Friendly staff, great service, and free wi-fi. We tried the appetizers and they all tasted good…read more Definitely try it out, a bit of SF, ATX, BKLYN in Germany

Sooooo many different teas, it takes ages to choose! And so cheap! For two small pots of tea I paid…read more4.40Euro, cheapest date ever. They do cakes, sandwiches and German style breakfast also, you can get wine, beer, coffee and all of that in a very relaxed atmosphere. There's indoor smoking and they advertise free wifi (ask for the password) which unfortunately didn't work when I was there.

3.5 stars. Came here…read morefor tea and cake on a Sunday afternoon, and we were seated without a reservation but only had the table for an hour. Place was super busy, and the service was kind of slow at the start, but the order came right away once we placed it. The Apfelstrudel (apple cake) is delicious. If I just had to rate it individually, it would have been 5 stars !

There can't be many good excuses not to visit Café Grundmann when in Leipzig. The reason for this…read morestern piece of advice is simple: this café oozes charm, as well as character, and is one of those places one doesn't find around any corner, or even in every large city. If you have a working set of eyes, the delightful art déco interior should be enough to make you happy for quite a while. If you like tea, you should be pleased to hear that Café Grundmann serves a very decent small pot of Earl Grey. If you don't care about food or architecture, you may as well just bathe in the wonderful atmosphere only an authentic location with proper history can offer. Thankfully, its humble and sober nature means Café Grundmann isn't overcrowded with hipsters, but home to a decidedly mixed bunch of guests. Whenever I return to Leipzig in the future, a visit to Café Grundmann shall be mandatory.

My choice for lunch: potato and pork soup with hearty bread. This meal was very substantial, hot…read moreand good and it went so well with their good house draft beer. The interior with it's very East German feel, is on two floors with lots of dark wood and interesting paintings on the wall. My companion had a very lovely hot chocolate with mint which is one of their house specialties. The location is right on a main street thoroughfare in a shopping district so it's a great place to rest for a bit during a shopping day.

I've had a few totally fine experiences here but today received completely unacceptable treatment…read morefrom one of the bartenders/waitresses. Upon ordering a latte, in German, as I usually do, and which is always enough to get my order across at Cafe Puschkin, she replied with some sentences that I was unfamiliar with and quickly. So I replied, in german, to excuse me because I don't speak german and that I didn't understand. Any reasonably decent human being would have taken literally any other course of action but she, with an unbelievably zazzy attitude, scoffed so loud I could nearly feel the breath coming out of her lipsticked mouth, shoved a latte on the counter (one that was already made--I presume she was making a fresher one for another customer that didn't offend her so maliciously), and didn't make eye contact with me or speak another word. I waited, as I assumed this drink that had been on the counter since I walked in was for another customer, for my latte to be made. A minute or so later, she (again, no eye contact, no words) pushed the drink closer to me and held out her hand for the payment. I'm not going to lie: I'm getting a little pleasure from this review as it, and my never-coming-back-here, seem to be my only recourse. I don't know how to tell some one to "up yours" in German, or I would have done that maybe instead and not resorted to Yelp. The latte is decent, if lukewarm.