Kipferl Austrian Coffeehouse

It looked nice so I stopped by with my friend. It’s got some nice cakes and food menu as well.
my friend ate a piece of apple cake and I drunk a cup of soap.

I love great coffee.
I love excellent eggs.
I love Austria.
So, as you can see… Kipferl already has a lot going for it in my mind. I had a few moments for a brief stop and took my chance on charming Camden Passage to finally enjoy Kipferl. On a weekday morning it was gloriously pleasant. Nice service, great food, and requisite Austrian-​quality coffee (they take a lot of pride in it, as they should). Super clean interior, loads of natural light, and those goddamn eggs were gorgeous.
Pictures speak volumes (see below).

Ate here for breakfast only.
This is a nice modern place to enjoy coffee and hearty morning treats. Calm and chilled out. The espresso was nice and bitter. The yoghurt and granola came with a generous amount of fruit and a glass of orange juice. There were lots of cakes and some of the other dishes looked inviting.
Would love to come back and just relax here.

Mixed impressions. Kipferl’s website creates an expectation of a nice Austrian/​Viennese café. In the flesh, in that department the restaurant falls a little short. Ambiance is nothing special. On our visit it was particularly noisy and uncomfortable. Service was fine but again nothing above average. We ordered the Bauernfruehstueck, spinach dumpling, salmon and eggs, and the chicken salad. All were reasonably well-​prepared. Our neighbor ordered the Schnitzel which looked good. But still we were underwhelmed… maybe because of what we saw on the web. On the other hand, if you happen upon Kipferl with no previous knowledge, you might be pleasantly surprised and intrigued by the bakery and menu offerings. Recommendation: don’t shy away but temper your expectations.

Stumbled on this by mistake when attempting to hide from the rain. The staff were really friendly and got us sat down straight away.
I had no idea what to expect and some of the food options sounded kind of alien to me so I went for the French toast with bacon. For a very reasonable price the portion was massive and for the first time ever I actually had too much bacon! (If that is possible)
The atmosphere was really laid back and we stayed almost 2 hours without being rushed or hassled. We were sat next to a balcony that looked out over other houses. It was really cute.
I would definitely recommend going here. I have no idea why their queue wasn’t bigger!

We enjoyed a lovely breakfast at this Austrian place. The menu is not enormous but enough to find something you like. We enjoyed the omelette that was delicious aside with some good coffee, extra ham, cheese and some bread roles. Will go there again!

Always filled with German speaking patrons. a great sign!
I’m addicted to their sausage with sauerkraut and their cakes. And the coffee comes with a piece of chocolate and a small glass of water. Really fun!

Came to Kipferl for dinner with friends.
The hearty Austrian food was delicious and the wine very nice! The atmosphere was relaxed and unpretentious with a lovely service.
Definitely planning to come back to try the cakes and coffee!

I love Kipferl!
Being German myself and having travelled to Austria a few times I can only recommend this Austrian Coffeehouse. Fast and friendly service, nice décor, and amazing food! I absolutely love the breakfast choices they have, but would definitely recommend to reserve a table! Its always busy!
Their Wiener Schnitzel and Kaiserschmarren, or Topfen mousse are to die for!
If you havent been to Kipferl yet, give it a try! I can only recommend it!

Very good service, quiet place for dinner! The beer is also very nice and you should definitely try the cakes!

There seems to be a shortage of brunch places in London, because every single place my friends and I tried to go in was full and The Breakfast Club had a line outside in near freezing weather. Finally we ventured into Kipferl that seemed to have a more reasonable wait. It is a Viennese Coffeehouse, and I know very little about Viennese food except schnitzel, so quite curious to find out more about the brunch that they offer.
The place is clean, simple and feels quite welcoming. As soon as you walk in, you are greeted with a whole case of lovely cakes and pastry. Judging from the name of those cakes, they seem to be some typical Viennese favorites.
We finally got seated and the menu was decent for brunch. You can have a simple Viennese Breakfast, which is a continental breakfast with bread rolls, coffee and OJ, or eggs, or French toast. If you want to go for more typical Viennese dishes, you can opt for some sausages or schnitzel. I went for the sausages with sauerkraut which I thought was more German, but I guess Austrian cuisine is quite akin to German cuisine. Two spicy sausages paired with a generous serving of sauerkraut made for a decent brunch.
I think this will be a great place for an afternoon coffee with some Austrian cake.

who knew i could find such wonderful austrian food in london. cozy, cute and affordable café in islington.
what i had:
— frittatensuppe (pancake soup): just like it tasted in austria! the broth was flavorful and the pancake strips were just right. i could eat this every day.
— spätzle: this is quite a large portion served in a cast iron pan. very simple but tasty, and the melted cheese adds a great flavor to the dish.
— goulash: the meet was very tender. this was also served with spätzle (although no cheese on this spätzle) but it tastes amazing with the sauce.
— espressokuchen: a gluten free espresso cake with a very light texture. would definitely order this again.
if you’re looking for a great austrian meal in london — this is the place to go!

