Bistro Carmagnole is a french bistro restaurant in Sternschanze, Hamburg.
Bistro Carmagnole in Hamburg's Sternschanze cooks French bistro classics off a daily blackboard on Juliusstrasse. The side-street room has been running since around 2014 and still takes walk-ins only.
Signature dishes: French bistro classics, Daily blackboard plats
Address: Juliusstrasse 18, 22769 Hamburg
Old Commercial Room opposite the Michel in Hamburg has cooked Hanseatic harbour food since 1795 and is the city's canonical Labskaus address.
Order: The Original Hamburger Labskaus with fried egg, herring, beetroot and gherkin.
Tip: Open daily; lunch tables more available than dinner. Cash welcome but cards accepted.
Tim Maelzer and Patrick Ruether's Bullerei in Hamburg's Sternschanze has cooked grilled meats and modern German in the old slaughterhouse since 2009.
Order: The dry-aged rib-eye and the seasonal handmade pasta.
Tip: Daily 12:00 to 23:00. Tables on the courtyard fill first in summer.
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 since 2001.
Order: The California-style maki and the teriyaki Faroe salmon.
Tip: Walk-up counter seats open at 18:00; arrive before to skip the wait.
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.
Order: The monthly four-course set menu; the daily fish course rotates.
Tip: Walk-ins possible early; bookings open online 30 days ahead for the busier weekend slots.
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.
Order: The daily lunch special; the steak frites at dinner.
Tip: Lunch tables move quickly between 12:30 and 13:30; book ahead for dinner Friday and Saturday.
Cafe Paris on Rathausstrasse near Hamburg's Rathaus runs an art nouveau French brasserie open daily from 09:00, with bistro classics until midnight.
Order: The Steak frites and a glass of house red.
Tip: Open daily; kitchen closes at 22:30 Mon to Sat, 21:30 Sun. The ground-floor saal is the busy room.
