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Student eats · November 2026
Studying abroad in Berlin
Every meal here costs €10 or less.
About $12 US. Typical prices, checked November 2, 2026.Berlin may be the best student food city in Europe for the money: döner, currywurst, Vietnamese noodles and a university canteen (Mensa) on every campus. Eat in Kreuzberg and Neukölln.
A day of eating for €17
- Breakfast, €4: Zeit für Brot, a warm cinnamon roll (Zimtschnecke)
- Lunch, €7: Mustafa's Gemüse Kebap, the chicken vegetable döner with feta and lemon
- Dinner, €6: Curry 36, currywurst with fries
Breakfast, lunch and dinner: €17, about $20.
Eat for €10 or less
1
€4Breakfast
Zeit für Brot
Get: A warm cinnamon roll (Zimtschnecke)
The cinnamon rolls people cross the city for, baked in an open bakery all morning.
2
€7Lunch
Mustafa's Gemüse Kebap
Get: The chicken vegetable döner with feta and lemon
Berlin's most famous döner stand. The line is part of it; go mid-afternoon for a shorter one.
3
€6Late
Curry 36
Get: Currywurst with fries
Next door to Mustafa's, open late. The Berlin snack, done the classic way.
4A photo like it
€10Dinner
Burgermeister
Get: The Meisterburger and chili cheese fries
A burger stand in a 1900s public toilet under the elevated train. Better than it sounds.
5
€10Dinner
Lon Men's Noodle House
Get: Taiwanese beef noodle soup or the gua bao
Kantstrasse is Berlin's Asian street, and this tiny noodle bar is the one with the line.
6
€10Dinner
Markthalle Neun
Get: Street Food Thursday: a plate from any stall
Every Thursday night, a 19th-century market hall fills with dozens of street food stalls.
The market
Tuesday and Friday, until about 6:30pm
Türkischer Markt (Maybachufer)
Maybachufer canal, Neukölln
Get: Bread, cheese, olives, fruit and vegetables at the lowest prices in the city
Go in the last hour, when stalls sell crates of fruit for a euro or two.
The supermarket to find
Aldi, Lidl, Rewe or Edeka
- Bread rolls (Brötchen) from the bakery counter, cents each
- Quark, muesli and fruit for breakfast
- Bottle deposit (Pfand): return your bottles for 8 to 25 cents each
Aldi and Lidl are cheapest. Almost everything is closed on Sundays, except shops in big train stations.
How students save in Berlin
- Eat at the Mensa: university canteens run by the Studierendenwerk feed students a hot lunch for a few euros.
- Carry cash. Lots of small Imbisse and bars still don't take cards.
- Kreuzberg and Neukölln are cheaper than Mitte for everything.
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