
Restaurants
Expensive
Restaurant Nil
This classy retro-modern restaurant, housed in a beautiful old building which was a 1950s shoe shop, is one of the most talked about and most popular places in town, serving excellent New German cuisine.
Neuer Pferdemarkt 5
Tel: (040) 439 7823.
Website: www.restaurant-nil.de
Fees
Enjoy modern German dishes inside this eclectic cafe-bar attached to the Museum of Hamburg History, with gothic fittings, ornate chandeliers and art nouveau fixtures, or 'outside' in a glass-covered courtyard with palms, plants in tubs and patio heaters for all-year use.
Museum of Hamburg History, Gerhofstrasse 40
Tel: (040) 317 4766.
Website: www.fees-hamburg.de
Fischerhaus
One of the city's favourite fish restaurants; downstairs is traditional and old-fashioned dark wood fittings; upstairs is modern with light wood and harbour views (book a window seat if possible).
St Pauli Fischmarkt 14
Tel: (040) 314 053.
Website: www.restaurant-fischerhaus.de
Ratsweinkeller
The town hall wine cellar is Hamburg's oldest restaurant, with bags of traditional atmosphere and hearty local and regional dishes.
Grosse Johanisstrasse/Rathaus
Tel: (040) 364 153.
Old Commercial Room
A traditional nautically themed Hamburg favourite next to the Michaeliskirche, said to be the best place in town for Labskaus (sailor's hash) and other city specialities.
Englische Planke 10
Tel: (040) 366 319.
Website: www.oldcommercialroom.de