Pretty decent little St. Pauli pub in Eimsbuttel. It gets packed when there's a game on…read more For the nice summer days they have a large number of benches and tables outside, allowing Urknall to double as a bier garden

Very nice pub - good food - cosy atmosphere and lovely service!read more

was für ein schöner Arbend! wieder mal in der Haifischbar.. Kati war wieder da, sie ist super…read morefreundlich und witzig. wir haben sie schon am Sonntag morgen getroffen nach dem Fischmarkt wo wir vorher waren. die Musik Box ist der Hammer. wir kommen wieder! Danke

Haifisch Bar is such an archetype of a Hamburg harbour bar that it almost hurts to see its raw…read morerealness. Loads of dusty, mysterious memorabilia all over the place. Reminding you of the good old days when the rough sailors were there on shore leave for strong drinks, picking fights and the girls. The furniture and bar are very old-fashioned - but not in that trendy retro way, it just IS original. A bar, some stools, a few tables and that's it. The lady behind this bar is profesionally friendly and nothing like the big-mouthed trollop you'd expect. Drinks are free of any glamour so you'd get your plain Astra or Jever. Prost! I have also been there for a 2 funky fiestas thrown by a business friend for their clients. So apparently there was food involved for the media people, too. And guess what? It was home-style cooking à la Hamburg: a buffet consisting of meatballs, bread rolls with fish, fish cake and potato salad. And everybody liked it.. as spoilt as they may be. Amazing! Maybe some thought this place was especially set up for them as a big spectacle?! So it's definitely worth checking out even though it can get pretty touristy (No photography allowed!). But if you wish to experience the real Hamburg, please do go.

Zur Ritze is one of those rather touristy places on Reeperbahn. Probably gets its share of traffic…read morealso due to the name (roughly translates to "slut"). On the inside, the walls are plastered with pictures from good old times, besides we went in the late afternoon where virtually no other people were there, except for this freaky drunk who left the place through the backdoor, only to enter back in from the front. Now my friends ordered an Alster (beer and lemonade) which did cost 5 EUR in the end - lady behind the bar just replied "well, it costs that much because it's two drinks: beer and lemonade" - PRICELESS.

If you only go for the sheer fact you can get your picture in between a giant pair of legs, then…read moreit's totally worth it for a Bierchen on their back patio. Interior is interesting at best, rather crowded on the inside, kind of felt like someone's 70's grandma's basement imploded. But, I guess that is the charm of a place like this.

I almost don't want you to know about this place. It's such a hidden gem, that we ought to not to…read moreoverwhelm them. Regardless, I've never been better treated by bartenders. Seriously. They were attentive, knowledgable- and cool. They were just cool. Food was great, drinks were great, prices were unbeatable. Trust me, it was great.

All the preceeding good reviews about Aurel are justified. I try to make a point of visiting Aurel…read morewhenever I go to Hamburg. The interior is tastefully styled while the whalesong in the bathrooms is both weird and wonderful. The beers and cocktails are good and the staff who serve them are always friendly. I like to go there late afternoon/early evening in summer when it's not too rammed but has a really good atmosphere. Ottensen itself is an up and coming area which you could believe is home to many of Hamburg's media types but not in any excessively awful way and it's only about a 10-15 minute stumble back to Altona S Bahn station.

I really like it here and they have the best caipirinha I have had in Europe. For only 4euros as…read morehappy hours 5pm-9pm every day, so try it. Other drinks are also nice, service is great and you can sit outside or take the drinks out. It´s a smoking restaurat so I prefere to do it in the summer. And inside it´s also quite noisy.