Trattoria Pizzeria San Nicola in Berlin

Absolutely awful place!! Me and my friend were turned away for no reason by a very rude and obnoxious woman who told us we had to make reservations just to eat ordinary pizza and when i checked the website, that wasn't the case at all. Seems like quite a discriminatory as the lady made a really nasty face at us and we also happen to be Women of colour. That's why the place is so empty. Really disgusting treatment and I've heard the food is mediocre anyway as you'll see from other reviewers. Stay away, your money is best spent elsewhere where you'll be given basic respect!

Very nice staff and super tasty spaghetti!

I thought it was worth the visit. The truth is that the prices are very good for the location it has. The best thing is to eat on the terrace with views of the Spree River. The worst thing is that there were many bees around but it is difficult to control. The pizzas were quite acceptable. I would give the pizza a 7/10. Really the best of all is the location of the place and the atmosphere. The service was also very good!

Very poor food, burnt pizza. Unfriendly service.

Great place on the banks of the Spree, very reasonable prices, friendly welcome, excellent traditional food

Typical Italian restaurant with a great ambience. The service is great and very friendly. The food was really great and even cost less than €100 for 5 people. After the meal there was ice cream for the kids and a liqueur and grappa for the parents 🙂👍 I can recommend the restaurant!

Very nice service, nice ambience and very tasty food! Highly recommended.

We ate pizza here this evening. The pizza was quite good. The friendly staff.

The best spaghetti bolognese I've ever eaten! Beautiful location on the banks of the Spree, super friendly service and generous portions. Excellent price-performance ratio.

Very relaxed little trattoria right on the Spree with top service.

My experience and that of my travel group “Travel Fanatics” was excellent. I recommend the restaurant for its service and delicious meals.

Food was very mediocre. Got the Margherita pizza and the crust was soggy, sauce was too heavy, cheese was bulky and tasted strange. I will say the environment was nice, right by the river with music playing from the tour boats passing by. Service was prompt. That’s it. :)

After a few museums and walking outside in 27°, we wanted to have a drink to refresh ourselves around 2 p.m. We were asked to leave if we didn't order food immediately. The beautiful location doesn't help with the staff either.

We stayed in Berlin for a week and ate at San Nicola for 4 evenings. Excellent welcome from both Owner and waitress (to whom special thanks go for her patience with my children). Excellent food (we tried everything, from schnitzel to pizza to pasta and everything satisfied us to the max). Stunning location right overlooking the river, the right location for a relaxing dinner. More than recommended! And thanks for everything.

Well located, very nice terrace. Correct food, the girl who served us was friendly.

Very bad food!!! Like out of a can!!! 😬

Nice view over the Spree. I like it. Delicious pizza.

Food okay. Service good, fast and courteous.

Good pizza and carbonara. Cozy to sit by the river.

We were there for dinner yesterday and were very disappointed. First of all, the positive: the location is great, right on the Spree and the service was quick. The food was pure disappointment. The pizza was barely edible, completely sticky and soggy. The salad came across as quite simple and bland, almost drowning in the mustard cream dressing and the chicken strips were such small, ready-made pellets. Even the bread that came with it was too salty. But the staff probably knows that the food doesn't taste good, because they didn't even ask, not even when they saw the almost untouched pizza.

Excellent food, spectacular location overlooking the river, efficient service, warm welcome from the owner of Italian origin who made us feel at home, also offering bitters to adults and jellies to children. It is highly recommended.

Literally ordered 2 beers and they have a minimum spend of €20. Which wasn’t made clear before ordering. The guy was extremely rude. I don’t understand why they make it so difficult to simply order a couple drinks on a nice sunny day. No wonder the place is quiet.

We noticed this little Italian restaurant in our travels and penciled it in for a visit during our stay in Mitte. It was quite busy with only a couple of tables free and some reserved on the canal side. The lovely waitress kindly removed one of their reserved tables to seat us. We had a vegetarian pizza to share with extra mushrooms. Pizza was pretty decent with good base and crust. Was tasty but not quite up to Australian Italian level but lightyears better than the offers a few doors down. Tarttuffe ice cream nice, drinks usual fare. We had a lovely evening and meal prices are reasonable, service was friendly and not pushy (would be a bit slow to some but suited us) Worth a visit. (Aussies are great at pizza/Italian and coffee)

Ottima pizzeria anche la pasta era buonissima e anche la cameriera era bravissima e anche il posto è bellissimo vicino ad un fiume

Atmosphere is great! Lovely view on the river. Appetizers, pasta and drinks we ordered were great and service very polite and friendly!

