Had the flat-white with oat-milk. The coffee used had a very very appropriate ratio of arabica-robusta. Also very importantly it didn't have way too much milk, it had the perfect amount. The flavour was slightly bitter, well rounded and smooth. One of the best flat whites I've had in my life. Then went the next day to have the same drink with some food. Ordered scrambled eggs with toast and butter. The food was affordable, simple, perfectly cooked, well presented and very fresh. The staff was also very very nice and the ambience of the café was also very apt. Really enjoyed my experience. One of the best cafés in Cologne.

I remember Cafe Elephant from my cologne days over a decade ago. It is in such a nice location that back then I always managed to ignore the bad coffee and enjoy the nice atmosphere. When visiting Köln, for old times sake, I scheduled with a friend to meet there . Because it was a holiday we reserved a table outside in the nice street for 12 o’clock. So far so good. The menus arrived with many apologies at exactly 12:30! (It’s not a huge place at all... half an hour??) Ok. We decided to enjoy the reunion and forget the little delay. We ordered one cappuccino with Soja milk and one decaf cappuccino. About 10 min later the waitress came out to inform us that they don’t have Soja milk but only oat. No problem! Five more minutes past, we got that coffee but the bad news that they don’t have decaf arrived next. Ok. So we took another normal one. In the meantime we tried to order some brunch. “Tried” because we were put off a couple of times thanks to the “busy day” until we got the attention of the waitress.. A big salad, a toast with cheese and a pancake with only sugar for my friends kid. 15 min past, and then the question came: Cheese toast or with meat? - only cheese .. 10 min past, : “so sorry . We don’t have enough lettuce for a salad. Is it enough if we make a small side salad for the toast? We will run out of when we do that anyway...” “ok... no salad..” “Is it ok?” “Do we have a choice” “Not really” “So why do you ask” “Because you might want something else instead” “No thanks, a small side salad in enough” Another 10 min pass We get the pancake.. full of cinnamon... which the kid doesn’t like and we specifically asked without.. -my super pregnant (9th month) friend goes inside the cafe this time and asks to replace it.. Another 10 min. Her kid is hungry . Goes inside to ask for the food. The toast came. No side salad ! One piece of lettuce stuck inside the toast.. ohhh well... we don’t start another discussion.. 5 more min, the right type of pancake came. The kid enjoyed. Finally! My dog never had a place to drink some water or was not offered any ... for the ones of us who are dog owners.. (but I also didn’t ask.. I had water with) That concludes our two hours visit .. not one order came out right. And everything took an unbelievable long time to happen.. for a 10 tables cafe it is rather puzzling.. So we enjoyed the location and each other’s company. The waitress was all in all nice. For that I give the two stars. But really?! Ps. The coffee is better than a decade ago, but is still super weak and actually not really good.. it’s 2020... come on people ..

Read somewhere that this was one of the trendy places in Agnesviertel, but I've failed to understand why... The staff seems too busy to be friendly. They alone can't keep up with the flow of people, since a few tables had dirty plates, cups and cutlery for a good time until someone had time to clean it up... There were even some people that sat on one those tables, placed their order and got their breakfast (it took some good 20min) until the table was cleaned... Nothing really special... And personally I think there is similar better option just down the road...

(Translated by Google) It must be said in advance that this is actually one of our favorite cafes. However, I would like to comment on the service today after the incident. When entering, we were not even noticed, when we were finally assigned a table, we were asked directly what we wanted. We asked for some time to think about it. From this point on, we would no longer be looked at and there was no response even to the speech. The cafe was not full and the two young women saw it as a priority to talk to each other. After 30 minutes we left the cafe without an excuse. We are outraged! Really an insolence !!! (Original) Vorab muss gesagt werden, dass dies eigentlich eins unserer Lieblingscafes ist. Jedoch möchte ich mich nach dem Vorfall heute einmal über den Service äußern. Beim Eintreten wurden wir nicht einmal beachtet, als uns dann endlich ein Tisch zugewiesen wurde, wurden wir direkt gefragt was wir denn wollen. Wir baten darum uns etwas Bedenkzeit zu geben. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt würden wir keines Blickes mehr gewürdigt und selbst auf Ansprache wurde nicht reagiert. Das Cafe war nicht voll und die beiden Jungen Damen sahen es eher als Priorität sich miteinander zu unterhalten. Nach 30 Minuten haben wir das Cafe wieder verlassen, ohne eine Entschuldigung. Wir sind empört!!! Wirklich eine Unverschämtheit!!!

(Translated by Google) Cozy, something different. I would like to come again. (Original) Gemütlich, mal etwas Anderes. Komme gerne wieder.

(Translated by Google) Do not believe the hipe. Café was extremely strong, quiche miniklein and costs 4.20 €. The two girls at the counter ate themselves non-stop. Mood / atmosphere rather drab. Music was good. (Original) Don’t believe the hipe. Café war extrem stark, Quiche miniklein und kostet 4,20€. Die beiden Mädels an der Theke haben selbst non-stop gegessen. Stimmung/Atmosphäre eher trist. Musik war gut.

