DAS STUE HOTEL BERLIN TIERGARTEN
Das Stue (Drakestraße 1, 10787
Berlin, Germany) is tucked
into a lush corner of the city’s
embassy district, bordering the
southern edge of Tiergarten
Park and situated adjacent to
Berlin’s Zoological Garden,
home to more different animal
species than any other zoo in
Europe. Das Stue’s new building, in fact, directly faces the
zoo’s ostriches, antelopes, and
Przewalski horses. Guests with
rooms on the hotel’s zoo-side
upper floors get an even more
expansive view of the grounds- a
unique experience in Berlin.
Off the lounge is a trio of spaces
meant to suit different dining
experiences conceptualized by
avant-garde Spanish chef Paco
Pérez. Pérez holds five Michelin
stars and is best known for the
acclaimed Miramar restaurant
on Spain’s Costa Brava.
Nearest the show kitchen –
whose 30 employees are visible
through tinted glass – is Das
Stue’s fine-dining restaurant,
Cinco (“5”, a reference to the
five senses) which received a
Michelin star within a year of
opening. In Cinco, guests enjoy
Pérez’s avant-garde Mediterranean cuisine – like an oyster and
caviar tartar starter, or Iberian
suckling pig – under an overhead explosion of copper pots
and pans paired with copper
lamps by Tom Dixon.
Das Stue has 78 guest rooms
and suites in seven categories,
ranging in size from 27 to
110 squ are meters. They were
designed by the Spanish architectural office LVG arquitectura
s.l.p. and incorporate custom
elements like a wooden canopy
structure over most beds. The
rooms also feature modern
accents that differ from room
to room, like an inviting chaise
longue.
Only since the return of the
government to Berlin in 1999
have these buildings been refurbished as embassies (the hotel
shares an exterior wall with the
Spanish embassy) or new institutions like Das Stue. It’s the
reactivation of a powerful and
stately historical neighborhood
whose verdant streets are peaceful, yet are just steps from the
buzz of Berlin’s two city centers.
DAS STUE HOTEL BERLIN
TIERGARTEN
www.das-stue.com