From the owner: Die Cafeteria66 bietet einen tollen Blick aus der 12. Etage über die Stadt. Gutes Essen zu sehr…read moregünstigen Preisen macht den Besuch der Cafeteria66 immer wieder zu einem Erlebnis. Becher Milchkaffee oder Capuccino nur 1,- €, Ausblick und Paternosterfahrt gratis!

Seems nice when you walk in the atmosphere is fun and busy. We were staying in a hotel near the…read morerestaurant and planed to go to the opera later that evening. However when we had waited over half an hour for our food we were disappointed and unsatisfied considering we had pre paid over 60€ . We had to speak to a member of staff and proceeded to wait longer until our food arrived it was nice food and a good sized portion however definitely NOT worth the wait.

This cute, fast-food Italian restaurant has such an interesting concept! I love that they make your…read morefood right in front of you. As soon as you walk in, you're given a card by a staff member. With this card, you can order anything you want, and you pay with card or cash at the end of your meal. This location is very spacious, there's even an upstairs dining area with a bar. You can order any cocktails, wines, and fruit teas from the bar area. Downstairs, there are several lines with chefs cooking up delicious Italian food right in front of you, choose the shortest line you can find. They have a pretty extensive menu - they also serve pizzas, soups, and salads. (Some of their menus are in english). If you're ordering a pasta dish, you can choose from a variety fresh pastas! I went with the spaghetti carbonara. It was delicious! But not the best I've ever had. My friend had the beef ravioli, but it wasn't that saucy. My favorite thing about Vapiano is that they have a pot of fresh herbs (basil and rosemary) on each table. You can literally pick your herbs right from the pot. Freshness at its finest.

Nice standard brunch on top of a shopping mall. Busy atmosphere and not especially cozy.read more

The (hidden) secret of alsterhaus! On the last floor of this…read moreshooping mall is a huge 'cafeteria' 'mensa' sort of restaurant. In Le Buffet you have a wide choice of meals you can pick from: pasta, steak, asian, fish.. all freshly prepared in front of you. you can also pick your own ingredients in the asian corner. Vegetables, nuts, rice or noodles... The portion is usually big, and very worth its price. Prices range around 7EUR/dish. It's self service, and self-seating.

Tourist review! I stumbled upon this place when strolling around Hafencity. More like a cafeteria…read morethan a market place really. Lovely on the outside, high school cafeteria on the inside. The food is passable, with cuisines from Asia, India, Japan and Italy (I think) - all watered-down looking and not particularly enticing. Lots of stuff sitting in heat pans all day. Most of the businesses have their own seating areas but very little character to distinguish between them. I wanted something light and not sitting in a bath of hot water so I had sushi. The employees there didn't look very Japanese and weren't the most pleasant to deal with but it was like that in much of the city. The roll was skimpy but the drink was delicious and the best thing about my experience. TBH I gave an extra star because they had a nice washroom.

YES VAPIANO IS POPULAR…read more YES VAPIANO IS FRESH But it's overrated. I wouldn't consider this as a restaurant. It's a upscale fastfood chain since you get a card at the entrance to pay your ordered food with. It's a marketing strategy since you pay with a plastic card and not with real money, you lose the awareness of the value. And at the canteen you'll take a tray and after 15 min of waiiting in line hopefully you got your meal. This is not bad at all. I like it crowdy and waiting for someone to free their table so we can sit. No seriously I think it's fun :D The only thing why I gave it 3 stars is because I'm always still hungry when I leave Vapiano. The dish you order comes with a huge bowl or plate or whatever but the actual food covers only 1/3 of it. And I refuse to order another one. THAT'S THE CATCH. People order more because one dish is too little. I REFUSE bitches!

Fun, airy, Moderate. Told myself I didn't go to Germany to eat Italian, much less at a chain, but…read moreafter several days of never seen anything remotely green on my plate (ubiquitous potato, one restaurant served me two side dishes of potatoes prepared differently), i needed the vegetables. DH got roasted vegetables on his pizza, I decided on a spinach pesto pizza. Slices of heaven. Salty, though. Did you know heaven was high in sodium? Drank a gallon of water, but water is good for you. You go station to station. Pay at the end, it's added to this card you are given upon entering. Very brightly lit. Communal tables, but no one talks to each other. Often crowded. Potted basil and rosemary plants on the tables.

Another Portuguese cafe in Hamburg. I'm not sure why there are some many Portuguese cafes, in the…read moresame way there are so many Italian places, but anyway. I generally get sandwiches here, due to my complete inability to ever have any food in the house. The sandwiches are nice, and can be made to your exact specification, and the coffee is good too. They also speak English - handy for sandwich parameters. Disclaimer - I don't really drink coffee of course!

I struggled to find food I loved in Hamburg, but was very grateful to find Vapiano on our last…read morenight in town. They have a "unique" (read: totally unnecessary) ordering system wherein you're handed a card, then you walk from station to station ordering either pizza, pasta, salad, or dessert, and they add the cost to your card. At the end, you pay the balance you've stacked up and leave. I don't get this. Is it to appear trendy and cutting edge? Does it subliminally encourage people to spend more cash? Whatever the reason, I think the inconvenience of it outweighs it, but they seem to be successful, so what do I know. I ordered the salami pizza, an order of bruschetta, and tiramisu. The pizza was ok - I was impressed at the speed with which it was done. The bruschetta was AWESOME and I super appreciated that they had a small order - two pieces of bread with delicious tomatoe-y goodness atop it. If it were any bigger, I wouldn't have had it to accompany my food. Finally, the tiramisu was a FANTASTIC size, pre-made in a low-ball glass and tasted fresh enough. My whole meal was relatively inexpensive and I left full and satisfied!

I have been to many locations in different cities and it's hit and miss, especially during rush…read morehour when you have to wait in line for eons until you can order. We visited this location around 9pm during a work week and the two male chefs at the pasta and antipasti area seemed slightly arrogant with a tad of attitude. You can read in their faces how badly they wished their shifts to be over with. When I ordered a kids pasta with cream sauce asking for vegetables he questioned with arrogance what kid would eat vegetables, which I thought is not only rude but uncalled for. Secondly he asked if my kid would be present otherwise he wouldn't be able to prepare my kids pasta, again making me feel as if I was planning on getting a cheap meal out of him?! When I asked if he had broccoli - after asking him to prepare a cream sauce with vegetables - he declined without offering me alternative options so I had to ask him:" do you have carrots?" to which he responded by drizzling some carrots into the sauce -- overall not forthcoming nor welcoming for a gastronomy business in which the guest has to cater to himself. I am giving this location 3 stars because another employee saw my 4 year old being sad and crying and tried to cheer him up which she accomplished with a complimentary ice cream - otherwise I would have given two stars. The lady was a true gem, hospitable and very service oriented. After trying the ice cream we all ordered our own so that paid off in terms of customer satisfaction and business revenue.