Café Nenninger
Café Conditorei Nenninger
A family pastry shop founded in 1900 on Friedrichsplatz in the city center, famous for its Brothers Grimm fairy tale cake.
A traditional family-run café and pastry shop since 1900, located at Friedrichsplatz 8 in the city center, with about 100 seats indoors and about 100 on a sunny terrace facing Karlsplatz. It is known for wedding cakes and house-made biscuits and sweets. Its most local specialty is the “Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale Cake,” and it also serves marquise cake, raspberry cake and chocolate cake. At lunch it offers Hessian small dishes such as green sauce with eggs and potatoes and air-dried sausage, and there is a daily breakfast buffet. It is ranked first among Kassel cafés on Tripadvisor. Expect around €10–20 per person, a good place to rest after exploring the city center.
Opening hours
Typically daily about 9:00–18:00 (hours vary by platform; check before visiting)
Nearby sights
- Fridericianum
- Neue Galerie
- Hessisches Landesmuseum Kassel
- Orangerie Kassel
- Grimmwelt Kassel
- Museum für Sepulkralkultur
- Karlsaue Park
- Wilhelmshöhe Palace & Old Masters Gallery