(Translated by Google) Ordered a piece of cake, croissant and quiche. After about 25-30 minutes we still didn't get anything to eat and then we went. While walking, one waitress tried to justify it: she would be the only one to make food for the entire café. I just thought it was cheeky, after all, you don't have to freshly prepare the things you order (except maybe the quiche) but just put them on your plate and serve them. With a little better communication that might have gone better. (Original) Haben ein Stück Kuchen, ein Croissant und einen Quiche bestellt. Nach ungefähr 25-30 Minuten haben wir immer immer noch nichts zu essen bekommen und sind dann gegangen. Beim gehen hat sich die eine Bedienung noch versucht, dafür zu rechtfertigen: sie würde ja als einzige das Essen für das ganze Café machen. Fand ich einfach nur frech, schließlich muss man die bestellten Sachen (außer den Quiche vielleicht) nicht frisch zubereiten sondern einfach nur auf den Teller packen und servieren. Mit etwas besserer Kommunikation wäre das vielleicht besser gelaufen.

Great Russian pancakes (blinis) for a good price. Love their chai and have dairy alternatives too! Chill atmosphere and very relaxing. Good place to unwind and enjoy.

Wonderful coffee, delicious assortment of pastries, and cozy "old cafe" atmosphere that reminds me of the impressionist movement for some reason.

Great brunch with options ranging from scrambled eggs to crepes, ham and cheese cuts, cakes…highlight of the brunch was the camembert and jam filled crepes. Would prefer the orange juice to be fresh instead.

Food and drinks did take a little longer than expected, and I found the russian pancakes to be overly wet, though they were my first time having them. The staff however, seemed nice and place is fairly cosy

Great chai latte, cute place, the pastries looked really tasty as well!

For a cafe it's perfect. Great atmosphere and view, tasty coffee and a fruit heavy yogurt bowl. This is the kind of place I'd frequent often if I lived here. And the staff are great too. They laughed, good-naturedly, at my attempt to order in German and asked if I'd prefer English. I did. Great experience all around.

(Translated by Google) Relaxed and relaxed atmosphere. Dishes are freshly prepared and are delicious. Portions are big enough Service relaxed and friendly Simple and functional (Original) Lockere und Ungezwungene Atmosphäre. Gerichte werden Frisch Zubereitet und sind Lecker. Portionen sind genug gross Bedienung locker und Freundlich Einfach und zweckmässig eingerichtet

We loved our complete experience here: delicious breakfast in a nice atmosphere, good coffee and friendly waiters. What more does one want on a Sunday morning? I strongly recommend going here 👌

(Translated by Google) Pleasant atmosphere .... (Original) Angenehme Atmosphäre ....

They are the best. I love them, specially the bio-egg.

(Translated by Google) Very cozy! (Original) Sehr gemütlich!

(Translated by Google) Good atmosphere! (Original) Gute Atmosphäre!

(Translated by Google) Cool ambience, delicious cakes, sensational blinis 😋 (Original) Cooles Ambiente, leckere Kuchen, sensationelle Blinis 😋

(Translated by Google) A charming little cafe with a very friendly service. Although our breakfast order took a while, everything was freshly prepared. Our organic scrambled eggs were delicious and the cappuccino too. (Original) Ein bezauberndes kleines Café mit einer sehr freundlichen Bedienung. Unsere Frühstücksbestellung hat zwar etwas gedauert, dafür wurde alles frisch zubereitet. Unser Bio- Rührei war sehr lecker und der Cappuccino auch.

(Translated by Google) Small cafe with selected delicious things. Good for breakfast, rich selection. (Original) Kleines Café mit ausgewählten leckeren Sachen. Gut zum Frühstück, reichhaltige Auswahl.

Good food. Nice ambiance! On a lovely quiet street.

Very cute place, great coffee and delicious homemade cake

Great blinis! Greatings from Russia!

Beautiful al fresco (and inside!), delicious food, friendly service. A new favourite!

Cute little Café in one of Colognes coziest "Veedels", the Agnesviertel. Could do some catching-up on their vegan options though

One of the best café in cologne. The waitresses are rally nice, the place is beautiful and I can recommend the blini with camenbert and Preiselbeeren

Had nice coffee and nice talk here. :)

Such a sweet place. Food was great.

(Translated by Google) A wonderful cafe for breakfast on Sunday !! The staff is really nice and tried hard. The food was delicious and balanced. I didn't think it was bad because we were there with friends and had ordered a little more, but the food came a little off. (Original) Ein wundervolles Cafe zum Frühstück am Sonntag !! Das Personal ist total nett und bemüht. Das Essen war sehr lecker und ausgewogen. Ich fand es nicht schlimm weil wir mit Freunden da waren und etwas mehr bestellt hatten, aber das Essen kam etwas versetzt.

