New Berlin restaurant Spindler & Klatt is combining a stylish restaurant with a musically discerning dance-floor to appeal to upmarket clubbers, and this waterside warehouse has great ambitions. Formerly a storage house for grain and a printing works, the venue has been reworked from scratch, although original traces still remain as a cast iron construction unit still provides a casing for the customer toilets. The restaurant space is large and airy, with an ethnic inspired interior. Delicate muslin drapes divide the space and vast cushioned beds are a comfortable alternative to the standard table and four chairs, and during the summer tables and sofas are set outside along the riverfront. Inconspicuous at street level, the front door can be hard to find, but, like most hotspots in Berlin, that’s exactly how the owners intend it to be. Kick off with cocktails lounging in the bar, move into dinner in the airy restaurant and stay to drink the night away. And if the scene palls, move on to nearby clubs 103 and Watergate. The somewhat limited menu produces food of a consistently high quality and the service is almost faultless.rn

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