30 editor picks in Hamburg.
Hamburg's German cooking is Hanseatic at heart, harbour food built on fish, Labskaus and slow tavern plates, now stretched to a radical-regional fine-dining edge. Old Commercial Room on Englische Planke in the Neustadt has cooked the canonical city kitchen since 1795, while Bullerei in the Sternschanze and Nil in St Pauli carry the modern German bistro. At the top end, Thomas Imbusch's 100/200 Kitchen on Brandshofer Deich in Hammerbrook cooks two-star regional German over an open stove.
30 german places in Hamburg we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Hamburg · German across every city.
Order The full tasting; everything is sourced inside a 250-kilometre Hamburg radius.
Thomas Imbusch's two-Michelin-star room on Brandshofer Deich in Hamburg cooks carte-blanche around an open stove between 100C and 200C, sourced regionally.
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, pasta and modern German in the old slaughterhouse since 2009.
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.
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.
Order The daily lunch special; the steak frites at dinner.
Cox on Lange Reihe in Hamburg's St Georg has run a steady bistro menu of modern German classics across a tight room for over two decades, lunch and dinner.
Order The full tasting; the lamb course is built around Nouri's Moroccan heritage.
Wahabi Nouri's Michelin-starred Piment on Lehmweg in Hamburg's Eppendorf threads French technique with Moroccan spice across a six-course tasting menu.
Order The Pannfisch in the bistro room, the seven-course tasting in the main dining room.
Heinz Wehmann's Michelin-starred Landhaus Scherrer on the Elbchaussee in Hamburg-Altona cooks modern North German with a bistro wing for lunches.
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.
Heimatjuwel in Hamburg Eimsbuttel is the small dining room Marcel Gorke opened on Stellinger Weg.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oberhafen-Kantine on Stockmeyerstrasse in Hamburg's Oberhafen has cooked tavern food in a lopsided 1925 timber building since the harbour-worker era.
Deichgraf on the historic Deichstrasse in Hamburg's Neustadt cooks traditional Hanseatic dishes on the city's oldest canal-side street, rebuilt.
Order The full tasting; everything is sourced inside a 250-kilometre Hamburg radius.
Thomas Imbusch and Sophie Lehmann's 100/200 Kitchen on Brandshofer Deich in Hamburg holds two Michelin stars and the Green Star for radical-regional sourcing.
Order The Pannfisch in the bistro room, the seven-course tasting in the main dining room.
Heinz Wehmann's Michelin-starred Landhaus Scherrer on the Elbchaussee in Hamburg-Altona cooks modern North German, with a bistro wing for lunches.
Order The full tasting; the lamb course is built around Nouri's Moroccan heritage.
Wahabi Nouri's Michelin-starred Piment on Lehmweg in Hamburg's Eppendorf threads French technique with Moroccan spice across a six-course tasting menu.
Try Schnitzel and Mettwurst
Erika's Eck on Sternstrasse in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel runs an Imbiss room that has fed working-shift and post-club Schanze crowds since the early 1980s.
Try Currywurst
Zur Ritze Curry on Reeperbahn in Hamburg's St Pauli runs a currywurst counter attached to the boxing bar Zur Ritze, open Tue to Sat from 16:00-03:00.
Oberhafen-Kantine on Stockmeyerstrasse in Hamburg's Oberhafen serves tavern food in a 1925 timber harbour-worker building that leans visibly 8.7 degrees.
Deichgraf on the historic Deichstrasse in Hamburg cooks classical Hanseatic dishes on the city's oldest canal-side street, with a single beam.
Try Fischbroetchen
Bruecke 10 on the Landungsbruecken in Hamburg sells Fischbroetchen at €4 to 7 from a harbour-side kiosk counter, the city's defining cheap-eats lunch.
Try Currywurst with Pommes
Zur Ritze Curry on Reeperbahn in Hamburg's St Pauli runs a currywurst kiosk attached to the boxing bar Zur Ritze, with currywurst and Pommes at €5 to 8.
Try Schnitzel mit Bratkartoffeln
Erika's Eck on Sternstrasse in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel serves large-portion Schnitzel and Mettwurst sandwiches around the clock at €10 to 14.
Try Premium currywurst
Edelcurry on Grosse Bleichen in Hamburg's Neustadt runs premium currywurst at €6 to 12 with eight house sauces from mild Jaipur to ultra-hot King Chili.
Try Currywurst and Schnitzel
Oberhafen-Kantine on Stockmeyerstrasse in Hamburg's Oberhafen serves currywurst and Schnitzel at €9 to 14 in the lopsided 1925 timber harbour-worker building.
Order The open-faced Mettwurst Brot and the Bratkartoffeln plate.
Erika's Eck on Sternstrasse in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel runs a 21-hour-a-day breakfast and Imbiss menu, with Schnitzel, Mettwurst and Bratkartoffeln around.
