Simply super friendly and very tasty food. Very nicely done, really recommended. 🍕👍🏻

Great service and really tasty 👍. Gladly again 😊

Very nice staff Food is of the highest order

Everything was great, one point deducted because you couldn't pay by card.

Very friendly, cheerful and family atmosphere. Delicious food and quick service.

the pizza tastes absolutely fantastic

So unfortunately I have to mention something negative. The main course only comes in stages and not at the same time and now the dessert too. We have a Christmas party, one half received the dessert and the main course and the rest waited 15 minutes. Unfortunately that's a real shame, otherwise everything is great, food, location, waiter...

Very tasty food with good service.

“An evening like in Italy!” The selection of pizzas and pastas was great and every dish was freshly prepared. The pizza with rocket and raw ham was recommended by the waiter - and he was right! Excellent service!

Very cozy restaurant, the food was LOVELY! The staff was very friendly and joyful. Definitely the place to go!

On Saturday we had the pleasure of celebrating a friend's birthday with a wonderful dinner - a treat for all the senses! The pizza with arugula and raw ham was simply delicious, and the pasta with ear clams, seafood and vegetables was perfectly balanced in taste. The crowning finale was a wonderfully creamy panna cotta. The service was first class: the waiter with his Italian charm made the evening even better. Glasses and plates were always filled without us ever having to wait. Everything went smoothly - an all-round successful evening that we can warmly recommend!

Italian cuisine at its finest! The pasta with ear clams, seafood and vegetables was absolutely fresh and flavorful, and the Pizza Vegetaria was a successful combination of crispy base and fresh ingredients. The waiter was incredibly friendly and gave us excellent advice.

We waited more than half an hour for the waitress to come and take our drinks. After placing our order, the food and drinks came quickly. Unfortunately the food was tasteless. When it comes to pasta with salmon and a lobster sauce, you have certain ideas about how it should taste. Unfortunately here, after nothing. The pasta with pesto didn't taste like anything either. Very unfortunate.

At the door you wouldn't believe that there was such a good Italian here. Delicious, great staff, nice IT guy ;-)

“A birthday feast for the senses” The pasta with salmon in cream sauce was a poem, and the pizza with spicy salami was also incredibly tasty. The service was so authentic and friendly and authentic that you felt like you were on vacation. We'll definitely come back.

Very very good restaurant! The service is nice and friendly, always ready with a joke but still very professional. The food was delicious, I can recommend the pizza with mortadella and pistachios or the homemade lasagna to everyone!

Great restaurant, great fresh pasta! We really liked it. The service could be a little more attentive

Service employees were nice and courteous. We were 10 people. Two dishes came 10 minutes after the other dishes, so we couldn't start eating at the same time. The pizza was okay, but didn't blow us away.

The food was okay to good, but certainly nothing special. Contacting the service staff is difficult and sometimes I had to go to the bar. Unfortunately, our salad was forgotten and our daughter's food came much later and after we asked. Only cash payment is possible. The bill at the end was a handwritten piece of paper on which you could hardly see anything. However, the salad was on there, so I asked for a correction. Here came a new, similar piece of paper with an excessive amount of €64.40. When I noticed this, another waiter came again after several minutes and put a new bill on the table without comment. This time an official receipt with €58. The aforementioned amount was therefore 10% too high. Given the overall impression and other reviews here, I unfortunately have to assume that this wasn't an accident and it seems a bit as if there is a system behind it. Very unfortunate...

Delicious pasta, served with salad. Fast operation. Well-filled glass of wine. Cozy atmosphere. It is strange that no itemized bill was received at checkout, but a (higher than expected) final amount on a bill...

Food very good, like Nonna/Grandma's.

Excellent service and delicious Italian food

Very nice restaurant with very reasonable prices for Berlin Mitte. 🔝 I was here with colleagues and ate the best carbonara ever. A colleague ordered spaghetti with truffles and not only had great food but also a nice show. (see video)

We had high hopes for this restaurant near Potsdamer Platz, especially since it is run by Italians. Unfortunately our expectations were disappointed. The pizza was of inferior quality, comparable to the one from the kebab shop around the corner - the cheese was bad and lacked any taste. The pasta was also disappointing: undercooked, sticking to each other and completely tasteless. What was particularly irritating was that the pasta was described as a filet tip dish, but what was served had nothing to do with fillet. It was debatable what meat was used here, but it was definitely not what you would expect from a “tenderloin” dish. The tiramisu was OK. The service was also a disappointment: unfriendly and inattentive, which made the entire experience unpleasant. It was a real shame because we had been looking forward to good Italian cuisine and hospitality - unfortunately both didn't happen. Oh yes and we didn't receive the bill either.

