Coffee

A small café with big ambitions hides on Brunnenstraße in Berlin-Mitte: MOD ROCKERS Roastery & Bagels roasts its own coffee, bakes fresh bagels, and radiates the relaxed energy of a true regular's café.

Located in Neukölln, directly on Hermannstraße, Isla Coffee has been a staple for specialty coffee and sustainable trendy breakfast for years. This zero-waste café combines vegetarian brunch culture with a consistent ecological ethos, without losing sight of enjoyment.

Located on Seydelstraße near Spittelmarkt, the Sandwich Bar has been serving freshly prepared panini, bagels, egg dishes, and coffee since 2017. This small café is a popular lunch spot for the surrounding offices.

She said on Kottbusser Damm in Neukölln has been both a bookstore and a specialty coffee shop since 2020. The shelves exclusively feature books by women and queer authors, many from marginalized perspectives. At the counter, freshly baked cinnamon rolls are available daily. Authors read from their new books here one to two times a month.

Located directly on Sonntagstraße in Friedrichshain, just a few steps from S-Bahn station Ostkreuz, this Mediterranean-inspired deli with Nordic interior attracts locals, expats, and travelers alike from morning till evening. Homemade pasta, creative bagels, avocado toast, and Bircher muesli are featured alongside seasonal dishes on a menu that reinvents itself every three months.

At Hohenzollerndamm 92 in Schmargendorf, the Otte family has been running their original establishment in the Viennese coffee house style since 1980. About a hundred cake creations are produced annually from their own manufactory, along with apple strudel and Kaiserschmarrn.

Strandbad Mitte in Berlin Mitte is the café for everyone who wants to enjoy breakfast in Berlin without tourist crowds. Hidden in a cul-de-sac near Oranienburger Straße, it serves hearty classics in a charming swimming pool ambiance with deck chairs outside.

Where classical music meets church history: The Berlin Cathedral on Museum Island in Berlin-Mitte is one of the city's most fascinating concert venues. Whether it's an organ concert under the dome vault or choir music by the Cathedral Choir – here, sacred architecture literally resonates.

On Wilmersdorfer Straße in Charlottenburg, La Femme Berlin serves the finest Turkish breakfast: Kahvaltı with homemade Simits, fresh jams, and hearty classics, daily from 07:00 to 21:00. If you want an authentic Turkish breakfast in Berlin, you should definitely stop by here.

ocelot on Brunnenstraße in Mitte is an independent bookstore with a café and large windows overlooking Volkspark am Weinberg. The shelves feature literary fiction, poetry, English titles, and many small publishers, while a La-Marzocco machine graces the counter. For this reading café in Berlin-Mitte, it means: come early, as the few tables fill up quickly.

This legendary restaurant was opened nearly 100 years ago in a rebuilt block of flats.

Hoppegarten in Steglitz is Berlin's coziest proof that a good breakfast needs no trends. For decades, this restaurant, cafe, and bar on Schloßstraße has attracted regulars from all over the neighborhood who know: everything here is just right.

Café Tasso on Frankfurter Allee in Friedrichshain is both an organic café and a second-hand bookshop: over 20,000 used books are available on the terrace, on the ground floor, and in three basement rooms, each costing 2.50 Euros. The reading café is run as an inclusion enterprise. A novel from the shelf costs less here than the cappuccino you drink with it.

Frau Polda in Maxstraße on Leopoldplatz is a bookstore and Italian bistro in one, opened in 2025 by a publishing professional and a restaurateur from Tuscany. Between novels, children's books, and English titles, there's focaccia from 3.40 Euro and Aperol Spritz. In this reading café in Wedding, a chapter is often followed by focaccia under the tree.

The CoooL Music Bar on Ansbacher Straße at Wittenbergplatz lets guests choose the music instead of a predefined playlist. During the day there's coffee, in the evening drinks, plus Jenga, chess, and backgammon at the table, and later a DJ and dance floor. During Happy Hour, Aperol Spritz, Mojito, and Caipirinha each cost 7.50 Euros.

Café Einstein Unter den Linden in Berlin-Mitte is Vienna's answer to the grand boulevard of the German capital: a coffee house with history, Austrian cuisine, and the relaxed self-confidence of a place that knows it doesn't need trends.

Where Tiergarten meets tradition: Konditorei-Café Buchwald on Bartningallee in Moabit is Berlin's oldest confectionery, known for its legendary Baumkuchen since 1852 and still family-owned. Those who manage to get a seat here experience coffee house culture at its finest.

At Kottbusser Damm 77 in Kreuzberg, La Femme Kahvaltı ve Simit Evi has been serving authentic Turkish breakfast for over two decades. Freshly baked simits, hearty tavası variations, and homemade jams make this place the go-to address for Kahvaltı in Berlin.

Anyone having breakfast in Charlottenburg will sooner or later end up on Bleibtreustraße. A Never Ever Ending Love Story is one of those rose-tinted cafés that are more than just a backdrop: here, pancakes, scrambled eggs, and barista coffee are perfect in an atmosphere where you willingly linger too long.

The moa Café & Bar on Kirchstraße in Moabit is Berlin's charming address for breakfast in the sunshine: With delicious scrambled eggs, salmon breakfast or avocado toast and strong coffee, you can relax here like rarely anywhere else in the city.

Small, but with a clear statement: Baffels Café and More on Gartenstraße in Mitte is dedicated to bagels and waffles with true passion. The bagels can be combined according to your own taste, and the prices remain pleasantly fair.

In the heart of Wedding, directly on Uferstraße on the premises of the old BVG workshops, Café Pförtner is one of Berlin's most atmospheric trendy cafés. Daily changing menu, waterside terrace, and a retired public bus as seating: Here, breakfast has a concept.

On Alte Schönhauser Straße in Mitte, Zeit für Brot bakes fresh organic baked goods daily by hand – from hearty sourdough bread to the legendary cinnamon bun. In Berlin, this bakery represents the opposite of mass production: a few products, but exceptionally well made.

The atmosphere of a genuine café in Vienna where you can bump into well-known politicians and actors - that's the strong suit of Café Einstein.

Langano in Kreuzberg is Berlin's destination for authentic Ethiopian cuisine: spices like cardamom and chili, injera as both plate and cutlery, and hospitality that welcomes everyone.