given this is the highest recommended cafe on yelp I was pretty excited to check it out…read more unfortunately I didn't think the food or drinks I got really lived up to the expectations. service and vibe were pretty nice though. for me, it was only ok.

Wonderful neighborhood cafe. Welcoming environment, clean, relaxing, friendly staff...the kind of…read moreplace you could comfortably spend hours in. Fresh, tasty, vegan & vegetarian options at a reasonable price.

A very welcoming space and a very UNWELCOMING &RUDEST BARMAID. Since the place has literally "cafe"…read morein its name my friend and I went in to work. We asked for the wifi password and she was like "oh no this is not a laptop friendly place" (which is ofc completely alright). At that moment my friend already got a bottled beer and seeing our dissapointment she said "i can turn a blind eye for a small while" and JUST because she said that i asked for a wine and very kindly asked her if we missed a sign about laptops. And she rolled her eyes and said "we don't do signs" in a very condescending voice. I completely mirrored her tone and said "Maybe you should have because how else would we know?". She adopted even a more eerie voice tone and said "Since it's a bar people don't work here" 1. Queen did you arrive that conclusion all by yourself? Ive been working at several bars since i moved here 2. The place has CAFE in its name. I'd have no issues at all if she simply said "sorry guys, laptops are not allowed" But she kept making 12 yo level smart-ass comebacks with making faces. Idk if it's a turn-on for people from small cities to be treated as shit. But im coming from a metropol even bigger than Berlin. AND LET ME TELL YOU I AM SO FED UP WITH SERVICE PEOPLE IN GENTRIFIED NEIGHBORHOODS WHO THINK THEY OWN THE CITY AND THEY GET TO TREAT YOU LIKE FECES AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT. And especially getting this behavior from a woman as another one breaks my heart. Feminism shouldn't be girls treating each other with male hostility, it should be vice-versa. I hope she gets therapy or another job without customer contact ASAP

Went to Mano for the first time around 21:00 on a Wednesday and quickly realized I stumbled into an…read moreawesome local bar. The atmosphere inside is awesome: really cool lounge chairs, couches, tapestries, and little alcoves makes the joint feel very bohemian. The bartenders are great and made some very yummy drinks. Definitely going back.

Breakfast was fantastic! I had the Istanbul, scrambled eggs sausage and veggies. Along with fresh…read morefruit, olives, cheese, bread basket. Also fresh squeezed OJ & delicious coffee. Service was impeccable very friendly. I wish I was staying in Berlin so I could go back.

On our first visited, we picked up a blueberry tart and a brownie to go. Both looked wonderful. The…read moreblueberry tart didn't disappoint, with big fresh bursting blueberries and a lovely crumbly pastry beneath. The brownie was fine, but nothing I would get again. Our second visit was a full-on breakfast. My friend got the Paris, which included a croissant and some jam and cheeses and such. He seemed to enjoy it. My Istanbul was enormous and a lot of fun, from the cheese and the 5 kinds of fruit and the bread basket to the sausage pepper onion scramble, salad with balsamic vinaigrette, butter, and jam. My chai tea latte was adequate but not exceptional, as was the meat pastry we shared. The ambience is enjoyable and seems traditional for the area. I certainly look forward to returning, focusing more on the 5-star breakfast platter and 4-star blueberry tart and ambience, while probably trying a different drink or getting one elsewhere and staying away from the brownie.

I really enjoyed a morning coffee and cake prior to my visit to the East Side Gallery. It is…read moreliterally located next to the wall. The atmosphere is what makes this place stand out. It's in the lobby of the Shultz hotel and shares the cozy lounge seating in a library of books and games. Coffee and pastry selection was good, but not extravagant. I enjoyed a delicious buttery croissant as well as their cake of the day, which was cherry.

Wow!! What a score! We got off the night train from Amsterdam and lucked into the best place in…read moreBerlin! We got the breakfast buffet at Alex and can't say enough great things! The food was amazing! SVEN is the nicest human being we have ever met and my kids said it was the cleanest bathroom they have ever seen . Highly recommend!

From the owner: Entspannung und gute Laune werden im ALEX großgeschrieben. Genuss und Urlaub vom Alltag bieten die…read moreALEXianer nun auch am Berliner Mercedes Platz.

Stopped by for lunch here while touring Berlin. It's a nice little cafe located along the river and…read morethe East Side Gallery of the longest standing portion of the Berlin Wall. Menu is in German but the servers sort of speak English. It took a while to get someone at our table though. I had a combo entree that had snitzchel, salad with yogurt dressing, and pommes frites. The snitzchel was good, salad tasted ok but I liked the dressing, and the pommes frites were regular french fries (I think of garlic parmesan fries with a remoulade sauce when I hear pommes frites).

