As we’ve announced a couple of days ago, the I Eat You Din­ner is now ready for you to enjoy: for the next couple of days, you’ll be able to book your seats at an invit­ing table full of inter­est­ing people. Last night, I was offered the chance to par­ti­cip­ate in the first round of the pop up res­taur­ant. And who would’ve thought: many of my dear friends had decided to come inde­pend­ently as well! What I expec­ted to be a night amongst strangers turned out to be an even­ing with the family.

But more than that, the loc­a­tion — an impress­ive loft on Kottbusser Damm / Schön­lein­straße — and the charm­ing chaos of the makers were what made the din­ner one of the most relax­ing and adven­tur­ous exper­i­ences I’ve ever had at a din­ner table. First of all, you wouldn’t have expec­ted the beau­ti­ful mess to be inside this very low pro­file entrance — but it def­in­itely added to the Neuk­ölln image.

Everything was set up in such a per­fect way. The food was pre­pared in a do-it-yourself fash­ion, which let the diners inter­act with the food, the people and the gor­geous space. And don’t be afraid: there’s a nat­ural urban chique attached to the din­ner, so it’s not fancy per se but astound­ingly alluring.

That loft, we dis­covered, was actu­ally in use. Three people share the space — there are three more sep­ar­ate rooms adding to the vast liv­ing room where the din­ner took part. The bed and the stuff that were once part of the liv­ing room made explor­ing the room even more chal­len­ging. My first thought: woah, this is some heavy Ber­lin cliché over­load. But what can I say? It’s a cliché for a reason.

There was cer­tainly a very spe­cial atmo­sphere and I would abso­lutely recom­mend to all of my read­ers to exper­i­ence it for them­selves if they can make the time. Find all the details about the I EAT YOU din­ner here.