Showing posts with label wifi. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Kaffee in Berlin series: #13 FILTER

Café Name: FILTER

Address: Rosenthaler Strasse 51, 10178 Berlin

Google Maps: 

 
Transport (BVG): 
U8 (Weinmeisterstrasse)  
Tram M1 (Weinmeisterstrasse)
S5, S7, S75 (Hackescher Markt) 

Website Link: Filer-Berlin

Coffee selection: Filterkaffee

Coffee sampled: Didn't bother

Cost: €3,00 - €3,50

Extra Shot: Any shot...?

Taste: Why waste time. 

Wait-time: None. No customers.

Friendliness of Staff: Polite.

Facilities (Toilets): Yes inside.

Ambience and Seating: Very clean and aesthetically pleasing design, with a nice outdoor courtyard setting to boost enclosed by historically berlin factory brick.

Dogs allowed inside: Yes

Leitungswasser (Table water) provided: Yes, on tables.


Wifi: Yes.

Hint: There are packages offered for business to use the space for hours or days, and in the mornings a coffee and coissant for passers-by. 

General remarks:I should qualify my tone for this review, as I had not actually taken in (or noticed to be more precise) the name of this place. I actually walk past the sign on the street most days, and what led me to follow it into the courtyard was "Bonanza coffee", which I do like. But when I asked for a cappuccino and was very apologetically informed that they only serve filter coffee, I knew that this place was not for me. Equally at €3,50 for filter coffee (I have great disdain for this trend) I'm afraid my own Bialetti Moka Espresso was beckoning me. Everything else had the potential for a great place, but filter coffee.... no.

Score: 3,5 / 10


Care of www.filterkaffee.berlin

 

Monday, August 4, 2014

Kaffee in Berlin series: #9 EINSTEIN in Quartier 206 (neue/wieder Eröffnung)

EINSTEIN in Quartier 206

As you may be aware if you live in Berlin, Einstein Coffee is a Berlin chain of Coffee Houses, starting I believe with the original Einstein Villa in Schöneberg.
Now in Quartier 206 (C) MJT
The Einstein new opening on Friedrichstrasse in Quartier 206 is a welcome return to the area, as it was one of my original haunts when I first moved to Berlin.

Kaffee Einstein (C) MJT
Living long distance, I would spend hours each day skyping back to Australia in the cosy Coffee Shop close to my work. However the manager/owner decided to move to Savignyplatz, and the lease was taken over by a watch store (a watch store!! really??!! it was the best coffee for blocks!) However, Einstein Kaffee have now re-opened after a number of delays on the opposite side of the street in the centre of Quartier 206 in a much bigger store with upstairs seating. Directions here:

Espresso macchiato (C) MJT
While this is still a chain, the friendliness of the staff (particularly the manager) and the loyalty cards, makes this an extremely reliable place to grab a quick espresso, or if you are on a skype date enjoy a larger beverage such as the hot chocolate, or even for a lunch of cous cous salad or panini.

A quick espresso macchiato date (C) MJT
My only reservation is that the prices are slightly too high for a chain (particularly on lunch food) and there are now more places around Berlin to get good coffee. Given that the location is tourist central and Quartier 206 is considered hoighty-toighty, this is perhaps not so surprising.


Care of www.einstein-kaffee.de
In summary, EINSTEIN Kaffee in Quartier 206 comes in at a good recommendation, particularly if you are in the area around Checkpoint Charlie or Gendarmenmarkt and need a refresher:
Coffee: ★★★
Service: ★★★★☆
Atmosphere: ★★★★
Recommended Drink: Espresso macchiato or Hot Chocolate
Price: €1,80 or €3,50
Best Quality: Wifi, Service (particularly the manager) and atmosphere (now upstairs seating and in Quartier 206)