Food and drinks
Eiscafé Angelo
Ringstraße 159, Essen
4.7
704
Food and drinks
Gift card & store credit for Essen
Gift Essen. Not another carton from a warehouse.
The Essen gift card for 2,359 owner-run places across the city. From the cafe on Rüttenscheider Straße to the sauna in Werden, from the bookshop in Kettwig to the barber down the road.
- 2,359 local favorites in Essen
- 5 categories
- Valid for 3 years
- Instant PDF or by post
- Free personalization
Pay with
Klarna
Worth knowing: the Atento card is swapped online for a merchant voucher before the visit. It takes two minutes, then you simply show the merchant voucher at the till.
The whole neighborhood
Food first. Then everything else.
Food and drink carries the card today: 2,130 restaurants, cafes, bars and kiosks in Essen. Beauty, wellness, shopping and experiences are on it too, and growing district by district.
Why Atento
Every gift card is a vote for the high street.
When a card is redeemed in Essen, the money does not land in a distribution centre off the A40. It lands at the cafe on the Rü, the bookshop in Werden, the corner kiosk, the beauty studio in Holsterhausen.
No warehouse. No corporation. Just the favorite places in your city.
- 2,359
- curated local favorites in Essen
- 5
- categories, not just restaurants
- 100%%
- owner-run and local
Browse
Find your local favorite in Essen.
Filter by category, rating or district. One click is enough.
Note: The businesses listed below are not our partners, but the listing is based on publicly available information and serves solely as an indication of possible redemption locations. It does not constitute an endorsement or partnership.
217 to 240 of 2,130 places
Cafe
Café Caspi
Viktoriastraße 27, Bochum
4.8
333
Food and drinks
Cafe
Vegan
Italian
Perfetto
Kohlenkamp 41, Mülheim an der Ruhr
4.6
1,739
Food and drinks
Italian
Breakfast
Brunch
Cafe
Vegan
Restaurant
Cavos Couzina
Kampmannbrücke 33, Essen
4.7
687
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Restaurant
Ypsilon
Isinger Tor 6, Essen
4.6
1,733
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Greek
Restaurant
Muhabbet Sofrasi
Heinrich-Strunk-Straße 35, Essen
4.7
684
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Turkish
Japanese
Hatoky
Brüderstraße 8, Bochum
4.6
1,684
Food and drinks
Japanese
Restaurant
Sushi
Vietnamese
Vegan
Bar
Treffpunkt am Flughafen
Kleiner Kornweg 32, Essen
4.6
1,668
Food and drinks
Bar
Italian
Restaurant
King Imbiss
Sandstraße 12, Gladbeck
4.7
670
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Restaurant
Mensa
Horster Straße 399, Bottrop
4.9
192
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Restaurant
Landhaus Stolberg
Hefel 9, Velbert
4.7
655
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Cafe
Caffe Barbera
Bleichstraße 2a, Bochum
4.8
324
Food and drinks
Cafe
American
Snack'n'Roll Garage
Rellinghauser Straße 173, Essen
4.7
656
Food and drinks
American
Restaurant
Burgers
American
Hans im Glück
Braubachstraße 1, Bundesknappschaft
4.5
4,693
Food and drinks
American
Bar
Burger
Vegetarian
Night Club
Restaurant
Take The Good Food Essen
Lindenallee 1, Essen
4.8
326
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Restaurant
Korali
Elsässer Straße 34, Oberhausen
4.6
1,599
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Greek
Restaurant
Panjab
Nordring 85, Bochum
4.9
191
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Indian
Bar
Gaststätte Schlegelkrug
Franz-Bielefeld-Straße 27, Gelsenkirchen
4.7
639
Food and drinks
Bar
Restaurant
Napoli – Neapolitanische Pizza
Kirchplatz 11, Hattingen
4.8
321
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Pizza
Vegan
Restaurant
KOJA sushi
Hattinger Straße 782, Bochum
4.8
316
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Food and drinks
Historische Altstadt Hattingen
Kirchpl. 17, Hattingen
4.8
313
Food and drinks
Restaurant
D‘amici
Eppinghofer Straße 23, Mülheim an der Ruhr
4.9
184
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Pizza
Restaurant
Las Olas
Emschestraße 42, Hattingen
4.6
1,471
Food and drinks
Restaurant
Spanish
Asian
Dui sushi
Rellinghauser Straße 162, Essen
4.7
603
Food and drinks
Asian
Restaurant
Sushi
How it works
Three steps to the right gift
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1
Buy the gift card
Pick an amount, then personalize it with a message, a photo and a design. Free of charge.
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2
The recipient picks a favorite
They browse the places in Essen and swap the card online for the place they pick. It takes two minutes, and the balance can be split across several places.