Top quality and everything fresh. Super tasty. Highly recommended.

Thank you - really typically Italian... and always great. Tip: dessert always works 😉, even if everything else was great.

The food is no more than ok, but the service was virtually non-existent. After the meal you weren't even asked how it tasted and the orders were rudely handed to you. Salad poor, lasagne ok.

Great atmosphere and an offer of fresh pasta - my favorite pasta with truffles ♡

Very tasty and super friendly service. The restaurant itself could use some sprucing up, it's not very comfortable.

Este restaurante estaba en el camino de nuestro hotel, así que pensamos en darle una oportunidad (después de comprobar TripAdvisor, por supuesto). Reservamos el día anterior y conseguimos una mesa para la cena. El restaurante estaba lleno, con un buen ambiente. Pensamos que el personal era divertido pero grosero, parecía que eran intencionalmente groseros solo para divertirse. Parecía que nos estaban ignorando. También la llegada de la comida fue un poco al azar. Dos veces me acerqué al personal para pedir servicio (no me importa hacer esto en estas situaciones). Todos disfrutamos de la comida. Era bueno, y el precio en nuestra opinión era barato para Berlín. Pedimos 2 pizzas grandes, 3 Carbonaras, 1 minestrone, 1 ñoquis, 2 botellas de agua, 8 cervezas y spritz Aperol, Euro 140. 50 . Comería aquí de nuevo, y recomendaría el restaurante si puedes soportar la actitud.

You feel like a regular when you walk in, even if it's your first or second visit.

I had a pizza, it was big and thin. I liked it. I didn't like the cola and the apple spritzer at all. It is a busy place and therefore very loud in the restaurant. We paid 69 euros for 2 adults and 2 children. We were there for the first and last time. We noticed afterwards that we had paid too much and had not received an invoice. Be careful!!!!

Busy. Pleasant service. Good food at good price.

A special taste experience, very attentive service, nice host. Celebrities also like to hang out here. Thank you for the lovely evening.

Very good food, friendly service staff. But payment on account is not possible.

We ended up here more or less by chance and were very happy with the food

Good Italian food, not exactly cheap but reasonable given its proximity to Potsdamer Platz. The lunch offer was fair. It was very crowded at lunchtime during the week. As a result, it took a relatively long time, but the operation was not to be blamed for that.

We were at this restaurant for the first time. Let me tell you that what we found exceeded our wildest expectations. Pure poetry. Service, atmosphere and food 👌 One thing is certain. We will come back to you 🥰 Best regards

Everything was just perfect!! Very recommended

Pasé por una cena italiana después de la comida alemana por unas noches. Excelente comida y servicio. Volví dos noches después para disfrutar de nuevo.

The staff is very polite and full of humor. The food was very good because in some pizzerias the toppings come off the pizza, but here it's different because it doesn't come off here and because it's fresh and intense. The restaurant is decorated in a beautiful Italian style

Underground. Waited 1.5 hours for a pizza. No invoice received. It feels like they think up the prices. No card payment possible. The tax office should take a look.

Food was very good! Unfortunately, the waiters were unfriendly and had to wait a long time to pay. Disadvantage: All guests got a schnapps after the meal, unfortunately we didn't, even though we had eaten a lot as a group. Was very loud in the restaurant.

We just bridged the waiting time for entry into the Meistersaal with an espresso. So I can't say anything about the food. But I am convinced that the Osteria offers good food.

Super delicious food. Very nice staff, children are treated really well.

The food was wholly unremarkable, and the waiter never smiled once. When we asked for a pizza without one of the toppings, he shook his head and muttered disapprovingly to himself. To add insult to injury, when we tried to pay, it turned out, the “machine was broken”, and they only accepted cash. Cannot recommend this place.

Delicious food, nice atmosphere and service

Pizza was good, nice base. Locally, however, it was very loud/acoustically a bit strenuous to have a conversation because it was just reflective everywhere. Atmosphere/facility ok

My lasagna tasted like it came right out of the freezer section at Rewe.

