Vegan
Beer/Wine
Spanish

Small bar and cafe est. 2015 and turned fully vegan in 2016. Serves cocktails, tapas, sandwiches, cookies, and brownies. Example of food include patatas bravas with aioli, spanish tortilla with tip, faux sausage croquettes, and churros. Open Tue-Thu 17:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00.


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131 Reviews

First Review by J-Veg

ddsotomonte

Points +92

Vegan
16 Nov 2024

Best Spanish vegan in Berlin

Oh my god, speechless. The cashew "foie gras" is out of this world. Also the Spanish omelette is a must try. Service could be a bit friendlier... But I will swallow my pride and go back, and then swallow the croquetas.

josh_ok111

Points +208

Vegan
14 Nov 2024

Variety of vegan tapas

Very tasty vegan tapas drawing inspiration from multiple cuisines

Updated from previous review on 2024-11-14

microwavenby

Points +174

Vegan
12 Oct 2024

Cozy, punk, charming

This place is just legit. The owner is warm and the food is great - a real tapas menu in the heart of Neukölln. Great wine list, jaw dropping garlic aioli, spicy salty perfect olives - it's lovely.

Pros: Spicy olives, Patatas bravas, Vinho verde

Cons: Milanesa (too big and too tough), Hard to find the menu online

VTO

Points +206

Vegan
01 Oct 2024

Very rude owner

The host who was present was very rude from the get go and seemed very upset, perhaps they weren't having a good day. Right before we left the host put on music on an absurd volume and disappeared behind the counter before we could thank her for her time.

It's too bad really, I've eaten here twice before but this was really off putting.

Cons: Rude host

ddsotomonte

16 Nov 2024

Service is unfortunately not great... One has the feeling the staff is doing a favour for serving you.

letiespagueti

Points +114

Vegan
12 Sep 2024

Just amazing!

I just wish all Spanish food was like this one 🌱

peteisthedj

Points +16

Vegan
23 Aug 2024

Beautiful tapas

Banging margaritas, delicious vegan tapas and desserts..friendly vibes in a cozy, accommodating spot😄

LindseyElizabeth

Points +725

Vegan
20 Aug 2024

Many different tasty plates available to share with friends 💙

Went here with a couple of friends and we shared an obscene amount of small plates, everything was quite tasty and I especially loved the patatas bravas. They also had Shirley temples on the menu which I haven’t had in years and was very good! I think the strict time limit for seating means you don’t get the super relaxed vibe of sharing tapas for some hours, especially since getting the food can take quite a while when it’s busy. But I feel visiting here is worth it because there is a LOT of choice, everything is vegan, and tasty!

Updated from previous review on 2024-08-20

Cthulhu

Points +44

Vegan
24 Jun 2024

delicous food, prices were normal/expensive/reservation needed

The tapas were really good, I recommend the patatas! If you want to sit inside (or even outside): make a reservation! We were lucky to still get a seat outside but only because we arrived early in the evening! The prices are normal for a completely vegan/ hip bar/restaurant but still on the expensive side nonetheless.
Portion size varied and some portions were too small for the price! Look at the pictures to get an idea what to order!

Pros: good food, service was kind/quick, nice ambience

Cons: a little expensive , reservation needed

Avocadolove

Points +13

Vegetarian
08 May 2024

Underwhelming

Highly underwhelming.
And to be fair, I will mention that the patatas bravas were good. For everything else, the following applies: good photos for Instagram are more important than taste.
The concept of the 2-hour time slots doesn't work if you're not served 3/4 hours before time is up, but you're thrown out VERY rude- and punctually. Thank god, there are plenty of vegan alternatives in Neukölln! Never again!

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-08

Pros: close to Hermannplatz, in Berlin, speak English

Cons: Disliked the noise, Disliked the service, most of the foods quality is below average

PepPep

Points +553

Vegan
20 Apr 2024

Interesting spanish tapas place

The creative, alternative colorful ambient, the excellent vegan tapas.

Pros: Vegan tapas, Multicultural , Open with LGBT Community

ChantalPoulin

Points +2898

Vegan
08 Mar 2024

Delicious place

Everything was perfectly cooked and the ambiance is extraordinary. We had 4 tapas for 2 persons. Patatas bravas (so good and no idea how theymake the sauce so creamy!), geraücherter mandelricotta (perfect texture and the homade bred was extraordinary), verbrante aubergine (so melting), and a tomatoes salad. The place is beautifull and original, the service was good.
Its so hard to have a reservation on the phone, its easier to walk in to do it.

Cons: No reservation system, very hard to have a table.

Veganweg

Points +366

Vegan
17 Feb 2024

Delicioso

El Alaska tiene platos de cocina española veganizados muy buenos. El chorizo y el foie están super conseguidos.

