Handbestand — Restaurant in Berlin

Lovely, atmospheric, and eccentric small cafe combined with a 2nd hand bookshop. It's not a unique idea, but this one seems less gimmicky than the others I have frequented and actually provides a nice selection of small dishes and a wide variety of drinks.

Nice workspace as they have free WiFi and comfortable chairs. Open until 730pm, and we went in and had a variety of drinks, including tea and even a gin! The only real complaint is that we came in at about 6pm and it was very busy with maybe 15 or so customers and there is only one staff member. This resulted in a big delay in getting our order, and although he did warn us of this when we ordered, it could have been avoided surely with 2 staff as the size and foot traffic seem to easliy justify it. Possibly, this is a one-off, but I will come again and maybe edit my review to accommodate this.

As I stands it gets a 4* but could easily be a 5* if they can improve the speed of service. Highly recommended as long as you are not in a particular hurry, that is! Another possible issue for some is that they only take cash and so come...

If you are a foreigner in Berlin , don’t go there as you won’t be welcomed there. I feel they don’t like foreigners going there. There was a man with beard and he behaved to me very unfriendly and he was not giving me a coffee after 20 minutes of waiting and they were trying to ignore and talk with other customers ( it was not crowded ) and when I asked when can I take my coffee please?, there was again not friendly reaction instead of saying sorry or any thing. I really felt bad as I felt they don’t like that i be there and they are trying to show it in their reactions .I left the place after a very short time sitting there . I believe it is Not a friendly place for...

The coffee is incredibly bad, esspresso is fine but anything with hafer milk was just poorly steamed and watery. I don't know if they just dont clean their machines and grind it well enough but it was just water with bubbily "foam" on top. Maybe it was just a a bad day for the worker but when I told them it wasn't good they just said oh and then continued their conversation with their colleague. The space is beautiful though would recommend going for the book shop and the music choice but the coffee...