Zemanova kavárna a cukrárna — Restaurant in okres Brno-město

NEVER AGAIN. Would rather visit Placzek down the street.

Tihs place has a lot of potential and there is a lot of history interwinding its walls and dishes. We have attended an evening concert during the Janáček Brno festival, where we had to make a reservation, so we expected that the service will be swift in order not to ruin the atmosphere and so one can focus on the music. Unfortunatelly, right off the bat we were informed that when we like to order their "famous" cakes, we need to go downstairs to check the offer as the waitresses apparently did not know what is "left". Quite sad that we had to select from leftovers basically, the café did not pre-stock for an event attended by, guessing, 50-60 people. We ordered filtered coffee and a decaf cappuccino and then their "famous" Veletržní Cake, "had", some nougat and chocolate cake. And then the f-ups started. We found out that while going downstairs to see if the have the cake, going up and waiting for the waitress, someone else snatched the cakes we wanted to order. Nice. Ok, next, after 15 minutes, we got the decaf and were informed they do not have coffee filters .... how can you run out of those in a café? So we switched to other coffees. And while we did expect that the coffees may take a moment, we had to wait for a total of 40 minutes to slowly begin receiving the cakes and coffees, one at a time over another 15 minute span. I even went to ask the waitresses what is going on. "We are busy". Duh, you have 4 waitresses on the floor for 60 people, I would say no more than 4 tables per waitress. That is inexcusable unprofessionality and lazyness. After we finally got everything (the concert was already at its end), one confused waitress brought actually a Veletržní cake to our table ... So apparently, the guys who ordered it before we got the chance to and so we had to change our order, received it even later than we did our changed order. I mean come on, how bad as a waitress you have to be to make a guest wait almost an HOUR for a piece of cake that is already pre-sliced?! Never ever again. The cakes and coffees we got were nothing exceptional, and the concert was totaly ruined for us, as we kept looking around whether are still roasting the beans for our coffee or whether they forgot about us. I would give 2-3 stars for the food and atmosphere normally at least if the service would be ok, but the waitresses totally ruined it for us so badly. Thanks a lot, your manager...

An old-school confectionery with both traditional, but also a bit punk cakes. I was surprised by offer of sugar-free cream puffs. I really appreciate this step forward to people that either don't want eat so much sugar in their lives, but want to still go out and enjoy coffee with their friends, or simply can't eat sugar. I went for one of these cakes. Regarding the taste, my sugar-free cream puff was good, but quite heavy. I think that most of the filling was simple whipped cream. Very tasty, but it makes you full really quickly. Interior of the place is another story. If you are into historical buildings or interiors, this is the place for you. Enjoy how nicely preserved and maintained...

Finally I decided to visit this place that I usually pass by day by day. Wonderful retro coffee/cake shop with delicious offer, prepared fresh daily. The service was really nice and very fast even during peak hour, very pleasant and attentive. Coffee is one of the best in the city centre (definitely in my top 3), and the cake selection is rather wide. I chose the Sacher cake and it was heavenly! I will definitely be back to try out the rest. Card payments available, expect mostly older crowd. Overall 5...