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Café Dorle
A day-to-night spot on Oranienstraße where morning coffee and sandwiches give way to cocktails, with beans from a Berlin roaster and a bar counter for evening drinks.
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Cafe Einstein
A long-running restaurant and coffeehouse on Unter den Linden, known for its Wiener Schnitzel and a champagne brunch.
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Café Engel
A Wilmersdorf café and restaurant known for cakes and tortes made by hand from old recipes, plus ice cream with fresh local ingredients and a sunny terrace.
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Café Flair
A relaxed neighbourhood pub in Wilmersdorf with a rooftop terrace, games and sports broadcasts, and food served on site.
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Café Fleury
A French-style café in Mitte baking its own tarts, quiches and cakes daily, with a sunny terrace and cosy indoor room.
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Café im Bode-Museum
A café inside the Bode Museum on Museum Island, so coffee sits in the same building as the galleries.
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CAFÉ IM KUNSTHAUS DAHLEM
Museum café in a listed former artist studio building beside the Brücke Museum, with cakes, soups, salads and coffee specialties. Its large terrace and sculpture garden open in summer.
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Café Jacques
French-cuisine restaurant on the Maybachufer in Neukölln, with terrace seating and meat-free dishes on the menu.
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Café Journale
A café-restaurant in Kreuzberg across from the Axel Springer building, serving Oriental and Occidental dishes, with indoor and outdoor seats and late hours. Live music can be arranged on request.
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Cafe Kudamm 1♡4
Brunch café on Kurfürstendamm serving Eggs Benedict, shakshuka, bagels and açaí bowls, with house-made granola and sourdough.
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Café Lilly
A coffee and deli café in Steglitz with breakfast, cakes and takeaway; its exotic coffee varieties are the draw.
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Café Loup
A Spandau café with homemade cakes and tortes made fresh daily, such as apple and chocolate, plus coffee specialties and a breakfast menu.
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Café Madame
A café at Mehringplatz serving a changing weekday lunch, house-baked cakes and tortes, and organic lemonade, with a piano and cultural events.
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Café Marisa
A green Charlottenburg café with a garden, serving homemade salads, daily soups, bagels and cakes. Many dishes are vegan or vegetarian, and breakfast runs on weekends and public holidays.
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Café Meta
A restaurant in Prenzlauer Berg serving German and Berlin dishes made with fresh, regional ingredients, with two rooms for small celebrations.
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Café MoKannTi
Family-run coffee roastery in Prenzlauer Berg that roasts its own single-variety Arabica beans on a drum roaster. It also serves Eritrean and Ethiopian dishes and homemade cakes, and sells beans to take home.
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Café Morgenlicht
A Charlottenburg café with house-made cakes that change daily and by season, alongside coffee specialties and oriental dishes; its terrace sits under trees.
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Café Obergfell
A hotel café and bar in south Berlin, where a family bakery's cakes sit beside evening cocktails and a breakfast buffet.
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Café Olea
A Schöneberg café with outdoor seating and a menu with vegan and vegetarian options.