The Restau­rant

Zur Letz­ten Instanz

The restau­rant „Zur letz­ten Instanz” is the eldest restau­rant in Ber­lin and ranks among the sights of the capi­tal. Its ori­gin is in 1621, when a for­mer equestri­an ser­vant of the elec­tor ope­ned a gin mill at this place. The restau­rant got its pre­sent name when main­ly guests from the near­by court came to drink their expe­ri­en­ces ”in the last instance”. His­to­ric addi­ti­ons sur­vi­ved des­pi­te the recon­struc­tion after the war, even Napo­le­on hims­elf was ser­ved in the restau­rant at the tiled sto­ve. Our histo­ry, the two restau­rants, pri­va­te room and beer gar­den invi­te our guests to stay. Ber­lin cui­sine a la car­te with exclu­si­ve regio­nal pro­ducts and fresh beer on tap ensu­re culi­na­ry moments in ori­gi­nal ambi­an­ce.

Expe­ri­ence

Berlin´s Tra­di­ti­on

Histo­ry

The plain, three- storey town house along the medi­eval wall were built in the second part of the 13th cen­tu­ry. The first docu­men­ta­ry men­ti­on of the pre­sent restau­rant buil­ding dates from the year 1561. In 1621 a for­mer equestri­an ser­vant of the elec­tor at the time laid the foun­da­ti­on of the pre­sent restau­rant with the ope­ning of gin mill- „Bie­der­mei­er­stüb­chen“ .

In the 1920s the restau­rant estab­lis­hed incre­a­singly and the visits of famous figu­res like Hen­ry Por­ten, Char­lie Chap­lin, Hein­rich Zil­le, Cla­ra Zet­kin, Wil­helm Raa­be or Otto Nagel beca­me more fre­quent.

In 1924, after the con­struc­tion of the courthouse in the near­by Lit­ten­stra­ße, the restau­rant got its pre­sent name. After World War II the buil­ding had been res­to­red true to ori­gi­nal and in 1963 it was reope­ned. To date the restau­rant could defy the influ­en­ces of more than four cen­tu­ries and sur­vi­ve for the satis­fac­tion of the guests.

Zur letzten Instanz um 1890
Zur letzten Instanz um 1900
Zur letzten Instanz um 1917
Zur letzten Instanz um 1930
Zur letzten Instanz im Juni 1961
Zur letzten Instanz um 1966

Gue­strooms

Innenansicht der Gaststube im Restaurant hinterer Bereich
Innenansicht der Gaststube mit Tisch im Restaurant.
Innenansicht der Gaststube mit Tisch im Restaurant
Innenansicht der Gaststube mit Tresen im Restaurant
Innenansicht der Gaststube im Eingangsbereich des Restaurants
Our two restau­rants con­nec­ted by a baro­que cir­cu­lar stair­ca­se offer seats for 120 guests. The medi­eval buil­ding was res­to­red com­ple­te­ly but the his­to­ric addi­ti­ons and the ori­gi­nal inte­rior sur­vi­ved from the ground up. The first steps on the old brick floor alo­ne place you back to the „good old time“. Nume­rous fur­nis­hings, drawings, pain­tings and pho­to­graphs tell about bygo­ne days. The eldest and most famous part of the inte­rior is the tiled sto­ve- more than 200 years old- here Napo­le­on sat and trea­ted hims­elf to some fine food alrea­dy. In addi­ti­on to the restau­rant a pri­va­te room with a big table and a roman­tic beer gar­den along the medi­eval town wall are avail­ab­le for you.

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