Friendly staff... fresh food and cake... and latte macchiato is very good. highly recommendedread more

From the owner: Grüner Salon auf dem Nordmarkt Täglich von 12 bis 1 Uhr…read moregeöffnet, freitags von 12 bis 3 Uhr Gemütliches Café, Kneipe und Bar im Park auf dem Nordmarkt Selbstgebackener Kuchen, Sandwiches, Suppen & Eintöpfe, Salate, Fassbier und viele Flaschenbiere, breite Spirituosenauswahl, Cocktails, regionale Schorlen, Kaffeespezialitäten

This is a nice enough Café in the middle of the hipster quarter "Kreuzviertel". If you thought…read moreabout driving here, good luck, because you're NEVER gonna find a parking space. like ever. Bigger cities like Cologne and Düsseldorf have these charming little coffee shops on every corner, but in Dortmund it seems like the whole city is coming here to eat breakfast. It's always full and the place itself is crammed with tables and chairs, so there is no room to even wait inside for a free spot. They have a sunday breakfast/brunch buffet, which is just complete mayham and I got claustrophobic in about 0.3 seconds. I bought cake here a couple of times and it has always been very nice but come on, 7€ for TWO slices?! TAKEAWAY? I'm really kinda "meh" about this place.. You can't relax here, the food is good but a bit pricy and overall it's just a bit of an avarage place. Try it out at least once but don't say I didn't warn ya.

Such a cozy and cute place, I was tempted to drink coffee and eat cake there all day. The service…read morewas friendly and the staff spoke more than a couple languages. Luckily for me, English was one of them.

Leider muss die reizende Brasilianerin noch lernen: -Wie man…read moremit einer italienischen Kaffeemaschine umgeht -Die Rezepturen der klassischen italienischen Kaffeezubereitungen auswediglernen (wieviel Espresso, Milch, Schaum gehören in einen Capuccino etc) Heutzutage glaubt wohl jeder, der eine Kaffeemaschine einschalten kann, er wäre der geborene Barista ;-)

Cute bistro right on the plaza downtown. If you go during Christmas time, there is a cute little…read moremarket in the plaza. The food was good but the service was pretty slow. The restaurant looks family owned and the food tasted homemade. The cakes also tasted homemade and were a great end to the meal!