Old Commercial Room
Order The Original Hamburger Labskaus with fried egg, herring, beetroot and gherkin.
Old Commercial Room opposite the Michel in Hamburg has cooked Hanseatic harbour food since 1795 and is the city's canonical Labskaus address.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Hamburg actually eats.
Where to eat well, no fuss
15 places
Bullerei
- ★ 4.4
- Modern German
- €€€
- Schanzenviertel
Order The dry-aged rib-eye and the seasonal handmade pasta.
Tim Maelzer and Patrick Ruether's Bullerei in Hamburg's Sternschanze has cooked grilled meats and modern German in the old slaughterhouse since 2009.
Henssler & Henssler
- ★ 4.5
- Japanese sushi
- €€€
- Altona
Order The California-style maki and the teriyaki Faroe salmon.
Werner and Steffen Henssler's Hamburg sushi room on Grosse Elbstrasse runs a 20-metre open kitchen above the Fischmarkt, the family's Cuisine Pacifique.
Eat your way around Altona
2 of the casual dining on this list are in Altona. So are these tours and tastings.
Nil
- ★ 4.5
- Modern German Bistro
- €€€
- St Pauli
Order The monthly four-course set menu; the daily fish course rotates.
Elisabeth Fuengers and Steffen Hellmann's Nil on Neuer Pferdemarkt in Hamburg's St Pauli has run a modern German bistro over three floors since 1989.
Cox
- ★ 4.3
- Modern German Bistro
- €€€
- St Georg
Order The daily lunch special; the steak frites at dinner.
Cox on Lange Reihe in Hamburg's St Georg has run a modern German bistro across a tight room for over two decades, with reliable lunch and dinner service.
Cafe Paris
- ★ 4.3
- French Brasserie
- €€€
- Altstadt
Order The Steak frites and a glass of house red.
Cafe Paris on Rathausstrasse near Hamburg's Rathaus runs an art nouveau French brasserie open daily from 09:00, with bistro classics until midnight.
Salt and Silver Lateinamerika
- ★ 4.3
- Latin American
- €€€
- St Pauli
Order The ceviche of the day and the wood-grilled meats.
Salt and Silver Lateinamerika on St Pauli Hafenstrasse in Hamburg cooks ceviche, asado and modern Latin American small plates above the Elbe.
MOMO Ramen
Order The Shoyu ramen; the spicy Sapporo bowl in winter.
MOMO Ramen on Margaretenstrasse near Hamburg's Sternschanze is the only ramen room in Germany listed in the Michelin Guide, with house-made noodles.
Erika's Eck
- ★ 4.0
- German
- €€
- Schanzenviertel
Order The Schnitzel mit Bratkartoffeln; the open-faced Mettwurst Strammer Max at the bar.
Erika's Eck on the corner of Sternstrasse and Kampstrasse in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel has cooked oversized Schnitzel and Imbiss plates from a wood-panelled.
Fischereihafen Restaurant
- ★ 4.3
- Hanseatic Seafood
- €€€
- Altona
Order The Hamburger Aalsuppe; the Pannfisch with mustard sauce.
Fischereihafen Restaurant on Grosse Elbstrasse in Hamburg-Altona has cooked classical Hanseatic seafood since 1981, with daily catch from the harbour below.
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Vincent Vegan Hauptbahnhof
- ★ 4.0
- Vegan Fast Food
- €€
- Altstadt
Order The Vincent burger; the kebab.
Vincent Vegan at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof opened in 2021 as the chain's first transport-hub vegan fast-food counter, with burgers, kebab fries and milkshakes.
Oberhafen-Kantine
Order The Currywurst; the schnitzel with Brathaehnchen sauce.
Oberhafen-Kantine on Stockmeyerstrasse in Hamburg's Oberhafen has cooked tavern food in a lopsided 1925 timber building since the harbour-worker era.
Deichgraf
Order The Labskaus with Rollmops; the Aalsuppe with raisins.
Deichgraf on the historic Deichstrasse in Hamburg's Neustadt cooks traditional Hanseatic dishes on the city's oldest canal-side street, rebuilt.
Gsellmanns
- ★ 4.2
- Modern European Bistro
- €€€
- Eimsbuttel
Gsellmanns in Hamburg Eimsbuttel runs an elevated bistro on Eppendorfer Weg. Priced at €€€. Kitchen leans modern european bistro. At Eppendorfer Weg 98.
Bistro Carmagnole
- ★ 4.3
- French Bistro
- €€€
- Schanzenviertel
Bistro Carmagnole in Hamburg's Sternschanze cooks French bistro classics off a daily blackboard on Juliusstrasse. Priced at €€€. At Juliusstrasse 18.
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