Food was subpar, service was regular, the only good thing is that you can sit next to the river, I wouldn't recommend it

Amazing food. I love the atmosphere right next to the water separating museum island. Amazing salad and chicken. Good drink options. My favorite place to eat in Berlin

Listless, unmotivated service. Food OK.

Nice riverside restaurant, OK pizza. €15.50 pizza diavola, beer 0.5L €5.50.

I wanted with a friend of mine to have a drink and some dessert on a Sunday afternoon around 20:00h and after siting on a 2 people table we wanted to order but when we said we want no dinner (pizza, pasta etc.) but just some drinks and a dessert we were told by the lady waitress that is not ok, as they need the table for people who would buy dinner (there were 2 or more tables still free) and they will not serve us if just buying dessert and drinks. I mean dessert is 8-8,50 eur and drinks same around 8 - 8,50 eur and I would argue is not exactly nothing, in terms of money. I was visiting that place from time to time because food is decent and is nice to sit near the river but I find this way of treating customers unacceptable. Never again. Cheers!

Barely cordial welcome, and frozen pizza dough in soft cardboard. Avoid if you want to eat pizza.

A salad of lamb's lettuce costs a tiny 13 euros, pizza crusts not good... There are better and easier!!!

We zagen het restaurant vanaf het water en de locatie zag er heel gezellig uit! Dus gereserveerd en we hebben alle 4 heerlijk gegeten. De pasta’s waren erg lekker, heel warm en van een goede kwaliteit! Echt een aanrader om hier eens langs te gaan!

Location was great, salami on pizza had a slightly “greasy” taste, spaghetti bolognese as a children's portion for 9 euros was not eaten by either child, when tested it tasted totally sweet like sugar, no other flavors, the waiter didn't care after politely asking if there was any sugar Because the salt was mixed up, he simply didn't come anymore, the main thing was that the next customer could take a seat. Fine for drinks, better eat somewhere else

Terrible experience and service. The waiter was very rude and I felt very uncomfortable when he approched to us and said that they don’t serve drinks if you don’t order any food. His approach was highly unprofessional

Very rude waiter. He told as if we wont order any food with drinks we can leave.

After the owner changed in August '22, the dishes don't taste as usual. The crowning glory is the pizza, it is ready-made dough. I saw myself how a kitchen worker took a stack of ready-made dough from the cellar and carried it through the restaurant to the kitchen. And something like that is called a pizzeria, a no go.

I have rarely eaten so badly. The lasagna looked and tasted like microwave food. The cartilage in the “minced meat” was almost 1cm in size! Never again! And then another €20 with a drink.

Service was very rude. Food was nothing special. Wouldnt recommend.

Sehr nettes Service, essen schmeckt sehr gut. Auf alle Fälle empfehlenswert. Gute Beratung bei der Auswahl der Speisen

Pizza: Enttäuschend, minderwertig, geschmacklos. Die kleinen Perforierungen auf der Rückseite des Bodens könnten darauf hinweisen, dass die Pizza auf einem vorgefertigten Teigboden zubereitet wurde, was auch auf eine nicht frische Zubereitung hindeutet. Frische Pizza sollte einen gleichmäßigen, elastischen Teig haben und am Boden keine solchen Markierungen aufweisen. Die Tomatensoße und der Mozzarella waren geschmacklich nicht erkennbar.

Really good Pizza and pretty nice atmosphere to sit.

Our waitress was great fun ! Superb location overlooking the Spree for mid-afternoon pizza and drinks - Danke schön 👍🏼

Pizza: Disappointing, substandard, tasteless. The small perforations on the back of the base could indicate that the pizza was prepared on a pre-made dough base, which also indicates that it was not freshly prepared. Fresh pizza should have a uniform, elastic dough and no such marks on the base. The taste of the tomato sauce and the mozzarella was unrecognizable.

Located right on the Spree, you can get really good pizza here. The price-performance ratio is good. You can relax for a while after all the hustle and bustle of sightseeing, priceless. Service was friendly. All in all a good recommendation.

