Tea Houses and Tea Rooms 2026

At The Ritz-Carlton on Potsdamer Platz, The Lounge serves an Afternoon Tea titled "A Symphony of the Seasons," which changes with the seasons. Tea sommeliers curate varieties to complement the patisserie, accompanied by freshly baked scones and classic sandwiches. The menu costs 75 Euros per person, with an additional 20 Euros for a glass of Ruinart.

Since February 2026, Gosia and Marcin Chelkowski have been running a Japanese tea bar with exactly sixteen seats in Kopenhagener Straße in Prenzlauer Berg. The matcha is stone-ground and comes from individual gardens in Kyoto, Shiga, Nara, and Shizuoka, and the wagashi are handmade every morning. If you wish to stay longer, book a tea set at the counter.

On Teltower Damm in Zehlendorf, less than 300 meters from the S-Bahn station, Dukhyun Nam has been running a Korean tea house since 2016. The menu features 18 warm tea varieties, including four seasonal green teas and four Korean herbal teas based on his own recipes, caffeine-free and without sugar. Additionally, there's a small kitchen with Bibimbap and Gimbap.

In Goltzstraße in Schöneberg, Detlev Lüke runs the original branch of Tee Tea Thé, a tea shop with an attached salon, offering over 350 loose tea varieties, according to their own statements. As a Ronnefeldt brand partner, the establishment serves its High Tea on a silver tiered stand, with scones and clotted cream made according to their own recipe. Reservations can be made online or by phone.

A few steps from Schönleinstraße, Panagiotis Manologlou has been running a tea salon in Berlin-Kreuzberg since February 2016, offering more than 40 organically grown herbal varieties. The goods come from small producers in Northern and Central Greece and Crete. Each variety can be enjoyed as an infusion in the shop or taken away pre-packaged.

Behind an unassuming facade on Rosenthaler Straße lies Chén Chè, a Vietnamese tea house with a green courtyard and a menu of flower and fruit teas. The name stands for a bowl full of delicacies, and the recipes are based on ancient monastery recipes. Additionally, there's Vietnamese cuisine without MSG, offered in a small, changing selection.

On Stuttgarter Platz in Charlottenburg, Kristine and Thorsten Maerz run a specialty tea shop that focuses on unflavored teas from Asia, from high-mountain Oolong from Taiwan to Pu Erh from plants over a hundred years old. Kristine Maerz regularly conducts tastings for 18 Euros per person. The Berliner Teesalon is not a café.

At KunstHof on Oranienburger Straße, you'll find the interior that was exhibited in 1974 in the Soviet pavilion of the Leipzig Trade Fair: hand-carved sandalwood columns, painted walls, and floor cushions. The Tajik Teahouse serves its tea from a samovar, the Russian tea ceremony costs 8.80 Euros per person. Payment is cash only.

In the English Garden of the Gardens of the World, a thatched country house stands amidst approximately 5,800 rose bushes: The Cottage in the English Rose Garden serves British teatime with scones, shortbread, and a pot of tea for 6.50 Euros. The tea room is only accessible via park admission, and the access itself is barrier-free.

At the foot of Kienberg in the Gardens of the World lies the Chinese Teahouse, named Berghaus zum Osmanthussaft, offering over 40 types of Chinese teas. As the house is undergoing renovation, operations are currently continuing at a waterside location with a view of the stone boat. The tea ceremony costs 20 Euros per person and requires prior booking.