Cake

Fine Bagels in Friedrichshain is Berlin's most renowned address for hand-rolled New York-style bagels from a Jewish baking tradition that dates back four generations. The café is located in the heart of the Shakespeare & Sons bookstore on Warschauer Straße, combining freshly baked dough rings with books, cheesecake, and a true morning ritual.

The Café Schwartzsche Villa is located in the Steglitz Cultural Centre, home to the Berlin Authors' Forum, where readings regularly take place in the salon. It is operated by an inclusion company, and a slice of cake costs 4 Euros. As a reading café in Berlin-Steglitz, the yellow Wilhelminian villa boasts a summer garden for around 100 guests.

Berlin-Kreuzberg's Barcomi's combines the qualities of a coffee roaster with a pastry shop serving American cakes and pastries in true New York style.

If you're looking for a really good matcha in Berlin's Treptow-Köpenick, Yado Coffee Bakery offers delicious options on its menu. This cozy café on Schnellerstraße combines freshly baked tarts and croissants with a drink menu that will make matcha fans beam.

On the quiet Körtestraße in Kreuzberg, Café Freudberg hides behind a cake counter that is second to none: vegan cakes, homemade waffles, and breakfast with organic, regional ingredients make this small café a fixed address for all who want to eat plant-based and well.

The Waffel oder Becher on Berlin-Mitte's Spandauer Straße is well-known for great ice cream, outstanding cakes, gorgeous coffee and - of course - delicious waffles.

Far out in Köpenick, right on the shore of Müggelsee, lies one of Berlin's most famous waterside excursion restaurants. The Rübezahl am Müggelsee combines a beer garden, bistro, and fisherman's hut into a place that offers lake views and relaxation all year round.

At Yorckstraße 15 in Kreuzberg, master confectioner Andreas Minsch bakes up to 20 different cakes and tarts daily, following traditional craftsmanship. The street café, with a view into the bakery, has long been a firmly established institution in Berlin's confectionery scene.

Nibs Cacao on Bleibtreustraße is a narrow shop behind Savignyplatz, exclusively dedicated to fine cocoa. It features products from manufacturers in Spain, Italy, Belgium, and Ecuador, with hot chocolate with churros and cocoa with chili considered specialties. It's particularly good for heartbreak because no one here asks why you've come.

Located at Kollwitzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg, Café Anna Blume has been a staple for over 15 years for those who want to combine Berlin coffee house culture with the aroma of a flower shop. Guests who have breakfast here are served homemade spreads, home-cured salmon, and opulent breakfast platters.

Handmade cakes based on recipes from a Spanish grandmother, a plush café ambiance, and eleven cheesecake variations on the counter: Frau Behrens Torten in Charlottenburg, Kreuzberg, and Friedenau represents confectionery craftsmanship that is hard to find twice in Berlin.

The Café am Neuen See is located directly on the shore in the Tiergarten, with hundreds of seats under old trees. In front are rowing boats that can be rented by the hour, and for many children, half an hour on the water is the main attraction.

Katerschmaus is located on the Holzmarkt grounds directly on the Spree, the terrace extends right to the water, and excursion boats pass by. The surrounding area is one of the few spots in Friedrichshain where children can simply run free.

Shakespeare & Sons on Warschauer Straße in Friedrichshain is an English-language bookstore with its own bagel bakery: Fine Bagels hand-rolls and New York-boils its bagels. Tables are set between the shelves for browsing. In this reading café in Berlin, the next novel is usually already on the table before the bagel arrives.

Since 1878, Konditorei Rabien in Steglitz has been baking according to family recipes: As a former Potsdam court confectionery, it is now one of Berlin's most traditional patisseries. Up to 60 cakes daily, handmade Baumkuchen, and an atmosphere that truly brings the craftsmanship to life.

Biergarten Jockel on Ratiborstraße features long tables under trees with space for running, and a sandbox is an integral part. The kitchen offers burgers, tarte flambée, and changing daily specials, along with draught beer and lemonades.

Oliver G. Seifert imports his teas directly from Japan, Taiwan, and Korea and also serves them at Greifswalder Straße.

In Charlottenburg, at Kantstraße 25, you can taste the love for breakfast in every single dish. A Never Ending Love Story is Berlin's rosy-pink answer to everything that defines a good café in Berlin: carefully prepared food, a warm atmosphere, and pancakes that are almost unimaginable until you see them on your table.

Frau Krüger, a friendly café near Mauerpark, scores big time with coffee, cakes and frozen yogurt.

Scandinavian coffee culture in the heart of Berlin-Mitte: Oslo Kaffebar on Eichendorffstraße, just a few steps from Nordbahnhof, is a conscious counter-design to the classic co-working café – offering home-roasted specialty coffee, vinyl on the walls, and a relaxed atmosphere that encourages productive thinking even without an open laptop.

Vux on Wipperstraße in Neukölln has been a purely vegan café with Brazilian roots since 2009. Cakes, cupcakes, and bagels come from their own bakery, along with açaí and passion fruit smoothies, bao buns, and gluten-free cakes. Perfect for a rainy autumn day in Berlin: hot coffee and cake just a few steps from the historic Richardplatz.

In Charlottenburg, less than 200 meters from Witzlebenplatz, the Bootshaus Stella on Lietzensee is deliberately hidden in the park's greenery. The beer garden with a lake terrace is one of Berlin's most beautiful lakeside excursion restaurants.

Madrid's beloved cult bakery has conquered Berlin-Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg: Acid Bakery bakes artisanal sourdough breads and changing international pastry classics rarely found in Berlin. Minimalist design, organic ingredients, and serious coffee make Acid a cult baker in Berlin.

In Friedenau, at Varziner Platz, resides a chocolate and delicatessen shop that turns Valentine's gifts into a matter of the heart: Süßkramdealer combines exquisite pralines, hand-picked chocolate bars, and individual gift boxes in a shop with Gründerzeit charm and an attached café.

The Alte Pumpe (Old Pump) was once a pumping station; the restored piston pump now stands in the restaurant area and sparks questions at the breakfast table. On Sundays from 10 AM, there's a breakfast buffet, and the playground is right next door.