Bought a take away coffee on a Sunday afternoon and it was so burnt, took a few sips but had to throw it out. The service was friendly and the place seemed ok for brunch but I can only judge on what I experienced. Won’t be back here. Coffeeworks a little further down Camden Passage is excellent, go there if you want nice coffee.

The one thing in London that I haven’t been able to find is a great cup of coffee. Even the Starbucks tasted off. Caffe Nero was okay. The hotel was awful. The work joe tasted like coffee’d up tea. It’s like New York that way. You would THINK that there would be good coffee everywhere but it just isn’t the case.
I hadnt yet found anything to compare to Vivace or intelligentsia or… well, any of huge amazing Los Angeles coffee places.
This place came the closest.
The coffee menu is depicted by color, light to dark roast. As is done in Austria, I guess.
The pastry, gluten free, was very nice.
The side chocolate was a perfect complement.
And the waitress was terrific. Helpful, funny, almost non existent except when she was needed. And she seemed to be handling the entire place alone.
For her alone this place gets the 4^th star.
I would probably be a regular if I lived here,

Perfect service, extremely friendly the coffee we had was of the highest quality at a very reasonable price.
Décor is very homely yet unique will defiantly come back for a cake next time

If you wandering around Camden passage after a lazy afternoon of antique shopping, then Kipferl is a great place to take a load off and indulge in some classic Viennese tea house fare.
The place was quite busy on Saturday afternoon and tables don’t turn over too fast, however, it gave us a great change to inspect all their cakes which looked amazing!
After sitting down we ordered some teas which arrived Viennese style on a tray with water and milka chocolate. The wife ordered a slice of Apfelkuchen which was apparently delicious and I ordered the sausages with sauerkraut, pickles, rye bread, mustard and freshly grated horseradish. Next time I’m going to also indulge in some of their Austrian beers too.
Overall this is a really nice relaxing space, with reasonable prices, and I’m looking forward to coming back again.
…Also if you really like the food you can buy it straight off the shelves. We observed 2 Austrian girls buying enough food for a family feast including 2 bags of sausages, Viennese wines, beer and entire sacher torte.

Sunday afternoon. We were looking for a really and warm cup of coffee around Angel. Everything was closed. We looked on Unilocal (yeah!) and the app recommended us this Austrian place. We could take a sit straight away (although there was a queue for dinner)
We sat next to the cake display (lucky us), so we could not go without trying a couple of cakes with our coffee: Espresso cake and Sachertorte (an Austrian classic). The coffee was OK but the cakes: OMG (specially Sachertorte). The espresso cake was a little bit dry but worth it anyway. The staff was really friendly and sweet (even though it was Sunday).
The place was cosy and tidy. Not really overdecorated. They sell some Austrian products as well (they have a small display for it, really cute)
It was more than worth it :)

I admire in my Austrian friend her incredible efficiency. That’s not exactly why I like to do weekend work at Austrian café Kipferl, but the fun yet functional environment does keep me motivated and focused. It also helps that there is no background music to compete with my thoughts – just the comforting whir of the milk steamer, and the occasional clattering of plates being stacked in some doubtless efficient manner.
The crowd fit right in – some for work, some for play, all for pleasure. Art supply and art book-​wielding, bespectacled and sneakered, chatting and computing – anyone is welcome. I even saw a small girl in one rocking princess outfit.
My starter-​sized spinatknödel was an oily comfort, a good holdover between lunch at The Narrow Boat and dinner at Meguro. I’ll come back sometime else to try the spätzle, when I want to kick up the fun over the functional. And I’m considering wearing my princess outfit for that occasion.

I get this cravings for the German sausages once in a while, so we went for Saturday lunch. The service was soooo slow and believe it or not, they ran out of frankfurters by 12:30pm. So we ended up with Hanagrian spicy sausages which weren’t spicy. They came boiled lukewarm and with small slices of rye bread, pot of grated dry horseradish (what’s the point?), mustard, pickles (wonderful) and horrible overcooked bland saurkraut which was the worst I’ve ever eaten. They charge £2.70 extra for this awful saurkraut and pickles, so just order without. Scnitzel smelled and looked good. We will try it for dinner one day.
I hope they do something about the slow service. One guy was serving 10 – 12 tables at the back. There were other guy serving at the front and two ladies behind the counter but God knows what they were doing. We ended up taking our bill to the counter to pay. They do need another serving staff at peak times.

Ooooh how did I not already know about Austrian cake?!
We met up with some friends in Angel, and one of them insisted that we come here, partly because he is Austrian, and loves their coffee/​cakes, and partly because he thinks the waitresses are cute. There wasn’t any space left inside, but we nabbed a table on the doorstep to enjoy some of this lovely (chilly) summer day.
This place isn’t perfect — they were pretty slow to serve us, and then brought (and charged us for) an extra coffee. The waitress insisted that we ordered 3 cappuccinos, although we really only ordered 2 (I know this because I don’t drink coffee, and never have, she must just have assumed I wanted to drink something. Ah well.) However all three cakes were looovely, so I still think this place is A-​OK.
Now I have discovered this land-​of-​cake-​joy, I am sure I’ll come back here again, and I’ll probably have to increase my rating if they don’t bring me an unwanted drink again!