I live in front of this cafe (at the moment ). It is a great place to hang around. Good for artists

(Translated by Google) You have a good coffee. The only drawback is, if you order a ToGo coffee you have to pay extra for everything ... A bit annoying: D (Original) Ihr habt einen guten Kaffee. Einzige Manko ist, wenn man einen Kaffee ToGo bestellt muss man für alles extra bezahlen... Ein bisschen nervig :D

(Translated by Google) Just nice and cozy (Original) Einfach schön und gemütlich

(Translated by Google) Very cute, small restaurant - the blini (Russian pancake) was great! Service was also very nice and pleasant! The only small "minus" - it is very noisy - therefore a bit loud! (Original) Sehr süßes, kleines Lokal - das Blini (russischer Pfannkuchen) war top! Bedienung war auch sehr nett und angenehm! Einzig kleines "Minus" - es ist sehr hellhörig - von daher etwas laut!

(Translated by Google) Nice cafe with nice owners! (Original) Nettes Café mit netten Besitzern!

(Translated by Google) If you get two cups of latte at the table and there is almost two cm less in one cup, I find that not exactly acceptable for the cafe. (Original) Wenn man zwei Tassen Latte zum Tisch bekommt und in einer Tasse knapp zwei cm weniger drinn ist, finde ich dass für das Cafe nicht gerade akzeptabel.

(Translated by Google) Friendly staff, nice facilities. Great selection 💞 (Original) Freundliches Personal, schöne Ausstattung. Tolle Auswahl 💞

(Translated by Google) Nice young people as service and a fresh atmosphere. (Original) Nette junge Leute als Bedienung und frische Atmosphäre.

(Translated by Google) The café is old and quaint but still never out of style. Food and drink are always very tasty. I especially like the blinis. When the weather is nice, the outside space is also very nice. (Original) Das Café ist alt und urig aber trotzdem nie aus der Mode gekommen. Speis und trank sind immer sehr lecker. Ich mag besonders die Blinis. Bei schönem Wetter ist auch der Platz außen sehr schön.

(Translated by Google) MY café in the north of the city. And one of the most beautiful in Cologne. I always eat salmon with blini. The cakes are not to be sniffed at either. And the cocoa with cream. And the wine. With outdoor seating in Cologne's most beautiful avenue. (Original) MEIN Café in der Nordstadt. Und eines der schönsten in Köln. Ich esse immer Lachs mit Blini. Die Kuchen sind auch nicht zu verachten. Und der Kakao mit Sahne. Und der Wein. Mit Außenplätzen in der schönsten Allee Kölns.

(Translated by Google) Nice little fine café (Original) Nettes kleines feines Café

(Translated by Google) Service was very friendly and courteous. Breakfast was good. (Original) Bedienung war sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend. Frühstück war gut.

(Translated by Google) Super cozy! (Original) Super gemütlich!!

(Translated by Google) Great breakfast, relaxed atmosphere, unfortunately it takes a long time to get the food you ordered! (Original) Tolles Frühstück, entspannte Atmosphäre, leider dauert es lang bis man seine bestellten Speisen bekommt!

(Translated by Google) Food good, service a little lame. (Original) Essen gut, Service ein wenig lahm.

(Translated by Google) Twice there - already my favorite place! The atmosphere in this old and original café is just great, in addition to one of the most beautiful Veedel in Cologne. The service is nice and quick, the blinis are delicious. (Original) Zweimal dort - schon mein Lieblingsort! Die Atmosphäre in diesem alten und originalen Café ist einfach toll, dazu noch in ein einem der schönsten Veedel Kölns. Die Bedienung ist nett und schnell, die Blinis total lecker.

(Translated by Google) Loose from the stool. Everything was lovingly arranged and super delicious. Thank you. (Original) Locker vom Hocker. Alles liebevoll angerichtet und super lecker. Danke.

(Translated by Google) Nice café, delicious cake (Original) Sympathisches Café, leckerer Kuchen

(Translated by Google) very good service (Original) Sehr guter Service

(Translated by Google) Cozy café with great ambience and friendly staff. (Original) Gemütliches Café mit tollen Ambiente und freundlichem Personal.

(Translated by Google) Cozy and nice café, love to come here. (Original) Gemütliches und nettes Café, komme gerne hierher.

(Translated by Google) A cafe run by young people very original but still expandable on offer. (Original) Ein Cafe geführt von jungen Leuten sehr originell aber noch ausbaufähig im Angebot.

(Translated by Google) Flatbread with delicious olives. (Original) Fladenbrot mit mega leckeren Oliven.

(Translated by Google) My favorite cafe in Cologne for over 30 years (Original) Seit über 30 Jahren mein Lieblingscafe in Köln

(Translated by Google) Small but fine institution with delicious cakes and coffee (Original) Kleine aber feine Institution mit leckeren Kuchen und Kaffee