KaroKarolinka

Points +54

Vegan
15 Feb 2024

Nice place and super tasty

Nice place and super tasty. The menu comes along with a nice portion of humor 😄

RebeccaBlowes

Points +367

Vegan
13 Jan 2024

100% Tasty Tapas

Alaska Bar is the best vegan restaurant we visited in Germany and it’s easy to understand why it was packed out! We enjoyed a range of tapas: patatas bravas, lox, feta with winter vegetables, croquettes and vegan foie gras. Every dish we sampled was a delicious taste sensation. Most were 100% prepared in their own kitchen. Great mocktail menu too and we loved the gingerinha. Be sure to reserve a table to avoid disappointment.

Pros: Delicious flavours, A majority of dishes unique and made from scratch., Fun kitschy setting

Cons: Reservations required

EmilyKy

Points +203

Vegan
14 Oct 2023

Delicious food, cocktails, atmosphere

Had a great time at Alaska. Slightly eccentric decor inside peppered with vegan messaging (and plenty of animal pics). Seating spaces are cosy so be prepared to sit pretty close to the neighbour behind you. This plus the Europop/disco music and excellent drinks list, as well as the popularity of the bar wit regulars, creates a great atmosphere. There are some outdoor seats where I waited for a space inside (the weather has just changed enough for it to be a bit too cold outside).

It is a little difficult to pick the right number of options for a solo diner as you want to try most things but they're all more of a 'sharing' size so beware.

I had the best croquette I've ever had (cauliflower with coconut milk and curry powder) and the patatas bravas was also excellent. The chorizo sandwich was delicious but pretty heavy and I'd made the mistake of over ordering.

The food is good value if ordering in a group.

Pros: Incredible food, Great atmosphere with warm and friendly staff, Great wine and cocktail list

Cons: Tricky to get a seat inside!

savetheanimalsnow

Points +34

Vegan
04 Oct 2023

Alaska is great

I come here every once in a while and love it every time.
A fully vegan bar with tapas that is also queer friendly is just amazing!

Everything on the menu is so delicious and I’m so happy to have found a place that serves vegan pisco sour!

Pros: Queer friendly , Decoration is on point , Yummy food

NOLASaintsPelicans

Points +257

Vegan
03 Sep 2023

Alternative bar with great food

It was the First alternative bar we visited and it was very cool. Interesting music and many things to discover on the walls.
The food and the cocktails we're really great.

It took some time until we've been asked what we would like to order, but that was fine for us in this case

The prices are also fair

Pros: Great food, many unique dishes, Special cocktails, Very cool and interesting ambience

Sandhomie

Points +339

Vegan
01 Sep 2023

Outstanding food

This is some of the best food I’ve ever eaten. AND cocktails!! Reasonably priced and the flavours are to die for except no one had to. Recommend booking a table because this place is popular and rightfully so! Thank you!

Pros: Food, Cocktails

indorock

Points +292

Vegan
15 Aug 2023

About as authentic vegan tapas as you'll find

The only place in Berlin where you'll find authentic vegan Spanish tapas. Great atmosphere, mainly because it's rather small and very popular, so it's almost always pretty packed inside. Making reservations is a good idea.

lilScorpio

Points +10727

Vegan
08 Aug 2023

Berlin-Bar

If you fancy an alternative Berlin-bar-feeling Alaska bar could be something for you. They offer many cocktails and interesting vegan tapas like foie gras.
Unfortunately we were too stuffed from dinner to try them!
Ambience is fun - a very small place stuffed with all kinds of partly cheesy and also animal rights decoration.
Staff wasn’t too friendly - Berlin ;-)
All in all alright for a drink and snack.

AdamBdam

Points +209

Vegan
03 Aug 2023

Love the vibe and food

A bar full of hustle and bustle with very good Spanish vegan tapas.

Pros: Tasty food, Nice atmosphere

Cons: Stuff was at the limit

maggsd

Points +2118

Vegan
24 Jul 2023

Nice evening

Food and atmosphere is great.
Service is nice, but slow.

Quite popular place; therefore I would recommend to come early or to have a reservation.

Pipelu

Points +518

Vegan
25 Jun 2023

Tasty tapas on the fatty side

A nice selection of taps, everything was fresh and tasty but overall very fatty and heavy. Would have loved to have some fresh and „lighter“ options. Overall a cool place with a great vibe and friendly staff.

EstefaniaMedinaMuñoz

26 Jun 2023

Hi! Pipelu.
Thanks so much for your review, we are glad that you like our place. In terms of our "fatty menu" as i can see u asked for foie grass and bravas, probable the fattiest in the menu, we do have other fresh options to choose. Gazpacho, watermelon with feta and pickled onion, caponata with rice paper cracker , our home
made almond ricotta and olives are something u can try next time maybe.
have a nice day

ElisaBarbacci

Points +16

Vegan
14 Jun 2023

Birthday

I went for my 40th birthday to this restaurant, calling a good 10 days in advance to make a reservation, when I called I asked if their menu had either Sparkling Wine or Prosecco and was told no, specifying that we would eat and drink in the restaurant anyway, I asked if I could bring two bottles of prosecco because it is customary for birthdays to celebrate with these drinks, I was told yes.
On May 21 exactly Sunday lunch, we go there and it was the only occupied table with 9 people, with tables reserved for us with tablecloths with happy birthday written on them.
So far so good, as soon as I get the bottles of prosecco the waiter calls the owner who in a totally unprofessional way told me, no no here we can't have drinks from outside.
Since there were 9 of us, I avoided leaving, because I don't make a fool of myself with my friends.
The owner had my review deleted on Google, saying I am a liar because all the people working with her could not have said that since they have been working there for years and said I wanted to save money with my drinks brought from outside.
In all this in the place there was our table occupied and two other tables with two people,we paid as much as 150 euros if not more and considering the behavior they had not only lost a customer but as many as 9.
In addition,the owner who cares about external controls,did not bother to be seen drinking the leftovers in the customers' glasses.

