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Hamburg

International restaurants in Hamburg

  1. A

    Le Canard Nouveau

    Turkish-born chef Ali Güngörmüs has deservedly claimed a Michelin star for his intricate dishes, such as turbot with polenta soufflé, duck with apple-ginger purée, and chocolate cake with rhubarb jelly, marinated strawberries and honey-and-sour-cream ice cream. Definitely book ahead. Güngörmüs also runs regular cooking classes, which cost €200 for five hours, including meal and wines.

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  2. B

    Fleetschlösschen

    One of the cutest cafes you ever saw, this former customs post overlooks a Speicherstadt canal and has a narrow steel spiral staircase to the toilets. There’s barely room for 20 inside, but its outdoor seating areas are brilliant in sunny weather. The owner’s collection of Kleinods (small treasures) includes centuries-old Dutch pottery unearthed during the construction of HafenCity.

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  3. C

    Turnhalle St Georg

    Intimate is not a word you could use for this converted gymnasium, inside an elegant 1882 redbrick building, serving modern international cuisine - 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. Great cocktails, too.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Literaturhaus Café

    If you're strolling around the Outer Alster, be sure to stroll in here, where creaky parquet floors lead you to a beautiful baroque cafe, with marble columns, high moulded ceilings, huge chandeliers and leafy garden views. Bistro fare ranges from antipasto and risotto to tarts and salads.

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  5. E

    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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  6. F

    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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  7. G

    Kumpir

    The best outlet of this jacket potato chain; near the Fritz Hotel.

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