Restaurants

Choose your pleasure (smoked fish for a picnic, or a sit-down meal) from the glass-fronted counters, order up, get a beer and wait for your meal's arrival at a picnic table inside or out. This über-casual fish bar h…

Simply roasted fish is one of the stars of this excellent casual restaurant in an old turreted building right on the waterfront. There are great tables out front; inside it's all glass and exposed wood. Celebrate yo…

One of the region's top restaurants has value to match its relaxed vibe. Exquisitely prepared seasonal dishes, sourced locally, are combined in set menus (one veggie) that delight with their creativity. Why moan abo…

An exquisitely presented meal at the ‘fisher’s house’ might start with Wieck-style fish soup and move onto the house speciality – smoked herring. You know everything is fresh as you can see the boats pulling up to t…

For some of the most delicious and certainly the cheapest fish on Rügen, follow your nose – literally – to the far southeast end of the Strandpromenade, where fish has been freshly smoked since 1900. Choose from fis…

Amid a few galleries, this artful cafe serves Wismar's finest coffees. Breakfasts are as beautiful as they are delicious, while the meat and cheese platters are a treat. Cakes, crumbles and more demand that you to s…

Don’t be dissuaded by Fischermann’s touristy location in a tall redbrick warehouse on the waterfront. Diners pack its elevated terrace on sunny days; the views across to Rügen are just the bonus. Its broad appeal is…

Always crowded with locals, this fine bistro has tables scattered on the square, throughout several rooms and levels inside, and right on back to a beer garden. Food includes a great breakfast buffet, pasta and Germ…

The views from the terrace are worth it alone, but the food at this creative restaurant is excellent. Seasonal produce goes into menus that feature locally caught seafood. Long lunches with wine are a good time to s…

In a restored medieval hall that evokes Stralsund's Hanseatic past, Zum Scheel is a reliable upmarket option for the terrific fish dishes, as well as a few meat staples like steaks and schnitzel. We enjoyed the butt…