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3
Pay and enjoy
Most places issue a digital Visa card, valid for that one shop. Add it to Apple Pay or Google Pay and pay at the till like with any other card. Where that is not live yet, you show a voucher instead.
Important: the Atento card is not redeemed directly in store. The online swap is required and takes two minutes. Swap it here
Occasions
Right for any occasion in Essen.
Birthday gift
Same-day PDF with a personal message. The recipient chooses between dinner, a massage or the bookshop.
Christmas gift
No parcel, no shipping deadline, no carton from a warehouse. Digital on the 24th or printed by post.
Wedding gift
Larger amounts split across several places: dinner in Werden, a spa appointment, an experience.
Mother's Day
A massage, breakfast or flowers from the florist in the district, instead of an order that spends two days in transit.
Saying thank you
For the neighbor who takes in your parcels. In Essen 25 € covers lunch and a catch-up.
New in Essen
The most useful housewarming gift in the city: the budget to explore a new district, across all five categories.
All the details
Essen gift card: support local, give something personal
Essen lives on the shops that exist only once. The cafe on the Rü with six tables, the kiosk the same family has run for forty years, the bookshop in Kettwig, the sauna in a Rüttenscheid courtyard. The Essen gift card from Atento is the key to exactly those places: one card, 2,359 options, all owner-run.
Discover the best of your neighborhood
The card covers five categories, not just food:
- Restaurants, cafes, bars and kiosks across every district
- Barbers, hairdressers and beauty studios in the district
- Massage, sauna and yoga for the end of a shift
- Bookshops, concept stores, record shops and florists
- Classes, workshops, cinemas and small stages
Why this matters in Essen
Essen has been through structural change twice, and both times the small businesses carried it. Where the colliery closed, the bakery stayed. Where the department store left, the one-of-a-kind shop stayed.
A gift card that only works at independent businesses reverses that flow. The money stays on the street where it is spent, and goes to people who actually work there.
Then there is the plain practicality: Essen is spread out, running from the Ruhr to the edge of Gelsenkirchen. Nobody living in Steele drives to Kettwig for a gift card. With 2,359 places across the city, everyone finds something within walking distance.
And the choice stays with the recipient. You are not gifting a decision, you are gifting the freedom to pick between dinner, a massage and a bookshop.
A gift that gives back
With the Essen gift card you give more than a present. You back local business owners, you keep money in the city, and you help small operators stay open. A gift that feels good to give and better to get.
At a glance
The Essen gift card, in short
- Redeemable at
- 2,359 owner-run places in Essen, across 5 categories
- Categories
- Food & Drink, Beauty, Wellness, Experiences, Shopping
- Amount
- Freely chosen from 15 € to 150 €
- Validity
- 3 years from the end of the year of purchase
- Splittable
- This card is redeemed in one go
- Delivery
- Instant PDF by email, on a date you choose, or optionally as a printed card in 3 to 5 working days
- Redemption
- An online swap for a merchant voucher is required, then show it at the till
- Personalization
- Message, photo, design and delivery date, free of charge
- Payment
- Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal and Klarna via Stripe
- Check your balance
- balance check
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Questions?
Your questions, answered
Everything you need to know about the Essen gift card.
Where can I redeem the Essen gift card?
At 2,359 participating places in Essen right now, across food, beauty, wellness, shopping and experiences. The full list is in the browse section on this page.
Is the online swap required?
Yes. The Atento card is first swapped online for a merchant-specific voucher, which you then show in store. The swap takes about two minutes. Most merchant vouchers arrive instantly, a few take up to a week.
How long is the card valid?
Three full years from the end of the year it was bought in. Plenty of time to choose without rushing.
Can the card be used at more than one business?
Yes. The balance can be split across several places, for example dinner in Rüttenscheid and a massage in Werden.
Does the card work outside Essen?
The Essen gift card is built around places inside Essen itself. If you want the recipient to choose anywhere in Germany, take the Lokale Lieblinge gift card instead.
Lokale Lieblinge gift card
Can I personalize the card?
Yes, free of charge. A personal message, your own photo, a design to match the occasion and the delivery date are all yours to choose.
How fast is delivery?
Digitally by email straight away, or on a date you pick. The optional printed card arrives in 3 to 5 working days.
What if the business I picked closes?
As long as nothing has been swapped yet, the full selection is still open. Contact support if a merchant voucher you already swapped for is affected.
Contact support
Can I buy several cards at once?
Yes. Every card in an order can be personalized separately, with its own message, design, recipient and delivery date. There are corporate options for larger volumes.
Corporate options
How do I check my balance?
Enter the card code on the balance page, where you will find the remaining amount and the history.
balance check
Ready?
Gift your city.
Not another carton from a warehouse. The favorite places in your city instead.