Restaurant in Berlin, Germany
Serious wine, real views, one Michelin star.
A Michelin 1-star room on the 14th floor of Berlin's InterContinental, Hugos pairs panoramic city views with a 1,500-bottle wine list strong in France and Champagne. At €€€€, it is best reserved for special occasions where setting and wine depth matter as much as the plate. Book three to four weeks out minimum — weekend slots are genuinely difficult to secure.
At the €€€€ price tier, Hugos is one of Berlin's more expensive dinner commitments. What you get in return: a Michelin 1-star kitchen (retained in both 2024 and 2025), panoramic city views from the 14th floor of the InterContinental Hotel in Charlottenburg, and a wine list of roughly 1,500 bottles with genuine depth across France, Champagne, and California. If that combination aligns with what you're planning — a celebration dinner, a client meal, a date where the setting needs to do real work , Hugos earns its place. If you're primarily after ingredient-driven Berlin cooking with less ceremony, Rutz or Nobelhart & Schmutzig will likely satisfy more directly.
Hugos sits at the intersection of hotel fine dining and genuine culinary ambition , a combination that Berlin does not always pull off. The kitchen operates under chef Hugo Ortega, and the floor is managed by wine director Israel Diaz, whose list runs to 150 selections and 1,500 bottles. The wine program is a real asset here: France and Champagne are the core, California and Mexico add range, and the pricing structure includes bottles under €50 alongside serious €100+ options. For a room at this price point, that breadth is worth noting.
The views are the most immediately legible reason to book. The Victory Column is visible from the dining room, and the Berlin Zoo borders the building below. For a special occasion where the backdrop matters as much as the plate, few rooms in Berlin offer this combination of Michelin credibility and genuine cityscape. SKYKITCHEN offers a comparable refined-view format on the other side of the city, but Hugos holds the Michelin distinction that SKYKITCHEN does not.
The cuisine is listed as Modern Cuisine, and the Opinionated About Dining ranking places Hugos at #571 in North America for 2025 , a data point worth reading carefully, given that Hugos is in Berlin. This ranking likely reflects the cross-continental scope of OAD's methodology rather than a direct peer comparison with Berlin's own fine dining set. Within Berlin, the Michelin star is the more relevant credential.
For special occasions specifically, the room delivers on atmosphere in a way that more austere tasting-menu formats , like CODA Dessert Dining or FACIL , do not always prioritise. If the dinner needs to feel like an event from the moment you arrive, Hugos is well set up for that.
The wine list is the strongest argument for Hugos beyond the view. At 1,500 bottles with 150 selections, it is a serious cellar for a hotel restaurant of this size. Israel Diaz oversees both the wine direction and the general management, which tends to produce a more coherent floor experience than venues where these roles are split. The France and Champagne sections are cited as particular strengths , useful if you are planning a celebration where a bottle of Champagne is part of the occasion rather than an afterthought. The pricing structure is accessible at the lower end (bottles under €50 exist) without sacrificing depth at the leading. For Berlin, that range is genuinely useful. If you are building a dinner around wine as much as food, Hugos gives you more to work with than most of its Michelin-starred peers in the city.
Berlin fine dining is generally easier to book in the depths of winter, when leisure travel drops and the city's restaurant scene is less saturated with visitors. Spring and summer bring higher demand across the board. For Hugos specifically, an early weeknight reservation in January or February will give you the leading combination of table availability and a quieter room. The view of the city is arguably more dramatic after dark in winter , the early sunset means you arrive in daylight and watch the lights come on across the skyline during dinner, which suits the special-occasion framing well. Avoid Friday and Saturday evenings if booking flexibility matters to you; those slots fill first and are hardest to secure at short notice.
Reservations: Book well in advance , this is a hard-to-book room, particularly for weekend evenings and high-demand periods. Plan for at least three to four weeks' lead time minimum, more for Saturday nights. Address: Budapester Str. 2, 10787 Berlin (14th floor, InterContinental Hotel, Charlottenburg). Budget: €€€€ , expect a full dinner with wine to represent a significant per-head spend. Wine: 1,500-bottle cellar; France, Champagne, and California are the core strengths; bottles available from under €50. Google rating: 4.6 from 309 reviews. Awards: Michelin 1 Star (2024 and 2025).
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For broader context on where Hugos sits in Berlin's fine dining scene, see our full Berlin restaurants guide. Other venues worth considering in the city include Bieberbau, hallmann & klee, pars Restaurant, and aerde. If you are planning a wider trip, our Berlin hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide cover the full picture. For comparable Michelin-level cooking elsewhere in Germany, consider Aqua in Wolfsburg, JAN in Munich, Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn, Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach, ES:SENZ in Grassau, and Restaurant Haerlin in Hamburg. For international Modern Cuisine comparisons at a similar level, Frantzén in Stockholm and FZN by Björn Frantzén in Dubai are useful reference points.
This is not confirmed in available data. Call or check at reservation to ask about bar seating , hotel restaurant bars at this level sometimes allow walk-in drinks and a shorter menu, but we cannot confirm this for Hugos specifically.