Pros: Nice food

Cons: Customer Service

EstefaniaMedinaMuñoz

16 Jun 2023

Madre mia madre mia.
You and your boyfriend are a couple of bullies who do not understand what a no means and what running a small bussiness means.
Im so tired of both of you writting again and again bad reviews about my restaurant just because i didnt let yoi drink your own bottlesnof proseco since i dont let that happend.
Get a restauran, pay all the things this restaurant needs to be open and then let me know how nice is having people try to bring their own drinks (which by the way is something quite cheap to do).
And to finish with that ( its been a month) as i told u i do not sell meat and i dont expect peoplw to bring meat to my restaurant.
By the way i ask all the people who answer the phone to pick up reservations and nobody told u that u can bring Proseco to my restaurant.
And the fact that you think becaise you spend 150 euros for 9 people give you some sort of privilege to do whatever you want..... says a lot about u.

EstefaniaMedinaMuñoz

16 Jun 2023

oh and what do you mean about the owner drinking the leftovers in the customers glasses?what is that?

ElisaBarbacci

16 Jun 2023

You keep calling me a liar, but do you realize how unprofessional you are!
First of all, my husband did not make any comments either here or on Google, so before you spout rubbish make sure of what you are saying.
Most likely you have behaved badly with some other client, because to those who can't accept that they are wrong this happens.

ElisaBarbacci

16 Jun 2023

No one said that having spent 150 euros I have benefits, you were wrong if not you your employee and a professional manager in addition to apologizing to the customer makes up for the mistake, not that he keeps saying that the customer wants to save money for two bottles of prosecco.
Honestly you are making a bad impression.

ElisaBarbacci

16 Jun 2023

Of course your employees will never say yes to you, given how you behave with customers I don't dare imagine how you behave with your employees.
Surely they will be afraid of being fired.

EstefaniaMedinaMuñoz

18 Jun 2023

Try to vring your own proseco bottles to another rwstaurant and see what they are going to tell u.
And yes you are a liar because NOBODY told you you can do whatever you want and drink whatever you want. Please do a favor to your self and stop being so cheap. You can not have drinks from outside in MY RESTAURANT because i put the rules. Period. not you. And you should apologise after the way you treated the stuff when u were at the restaurant. It was embarrassing

EstefaniaMedinaMuñoz

18 Jun 2023

its been a month since i told you so face to face and u seemed to understand me but then after a month and about 5 reviews over the internet you are trying to make me apologise to you for something i have the right to do and its not let you drink your own drinks in a restaurant who sell drinks.... i also do not allow eat a doner kebab and everybody seemed to understand.

ElisaBarbacci

18 Jun 2023

You are an owner with no respect for customers.
You have lost 9 customers and you will lose as many, for a vegan restaurant you really have no sensitivity.
Do yourself a favour, admit you are wrong in life because you won't get very far behaving like this.

ElisaBarbacci

18 Jun 2023

We treated the waiter the only one who was there besides you that day more than well, so instead of making up more lies avoid making a fool of yourself.
It's your word against the word of 9 people who were there.

ElisaBarbacci

18 Jun 2023

I did not leave the restaurant on the same day because I had brought nine friends with me and certainly not because of your behaviour.
You had my review deleted on Google so as not to make your restaurant go down in value, you know very well that you were wrong but instead of apologising you continue to behave in a way that is certainly not professional.

dariamkd

Points +1320

Vegan
27 May 2023

💔💔💔

hands off the best food in my entire life

jenso

Points +421

Vegan
15 May 2023

Great food - great staff

We had the artichoke hearts (Amazing!!), the Bravas (very good) and croquetas (pretty good). Staff is super sweet and accommodating. And the wine is very good too.

Pros: Artichoke with 'feta' , staff

BethTomlin

Points +151

Vegan
14 May 2023

Delicious, and interesting menu

Our first dinner out on our visit to Berlin. we’ve always dreamt of going to a vegan tapas restaurant and alaska more than delivered.

we had most beautiful tasting patatas bravas ever, the most garlicky gnocchi you can imagine but in a good way, vegan foie gras (didn’t know what to expect but loved it) we also had a couple of croquettes which i was obsessed with especially the mushroom one, and a burnt aubergine dish with a lovely creamy sauce. so much stuff we’ve never tried before and really enjoyed every bite!




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