Koffiestation Books & Coffee in Centrum

With this kind of service, every coffee is delicious.

The coffee was delicious 😋 And beautifully presented.

I decided to pop in here after breakfast cause I was craving a matcha latte. It's near the university which I think adds to the charm. Wasn't busy at all but that could be because it's raining out but still a nice spot. Didn't try the pastries cause I was still too full from breakfast. Next time.

They don’t allow laptops in certain hours (actually most of the time). Zero flexibility even if the place is empty. Terrible seats. Can break your back. So uncomfortable.

It took a long time before someone came to help us outside at the table. For the price you pay, you could have had a cookie.

Wonderful little place for a cup of coffee and baked goods. Very cozy. Recommend it for a nice re-energizing pitstop.

l love this place, their bakery is continuously changing so there is always something new to taste, which is nice! For coffee, you have several options but l do not understand why always 2 types of beans on the menu, it makes the first impression on you that there are several several options for beans but no only 2 + 1 decaf option… Still good quality coffee 👍

They don't allow laptops in certain hours with no exceptions

They don’t allow laptops in certain hours with no exceptions

They have this rule (I haven’t seen in other countries) they don’t allow laptops after 11am. The place was empty and we asked for AM exception but they refused.

Coffee station is a very nice place for a coffee when you are in town, they also sell tasty specialty coffee beans, although they are roasted a bit on the dark side.

Very tasty cheesecake, great coffee and very friendly service. Really great cafe!

Very friendly service! I accidentally ordered a chai latte with regular milk so I asked the staff if she could make it with oat milk and she remade it without hesitation and was very friendly about it! My compliments for the pleasant service and the drink.

Fantastic place and really good coffees! Nice that you can choose from the 3 beans yourself, great experience! Place to be for real quality in your cup. The cinnamon bun and banana bread were 'the icing on the cake' ;)

One of the finest coffee spots in the city. Flavorful, locally roasted coffee, welcoming and cheerful staff, delicious freshly baked cakes, and a well-executed book theme.

Totally cozy coffee min a combination with a library. The coffee and the cinnamon roll were incredibly good! Only recommended :)

Stopped in for a latte to go. It was ok, but I'm a coffee snob who roasts my beans and grinds just before I pull an espresso. Their beans were fresher than other places I went to, but the latte was a bit drowned in milk. It might have been my fault for not asking for an extra espresso shot - local customs and all. The inside of the shop was beautiful and is clearly popular, as it is always filled up. When we went there were some wonderful dogs napping while their humans were chatting over coffee, which was so nice!

I like the place and the coffee but you need to wait around 20min until you get for coffee. You need to go with a LOT of time, service super slow!

Good service and delicious coffee!

Nice place, very nice coffee, friendly staff, very noisy.

Delicious coffee and friendly service!

Perfect place for a nice coffee and cake, friendly staff

Love the coffee, the vegan cardamom buns, carrot cake, and banana bread!!!!

Had a nice coffee, but when paying I couldn't use the Lutje Lokaal card where they are registered. Could have been explained more politely.

Upon entering, I asked politely if there was another table, and there was one. After I took my seat, I was greeted again. Unfortunately, the people who came after me were helped earlier and after 15 minutes of staring I just gave up. Tourists not welcome😆.

Really cute café with excellent cakes and a great selection of coffee.

Best place for pastries. Every day they rotate their menu. The coffee is also very nice, but don’t forget to have a cinnamon role with it! Friendly staff, great location, can get busy sometimes. Perfect for a break in the middle of the day.

Best coffee in town. I 100% recommend it if you enjoy specialty coffee and high quality artesanal pastry. Staff is really friendly and knowledgeable about the menu. If you like chocolate, the brownie is a must.

Lively café right near the university. A lively hustle and bustle with lots of young people and students. It's just nice to immerse yourself there and experience the hustle and bustle with a delicious coffee. Service great and very friendly. We'll be back!!

The best coffee place in Groningen!! (matcha can sometimes be a hit and miss with not enough mixing, but that depends who is working on that day) Overall super friendly, tasty and cozy.

Always friendly and fast service, delicious coffee and good tea. Often quite busy!

The coffee is delicious and the staff is happy to help when you have trouble deciding what to get. While enjoying your tea or coffee you can read one of the many books they have.

Never had such good coffee! Super tasty, nice location and nice service.

Best coffee we had in Groningen! Our oat flat whites were delicious. The cake portions are very generous and at a fair price. The chocolate ganache in the chocolate cake was very tasty and peculiar, a perfect layer for the heaviness of the sponge cake. The cheesecake tasted too lemony in my opinion and the top cream layer is unnecessary. It was well-baked with a cinnamon and lemony layer of biscuit base. The staff are very friendly and accommodating. There are different tables and the space is long. It gets busy but it has a nice youthful buzz.

