Breakfast restaurants in Europe
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Lunch Café
More New York than Ljubljana, this cafe, from the people who brought you Pri Vitezu, is the perfect spot for a late breakfast (from €3.50), even later brunch (from €8.50) and nosh until late. Pasta dishes (from €3.75) are notable.
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Café Oley
Run by the dynamic Atilla, the Oley offers the best breakfast in town serving everything from bacon and Cornflakes to Vegemite and pancakes. It also does good salads and sandwiches. Customers have free internet access and there's a book exchange.
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Grand Cafe Galleron
A block east of Piaţa Revoluţiei, this stylish cafe has indoor nooks and outdoor seats for ice-cream, sandwiches, drinks and all-day breakfast.
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Buke dhe Embelsira Franceze
One of the few good breakfast spots in Tirana, where you can stop for a coffee and croissant or take away a delicious pain au chocolat.
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Sütçü Fevzi
Sütçü Fevzi has a few tables set up outside. Sütçü Fevzi will give you a typical Van breakfast experience. Van is famed for its tasty kahvaltı (breakfast). Skip the usually bland breakfast that is served in your hotel and head straight to Eski Sümerbank Sokak, also called 'Kahvaltı Sokak' (Breakfast St), a pedestrianised side street running parallel to Cumhuriyet Caddesi.
Drool over otlu peynir (cheese mixed with a tangy herb, Van's speciality), beyaz peynir (a mild yellow cheese), honey from the highlands (mmm!), olives, kayma (clotted cream), butter, tomatoes, cucumbers and yumurta (eggs).
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Biblioteka
We've always felt that a library and a drinking den were a natural combination of pleasures. Biblioteka provides both. Books and magazines are racked up for reading, while waiters in cheeky red-banded bowlers, green checked shirts and large skirt aprons flit around to help with your drink and food requests. Many come here to meet friends, and the unobtrusive background music allows for quiet conversation or reading. Breakfasts are served until 13:00.
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Mandala Suites Lounge
Like froth on a cappuccino, the 8th-floor lounge of this mod, Kleihues-designed hotel floats above the rooftops, offering a quiet and elegant sanctuary. The buffet (which includes champagne and hot drinks) is opulent, first-rate and constantly refreshed, but the views of Potsdamer Platz – and perhaps the sleek Bauhaus-inspired furnishings – are just as memorable. Reservations essential. Free wi-fi.
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King’s Stables
The sprawling, summer-only King’s Stables, opposite the Hikers Hostel, occupies a rolling hill ending in Roman walls. Offerings range from breakfast crepes to hearty meat dishes such as Thracian gouviech (melting cheese and sausage with seasonings cooked in a clay pot). It also features that relative rarity in Bulgaria – friendly service. The restaurant has two adjacent cafés.
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Slovan
Slovan’s white walls, dark wooden panelling and brown floor tiles make it one of Ivano’s most stylish restaurants and its wooden-decked terrace is a popular spot to be seen on in summer. Breakfasts (French, Italian or Hutsul; 15uah) are complemented by homemade pastas, gourmet fillets of beef and humble fare such as jacket potatoes (8uah) and pizza (19uah to 37uah).
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Die Herren Simpel
The sky-blue mural with huge white flowers behind the bar has become this cafe's signature. Its tiny entrance opens to an unexpectedly spacious series of retro rooms, plus a winter garden niche and al fresco tables out back. There's a fantastic range of breakfasts, from the fishy Sylter (from Sylt) to the healthy Frucht (fruit), along with light meals.
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Atelier Café
Summer breakfasts are the best here, because you can sit in the lovely courtyard in the historic inner-city district of Hesslingen, five minutes east of Porschestrasse. You can also head inside the half-timbered house, where three meals a day are served in a modern industrial-style bistro of concrete, glass and steel. Ask the tourist office for a map and directions.
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ZoomIt Café
This large light, modern café is an excellent place to have a drink, breakfast or snack. Right in the heart of town, its terrace is the spot to be on a sunny afternoon. Service is good, and at lunchtimes on weekdays there are tasty stir fries, panini and wraps available. There's a minimum age of 20 after 20:00.
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Barnton Bar & Bistro
Opposite the post office, this is a very popular, grungy hang-out serving excellent all-day breakfasts, chilli, homemade lasagne and burgers. It is a great place to eat or drink, and there’s something on most weeknights, including a Friday night disco. Good options for vegetarians, too.
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Sénequier
Sartre wrote parts of Les Chemins de la Liberté (Roads to Freedom) at this portside café and hot spot with boaties, in business since 1887. Flop around pillar box-red tables and directors chairs on its terrace and watch the world razz by. Breakfast is served from 07:30.
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Bobolovsky's
The varied menu at this bustling bistro includes all the old favourites, such as fajitas, quesadillas and chilli. Portions are very generous and on weekdays this place takes the happy-hour concept to new lengths, with incredibly cheap deals on breakfast, lunch and cocktails.
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Betty Brosnan
A prime place for lunch, this historic cafe offers lots of breakfast choices (including a 14-inch cooked Irish feast for the ‘very hungry’), sandwiches, lasagne, smoothies and puddings. The upstairs gallery displays black-and-white travel photography by owner Dermot Brosnan.
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Pacific Café
In the SakhinCentr, this all-Western standard self-serve café is a de facto business-meeting venue. The Texas-big ‘business lunch’ fills trays from noon to 3pm weekdays; you can get a burger (R270) and fries (R60) anytime, or order an American breakfast.
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Café Azul
This little Italian-owned place packs ’em in every day for Tarifa’s best breakfasts. The muesli, fruit salad and yoghurt is large and tasty, or choose one of the excellent crêpes. There’s good coffee, juices and shakes, plus bocadillos (filled rolls) and cakes.
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Marble City Bar
This stylishly mod bar manages to stand out. Usual bar standards like sausage & mash and fish & chips are elevated above the norm through the use of excellent ingredients. A lower-level café facing St Kieran's St has breakfasts, coffees and outdoor tables.
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Zara Pizzara
This pizzeria has an enviously located summer terrace, real Italian-style thin-crust pizza loaded with toppings, and hefty calzones. What sets it apart is that it actually opens before 9am for breakfast. For that we’ll excuse the overpriced beer.
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Thyme Out
Located upstairs in the Salt and Pepper kitchenware shop, this stylish little café serves the best coffee in town, and also does breakfast (croissants, eggs or a fry up, 09:00 to 11:00) and lunch (soup, quiche, baked potatoes, noon to 14:30).
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Szürkebarát Borozó
This is a decent wine cellar-restaurant in a small courtyard, where you'll also find a small kiosk selling very popular ice cream for 100Ft per scoop. The restaurant also does breakfast (350 Ft to 600Ft) and there's a set menu at lunch (530Ft).
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Residenz-Café
The 'Resi', one of Weimar's enduring favourites, is a jack of all trades: everyone should find something to their taste here. The Lovers' Breakfast is €19.50 for two, but the inspired meat and vegetarian dishes may well have you swooning, too.
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Na Zamorskoy
Fresh roses, rattan furniture, raffia-threaded blinds and lots of potted plants make this a soothing lunch spot. Enjoy delicious ham-and-cheese stuffed bliny and an excellent latte while watching the trams rattle past the church opposite.
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Café Brandl
This smart café/bar has bright yellow walls, black leather sofas and cubist artworks spiking its interior. It serves breakfast, cakes and light meals during the day and turns into a drinking venue (with snacks) at night.
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