SOFI
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Frederik Bille Brahe's bakery in the Sophie-Gips-Höfe: bread from organic grain grown on small northern European farms.
Sweets in Berlin
Sweets in Berlin: hand-shaped doughnuts at Atelier Dough, two-day croissants at Crapulix, black sesame and pandan ice cream at amatō. Plus whole Sicilian pistachios at Hokey Pokey and galettes from Bubar at the Karl-August-Platz market.
Updated October 2026
All spots across Berlin
Our recommendations
Atelier Dough
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Hand-made doughnuts on the corner of Glogauer and Reichenberger Straße: French technique, basic ingredients only, house-made marshmallows.
Jones Ice Cream
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American-style ice cream on Goltzstraße from pastry chef Gabrielle Jones: egg-free, with hand-rolled cones and cookies.
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Gorilla Bäckerei Schöneberg
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Bakery with a visible bakehouse on the EUREF campus: sourdough, Roman pizza, viennoiserie and a daily organic brunch.
Crapulix
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French patisserie in Steglitz: Olivier Lorente bakes alone, croissants with lots of butter and salt made over two days, plus canelés and tartlets.
amato
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Ice cream and pastries with Asian flavours on Dunckerstraße: Black Sesame & Thai Tea, pandan, vegan yuzu cake.
Hokey Pokey Stargarder
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The larger Hokey Pokey ice cream patisserie on Stargarder Straße: pistachio with whole Sicilian pistachios, ice cream cakes and pralines.
Albatross Bäckerei
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Sourdough, rye and French-style pastries in the Graefekiez, shaped by hand and delivered by cargo bike.
Bubar Crepes und Galettes
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Breton galettes and crêpes at the Karl-August-Platz market: French buckwheat flour, salted butter, house-made salted caramel. Wed and Sat.
JOHANN Bäckerei
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Sourdough bakery on Gleditschstraße: ancient grains, 20 to 30 hours of dough rest, changing speciality loaves and croissants.
ACID Mitte
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Bakery and café in Mitte: sourdough pastries, cardamom brioche and coffee on Rosenthaler Straße.
AERA Charlottenburg
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Gluten-free bakery on Fasanenstraße: long-fermented sourdough loaves shaped by hand every day, plus a café with a leafy courtyard.
AERA Mitte
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Gluten-free bakery on Rosenthaler Straße: sourdough from teff, millet, rice and maize, grilled cheese, all in azure blue.
Boutique de LA MAISON
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LA MAISON's boutique on Urbanstraße: minimalist, with a big display of croissants, vegan ones too, and tortes.
Brammibal's Donuts
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The Maybachufer shop where Europe's first vegan doughnut chain began in 2016: classics, monthly specials and fair-trade coffee.
Café Komine
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French-Japanese patisserie on Welserstraße, weekends only: Mont Blanc with chestnut cream, matcha choux and sencha.
Duo - Sicilian Ice Cream
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Sicilian gelato on Skalitzer Straße, with pistachios from the family's own trees, plus granita and cannoli.
Early Bird Gelato
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Gelato from carapine on Winsstraße, served with a spatula: hazelnut, Arturo with long pepper, vegan flavours, open from 7 am.
Five Elephant Kreuzberg
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The first Five Elephant, on Reichenberger Straße since 2010: filter coffee and coffee from its own roastery.
Five Elephant Mitte
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Five Elephant in Mitte since 2016: terrazzo with brass, espresso and filter from its own roastery, pastries from its own bakery.
Five Elephant Prenzlauer Berg
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Five Elephant on Kollwitzstraße since 2020: coffee from its own roastery, pastries from its own bakery.
Five Elephant Schwedter
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Five Elephant's coffee-focused café on Schwedter Straße: the roastery's whole filter range, brewed on a Poursteady.
FREA Bakery
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The sourdough bakery of zero-waste restaurant FREA on Gartenstraße: croissants with house margarine, leftovers composted.
Gorilla Bäckerei Neukölln
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Bakery with an open bakehouse on Hermannstraße: sourdough, Roman pizza and viennoiserie made with flour from small mills.
Hokey Pokey Mitte
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Hokey Pokey on Torstraße: Niko Robert's patisserie-grade ice cream, take-home tubs, pralines and ice cream cakes, daily until 10 pm.
Hokey Pokey Oderberger
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Ice cream patisserie on Oderberger Straße: patisserie-grade ice cream, vegan chocolate made with Valrhona and Domori, not cocoa powder.
Jones ice cream Eberswalder
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Jones Ice Cream on Eberswalder Straße: egg-free American-style ice cream in hand-rolled cones, by pastry chef Gabrielle Jones.
Jules Geisberg
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Café in a former post office on Viktoria-Luise-Platz: specialty coffee, banana bread and cheesecake, with outdoor seats in summer.
KEIT Friedrichshain
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Sourdough bakery with its bakehouse on Grünberger Straße: organic loaves from ingredients sourced within 100 km, plus sourdough courses.
Kuréme
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Ice cream with Asian flavours on Waldemarstraße: Mango Sticky Rice, Viet Coffee, Bufala and three glazes for dipping.
LA MAISON
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The first LA MAISON, on Paul-Lincke-Ufer since 2019: croissants, tarts and filled baguettes, a terrace on the canal.
LA MAISON Neukölln
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French boulangerie-pâtisserie on Herrfurthplatz: croissants, pain au chocolat and tarts, a few steps from Tempelhofer Feld.
LA MAISON Pop-up Helmholtzplatz
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LA MAISON's weekend pop-up on Raumerstraße: croissants and pain au chocolat by Helmholtzplatz, Saturdays and Sundays.
La Miche
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French micro-bakery on Crellestraße: Aurélie Guyon bakes alone with sourdough and organic ingredients, from La Miche to far Breton.
POLIN
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Pizza and pastry under one roof on Steglitzer Damm: maritozzo and veneziana in the morning, later Neapolitan pizza up to the Istanbul with sucuk.
Sironi
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Italian bread from the glass-walled bakery in Markthalle Neun: ciabatta, focaccia, maritozzo, panettone in winter.
Sironi - Il pane di Milano
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Alfredo Sironi's fourth bakery, on Schönhauser Allee next to the Viani deli: focaccia, bread and aperitivo until 10 pm.
Soi & Co. Plant-Based Cafe
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Vegan soy café on Linienstraße: soy milk from the stone mill, tofu cheesecake with yuzu or black sesame.
Spumante
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Bistro on Reichenberger Straße like a ferry to the Mediterranean: sparkling wine on tap, calamari, onion-dripping bread and Italo pop.
Taktil
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Wood-fired bakery on Nogatstraße, now with fresh New York-style bagels every day from Phil, the founder of Bagel Oven.
Tribeca Ice Cream
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Vegan ice cream on Rykestraße made from nut milk and coconut oil, without refined sugar: flavours like Hazelnut Baobab and ice cream sandwiches.
Tribeca Ice Cream Friedrichshain
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Plant-based ice cream made from nut milk, cocoa butter and coconut oil, with no refined sugar, near Boxhagener Platz. Flavours like Hazelnut Baobab.
Vanille & Marille Steglitz
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Berlin ice cream maker since 2009, in Steglitz on Leydenallee: house recipes without premixes, from Tahiti vanilla to mojito sorbet.
Venue Breakfast Neukölln
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Breakfast as tapas on the corner of Weserstraße and Elbestraße: the Morning Plate from five categories, each dish on its own plate.