Will S.
Yelp
Amazing Store for All things Amazing! There's something about KaDeWe that is ridiculous.....ly cool! Yeah Yeah lots of Yelpers talkin''bout how boring this place is and I kinda agree. It looks like Saks, Bloomies, Neiman Marcus or some department store, until your food spirits are awakened as you go past the 5th floor. What's cool about it? If you're looking for something to buy, there are at least a few brands and all the best, not some cheap quickly-made-in-China type stuff. I'm talkin' well crafted, design impressive items you're in awe that you can buy such a thing. But it ain't cheap. You pay for quality here and that's why you come here. If you're looking for beer for example, there are hundreds of brands. Ridiculous.......ly cool collection of beer. I shopped for tea infuser for a gift and found 30 well designed infusers.....ridiculous.......ly cool and amazing.
RUNDOWN OF KADEWE:
So quick rundown. The first floor is like walking down Rodeo Drive or 5th Avenue and shopping streets in major cities. Gucci, LV, Prada blah blah blah. These labels are very BH, NY, Milan, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Paris yada yada yada.... Not interesting to me. Except, after the boring designer stuff, the 2nd-5th floors carry really good, well made, unique (albeit expensive) department store things. I bought a German set of metal luggage way better than any of the designer stuff and will last longer than any designer luggage, at Kadewe.
7TH HEAVEN AND 6TH FLOOR TOO
The 6th floor is where it's at for me, I call it the "grocery store" but unlike any you've seen. I've never been to Harrods but Kadewe is honestly way better than Dean & De Luca, Whole Foods or any high-end American food store, even better than Eataly. There are things you can buy here like like Jamon from Spain cut from the leg. There was a display I admired where they featured jamon being sliced. The leg (feels like the entire animal) is on a rotating pedestal while a chef surgically pares a piece of jamon for you to sample. Jamon infused with olive oil was freakin' out of this world deeeeelishus. It's the new craze in ham and its really really good. The chocolates display from all over the globe is impressive. Germans love chocolate and damn so do I. The most impressive collection to me was..... the Beer... super impressive. It's nice to see a world collection of beer on sale in one store. They do it well at Kadewe.
On top of that there are different kitchens all over the floor where you can plop yourself on a stool and have a chef put together German fare, pasta alle amatriciana or a bouillabaise made to order. Or just have a piece of lobster split, cold seafood. This is second to Harrods (I hear) and even though I have never been, I'd prolly enjoy Harrods too. But they do it well at Kadewe.
The 7th floor is Le Buffet and has everything cooked and ready to eat laid out, its expansive. The world food on display here was tempting but I'm in Deutschland, I'm gonna eat German. What I picked was wine braised beef , red cabbage, baked potato, what else? That with a glass of wine, Aschatz and dessert, the lunch was not cheap but excellently made, super tasty...only at Kadewe.
You don't shop here everyday, that's not ridiculous......ly cool. But come here for a well made thing you can't get anywhere. 'Cuz they do it well at Kadewe.
Tip: Don't go during lunch time unless you have to. The sixth Floor /7th floors are super crowded.
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