Only the coffee was Good but that is because of the brand. The personal was very unfriendly and…read morereally not service minded. We only wanted to ask whether there was fresh yoghurt (like we had in the past when it was a very nice place), but even a simple answer seemed like a day job for this woman behind the counter. Unfortunately good coffee places do change in service so I would definitely not recommend this as a place to go, even for a coffee. Walk or drive a bit further for much custom friendly bakeries and coffee bars in Friedrichshain.

I love this place! This petite, cute and cosy coffee bar offers great coffee and lovely home made…read morecakes and baked goods. And here, home made means baked in the kitchen at the back, filling the whole cafe with the smell of freshly baked goods. Oh my, they make it hard to avoid buying a bun or a piece of cake. In addition they really know how to make their soy-milk cortados, the staff is very friendly, and there is always a really good vibe to the place. What's not to love? There is no wifi there, which can either be a great con or a great pro. I go there for a break, or when I need to work without the distraction offered by social media.

Located on the busy Sonnenalle the little coffee shop is a good place for people watching. The M41…read morealso stop right in front, so if you sit outside you get an endless stream of crowd walking by. The coffee is also pretty good. There are a few tables inside for when it gets too cold.

Wunderschönes Café! I also live just around the corner and love this place. In fact, I'm sitting…read morethere already the second time today. Berlin has many great cafés, with just a handful serving truly great coffee, but Kaffekirsche really has the best-tasting brews I've had so far. The espresso is excellent, but what really got me are the roasts that they HAND-FILTER for you. The flavors are fantastic--especially the Brazil. On the food--decent belegte brötchen, amazingly delicious Rhabarber Tarte. Seriously. Try it while it's in season. The staff--some of the friendliest people in the Kiez. Very knowledgable too! The atmosphere--fresh, simple, relaxed. They don't provide WiFi, which I actually like. (If you really need to work, Mundvoll is next door. Same owners, same quality of great food.) It's a place where you can really enjoy the flavors of your coffee and the company around you.

I stayed a week in Kaffee Kirsche's kiez between apartments and came in for coffee at least four…read moretimes. The lattes were great. The one time I got a flat white to go, it was just okay. I don't think the microfoam held up well in the paper cup. I didn't get a chance to do a pour over but they seemed to be popular. They sell coffee roasted in-house. Depending on which roast you purchased, you could get some really fresh coffee. Some bags were marked as being roasted just a few days earlier but some were two weeks old. I was drawn in the first time with their pastries display. They each looked so pretty. I ordered the strawberry tart. To be honest, I thought it was going to be strawberry cheesecake. I should have asked first! Instead, it was a strawberry gelatinous cream filling. The chocolate cake base was not rich enough to stand out next to the strawberry filling. I enjoyed the look of it much more than the taste of it. I've heard that the vegan chocolate cake is really the cafe's star dessert, so I'll have to try that the next time that I'm in the neighborhood. I've never struggled to find seating, since it's ~2 blocks north of Kotti on Adalbertstr. The service can be unfriendly, which doesn't really match the look and feel of the cafe. It really depends on who is working, whether they're busy doing something else, and what language you order in. The first time that I visited, I ordered in German and the employee (possibly owner) looked really annoyed. Afterwards, I only ordered in English. The prices are typical of an upscale cafe.

One of my favorite places for breakfast. Love to come here with my laptop to work as well as to…read morejust read or enjoy the ambiance

Nice vegan meal :)…read more Vegan or not, food here is quite yummy, and the portions are pretty good too. I also like to chill with my laptop here because their internet is quite reliable.

A must visit when in Berlin, they do have another location by the touristy area if you find this…read moreone is too far. There are a few tables for outdoor seating tables indoors as well. If you sit in the back you can sometimes see them making their amazing cheesecakes. The staff is great, willing to explain and answer any and all questions. Must have.. their cheesecake is beyond amazing, easiest way of describing it is heaven in your mouth. It's sweetened to perfection, it's light yet dense at the same time.. must be some sorcery going on. Also must have and no brainer.. their coffee- locally roasted to perfection, be sure to buy a few bags to take home. I always do for myself and to give as gifts. So far favorite is the Biftu Gudina. They also now offer subscriptions online that ship to the states if you realize you didn't buy enough to last you.

After stumbling across Five Elephant earlier this week, it quickly shot its way to the top of my…read morefavourites list. The indoor is small and modern while the outside is comfortable on a warm spring day. There is an intimate community feeling inside, and the people working are friendly and helpful. As for the menu offerings? The hot chocolate with soy was one of the best I've ever had, and my bagel was alright too. My companion had coffee and it was GOOD. There was a spicy hint of flavouring to the roast. Had I not already consumed caffeine just prior, it's likely I would have ordered one of my own. And it's no understatement that it might have been the best coffee I've had in Berlin to date. Regardless, with all the items in the plus column, it's definite that I will be back... and soon!