• Order at the counter with the number on your table; drinks you carry yourself, food is brought over, and cash and card both work
• Reservations only for 8 or more, by email and never for the same day, so smaller groups just find a free table
• Vegetarian and vegan dishes on the menu every day, and staff answer questions about allergies

Schleusenkrug is a self-service beer garden built on top of the lock house at the Tiergarten lock, on the edge of the Tiergarten park. Tables for about 700 people sit under tall trees, with around 70 seats indoors.

Boats on the Landwehrkanal pass through the lock just below, so kids can watch the gates open and the water level change while the grown-ups eat.