The best combination with Fun, books, the best coffee in the Netherlands so far (really) and location in Groningen

Great coffee, amazing atmosphere and friendly staff :)

It was a nice little place, coffees were also pretty decent, the menu was quite unique but the iced Americano I got there was sadly not my taste but the others which had hot beverage liked their coffees

So what and a say. Firstly I have no complaints at all. It’s been a while since I decided to leave a review and honestly it’s because there is no point to leave a review for my favourite cafe in Groningen. My go to spot for incredible coffee, an amazing atmosphere and the perfect place to meet with friends, take my journal sit, sit in a corner and have some me time while not being so alone. The staff are amazing, kind and welcoming. It is the northern vibe of relaxed. There is no rush. You can sit down and just decompress while just living life. There is laughter, happiness and pure joy and you can feel that when you walk through the doors. So yes there in my mind is no need for a review as there is nothing wrong with this amazing little cafe that is my spot amongst a city of cafes.

A lovely coffee shop with really good coffee, friendly staff and a nice atmosphere! Would definitely visit again!

Tried 3 coffees and a cheesecake, all were amazing. The best one I had in the Netherlands. Special mention to the server Jula (hope I'm writing her name right), she made the visit very fun. we ended up visiting twice in the same day. A definite recommendation to all coffee lovers.

This is the best coffee I have found in Groningen. The staff are friendly and very skilled. Highly recommend.

Delicious drinks, including the sandwiches, but, for me personally, the sauce in the sandwich could have been a little less sweet. The sandwiches are well filled and look nice. Everything very Instagram worthy. Nice bar in front of the window, where you can watch the world go by. Very nice and attentive staff!

Delicious drinks, extensive menu! We could sit in the sun and the staff was incredibly friendly!

The cheesecake was the best cheesecake I've ever had. The coffee is also good and the lemonade was very refreshing. The staff even helped us get the wheelchair into the café since there is a step. Very kind and helpful people. Thank you!

I was able to enjoy a perfect cappuccino with a cinnamon bun there. Plus perfect service along with a great singing performance behind the counter. I really enjoyed it :-) Thanks again...

Very nice cafe, very friendly service. The cheesecake with strawberries - a dream. Coffee, very tasty. I can only recommend.

Very cool location. Really good coffee and super delicious cake. There is also nice service and a great view of a lively city.

Great atmosphere, coffee and service. Big selection of sweets, I tried cardamom bun and it was delicious 🤤

It was a small and somewhat cosy place, but it was kind of weird. Never in my life have I gone to a café where they didn't have any syrups. They had some liquid cane sugar thing, but that's it. They also only use oat milk, when everywhere else I've been, they offer oat, almond, coconut, and soy. Strange experience, but the iced matcha latte wasn't bad. Although they give it to you in a big glass that's only a little more than half full, so that was sad and a little strange. I wouldn't go out of my way to come here, but I wouldn't be against it, either.

Lovely atmosphere, great tasting coffee and amazing cinamonbuns!

Nice cafe, highly recommended. The location near the university is sometimes a bit noisy. Homemade cakes which I really like. A very nice, atmospheric place to visit and enjoy the delicious coffee and treats

good coffee, but very rude barista with alarming anger management issues (the one with long hair and mustache)

The cappuccino was so delicious that I took a pound of coffee beans with me!

I go here very often as I have my office around the corner and I like to meet there with colleagues or just enjoy a cup of matcha. They do a good, affordable matcha latte, that is, if they have matcha. They regularly run out of it and then it takes a month before they have new supply, which seems to me just bad business. Normally staff are really nice, but there is this one guy who is just not cut for customer friendliness, which is also confirmed in other reviews. I understand the laptop policy to some extent when having people with laptops only take one drink in hours, which is not very respectful to the establishment. I do think there are other, more customer-friendly methods that are also respectful to the business. But then, even when I respected the laptop policy and came with my e-reader (not a laptop! not even an iPad!) to read a book, it became a big argument with that waiter with arguments that do not make a lot of sense. An e-reader is actually more like a book than a laptop, on which I can write a few notes. In a place where people sit all the time with binders and notebooks to write, and even books to read as it is a book-friendly café, an e-reader should be ok too since the activity is just the same. Instead I was forced (and am still forced) to read my book on my phone. It is such a shame because the atmosphere is otherwise great and I know that staff is doing their best, although sometimes I also sit there without being acknowledged by a waiter for a very long time.

Super nice place to have a good specialty coffee. their coffee from Brazil and Indonesia amazing. You can also order sweets and toast.

What a nice and cozy coffee bar in the city of Groningen. Delicious coffee, tasty food and friendly service. Wonderful to relax after shopping or a stopover or simply to have fun.

