The 5 Ice Cream Parlor Prenzlauer Berg Kreuzberg You Can’t Miss in Berlin
A search for “ice cream parlor Prenzlauer Berg Kreuzberg” against every matching Google Business
listing in that stretch of the city turns up a more mixed result than the query name promises. Weighted
by rating against review volume, five names come out on top — and worth saying plainly before anything
else: none of the five sit inside Prenzlauer Berg’s own postal codes. Two, Duo Sicilian Ice Cream and
Wonder Waffel, are in Kreuzberg proper; Jones Ice Cream’s flagship is in Schöneberg, though it does run a
second counter in Prenzlauer Berg and a third in Kreuzberg; and the other two, Mio Berlin and Wilde
Matilde, sit in Mitte, near Alexanderplatz and the Nikolaiviertel. It’s also worth being upfront that two
of the five aren’t dedicated ice cream shops at all — they’re restaurants and entertainment venues that
turned up in the same search because ice cream shows up somewhere on their premises or their menu. We
checked each one’s own website directly rather than assume, so what follows says clearly which is which.
Duo Sicilian Ice Cream, Kreuzberg
The one dedicated ice cream shop on this list with the highest rating, and the only one that markets
itself purely on regional technique: 4.8★ from 6,738 Google reviews. Duo
describes its own gelato as having “less air and more fruit” than the standard, and builds the shop
around bringing an authentically Sicilian style — not a generic “Italian gelato” label — to Berlin,
alongside handmade cannoli, pistachio cake and Italian espresso. Beyond the counter it runs B2B gelato
wholesale and its own gelato-making courses. On Skalitzer Straße, close enough to the Kreuzberg canal
that a scoop folds naturally into a walk along the water. Open daily, noon to 10:00 PM.
Jones Ice Cream, Schöneberg
The only name on this list that actually operates inside both target neighbourhoods at once —
Jones runs three Berlin locations, in Schöneberg, Prenzlauer Berg and
Kreuzberg, from the one flagship listing here. Its own site describes artisanal ice cream sold alongside
homemade cookies and pints and gift cards to take home, plus a bookable ice cream truck for private
events — the profile of a small, deliberately-expanding local chain rather than a single-counter
operation. 4.7★ from 2,806 reviews at the Goltzstraße original, open daily, noon to 10:00 PM.
Wonder Waffel, Kreuzberg
Built around a format rather than a flavour tradition. Wonder Waffel‘s own
pitch is total customisation — “Nothing must, everything goes” — letting a customer build a waffle
combined with ice cream, shakes, fruit and sauces from its own “WonderWaffel” and “WonderShake” ranges,
plus a house coffee line for months when ice cream alone is a harder sell. It has grown well beyond this
one shop, with franchise locations across Germany, Switzerland and the United States, and this
Adalbertstraße address is one of the originals. 4.6★ from 2,750 reviews, open daily, 11:30 AM to
11:00 PM — the latest closing time of the three dedicated ice cream shops here.
Mio Berlin, Mitte
The clearest mismatch of the five, and worth naming as one rather than folding into a story it
doesn’t have. Mio Berlin, right beneath the television tower at
Alexanderplatz, describes itself on its own site as a “Restaurant, Bar & Lounge, Club and
Eventlocation” serving breakfast, pizza, pasta and steaks by day and running as a weekend club with DJs
by night — nothing on its own pages mentions ice cream or gelato at all. It surfaces on this list purely
because Google’s business category search reached it, and its 4.3★ from 4,375 reviews and central
Alexanderplatz address are genuine. Open daily from 10:00 AM, running to midnight most nights and
3:00 AM Friday and Saturday.
Wilde Matilde, Mitte
The most reviewed name on this entire list, at 6,078 Google reviews, and the one with the most
genuine (if partial) ice cream connection among the two non-dedicated venues.
Wilde Matilde, in the historic Nikolaiviertel, is built around a fictional
1920s Berlin persona and runs several venues under one roof: the Blauer Salon restaurant serving German
cuisine and its own take on “Berlin Tapas,” a handcrafted carousel cocktail bar with weekend variety
shows, and the Kaisersaal — a vintage-style coffeehouse that does serve homemade ice cream and pastries
from its own confectionery. 4.2★ on Rathausstraße, closed Mondays, open 10:00 AM to midnight
Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, and to 1:00 AM Friday and Saturday.
All five, on the map
The interactive map plots all five listings from this search, numbered and
marked, together with a button that hands the cross-town route between them straight to Google Maps on
your phone. It’s worth looking at the map before planning a route: these five span Kreuzberg, Schöneberg
and Mitte, not a single walkable neighbourhood, so “Prenzlauer Berg and Kreuzberg” in the search itself is
a starting radius, not a promise about where the results would land.
Getting the most out of a Berlin ice cream detour
Given how spread out this particular five turned out to be — Kreuzberg to Mitte to Schöneberg is a
real cross-town trip, not a stroll — a local eSIM from Airalo means
Google Maps and the BVG app work the moment you land, before you’ve found a SIM shop or working WiFi. A
booked transfer from Welcome Pickups covers the BER-to-city leg
without the arrivals-hall guesswork. If a scoop at Duo turns into dinner at Wilde Matilde or a night out
near Mio, paying in euros without a foreign transaction fee on every stop adds up over one evening — a
Wise card handles that cleanly, and if the trip stretches into weeks rather
than days, opening an N26 account gives a proper German IBAN for anything
that needs one. And since Alexanderplatz and the Nikolaiviertel sit at the centre of this list rather than
at its edge, Tiqets is worth checking for skip-the-line entry to the
TV tower and the museums nearby, so a detour built around ice cream doesn’t turn into a queue.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the best ice cream shop on this list?
Among the three venues that are actually dedicated ice cream shops, Duo Sicilian Ice Cream in
Kreuzberg rates highest at 4.8★ from 6,738 reviews. Wilde Matilde has more total reviews (6,078),
but it’s a restaurant and entertainment venue with a homemade-ice-cream corner, not a dedicated shop, so
it isn’t a like-for-like comparison.
Are any of these five actually in Prenzlauer Berg?
No — by street address, none of the five sit inside a Prenzlauer Berg postal code. Duo and Wonder
Waffel are in Kreuzberg, Jones Ice Cream’s listed location is in Schöneberg (though it runs a second
counter in Prenzlauer Berg), and Mio Berlin and Wilde Matilde are both in Mitte.
Which of these actually serve ice cream?
Three do as their main business: Duo Sicilian Ice Cream, Wonder Waffel and Jones Ice Cream. Wilde
Matilde serves homemade ice cream in its Kaisersaal coffeehouse alongside a restaurant and cocktail bar.
Mio Berlin, per its own website, doesn’t serve ice cream at all — it’s a restaurant, bar and nightclub.
Is Jones Ice Cream only in Schöneberg?
No. The Goltzstraße address here is its original Schöneberg location, but Jones also runs a Prenzlauer
Berg counter and a Kreuzberg counter, making it the only name on this list with a genuine physical
presence in both of the neighbourhoods the search was built around.
Are these venues open on Mondays?
Four of the five are. Wilde Matilde is the exception — it’s closed all day Monday, reopening Tuesday
at 10:00 AM.
- 1. Duo Sicilian Ice Cream — Skalitzer Str. 82, 10997 Berlin
- 2. Jones Ice Cream — Goltzstraße 3, 10781 Berlin
- 3. Wonder Waffel — Adalbertstraße 88, 10997 Berlin
- 4. Mio Berlin — Panoramastraße 1a, 10179 Berlin
- 5. Wilde Matilde — Rathausstraße 23, 10178 Berlin
