Café Hauptwache is a cafe in Innenstadt, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It is the easiest meeting point in Frankfurt, over the Hauptwache station; go for the building and the people-watching terrace.
Address: An der Hauptwache 15, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
Café Maingold sits at the quiet end of Frankfurt's Zeil, a café-bar hybrid running from midday coffee to weekend closing time past midnight.
Signature drink: Coffee by day, spritz after dark at Zeil 1
Tip: Breakfast happens only on Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 14:00; on weeknights it turns into a low-lit bar.
Glauburg Café holds its Nordend corner in Frankfurt with all-day breakfast and coffee, the neighbourhood's default weekend meeting room on Glauburgstraße.
Signature drink: Cappuccino with the Nordend weekend crowd
Tip: Weekend brunch peaks between 10:00 and 13:00 with a wait for pavement tables; weekdays it doubles as a laptop room.
Sunny Side Up cooks eggs every way at the city end of Frankfurt's Bockenheimer Landstraße, the Westend's dependable daytime breakfast room by some distance.
Signature drink: Flat white with an eggs-led breakfast plate
Tip: The kitchen stops at 15:00 sharp; arrive before noon on weekends or expect a short queue at the door.
Café Maingold sits at the quiet end of Frankfurt's Zeil, a café-bar hybrid running from midday coffee to weekend closing time past midnight.
Signature drink: Coffee by day, spritz after dark at Zeil 1
Tip: Breakfast happens only on Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 14:00; on weeknights it turns into a low-lit bar.
The café in Frankfurt's Liebieghaus serves coffee and cake in a villa garden full of sculpture on the Museumsufer, an open secret in summer.
Signature drink: Coffee and cake in the sculpture museum's garden
Tip: The garden tables sit among the museum's outdoor marbles; combine with the Städel two doors along the embankment.
Harvey's runs from morning coffee to last orders past midnight on a leafy Nordend corner of Frankfurt, a café-bar and long-time queer landmark.
Signature drink: Weekend brunch coffee stretching into evening drinks
Tip: The wraparound terrace on Friedberger Platz territory fills Friday evenings; brunch is the calmer way to get a table.
Wunderbar is the café anchor of Frankfurt-Höchst's old town, pouring coffee by the half-timbered lanes far from the city-centre crowds and their noise.
Signature drink: Coffee in Höchst's old town, kitchen running all day
Tip: Pair it with the Höchst porcelain museum and the Main ferry; Sunday closes at 16:00, so go for late breakfast.
