The best cafes in Berlin
Coffee, cake, breakfast, second dates: cafes that do more than a photogenic flat white.
Our current picks
For better conversations and caffeine levels.
AERA
Ava Celik’s AERA — gluten-free sourdough manufactory open since 2018 on Fasanenstraße, with a green inner courtyard.
AKKURAT Café
Specialty-coffee café in Kreuzberg with Nano Kaffee beans, a weekly rotating lunch menu with a fixed sandwich line and rotating works from local artists.
BEN RAHIM Berlin
Tunisian-Arabic specialty coffee bar in the Hackesche Höfe with sand-brewed ibrik, single-origin filter and filled croissants.
Bonanza Coffee Heroes
Third-Wave-pioneer flagship on Oderberger: curated origins, direct contact with farmers instead of a Fair-Trade label.
Bonanza Coffee Mitte
Bonanza outpost on Alte Schönhauser — fruity filter coffees, no coworking, outdoor seats better when weather allows.
Bonanza Coffee Roasters
Bonanza’s roastery on Adalbertstraße — direct-trade beans, broad café selection, Probat workshop supplying 200+ roasters worldwide.
Bonanza Coffee Roasters Gendarmenmarkt
Bonanza outpost on Jägerstraße at Gendarmenmarkt — acid-forward roasts, cappuccino over americano.
Boutique de LA MAISON
French boutique bakery with an open workshop behind glass — croissants, pain au chocolat, baguettes and Paris Brest in Kreuzberg.
Cafe Restaurant Manzini
Café-restaurant on Ludwigkirchstraße — Viennese coffee-house charm, white tablecloths, all-day menu with breakfast, pasta and Wiener Schnitzel.
Chipperfield Kantine
Lunch canteen inside the Berlin campus of David Chipperfield Architects in Mitte. Exposed concrete, small rotating card, vegetable-led.
Companion Tea & Coffee
Minimalist breakfast café on Weserstraße in Neukölln. Fine tea and coffee, matcha line and pastries, grilled cheese on the savoury side.
Concierge Coffee
Concierge Coffee — Schöneberg branch of Pates/Nosratifard (ex-Bonanza baristas), larger stage with back rooms on Lützowstraße.