Yes, more than most Berlin fine dining options. The 14th-floor view, the Michelin 1-star kitchen, and the deep wine list make it one of the better-equipped rooms in Berlin for celebrations or significant dinners. If the setting needs to impress on arrival, Hugos delivers that in a way that more minimalist venues like Nobelhart & Schmutzig do not.
Specific dietary information is not confirmed in available data. Contact the restaurant directly before booking , fine dining rooms at this level generally accommodate restrictions with advance notice, but confirm this with the team when you reserve.
Specific dishes are not confirmed in available data. The cuisine is listed as Modern Cuisine with a Michelin 1-star kitchen. Lean into the wine list , with 1,500 bottles and a France/Champagne focus, the pairing options are a genuine strength of this room. Ask Israel Diaz or the floor team for guidance; the wine direction is a particular asset here.
At €€€€, the tasting menu format makes sense if you are here for a special occasion and plan to spend time in the room. The Michelin star across two consecutive years (2024, 2025) suggests consistent kitchen output. Compared to FACIL or Horváth at similar price points, Hugos adds the view and the wine cellar depth as supplementary value. If neither matters to you, the other options may be more food-focused.
For a more ingredient-driven experience at the same price tier, Nobelhart & Schmutzig is the strongest counterpoint , austere, local-produce-focused, no view. Rutz holds two Michelin stars and is the better choice if kitchen ambition matters more than setting. FACIL offers a calmer, courtyard-adjacent atmosphere at the same price. Horváth is worth considering for modern Austrian cooking with genuine depth. Hugos is the leading option in Berlin if the view and wine program are part of the occasion.
Yes, with conditions. At €€€€ with a Michelin star, a 1,500-bottle wine list, and panoramic city views, it justifies the spend for a special occasion or celebration dinner. It is harder to justify for a regular weeknight meal when the view is the main differentiator. If you are comparing on food alone, Rutz at two stars represents a stronger purely culinary argument at the same price tier.
Book at least three to four weeks out , this is a hard reservation to secure on short notice, especially weekends. You are on the 14th floor of the InterContinental Hotel in Charlottenburg; the entrance is through the hotel lobby. Budget for €€€€ per head. The wine list is a genuine highlight , ask for recommendations and use it. The Michelin star has been consistent across 2024 and 2025, so kitchen quality is not in question. Come for a special occasion rather than a casual dinner; the room and pricing are calibrated for that.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugos | €€€€ | Hard | — |
| CODA Dessert Dining | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Rutz | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Nobelhart & Schmutzig | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| FACIL | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Horváth | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
How Hugos stacks up against the competition.
The venue database does not confirm a bar-dining option at Hugos. At the €€€€ price tier with a 1-star kitchen, the room is structured around the full dining experience rather than casual counter seating. check the venue's official channels before assuming bar access is available.
Yes — Hugos is well-suited to milestone dinners. The combination of a Michelin 1-star kitchen (held in both 2024 and 2025), 14th-floor views over the Berlin Zoo and Victory Column, and a 1,500-bottle wine cellar gives a special occasion meal clear structural support. For a more intimate, neighbourhood-rooted feel, Nobelhart & Schmutzig is a strong alternative, but Hugos delivers the full-scale celebratory format that setting calls for.
No specific dietary policy is documented in the available data. At a Michelin 1-star hotel restaurant operating at €€€€, kitchen flexibility is standard in this tier of Berlin fine dining, but confirm requirements at the time of booking rather than assuming accommodation.
Specific menu items are not documented in the available data, so no dish-level recommendation is possible here. What the data does support: the wine program is the standout component of the experience, with France, Champagne, California, and Mexico as the cellar's noted strengths. Let the sommelier guide the pairing.
At €€€€ with a Michelin star retained across 2024 and 2025, the kitchen has demonstrated consistent quality at this price level. The value case is strongest if you treat the wine list as a core part of the meal — 1,500 bottles with 150 selections is a serious program for Berlin. If you want a more stripped-back, produce-driven tasting format, Nobelhart & Schmutzig delivers a different but equally compelling argument at a lower price point.
FACIL and Rutz are the closest comparisons at the Michelin level. Rutz is the stronger choice if wine and a more Nordic-influenced tasting format is the priority. Nobelhart & Schmutzig is worth considering if you prefer a counter-only, hyper-regional format over hotel fine dining. CODA Dessert Dining is a completely different format — dessert-led tasting menus — and only relevant if that structure appeals. Horváth offers a more creative Austrian-inflected kitchen at a slightly more accessible price.
At €€€€ with one Michelin star and a Opinionated About Dining ranking of #571 in 2025, Hugos is priced at the top of Berlin fine dining but not at the absolute ceiling. The view and the wine list are genuine differentiators — if you're going to spend at this level in Berlin, those two factors make the case more clearly than the kitchen alone. If the kitchen is your sole focus, Rutz or Horváth may offer a sharper price-to-plate ratio.
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