The Best Cafés in Berlin
A small café in the Helmholtzkiez district with colourful furnishings and hand-painted tableware by Hedwig Bollhagen. The coffee specialities are brewed in-house and are served with homemade tartelettes or rosemary chocolate cookies.
Opulent sandwiches with meat or roasted vegetables and fresh herbs are served alongside seasonal dishes and Middle Eastern interpretations of pancakes, with barberries and pistachio butter for example. The terrace is relaxed in summer and the interior is charming in mint tones.
Brunch next level in the light-flooded minimalist café or on the outdoor terrace. Seasonal dishes such as pointed cabbage in Caesar dressing on sourdough, or vegan chilli oil polenta and juicy zucchini cake, 1A flat white and celery-cardamom shrub.
In the small café in Wedding, it looks like grandma's living room - and really every cake looks perfect for the Dilekerei Instagram feed. Open exclusively on Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.; during the week they are dedicated to orders, especially weddings.
A hip breakfast restaurant with operators from the Michelin-starred gastronomy scene and a colourful mix of guests who give classics a new twist. For example, there is a farmer's breakfast with truffle butter. Seasonal specialties, cocktails and coffee are also served.
The flagship and biggest feel-good factor is the branch in Wedding. Hipsters relax alongside walk-in customers in the light-flooded café with plants and industrial chic for excellent coffee and cake. Small but fine brunch menu on weekends.
With a down-under feeling, the Australian brunch between mint-coloured tables invites you to enjoy a day drink. In summer, it's great on the terrace. Excellent Bloody Mary and Bellini are accompanied by the favourites Eggs Benny, hearty kimchi waffles or French toast.
This small café in the Gräfekiez district serves typical brunch dishes of a high standard, in a relaxed atmosphere between wooden tables and plants. Avocado toast, eggs Florentine, porridge and pancakes are accompanied by fantastic coffee and drinks.
Special location in a former church. The menu includes sharing plates for lunch and brunch made from regional, seasonal ingredients and great home-baked bread. You can sit comfortably in the warm, bright interior or on the spacious terrace.
Seasonal dishes, the best pancakes in town with lots of maple cordial, clotted cream and blueberry compote or a sourdough slice with scrambled and radish kimchi, all served in the wood-framed old building café or in front of it. Served with coffee from La Cabra.
Neukölln neighbourhood institution with a large selection of homemade cakes. Turquoise walls, industrial lamps and vintage wood furnishings create charming flair. The cake counter offers cheesecake, excellent cinnamon buns, whoopie pies, and vegan options, among others.
In thisy corner café with many wooden elements in the old building style and nice window seats, the Silo team serves seasonal small dishes at any time of day and excellent coffee from Fjord. Highlights include French toast with figs and croque madame.
Primarily known for its excellently roasted coffee specialities. However, the homemade cheesecake is one of the best in Berlin and should get more attention. All branches are bright and minimalist and the nicest place to sit is in Kreuzberg.
Home-roasted beans and coffee are sold in four locations. The most comfortable place to sit, among plants and minimalist wooden furnishings, is the generously bright Kreuzberg café. Be sure to order an almond croissant from Salon Sucre with your coffee.
The Tel Aviv export serves breakfast into the evening. There are no reservations, but those who wait are rewarded with sumptuous, seasonally topped pancakes, excellent Eggs Benedict and Israeli dishes in an upscale ambience.
Seasonal vegetarian lunch/brunch menu meets old building apartment charm at vegan chef Sophie Hofmann's zero-waste café. Especially nice are the window seats facing the street, the coffee from Vote, and the vegan chocolate cake with tahini frosting.
Cakes as far as the eye can see! Up to 20 varieties are available from the large display case in this small café. They can be eaten at two long wooden tables, each of which seats around ten people. Always well attended, it is best not to be afraid of contact.
English breakfast meets bottomless coffee in American diner style. The service is charming and casual, and the menu includes sausages, baked beans, breakfast muffins, sourdough pancakes and milkshakes - all of which are also available in vegan versions.
Vegan dreams come true at this cosy café with window seats on Monbijouplatz. The cakes, richly decorated with flowers and fruits, can be ordered whole, and a selection of vegan sandwiches, good coffee and smoothies are always available on site.
One of the oldest pastry shops in the city with nostalgic interior and retro floral wallpaper in the Hansa district. Here you get a traditional coffee-cake experience with a changing menu. Always in the display case and a must: homemade Baumkuchen.