He has very little Italian. Pasta carbonara with cream Pizza probably or almost like the frozen ones Tables on the Spera river.

Schöne Lage, direkt an der Spree.Weg von den Touristen Gute Qualität des Essens. Typisch italienisch. Es passte, Moderate Preise Freundliches aufgestelltes Personal. in Lokal zum genießen

It is delicious! With a beautiful view! And good service!

I drove an hour to Berlin, online it said it was open...but it was closed...disappointment

Very good service, attentive at all times. Good food and better location!

I don't know with what courage it is possible to offer such a "pizza" at prices that are only acceptable for a real Neapolitan pizza. Classic frozen tomato/mozzarella base, additional ingredients added on top and popped in the oven. In fact, it can be understood from the uniform yellowish covering (red of the tomato + white of the mozzarella) of the hard and flattened dough. The cornice clearly does not exist, an infinite sadness. Stay away and, if you really have to eat pizza in Berlin, go somewhere else, there are good pizzerias.

Funny gruff staff, delicious pizza and nice location. Gladly again

Service was tried hard, ambience/location ok, food catastrophic. One of the worst pizzas I've ever eaten. The base was in no way freshly made, limp and as if steamed instead of baked. Topping was joyless and tasteless, the spicy salami topping had a brutal boar taste and was literally inedible. Never again...

We had the pleasure of experiencing authentic Italian cuisine at the San Nicola restaurant in Berlin, where the lovely Imma greeted us with a warm smile and made the experience truly homely for our children. Owner Paolo proved to be not only a culinary expert, but also a passionate advisor for exploring the city. The dishes, prepared with skill, transported us directly to Italy. I highly recommend anyone who wants to enjoy real Italian cuisine in Berlin to pay a visit to San Nicola. A special greeting from Luca and Ludovica

Too bad Google says it's open. Unfortunately we found ourselves in front of a closed door.

Good Italian food right on the Spree. Even though it was busy, the service was quick and the food was at the table after a short time.

Leider nicht mehr als gerade so Durschnitt. Sieht von außen sehr nett aus, hält aber leider nicht was es verspricht.

The worst pizza i ever had. Do not eat pizza here!

Tutto perfetto, posizione strategica , ristorante pulito, cibo ottimo, servizio impeccabile, cosa chiedere di più, ritorneremo 🤙🏻

Die Pizza schmeckt exakt wie eine Tiefkühlpizza vom Rewe. Hat man nach dem ersten Bissen sofort gemerkt. Ich hatte wirklich kein Bock die Pizza weiter zu essen… Jeder müsste sowas eigentlich sofort schmecken 😉 Wo ist das Problem einen frischen Teig anzufertigen? Das kostet doch wirklich nicht viel Geld… Ganz ehrlich? Dann erhöht den Preis der Standard Pizzen von 11,5 € auf 14-15 € und bereitet doch dann die Zutaten frisch zu, insbesondere den Teig! Wo ist die Leidenschaft eines Italieners hin, gut schmeckende Pizzen für die Gäste zuzubereiten? Der Job muss doch auf Dauer frustrierend sein, „wissentlich“ den Gästen minderwertige Produkte zu servieren? Achne, sind ja Touris. Die Speisen einmal und dann nie mehr 💪🏼 Die Bedienung war freundlich zu uns.

Einwandfrei, würde auch als Nerliner oder Brandenburger wieder dort essen gehen. Sehr gut!!!

Penso che dopo questa seconda esperienza (la prima da zu Vincenzo), non mi sognerò mai più di mangiare 'italiano' a Berlino. Pizza che può andar bene ad un tedesco, panna cotta mediocre e peggior caffè espresso bevuto in questa città. La birra invece, buona.

Pasta was good and service ok, good place for quick lunch or dinner

gutes Essen mit freundlicher Bedienung, wir kommen gerne wieder

Tourist trap. Warm beer. Bad service. Laughing at us because we didnt order above 20€ because we didnt have cash only card to pay.

Waiter came with bill without even askin us if we want to pay now, after we ordered beer in the beginning. Such a bad service. Super rude guy. Definitely not cozy place.

