I was not sure if to give it 4 or 5 stars, I have given it 4 in the German version and in my English review, I am giving it five stars.
As the name suggests, it is an antiques cafe, everything - the furniture, the china, the decoration - is antiques that make this cafe seem like somebody's grandmother's living room. In addition, the antiques shown are for sale.
I was there with people who were all around 70 yea old, and they were all delighted. I must say that I have also liked it, but have to put it within a certain context:
(1) The area - I think it is the "best cafe in Reinickendorf", but it doesn't say much about the cafe, but about this neighbourhood. This is not a touristy area, but there are few places worth a visit nearby (I am thinking mostly of the "White City", Weisse Stadt neighbourhood, which is just north of the cafe, and is Unesco World Heritage site, see http://www.qype.co.uk/place/33252-Weisse-Stadt-Berlin )
(2) The cakes etc. are all very "homey", not polished confectionery cakes, but exactly the stuff you'd get at somebody's grandma, which is not bad - just different.
(3) One thing that made me a bit uneasy - it might be only me - is that there was quite a lot of memorabilia from the 1936 Olympics (the Nazi Olympics) over there. If I am not mistaken, I have even seen a swastika in one of the pictures. Now - I am pretty sure that the owner is anything BUT a Nazi (and his collection is just an antik collection), it just made me feel a bit at unease (this is why I have given it four stars in the German text, in fact).
So, it might not be a place I'd come especially from the city for, but if I'd be in the area - it would be my first choice for a cafe. read more