Restaurants in Lower Saxony
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Pier 51
One of Hanover’s loveliest restaurants, and very romantic at sundown, Pier 51 is walled with glass and juts out over the Maschsee. Expect light pasta dishes and a small selection of fish, poultry and red meats on a changing menu. All dishes can be ordered in half-servings for little over half the price. Book at least a few days ahead if you want a window seat at dinner. Alongside it is boat hire and snack stands with outdoor seating. Take tram/U-Bahn 1, 2 or 8 to Altenbeken Damm and walk 10 minutes to the Maschsee.
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Atelier Café
Summer breakfasts are the best here, because you can sit in the lovely courtyard in the historic inner-city district of Hesslingen, five minutes east of Porschestrasse. You can also head inside the half-timbered house, where three meals a day are served in a modern industrial-style bistro of concrete, glass and steel. Ask the tourist office for a map and directions.
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Hiller
Germany’s oldest vegetarian restaurant is a tad hushed and old fashioned but the interior, with colourful draped cloth on the walls, is cheery. Food is well prepared and excellent value.
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Sonderbar
This well-styled place has an assortment of Tex-Mex, Spanish and Italian snacks and mains, as well as oven potatoes in the upstairs, upmarket sports-bar section (large screens) or downstairs in a lounge. It’s aimed at a business and pleasure crowd, and is close enough to the station to duck into between trains.
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Georxx
Popular with businesspeople, office workers, shoppers, tired travellers and even an arty crowd, Georxx has pleasant outdoor seating in summer, a menu offering a taste for everyone (a bit of Asia, a bit of the Balkans etc) and good lunch specials (€6.50 to €9.50). Breakfast is a staple, and served until 5pm.
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Biesler
One of the oldest eateries in the city likes to mix the ancient and the modern on its menu. So each day it serves a different traditional German dish, such as roast calves' livers with apple and onion, alongside international fare such as lamb on mushroom 'parfait' with rosemary and fennel.
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Basil
These former stables to the north of town now house a hip fusion restaurant, with a high arched ceiling and pressed tablecloths. The menus offer the best value. Take tram/U-Bahn 1 or 2 to Dragonerstrasse.
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Spandau
Retro-'70s Spandau in Hanover’s Nordstadt is more like a place in Berlin’s Kreuzberg – where students from the nearby university and the local Turkish community rub shoulders. The menu is smallish and features cheeseburgers, salads, soups and mostly pasta as mains, many of these with meats.
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Vini D’Italia Marrone
This Italian bottega does a double act as a wine store and a small eatery where antipasti and salads cost €5 to €8. You can choose from the main menu, do the daily lunch menu (€9.50), or simply treat yourself to the daily specialities.
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Walino
The menu of international cuisine always changes in the Kunstmuseum's loft-style restaurant - including dishes such as corn-fed chicken breast on polenta, and fish on truffle risotto - while the pleasant outlook over town makes it a perennial.
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Trattoria Incontri
On a patch of Goethestrasse with several restaurants and bars, this Italian trattoria is one of the most popular and offers mains from a changing blackboard menu.
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Altes Brauhaus
If you’re visiting the Hoffmann Museum in Fallersleben or simply dying for a German beer-hall atmosphere, come here. There’s a good house brew and hearty fare including salads, sausages, potatoes and sauerkraut.
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Besitos
Locals come to this warehouse-sized place to enjoy the city's best tapas under high ceilings and the watchful eye of gaucho and matador murals on the Mediterranean-coloured walls.
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Maestro
This atmospheric subterranean restaurant offers an all-you-can-eat vegetarian buffet at lunch daily. Its tucked-away courtyard beer garden (ask the staff) is perfect in summer.
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Mr Phung Kabuki
Boats bob by on the water-based sushi train, but you can order all manner of pan-Asian and wok dishes at this airy, trendy restaurant with an enormous range of spirits.
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Aalto Bistro
Part of the Kulturhaus designed by star Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, this relaxing place serves pasta and seafood in a modern bistro environment.
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Markthalle
This huge covered market of food stalls and gourmet delicatessens is fantastic for a quick bite, both carnivorous and vegetarian.
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Café Konrad
Convivial cafe with a choice of four dishes each week. Lesbians also come here.
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Os Amigos
This Spanish place is one of several inexpensive options alongside Hauptbahnhof inside the large Ernst-August-Galerie shopping centre.
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Café Caldo
Head to the lesbian and gay hang-out Café Caldo where the staff will fill you in on the scene.
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Ständige Vertretung
One in a chain of seven Rhineland restaurants that have sprung up throughout Germany. Its mainstay is Rhineland chow served between walls that tell the story of German politics through its key figures. Kölsch beer from Cologne is on tap here.
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Ichiban
The prime attraction here is the all-you-can-eat sushi: lunch costs €11.90, lunch or dinner on Sunday €16, and dinner €19.50 any other day. Tick your sushi choice on the menu card over a maximum sitting of two hours. Maximum order per round is five (lunch) or eight (dinner) pieces. To prevent diners overordering, an extra €1 is charged on uneaten sushi pieces or €2 on anything warm left on your plate.
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Denn’s Biomarkt
A large organic supermarket, Denn’s has everything from fruit and vegies to wines, aquaculture fish and meats – perfect for a wholesome picnic in one of Hanover’s parks.
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