High quality coffee, friendly and attentive baristas :)

Quite a discovery A very cozy cafeteria next to the university, where you can quietly enjoy a good coffee and some very appetizing sweets. The carrot cake is especially recommended. All the cakes are homemade Heated seats And the attention from the staff, without a doubt excellent In addition to the coffee, the chocolate in the cup is very delicious.

Super cozy cafe with a great selection of English books.

One of the best coffees in Groningen. Really friendly and approachable stuff. Easily English-speaking people. Amazing brownies. Mostly crowded!

Nice cafe highly recommended, the location at the university is sometimes a bit noisy but you can easily tune it out.

Chocolate milk was a bit watery and way too overpriced for that kind of quality. Atmosphere was great, though.

Friendly place with affordable prices next to the university. Its perfect if you want to study or meet up with friends

A nice and cost place with an interesting collection of books and - which I really appreciated in summer - several types of different ice teas (beside coffee which was also very good )

Good place, good coffe, friendly staff and delicious cakes!

Leuke voormalige boekwinkel waar je nu sfeervol heerlijke koffie kunt krijgen met wat lekkers erbij, oh ja er zijn spelletjes en boeken. Dus net ff anders

Atendimento rápido e prestativo. Os baristas são excelentes. Pedimos café com leite, temperatura perfeita e banana bread. Ambos estavam muito bons. Serviço rápido e de qualidade. Lugar muito agradável. Adoramos

Best cafe in town - balances good coffee with great staff, with a great atmosphere to match

El café con un aroma que hacía mucho que no encontraba. Buenísimo. El cake de banana también increíble, y la amabilidad del personal de 10 sobre 10!!

Lovely atmosphere, great tasting coffee & pastries. Staff is very friendly ! Great place to go for a coffee with friends or in solitude Tip: have a look at their postcard selection

Beautiful little cafe with a wonderful selection of cakes and books! An absolute gem!

Lekkere koffie, snelle bediening en extra leuk omdat er boeken worden verkocht.

Best coffee cafe in Groningen! Best beans, best service, best vibe! This place got me into specialty coffee!

Lecker Kaffee. Interessante Kombi aus Bücherei und Cafe. Direkt an der Uni

Schönes Café im Zentrum und in direkter Nähe der Universität. Der Kaffee und der Kakao waren lecker, der Kuchen in Ordnung. Viel Bio-Produkte im Angebot. Rein gehen und einfach genießen. 😀

Best coffee in town. Always keep coming back

For me, this is the best coffee place in town. The coffee is very nice, and the baked goods are delicious. The cinnamon and cardamom buns, and the carrot cake are my faves. Super kind service and great book selection.

Great coffee, fluffy cinnamon buns and a really juicy carrot cake! The right Place for a quick break.

I visit this place quite frequently(4-5 times a week) I like the coffee and most of the staff are very friendly. But there is one guy who 1. once asked me to leave when I just finished the coffee because they were having "guest restrictions". 2. second time when I just sat down and took out my laptop, he once again came and said something about the laptop policy(but my friends and I come to study very often and no one else has said anything about that). 3. He once even took my unfinished coffee. Even though there isn't much left, but still, I felt very much disrespected. I literally have to finish my coffee in a rush whenever he is working otherwise I know he would rudely send me away...I really think you should show more patience and respect to the guests.

Very cosy and inspiring environment. Spacy and has great coffee. Highly recommend the carrot cake 🍰

I liked this place. But one odd thing that I've just experienced. I was told by one of the staff members that I cannot use my laptop (I had a meeting so I wanted show something to my colleague on my laptop). The staff said it is their policy (from 12:00-17:00 zero laptop policy). I put my laptop away because it is their policy, so I have no problems with it. However, when I came to the counter to pay, I saw two guys using their laptops. (One was a laptop, the other was a bookreader). Hum.... hum.... The policy was not equally applied. (Maybe these two guys did not listen to the staff)

Good coffee and nice atmosphere, which makes it perfect to work here 💻 Tasty banana bread too 🍌

Lovely place with a good coffee. Also guys run as a roastery, so you can buy pretty good coffee beans here.

Great work environment, with good quality coffee and food ✨✨

The location next to RUG (Groningen University) city center. Nice atmosphere. Wants to sit inside because it looks cozy, unfortunately there’s no empty seat. The coffee was good. Will be back again when come to this city.

My favorite place to have a quick study session, or catch up with friends. Friendly baristas, and amazing pastries! Cinnamon bun (vegan(!!)) is highly recommended

I love the staff, really lovely people, even the Evan fella, but overall literally everyone that works here is great. Coffee is good too , cinnamon buns are goated, second best cup of coffee in town behind Revista.