On the south side of the street, Atlantic's pavement café thrives in the summer, and a beer as late as 8pm will still have you sitting in a ray of light, if you're lucky enough...

Tacky and camp, with lots of dolls and pictures of drag queens adorning the walls, the BarbieBar is also a stylish place, with comfortable easy chairs and quiet music, which...

Prominent in the renovated courtyard downstairs from the Sammlung Hoffmann gallery, and serving American-style coffee and snacks and light meals, this is a popular stop for...

This venerable women-only café frequented by lesbians is part of the 'Meeting point and Culture for Women' centre.

The all-you-can-eat brunch buffet (€7.90 Saturday, €9.50 Sunday) has a cult following among students and other late risers. Take your time and don't panic as the buffet gets...

This small and stylish Hackesche Höfe café fills with insiders who know that the food here is better - and better-priced - than the stuff in the larger places in the first Hof....

This nice café by day turns at night into a good gay bar to get wrecked in, with loud house and techno music. It has snacks and salads, a mostly youngish crowd and a central...

Friendly café on two levels with scrubbed floors, beige walls, hard-working staff and as many tables crammed into the space as the laws of physics allow. Excellent brunches,...

One of the best daytime cafés in Berlin, full of attractive, gay, trendy young men (including the waiters), with a good people-watching terrace in summer.

Red leather banquettes, parquet flooring and the crack of wooden chairs all contribute to the old Viennese café experience at Einstein. Fine Austrian cooking is produced...

Café Galião is a comfortable low-key daytime café with a friendly atmosphere. Youngish locals stop by for frequently changing specials such as home-made soups and organic...

Across from the Technical University and usually packed with students drinking coffee. Simple, decent pasta, salads and sandwiches at reasonable prices.

The café of the Literaturhaus, which has lectures, readings and a bookshop. The greenhouse-like winter garden or salon rooms are great for ducking into a book over breakfast or...

Daytimes, this place serves as a cosy café for students; in the evenings, it's full of gays too lazy to go to Schöneberg and lesbians who wouldn't go to Schöneberg anyway. At...