Restaurant Dae Mon

I’m so impressed by the attention to detail in both the food and beverages, as well as the chef’s technique. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire dinner experience. Since I don’t eat beef, I had the vegetarian main course — and I’m usually underwhelmed by those. But this one was flavorful, complex, and truly satisfying. The Bao was especially impressive, particularly coming from European chefs. It’s absolutely worth the price for the creativity, refined flavors, welcoming atmosphere, and outstanding service.

Dae Mon is a very special restaurant in the Hackerscher Markt in Berlin. The food concept is super elevated asian street food in a fine dining setting. They offer a set menu (vegetarian also available) that they describe as “open minded food” - and some of the food (and wine) pairings are unorthodox - so be prepared for a journey. It is worth a trip to taste something completely different (in a good sense).

Really good ambience with the dark decor and mood lighting. The service is attentive and the pace at which each course is brought out is very good. Most of the dishes we had were really nice- some combinations blew our mind (who knew cumin chips would go so well with blue cheese sauce!!). And the palate cleanser with the sesame seeds- yummmmm! The highlight of the meal for me (someone who loves non-veg) was the dish with a radish flower, Korean rice cakes and a heavenly asparagus consommé!! The wine pairing was exceptional (except for the organic rosé which wasn’t for me- just a personal choice).

Dined here last week and surprised by all the great reviews for this restaurant - the food was either extremely bland or inedibly salty, the flavor combinations were rather odd and just simply didn’t work, and I was forced to leave plates unfinished because they were that bad… The udon was probably the most decent of all the bites but I definitely would not recommend. The set menu was 118€ pp which is also rather high for what you get, and I don’t mind paying top dollar for great dining experiences. Adding a star for nice ambiance.

Had dinner with my son during our visit in Berlin - we got the fish and meat menu - everything was great ! The wine that I had was also good - Service was great - Thank you ! Christos and Konstantinos