Lunch at Pic-a-deli is like it should be - quick, casual, affordable and good. Their most popular…read moredish is the "Insalata"; a warm penne dish with mozzarella, rucolla, tomatoes and a sweet/sour house sauce. "Insalata Deluxe" includes chicken. On the menu are sandwiches and other pasta dishes. If you're in the Hammerbrook area for lunch, I suggest Pic-a-deli for a satisfying meal, but make sure to arrive early enough - the place is normally packed (tables clear up fast) and the restaurant is only open until 14:30 each day.

A slightly underwhelming experience for my birthday dinner. This restaurant is very close to my…read moreapartment and I was very much looking forward to being able to go there often. The amuse-bouche was amazing: A garlic soup (velouté) which tasted absolutely divine. The taste of garlic, while definitely present, was mild and enjoyable. I'm glad it came only in small espresso cups because it felt very rich. The appetizer (veal pâté with a gorgonzola mousse) was also very good. The gorgonzola mousse on top of arugula was really tasty. The pâté had also good taste but I wished that it was a little bit richer. It felt a little bit dry, but this is probably normal when you consider that it's not pork-based pâté. Also strange was that my course was served without bread. The main course is where the disappointment happened. Both my wife and I had the cod served with spinach and seafood cannelloni. The skin of the fish wasn't crispy and the spinach was underwhelming. But worst of all were the two seafood cannelloni. Whoever made these should not be allowed to cook pasta again, it was really tough and I ended up leaving on the plate. Same with my wife and my neighbor at a different table. Overall this dish had potential but the execution was poor. Service was incredibly slow. The three first courses arrived at a good pace, not fast but it left time for us to enjoy the food, wine and conversation. But once we received our main courses, the waiters just seemed to disappear. We waited so long that in the end we decided to bypass the dessert and head home, because we didn't want to wait any longer. In the end, 3 courses took more than 2 hours.

Atlas Restaurant is somewhat hidden in a relatively modern business district in the northwest of…read moreAltona. Like some of its surroundings, the restaurant oozes a bit of the red brick loft style that was so fashionable a decade ago. Unfortunately the dining room was rather empty on the evening of my visit, which - together with the empty (except for the cloth and a single candle) tables - made the place feel a bit barren. Service was fast and friendly throughout the evening and is one of Atlas' strong suits. The food, on the other hand, was a bit of a mixed bag. The evening menu is competitively priced (at 28 Euros per head) and includes three courses, which leads one to expect above-average, brasserie style cuisine. The salmon tartar starter was accompanied by pulpo, melted tomatoes and pickled cucumbers - a combination I personally didn't quite understand. The salmon tartar was decent, if a bit bland on its own, but how the other elements should be combined harmoniously eluded me, despite many attempts. The main, Boeuf Bourguignon, was better: the meat was tender and the sauce rich (in a good way), only the vegetables were slightly too tough. Desert was a lovely mousse au chocolate cake with pistacchio ice cream, which left very little to be desired, indeed. Atlas Restaurant is offering more than decent food at a good price. Maybe I'd just caught the wrong day of the week, but I'd probably not go there for dinner again, if the place is always as empty in the evening. Just in terms of food there is little to keep one from exploring the backyards of Altona.

This place is a no go. They might look like an Italian…read morerestaurant, they might act like an Italian restaurant, and they even actually be an Italian restaurant - just a really bad one. Maybe it's the lack of restaurants around or maybe it's just because they are just not good at what they do - they forgot the Italian hospitality and service. How come all the reviews are praising this place?!?! We came here in the afternoon, quite a big group and had a table reserved for us, the menu is a bit confusing as it's full of ads and weird articles. I really felt like having bolognese which is a must in Italian restaurants and they didn't have it, not in the menu and not in the specials. In addition - I had to ask twice for everything (took them 15 minutes to bring my very-not-tasty-from-cheap-syrup Apple juice. My pasta dish was very small, so small I left the place hungry, and not even offered me some Parmesan cheese. One positive thing - the garlic Aioli, which is great.

My roommate loves pasta and she wanted to come along to my last nice dinner with my boyfriend who…read morewas visiting for the weekend, so of course I took her recommendation but na klar did not take her along. Ordered the creamy salmon pasta - nice saltiness, perfectly fatty sauce with generous chunks of cooked salmon wrapped inside the noodles. Partner got the simple tomato sauce pasta - it was a bit on the plain side and a bit too salty, particularly with extra Parmesan. The Parmesan in itself was a highlight though - this cute, bright grater that looked like a children's toy was filled to the brim with real Parmesan AND left at our table so we could indulge ad hoc in Parma heaven. We also had some house wine, which was very generous for the price, and the setting was also very cute - I had some doubts about the location, right next to Landungsbrücke, but Pastalozzi is off on a side street and we were the only ones sitting at a dimly lit, dark oak table in the back. Also candles! What romance! Parmagnificent.

That was the worst food poisoning for mussels I ever had in my life, almost survived! Do not…read morerecommend this kitchen at all.

Had lunch here today....a random find. Looked good from the outside. We asked ourselves whether…read morethis was good or bad. Whatever, we tried it out. I found the food to be quite good but not outstanding. Service was nice and attentive. There was fortunately very little going on while we were there. I personally am not a fan of restaurants with big screen TV's showing Formula One races. Nevertheless, we were happy with our meal and enjoyed the quick lunch there. I really have nothing to complain about. At the same time, there really isn't anything spectacular to write about. Having heard this place gets packed in the evenings, I can imagine it wouldn't necessarily be somewhere I want to eat. I dislike greatly when it's packed around me while I am trying to eat. I can imagine the high tables in front of the bar could be really annoying when full. They do have outdoor seating so on warm days it may be place a do some people watching. For this and a coffee or a quick lunch, a fine place. If you're looking for authentic, high quality Italian food, there is much better.

Food is bland and takes more than an hour. Even if you order open wine don't expect it to be at the…read moretable in less than half an hour. No need to mention the prices are miles over the quality you'd expect.