Reading Café

Bookstore, reading café, and delicatessen in one: Buchkantine, located in Moabit on the Spree, combines literature with culinary aspirations across approximately 400 square meters. Browse books, drink cappuccino, taste champagne - all with a view of the water.

If you're looking for the best bagel in Berlin in Schöneberg, you'll find it on Belziger Straße. The Coffee & Bagel House combines freshly topped bagels, exceptionally good coffee, and a cozy atmosphere that invites you to linger – daily from 9 AM to 5 PM.

New York bagel culture directly on Ku'damm: American Bagel in Schöneberg bakes 13 varieties of fresh, fluffy New York bagels daily, all vegan, and tops them from savory to sweet, from salmon with avocado to the classic cinnamon-raisin.

If you're looking for a good bagel in Wedding, you'll find it at Kado Coffee & Breakfast — a Wedding café with heart that has been based at Humboldthain S-Bahn station since 2007 and now also brightens mornings on Gerichtstraße. Vintage charm, freshly topped bagels, and specialty coffees — no frills, but with lots of soul.

Paradise Café on Kirchstrasse in Moabit serves breakfast in Berlin at a level the neighborhood has long desired: Mediterranean breakfast variations, homemade cakes, and freshly squeezed juices in a pastel-colored feel-good atmosphere that's just as impressive as what lands on your plate.

In Kreuzberg's Bergmannkiez, What a Treat Breakfast on Gneisenaustraße serves breakfast with a touch of the Orient: fresh ingredients, homemade cakes, and bagels that keep regulars coming back.

Since 2012, Tischendorf in Neukölln has been serving breakfast on Friedelstraße in the heart of Kreuzkölln. This Australian-influenced cafe combines homemade quality with local coffee and a menu ranging from porridge to poached eggs.

Luwak Cafe at Ostkreuz in Friedrichshain has established itself as one of the most sought-after breakfast spots in the neighborhood. Its bagel menu impresses with fresh ingredients, from salmon cream cheese to falafel hummus, and the coffee easily keeps up. Enjoy a good breakfast in the morning and a filling lunch at noon: both work here.

On Karl-Marx-Straße in Neukölln, Nutela Rosé serves crepes, waffles, and mini-pancakes with an opulent variety of chocolate. This chocolate café combines oriental ingredients like Arabic Qishta and pistachio cream with Belgian chocolate and fresh fruits to create a sweet world of its own.

A good book, delicious cookies and coffee or a fresh Amazonian juice – what more could you need for "reading bliss"?

On Kastanienallee in Prenzlauer Berg, CHAPLIN'S Café serves bagels, homemade cakes, and breakfast in a cozy atmosphere. This family-run café with outdoor seating has long been a go-to spot for anyone looking for the best bagel in Berlin.

Australian-influenced trendy breakfast at Boxhagener Platz in Friedrichshain: Silo Coffee stands for specialty coffee from its own roastery, seasonal brunch dishes with local ingredients, and the relaxed vibe of a cafe that has long enjoyed cult status in Berlin.

The TAZ-Kantine on the ground floor of the new taz building on Friedrichstraße in Kreuzberg has been a meeting point for the editorial team and the neighborhood since 2005. At lunchtime, there's a changing menu with many vegan dishes starting from 9.90 euros, and a cappuccino costs 3.60 euros. As a reading café in Berlin, it scores with the current taz newspaper on the table and the taz Talks in the evening.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Factory Girl in Berlin Mitte, on Auguststraße, stands for trendy vegan and vegetarian breakfast with attitude: thoughtful interior, dishes to admire and devour, and a menu consistently focused on fresh, nourishing ingredients.

Prenzlauer Berg meets living aesthetics with the scent of waffles: Kauf Dich Glücklich Café & More on Oderberger Straße is Berlin's most charming concept store, combining Scandinavian-style vintage furniture and home accessories with homemade waffles and ice cream under one roof.