This is another place close to where I stay when I am in Berlin, so I have also tried to like the place. The place is a cross between a fast-food joint and a stylish bistro, and the payment card concept is interesting but feels rather gimmicky and in my opinion, totally unnecessary.

Anyway, the place looks wonderful - stylish, bright, open and airy with lots of plants and herbs and light wood furniture. That’s the good news, and the only bit of it, I’m afraid. The menu is a little hard to determine, but eventually you end up standing in lines ordering salads, pasta, pizzas, desserts and drinks (the pastas and pizzas are all cooked to order while you wait). Which means that if you want more than one course, you will have to queue up several times. Ridiculous. Even the electronic alert gadgets don’t really help because… you guessed it, you have to queue first to get one of those!

The pasta is made on-site and I know this to be true because I have seen the expensive-looking pasta maker machine in action. However, this is the most insipid fresh pasta I have ever tasted. Still, that’s still slightly better than the pizzas. The best part are the desserts, like marscapone and fruit compote, presented in cool little pop-open jars, so make sure that you get one of those at least.

This is a concept restaurant where the concept does not really work. But people will still come here (especially the tourists) because the atmosphere and setting is really rather nice, and if one likes queuing (like the Brits and Germans), and if one likes bland inexpensive Italian food, then this place is just great. But it’s not for me.

Cool consept.

When you enter, they give you a card. Then you go to your chosen food "center" (pasta, pizza, burgers, etc). You show your card and pay when you leave.

But my pizza was made with no heart and didn´t taste a thing. Disappointing. But I guess that´s the punishment for going to tourist-joints.