Pros:
-beautiful large apartment
-15 min Uber for under 15 euros to sights like East Side Gallery, Check point Charlie
- very close to very good grocery stores and decent but not exceptional Italian restaurant (my daughter loved the alio/olio pasta and she is a connoisseur who makes this dish, I thought salad was ok, service very friendly)
- manager met us personally to show us around which was very nice and helpful. She was happy to cooperate with change in arrival schedule to morning following when we were supposed to arrive. Very nice and she spoke excellent English
Cons:
-neighborhood not particularly lovely but as expected for East Berlin
-small thing is no microwave but otherwise kitchen fine