Cognito - Erfurt

It could be an excellent informal restaurant where to have breakfast, lunch and dinner with a menu full of proposals vegetarian and gluten free. It's a trendy vegetarian restaurant but the staff is not informed at all about the needs of a person with celiac desease so be aware that the gluten free food is full of contamination and not suitable for this kind of desease. It's a real pitty because there are really few places in the city where you can find gluten free food. I suggest only cakes and thai rice. Not cheap (cappuccino cake eur 4,99). Avoid burger because it's vegetarian and full of onion.

This location is very nice, comfy and perfect if you want to relax. The food is fresh and tastes good. I can recommend to drink a Mango smoothie. Very delicious. The staff was very friendly. It’s really worth a visit.

This is a small bistro with several tables on the street that have a good view of the area. The coffee I had was very good, but you have to go inside to order it.

Nice little restaurant bistro with some little flaws though. Food was alright. A little expensive. My girl had the pasta and that was as expected. I had just a latte and that one was like milk with a little sip of coffee aroma. That cost me 3.69 € ... you definitely get better coffee at Starbucks ! The atmosphere is actually quite good. Service is poor though. What I found very disappointing was that u can’t pay with credit giro if u end up under 10 bucks. That really debased my experience there. I think it is inevitable to have free card payment in 2020.

As a group of five it was hard to find a free table for us on a sunday, but we managed to fit around the table in the back underneath the stairs. It's ok as long as you don't mind sitting next to a deposit of restaurant stuff/trash(? that was tucked into the empty space under the stairs and the very dusty stair itself. Sitting on the upper floor I can not recommend because of the bad acoustic situation (very noisy . It is good to have a place where parents can change their baby's diapers, but I would prefer not to have this changing station with an open view towards the restaurant area. At least something good to say: there's an area where children can play. Restrooms without soap on a busy day. The concept of the restaurant is a little bit annoying as you have to queue twice, depending on what you want (for lunch AND for a coffee for instance . The area where you queue to order food is quite narrow, I stood there three minutes just in front of the counter and three times staff was asking me whether I could let them through. Must be annoying for the staff as well. Quality of the food may be good, but the food itself was not very tasty, this was disappointing the most. I had an avocado salsa panini without a hint of something like tasty salsa and only little avocado. No dressing for the little salad aside. Portions not made for hungry people. In my opinion the food is too expensive for what you get. They have Fritz lemonade this I appreciate.