Grill Royal

I ordered the lobster bisque and it was absolutely inedible. I told the waiter I couldn't eat it (i very rarely send a plate back) and that I didn't want a replacement dish. The waiter insisted that I order something else and I said, "no thank you." After I declined to order something else several times in a row, he offered me a replacement fish stew free of charge. I reluctantly said yes. At the end of the night it was on the bill and they initially said that I had indicated that I was hungry and I wanted to eat it. Lies! Seriously the waiter lied. I asked the waiter to step away from the table and I told him that he should not have tried to pull this stunt. He then said he would take the dish off the bill but it had been a busy night and he had been very attentive to our table, more so than other tables. I told him to keep the cost on the tab but that I would never come back.

Most other dishes were mediocre at best.

Fun exciting restaurant with cozy booths delicious food and happy ambience. Lively restaurant by the river with great drinks. Will come back!

Very nice place! Waiter very cool and the food? Whaouuu
It's a romantic restaurant with amazing wine cellar!

I can't say exact location but it's siting on one of the rivers! Probably it would be more enjoyable at summertime!
They offer aged steaks and the quality was very good even tho they can't beat the steaks that we have in USA!
I always go wrong on the tomahawk. Every time I tried it, I found it chewy. I guess it's the cut!
The rib eye was good and decent! The appetizer and the desserts were good!
Over all nice restaurant to dine in and little fancy! The prices are not cheap! The staff was nice and the service was great!

Highly recommended.Good service nice atmosphere and amazing food. Our server Rene recommend us try meat tartare he mixed it up in front of us taste was unbelievable

Ceviche was fresh and nicely seasoned. My steak was good (sourced in Germany), not quite like a US one, but good standard.

Sitting at the river makes up for the slow service.

We came here for the aged steak as it was rated quite highly. You have to have a reservation for this place. It's a must. We went without a reservation and they said we got only 1.5 hrs and we have to finish by then. It took at least 30 min for the food to be prepared and they do run on their schedule as we were rushed out. Yet, the experience was great~ the waiter was very friendly and quite charming. Coming from the US, we felt that eating steak from Omaha wasn't as special as eating the steak from Germany. Nonetheless, the food was awesome~ the Hamachi and Brandenburg Burrata was absolutely amazing!!! The Entrecôte (organic meat from historic Temmen farm) was pretty decent. However the recommended New York steak aged on the bone and t-bone steak was delicious!

Ask for fried mushrooms onions and was told the cook will not cook the combination. Coming from Colorado this place is a jokers paradise. A lot posers/ fakers. If this place is Berlin's best steakhouse I'd rather eat at McDonalds. Overpriced and horrible steak. As a rancher I can tell that the cattle were killed in stress so the meat had a lot of adrenaline in the taste. DO NOT GO! A waste of $$$$

Heard back from this restaurant today after TWO weeks. Suffice it to say they believe that what their staff (waiters, cooks etc) put on the table is THE CUSTOMER'S responsibility and they can't be held accountable if you eat their under-cook and tasteless food! They just want your money! Avoid this place at all costs! Eating here is like a shot in the dark. If the waiter had come around more than the handful of times during the entire evening we were there (for nearly 2 hours total) then maybe I would have had a chance to point it out and ask if that was normal preparation for my Lobster tail which was an additional 24 EUROS!

The food came out, delivered by servers, and they disappeared as soon as the plate was set down. The waiter did not come back until the plates were being cleared away. Yes I did eat some or most of the semi-raw Lobster tail but I did that based on the assumption that this OVER-PRICED restaurant would actually know how to properly prepare them! I ended up sick a few hours later and count my blessings that what I suffered was mild compared to what COULD happen if you eat raw or under-cooked Shell Fish. Something I now know having had this ordeal.

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Love this place!
We met Udo Walz one morning in Berlin and had a lovely conversation with him. We told him about our Berlin itinerary and he was adamant about us dining at Grill Royal. He even called and made a reservation for us.
We had a wonderful table and experienced excellent service from the entire wait staff.
The food and drinks were amazing.
I hope to dine here again during the daytime to enjoy the lovely view.