Ein richtiger Italiener wie es im Buche steht. Authentische Italienische Küche. Bester Italiener in Deutschland for ever

Very nice team and great food. Prices are completely okay for the location

The food is delicious and the people who work there are very nice. The place is ok

Excellent food and great service

Cash only. Friendly service and nice restaurant. Food was okay. There was a rubber band floating in the children's portion of noodles.

It's not open until midnight. Wrong information.

Such a nice Italian with classic Italian cuisine. It's a little hidden on Potsdammer Platz. Very nice staff. Take cash with you.

Fantastic experience at Osteria Caruso! The steak was cooked to perfection, exactly as I wanted. I was attended by a waiter who spoke perfect English. Excellent service and lovely ambiance – highly recommend!

Good pizza, salad with salmon okay (salmon a bit dry, sauce not particularly good), but so far everything was okay. Service unfortunately very unprofessional 👎. If a restaurant is open until 11.30 p.m., you shouldn't greet guests in an annoyed and snappy manner at 10.15 p.m. Unfortunately, things didn't improve over time, so we responded to the lady's whims in a somewhat curt manner. Luckily the colleague took over, that was a good thing and a class difference from before. We don't expect exuberance, and the chemistry can sometimes be better or worse, but letting your guests' whims out is not possible in service. The reviews of other guests are irrelevant to us, but unfortunately they confirm the inconsistent service.

There were two of us in this restaurant. When we asked for a table the restaurant was pretty empty. We just wanted to have a drink before a concert and not stay long. When we told the waiter this, he reacted very annoyed and walked away without a word. From this point on we no longer felt welcome and were no longer taken into account after our order. When we later wanted to pay the €20 by card, we were again told in a rude manner that we would prefer to pay in cash. Looking back, I'm very annoyed that I even gave a tip that evening. Our nice start to the evening was ruined by this behavior. I cannot recommend this restaurant if you expect good service.

They're using cheap supermarket bought bacon, it looks cheap (as you can see in the photos) and it tastes cheap. Carbonara is really dry as you can see from the photos. Food is really below average. Really disappointed because it looked like a really nice Italian restaurant from the atmosphere but really disappointed in terms of the quality of the food. Don't go there. The only one who knows how to do "the Italian job" is the young girl behind the bar. She's doing great Aperol spritz and limoncello spritz. Apart from that...the only Italian thing here is the tap beer Moretti and the bottled water. Maybe the big wheel of parmesan even, but it's so really empty, it's probably old (just guessed)

It is true! You don't go to another country to eat our Italian cuisine. For two reasons: it is almost always poor and then... what is a visit without tasting the local dishes?! Yet, on holiday in Berlin with friends, we went there on the first evening for convenience, as it was very close to our hotel. But, after having savored their fish and Cinzia's hospitality, we returned the following evening. We had confirmation of both things: super fish and the excellent Cinzia even offered us drinks. What to say? If I ever return to Berlin I will break the rule of local cuisine again... Spatzle and goulash will certainly be good but they don't hold a candle to Italian dishes when you're lucky enough to find them so good even abroad.

A genuine Italian restaurant. Very good food.

A very nice shop, delicious pizza and homemade pasta❤️

A charming restaurant with very delicious Italian food. I highly recommend stopping by and eating here!

We were there for dinner on Saturday, April 27th at around 6 p.m. without an appointment. We received a very nice reception. Unfortunately we didn't have a reservation, but we still got a spot. The service was very good. The food was great, super tasty. One point is only deducted because we couldn't pay by card, unfortunately I don't know if it was only a problem on that day. I would recommend making a reservation, I can imagine that it is always very busy.

Super tasty and nice staff! We were lucky to get a table. You should book in advance on the weekend evening to be sure to get a table! The price-performance ratio was okay. The lasagna and the grilled chicken were super tasty and the portion was sufficient. Many thanks to the nice staff! Attention, card payment was not possible for us...

The food was very good. But we were very negatively surprised when we had to pay; no bill, no receipt and only possible to pay in cash. This was not stated anywhere that we brought with us. I had to go out to find a vending machine. Can you speculate on the reason for this? There were no tips and no new visits here (as we had originally planned).

Maten var god; pasta, asparges og parmaskinke. Men vi ble veldig negativt overrasket da vi bare kunne betale med kontanter. Man kan lure på hvorfor en restaurant i 2024 ikke lar deg betale med kort? Vi fikk heller ikke noen kvittering eller regning.

