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Eisenstein
This hip international restaurant inside Altona's Zeisehallen is a postmodern symphony of stone, steel and wood wrapped around the brick chimney of an old ship propeller factory. The menu runs the gamut from homemade pasta to fish couscous.
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Golden Cut
Hamburg scenesters love this restaurant for three reasons. Firstly, the well-executed menu runs the gamut from carrot-coconut soup with baked black tiger prawns in tempura to French black pudding with truffles. Secondly, patrons can show off in the high-ceilinged room with its olive-green leather chairs and copper-plated leaf chandeliers. Thirdly, and most importantly, they can bypass the strict person on the door and walk straight into the exclusive adjoining club.
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Kantine im Schauspielhaus
There's as much theatre in this cheap, bustling basement restaurant as there is on the stage in the theatre above, as waiters patrol between the tables calling out ready orders of cheap pasta, salad or meat, and thespians gossip between rehearsals.
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Le Canard Nouveau
Above the main Elbmeile strip, this swish contemporary place has a bird's-eye view of the river and imposing container port opposite - all from the curved glass frontage of its white modernist building. Chef Ali Güngörmüs prepares changing dishes such as lamb with a mustard crust and goat-cheese and fig tortellini, tuna with saffron potatoes and crispy capers, and Valrhona chocolate cake, while sated critics tip him as a contender for a Michelin star. Reserve for dinner; lunch tables are freer.
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Literaturhaus Café
This spectacular (if ever-so-slightly shabby) baroque cafe on the shore of the Outer Alster Lake is like a charming old Viennese coffee house - with golden walls, cherubs, marble columns, huge chandeliers and leafy garden views. Bistro fare of antipasto, risotto, tarts, salads and roasts is served. Its use as a cultural centre brings in a cool crowd, too.
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Turnhalle St Georg
Intimate is not a word you could use for this converted gymnasium of a local girls' school, but you still sometimes have trouble getting a seat. Exercise rings and ropes remain hanging from one of the thick white beams under the vaulted A-line roof, but designer lampshades and huge, potted trees have been added to the mix. The happy crowd tucks into modern international cuisine.
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