Nach einer Bootstour wollten wir schön an der Spree Abend essen. Wir haben uns auf eine leckere italienische Pizza gefreut. Der Service war schnell da und wir konnten bestellen. So schnell habe ich noch nie ein Essen serviert bekommen, ich vermute ein TK-Produkt. Der Büffelmozarella hatte wenig Geschmack. War eine okay Pizza in schöner Atmosphäre. Service Kräfte waren eher darauf bedacht so viele Restaurant Besucher anzufertigen wie möglich.

Salat und Spaghetti: eine einzige Zuckerbombe. Der Preis 8.50! für ein Beilage-Salätchen (verschied. Blattsalate, fingerdicke Gurkenscheiben und Tomatenschnitze) sucht selbst im Nicolaiviertel seinesgleichen. Die Bedienung unwirsch und gleichgültig hat die Getränke und Gläser mit Getöse auf dem Tisch abgestellt. Danach galt: Help yourself. Schade, dass wir die Sterne-Bewertungen nicht im Voraus studiert haben.

Wetter Ort direkt am spreekanal sehr schön gelegen. Aber wie immer eine kleine Touristenfalle. Die Preise sind sehr hoch und das Essen ist einfach nur in Ordnung.

Unfreundliche Massenabfertigung von Touristen.

Es war alles gut. Viele vorbeikommenden Touristen wurde ein Tisch verwehrt, da sie nichts essen wollten, sondern nur etwas trinken. Merkwürdiges Verhalten. Aber uns hat es gefallen. 😀

Super leckere Pasta . Nette Bedienung. Tolle Lage an der Spree

Ottimo risotto alla parmigiana cucinato da cuoco italiano Ottima ospitalità e cordialità in particolare del gestore milanese di adozione berlinese Prezzi economici Siamo tornati anche la sera dopo! 😊

Location is great but the service was awful! The waiter had a bad attitude from the beginning and at the end of the evening he even told us that we were impolite because we had called the check before we were finished our dinner. I have never heard of such a rule :)

Der Salat mit Hühnchen ist nicht zu empfehlen! Das Fleisch trieft vor Fett... ohne den Brotkorb (mit trockenem Baguette, noch dazu ein Randstück dabei!) nicht genießbar (somit nichts mehr mit "low carb"). "Gemischter Salat" ist eine Übertreibung, grüner Salat mit ein paar Gurkenscheiben und einer Tomate... weiß nicht wo das ein gemischt sein soll! Bis auf den Platz direkt an der Spree spricht NICHTS für das Restaurant.

Absoluter Reinfall. Der Besitzer hat gewechselt, die guten Bewertungen beruhen noch auf dem hervorragenden Essen des Vorbesitzers. Noch nie im Leben eine so schlechte Pizza gegessen, nach zwei Bissen zurückgegangen.

Miejsce trochę na uboczu, ale zlokalizowane bardzo malowniczo nad Szprewą. Siedząc na zewnątrz masz okazję pomachać do ciągle przepływających barek na rzece. Posiłek podany szybko, smaczny. Obsługa na najwyższym poziomie. Kelner przyniósł pomylone drinki - bez problemu zostały natychmiast zamienione na właściwe.

Personale da subito molto cordiale, cibo ottimo in porzioni e qualità. Il nostro nuovo punto di riferimento per le nostre gite a Berlino. Consigliatissimo !!!! 👍🥰

Vam sopar a les taules de fora, al costat del riu Spree. Bon menjar i bon servei.

Das Essen war von keinem hohen Niveau, Pizza war wie eine Tiefkühlpizza… Die Bedienung dafür aber sehr freundlich.

Carpacio malo de solemnidad. El servicio muy, muy justito. No se llevan el 1 por la ubicación.

Sehr nett bedient worden. Essen lecker, Aperol war spitze

Wir hatten den Wunsch an der Spree zu sitzen, dort wurde gesagt dass es machbar wäre. Man hat uns erstmal an den Hauswand gesetzt und nach weiteren Nachfragen wurde immer wieder gesagt wenn was frei wäre, würden wir es bekommen. Leider nie was passiert, Passanten ohne Reservierung haben sich dort hingesetzt und dort gegessen. Der Service maximal 6/10, der Kellner kam 3 mal in 5 min und wollte wissen ob wir uns endlich mal entschieden haben aber nach der Bestellung nicht ein einziges Mal. Essen 7/10 solide und lecker

Lovely food in a very nice restaurant situated right beside the river. Pizza and lasagna both excellent. Staff very friendly and welcoming.