Everyone enjoyed the food, but poor service. We were there as part of a JGA. Unfortunately we arrived 30 minutes late, but that certainly doesn't explain the unfriendly and dubious service. Way too 'loose'/cheeky. Our starters were forgotten, unfortunately there was no apology but we were brushed off with the words "you can understand that it was stupid that the food was forgotten". In addition, we probably didn't respond appropriately to the comment "everything takes so long because there's no staff," so we had to hear that we probably didn't care enough about it. All in all not a good place for a stag do, I would never do it again.

The food was again very good. The waiter and waitress, however, were again not professional, even if it could be described as funny or lively. Both ate/chewed or drank freely while being served. The waiter again didn't have to write down the orders and so another meal was forgotten. Ergo: super tasty and super annoying, unfortunately.

Our visit to this apparently highly regarded Italian restaurant did not begin very well at all. We chose the venue from the reviews it has had, particularly in here, however from our experience I can only conclude that either people in Berlin are easy to please or the restaurant was having a really bad day! We had booked a table and turned up on time whereupon we were left standing at the door for some minutes before the waiter could be bothered to greet and seat us. Then at an adjacent table not 3 meters away an enormous Alsatian dog began a barking match with a small dog which sounded like it was in the kitchens! VERY healthy!!! This went on for some minutes with the larger dog actually getting out from under the table, straining at the leash, seemingly hell bent upon attacking the yapping mutt! This reoccurred several times until the Alsatian’s owners eventually finished their meal and left. Then a small boy added to the disturbance by running around and shouting uncontrollably, a small boy clearly part of a member of the restaurant staff’s family. Now add to this a conflict between the appalling ‘muzak’ played for the customers and a radio blaring from the kitchen. We ordered - Lasagne, a pizza and Spaghetti Alio e Olio together with a FOCCACIA. The Foccacia was actually a pizza base, NOT Foccacia by the widest stretch of the imagination. My wife’s spaghetti was dry, under seasoned and extremely bland - little more than spaghetti with very little of anything else! She asked for Parmesan which duly arrived at the table in a serving dish, but it was not fresh - pre-grated and likely from a packet! Odd too that Parmesan had NOT been offered at the time of serving. My pizza was topped with what tasted like bland supermarket ‘reconstituted’ ham and the salami was so tasteless it might as well have been left off the pizza. It really could not be tasted. Furthermore the base was like chewy cardboard and the whole pizza was extremely under seasoned. I attempted to add a little salt only to find that I could not get the salt cellar to release any on to the food! Upon inspection there was no salt in the cellar, only dry Risotto rice! Our friend having the lasagne did not complain particularly but it was obvious he was not happy and his dish looked very dry indeed with the tomato sauce burnt to the dish. Then there was the wine - we asked for a carafe of house red and we were served a BOTTLE of what was supposed to be Merlot instead. Whilst not quite corked it was thin, astringent and very vinegary. The waiter came to clear our plates and asked my wife if she was unhappy because she had left more than half of her spaghetti. She stated that it was dry and tasteless. The waiter then turned to me and made a facetious comment to the effect that I must be strange because I had eaten all my pizza - in fact I had eaten about two thirds of it and my wife had eaten the rest because she was still hungry having given up on her spaghetti. I was very offended by the waiter’s comments and angrily asked him if he always insulted his customers after serving them with crap, at which point he realised how angry I was, backed down and apologised. When he returned with the bill he announced very loudly (for the benefit of the other tables perhaps?) that he was not charging us for the spaghetti or the pizza, but what he didn’t announce was the outrageous price of the appalling wine. I cannot help but surmise he had inflated it dramatically to claw back what he was knocking off the food, after all, €30+ for a bottle of supposed house wine and a bottle of fizzy water is ridiculous! So if you want great food and good wine in a pleasant relaxing atmosphere then… well… I’d suggest you walk on by.

Good food and excellent service. Cash!

Very busy that day and therefore the service wasn't that good. Pizza was great, the dish of the day was a bit pasta.

Very nice staff and delicious food, we all loved it

Unfortunately it was just a mediocre experience. I ordered pasta with salmon and lobster sauce, which at best consisted of olive oil with a few herbs. Service not attentive and not overly friendly, I imagine Italian hospitality to be something different. No card payment possible.

Pizza is good. Steak was not at all tender and not recommended. Service could be nicer. Card payment was first rejected, then suddenly it worked. Weird acting. Overall 2 stars.