Café Elefant

4 Talal Najm - 6 months ago

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.

5 Donavan Kuhl - a year ago

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

5 Johar Amor - a month ago

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

5 Y. G. - 2 years ago

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

2 Ofer Canetti - 2 years ago

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 ..

5 Vanessa Mateus - 4 months ago

Such a sweet place. Food was great.

5 Estefanía Escobar-Kölle - 5 years ago

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.