ITALIANS WOULD CRY!!! The location of the restaurant is perfect. And that’s the only positive thing I can mention. My apfelschorle had no gas in it, but at this time I didn’t know, this will be my smallest problem during the meal. The bruschetta was not italian at all, the bread wasn’t toasted, it was soft and wet from of the unseasoned tomato. No basil, no pepper, little salt, little olive. No taste at all. The salmon-tagliatelle had sea-taste, also wasn’t seasoned well. One of us ordered a pizza capricciosa, but of course she got something else. 10 minutes later she got her right pizza, the reason of the fast service was the pizza dough for sure. It was more like a bread than a pizza. It was like a 15 years old kid’s try for his first self made pizza dough. I’ve never salted a pizza in my life. Until today. If we want to pay separately, we can’t pay with card, just cash. I don’t understand the reason, the cashier system is able for that for sure. So in summary, if you want to eat some good authentic italian dish, avoid this place!

Veldig koselig restaurant med hyggelig betjening og god mat☺️ Vil egentlig gi maten 4,5😉

Good hearty home-like food. Staff are friendly and genuinely nice. Good service and location.

Erst mal war ich erfreut, dass die Pizza Preise nicht abgehoben waren. Aber leider war die Pizza nicht wirklich gut. Der Boden war schlecht. Die Tomatensoße fad und wenig Belag, auch Käse. Sonderwünsche waren an dem Tag nicht möglich obwohl es explizit auf der Karte steht... Wir haben schön draußen am Ufer gesessen und der Service war freundlich. Fazit mittelmäßig, BER bietet bestimmt leckerererererere Pizza.

Pizzas look and taste as from your grandma’s oven - unfortunately your grandma from Dresden that is, not the Italian one. They don’t make their own dough, but use some precooked pizza base that you can probably buy in plastic-wrapped packs of 10 at Lidl.

Ce restaurant se trouve à 5 minutes à pied du Novotel Berlin Mitte. Nous y avons mangé 3 soirs et à chaque fois l'équipe nous a réservé un accueil chaleureux. Les pizzas sont excellentes et la cuisine est relativement bonne. Il vaut mieux arriver relativement tôt car l'établissement est vite complet. De plus on mange au bord de l'eau.

Nice place, next to the river. Friendly service. Pizza, on the other hand, far from what I would have expected from an authentic Italian restaurant. The dough seemed industrial, not at all crispy, and the ingredients very average. The panna cotta was also too dense (too much gelatine!). Not a restaurant I would recommend, unfortunately.

Absolutely wonderful experience. Incredible atmosphere, wonderful food, and Incredibly kind staff. Sadly a massive storm hit as we were eating here and much of the outside equipment was broken. However the staff were very professional and preemptive, they relocated us all inside and dealt with the wind as best they could. Wonderful experience!

The only upside to this restaurant is the location, which looks out over the Spree river. The food was just barely ok, with a very oily seemingly microwaved lasagna and a simple pizza. For the price I'd rather just eat anywhere else really. The service was ok, but did not really seem to care about anyone and they were just there to do a job and nothing more. Just gave us the food or drinks and headed off again. Don't bother eating here, as there are way better places in Berlin for a lower price!

God mat. Vennlig servitører. Vi ente opp med å gå der to ganger i løpet av vårt opphold i Berlin. Vi var en familie på 5 å var avhengig av mat alle likte. Alle 5 var enige om at dette var et godt valg.

Degeulasse, les steacks sont surgelés et la pizza aussi. Je déconseille fortement !!!

Nettes gemütliches Restaurant an der Spree. Humane Preise, leckere Speisen

Wonderful experience with friends in the sunshine

Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt

We asked the waiter for vegan options and he said they don’t have vegan and asked us to leave. We showed him the below on their website and he said that is not true and their website is wrong. “Food restrictions and intolerances Did you know our kitchen also prepares vegan and vegetarian meals? We'd like to make it as easy as possible for you to have a stress-free dining experience – your health, and tastebuds, are our number one priority.”

no vegan options despite saying this on their website. and they were unapologetic about it. “Food restrictions and intolerances Did you know our kitchen also prepares vegan and vegetarian meals? We'd like to make it as easy as possible for you to have a stress-free dining experience – your health, and tastebuds, are our number one priority.”