35 restaurants from one to three stars and beyond
Restaurants in Hamburg.
Kevin Fehling's three-star Table, Tim Mälzer's Bullerei in the Schanze, the legendary fish counter at Brücke 10 — Hamburg in 35 picks.
HafenCity
The Table
Kevin Fehling's three-star temple in HafenCity - one 17-metre oak counter, one menu, one universe.
Neustadt
Haerlin
Christoph Rüffer at the Vier Jahreszeiten - classic French cuisine with views over the Binnenalster.
Winterhude
Lakeside
Cornelius Speinle's restaurant at The Fontenay - modern cuisine with an Alster panorama.
HafenCity
bianc
Matteo Ferrantino's Italian-Mediterranean star kitchen - right on the Marco-Polo-Terrassen.
Ottensen
Petit Amour
Boris Kasprik in Ottensen - classical French cooking with Nordic ingredients.
Sternschanze
Jellyfish
Stefan Barnhusen serves a fish tasting in the half-shadow of the Reeperbahn - the insider tip among the stars.
Eppendorf
piment
Wahabi Nouri's Franco-Moroccan cuisine in Eppendorf - one of the city's most honest stars.
Blankenese
Süllberg
Karlheinz Hauser's castle restaurant above the Elbe slope - Hamburg's wedding and star address.
St. Pauli
Brücke 10
Hamburg's essential fish-roll address, right on the Landungsbrücken waterfront.
Altstadt
Daniel Wischer
Germany's oldest fish snack bar, family-run since 1924 — battered fish "Spitzbart" on Spitalerstraße.
Altona
Fischereihafen Restaurant
Classic Nordic fish restaurant at the Fischereihafen — Hamburg's political establishment has been eating here since 1981.
Altstadt
Friesenkeller
North German cooking in a vaulted cellar near the Rathausmarkt — Labskaus, Pannfisch, Rote Grütze.
Altona
Henssler Henssler
Steffen Henssler's original sushi bar on Große Elbstraße — TV chef, serious kitchen.
HafenCity
Coast by east
Large designer venue with a harbour view — pasta, pizza and a sushi bar at Magdeburger Brücke.
Sternschanze
Bullerei
Tim Mälzer's Schanze HQ in a former slaughterhouse hall — rustic, loud and always packed.
HafenCity
Carls Brasserie an der Elbphilharmonie
Brasserie in the plinth of the Elbphilharmonie — steak frites with a view of the Plaza staircase.
Sternschanze
Erika's Eck
24-hour snack-bar legend since 1948 — slaughterhouse schnitzel at four in the morning.
St. Pauli
Salt and Silver
Experimental Latin American cooking on the Reeperbahn fringe — ceviche, tacos, mezcal.
Winterhude
Ristorante Roberto
Classic Italian restaurant on the Mühlenkamp — where Hamburg's bel étage goes for dinner.
Eppendorf
Cornelia Poletto
Light Italian cooking from television chef Cornelia Poletto in Eppendorf.
Ottensen
Da Caio
Hamburg's Italian family classic in Ottensen — pasta the way Nonna made it.
St. Georg
L'Osteria Hamburg-Hauptbahnhof
Pizzas the size of the dining table — the family pizzeria chain at the Hauptbahnhof.
Neustadt
Block House Gänsemarkt
The Hamburg steak chain in its oldest city-centre location — fillet, rump steak, baked potato.
Altstadt
Gröninger Privatbrauerei
Hamburg's oldest house brewery (1750) — pils from the wooden cask, Eisbein and eel soup in the vaulted cellar.
Neustadt
Brauhaus Joh. Albrecht
Brewpub on Adolphsplatz - house-brewed beers and traditional German fare in the city centre.
St. Georg
Restaurant Schifferbörse
Maritime classics with captains' portraits at the Hotel Reichshof - Pannfisch and Labskaus since 1910.
Neustadt
Vapiano Jungfernstieg
Pasta-and-pizza chain right on Jungfernstieg - fast, transparent, with Alster views.
St. Pauli
East Restaurant
Inside the East Hotel - Asian sushi fusion in a dramatic former foundry hall.
Sternschanze
TaiKi Asian Bistro
Pan-Asian vegetarian in the Schanze - curry, bao and sushi on a single menu.
Altona
Restaurant Fischmarkt
Fish right at the Altona Fischmarkt - classics for wedding and shipping-line receptions.
Altstadt
Fillet of Soul
Inside the Deichtorhallen - Lutter & Wegner cooking between contemporary art exhibitions.
Sternschanze
Altes Mädchen
Ratsherrn brewpub in the Schanzenhoefe - 60 beers, exposed brick and bratwurst.
Blankenese
Restaurant Engel
Classic fish dishes right on the Teufelsbrück pier — the ferry leaves outside the door.
Altona
Klippkroog
Creative brunch and Nordic bistro cooking in Altona-Nord.
Ottensen
Eisenstein
Industrial-heritage setting with wood-fired pizza and Mediterranean cooking in the Zeise-Hallen.