12 brunch worth the trip across Germany, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Germany guides.
Silo Coffee ★ 4.5 · Berlin
friedrichshain · Gabriel-Max-Strasse 4, 10245 Berlin
Silo Coffee in Friedrichshain serves Berlin's best-known seasonal brunch from a small room with a serious house espresso and a menu that leans heavily on produce sourced from local farmers.
House of Small Wonder ★ 4.5 · Berlin
hackescher-markt · Johannisstrasse 20, 10117 Berlin
House of Small Wonder on Johannisstrasse serves a Japanese-American brunch in a leafy courtyard room with a spiral staircase. The miso hollandaise and the okinawan rice bowl have anchored the menu since 2013.
Café Frischhut (Schmalznudel) ★ 4.5 · Munich
altstadt-lehel · Prälat-Zistl-Strasse 8, 80331 München
Café Frischhut off Munich's Viktualienmarkt has fried the Bavarian Schmalznudel doughnut since 1973; this is the morning sweet-counter for breakfast under EUR 10.
Tip: Closed Sundays; queue is shortest at 09:00 weekday mornings; cash usually preferred.
Cafe Mugrabi ★ 4.3 · Berlin
kreuzberg · Goerlitzer Strasse 58, 10997 Berlin
Cafe Mugrabi at the edge of Goerlitzer Park in Kreuzberg cooks an Israeli-inspired Levant brunch from locally roasted coffee to warm mezze plates. The corner terrace is the neighbourhood's quieter Sunday option.
Mogg ★ 4.3 · Berlin
mitte · Auguststrasse 11-13, 10117 Berlin
Mogg in Mitte's former Jewish girls' school does a New York-deli brunch anchored by house-cured pastrami and matzo ball soup. The former school hall is the room; closed Saturday in observance.
Standl 20 ★ 4.3 · Berlin
kreuzberg · Eisenbahnstrasse 42-43, 10997 Berlin
Standl 20 inside Markthalle Neun runs a market-sourced modern-German lunch counter from Tuesday to Sunday, with the slow-roasted pork-shoulder Sunday roast from 13:00 the week's headline dish.
Benedict Breakfast Bar ★ 4.2 · Berlin
prenzlauer-berg · Goehrener Strasse 5, 10437 Berlin
Benedict Breakfast Bar in Prenzlauer Berg serves comfort-driven brunch classics from shakshuka and pancakes in a Parisian-toned room. Bottomless mimosa sessions run weekend afternoons into the evening.
Café Luitpold ★ 4.1 · Munich
altstadt-lehel · Brienner Strasse 11, 80333 München
Café Luitpold on Munich's Brienner Strasse, opened 1888 and once Europe's largest coffeehouse, runs a classic German brunch with Wiener Melange in the salon at the back.
Tip: Sunday brunch books out the week before; the museum on coffee-house culture is worth a stop.
Cafe Rix ★ 4.0 · Berlin
neukoelln · Karl-Marx-Strasse 141, 12043 Berlin
Cafe Rix in Neukoelln, attached to the Heimathafen theatre, anchors the neighbourhood's weekend brunch scene with a German-style buffet of regional cheeses, smoked fish and fresh-baked pastries at accessible prices.
Cotidiano Gärtnerplatz ★ 4.0 · Munich
glockenbachviertel · Gärtnerplatz 6, 80469 München
Cotidiano on Munich's Gärtnerplatz cooks all-day breakfast in the Glockenbachviertel; one of the few rooms that takes brunch seriously every day of the week.
Tip: Saturday brunch needs a 10:00 arrival or a booking; ask for a table on the Gärtnerplatz terrace.
Café Reitschule ★ 4.0 · Munich
schwabing · Königinstrasse 34, 80802 München
Café Reitschule west of Munich's English Garden, since 1927, runs an all-day brunch carte; the terrace looks onto the university riding school's paddock.
Tip: Book the terrace for Sunday brunch by Thursday; the kids' brunch carte is the city's strongest.
Cotidiano Promenadeplatz ★ 4.0 · Munich
altstadt-lehel · Maxburgstrasse 4, 80333 München
Cotidiano Promenadeplatz is the city-centre Cotidiano in Munich's Altstadt; an all-day cafe with specialty coffee and a longer brunch carte than the original Gärtnerplatz room.
Tip: Quieter than Gärtnerplatz; the long communal table is the work-friendly seat.