it's as casual and simple as you would expect from a Scandinavian place…read more Came here for lunch, you order at the counter and they serve at the table. Had the meatballs, a Swedish staple. It's .. ok, probably the quality they would serve at the Volvo cafeteria or so, but nothing to write home to Sweden about.

Amazing cute little restaurant. Ordered the meatballs, two different salads, hotdogs and the…read morechocolate dessert. All really fantastic dishes with great flavors. Ambiance is great very Scandinavian with a ton of personality. There's big common tables, chairs, chandeliers and smaller wood tables for more intimates dinners. Overall this is a great place to have pleasant lunch or dinner.

Unless you are dining alone for weekend brunch, you need only look to the bottom of the Frühstück…read moreofferings and order the Victoria & Daniel. It pretty much has everything all of the offerings above have (combined!) and then some. Swedish pancakes, homemade applesauce, lingonberry jam, amazing homemade breads, butter, a mountain of cream cheese no one can finish, an assortment of cheeses, delicious savory and buttery mini quiches with specks of bacon, rich and extremely flavorful homemade veal liver pate, surprisingly excellent herring, hard-boiled eggs, fruit salad, and a small assortment of local veggies. Yes! You get all of that. You also get a gratis helping of "where the heck do I start!?!" and a glass of prosecco or orange juice as well. Skip breakfast, skip lunch, do brunch...here.

Cute little cafe unfortunately the service is slow and not quite attentive. The coffee is good but…read morethe food could be better, the eggs had not been properly boiled, cheese came with a bit of plastic still attached to it and the bread they serve for a large breakfast plate for two persons is only two tiny slices and two really small knäckebröd wedges. We basically had to ask for extra bread so we could finish the plate and we were asked exactly how many slices we'd require. I should also mention where we sat (at the back of the place) a few spiderwebs were hanging from the ceiling and that's simply not nice.

From the owner: Im Karlsons trifft man auf ein Stück Skandinavien mitten in Hamburg: Es gibt hausgemachte…read moreBlaubeermarmelade, Apfelpfannkuchen, Köttbullar uvm. Stilvoll im skandinavischen Design gehalten und mit herzlichem Personal verzaubert das Karlsons jeden Gast - sei es zum Frühstück, Mittagstisch oder bei Kaffee & Kuchen. Auch die herrlichen Süßspeisen im Glas sind ein Gedicht! Und nebenbei kann man im kleinen Shop nach Wohnaccessoires und Leckereien aus Nordeuropa stöbern.

Wonderful food and setting near the water! We really enjoyed coming here, and look forward to…read morereturning:)

Food was so good and every dish was tasty. View was superb as well, so glad that the weather was…read moregood enough for us to be able to sit outdoors. Kitchen only opens at 1pm for lunch service though but we had a pleasant wait with our coffee Overall a great experience!

We ate in the cellar and that was a very interesting experience. First, we started off with some…read moreGerman beer. I had the IPA that was on the specials card and felt it was not very hoppy. Next I ordered one of their house beers and it was much better. For dinner, my wife and I had one of their schnitzels and it was just ok. Our waitress was really rushing us and she spilled a half glass our beer on one of our coats. The only thing good about this evening was the atmosphere. We loved the cellar.

We ran from a rainstorm into the arms of the Brauberger. We were led into the cellar and given two…read morebig beers to warm up with. We ordered a traditional German dish with potatoes with cheese egg and bacon, and a turkey schnitzel with croquettes. Both are heavy meals and we might have been ok with one, but ended up eating most of both. We were on a biking tour and apparently needed the calories!! Haha. The service was excellent and beer good and simple, they only had one choice! But it can be mixed with a variety of juices or sodas for other options. The place was packed with plenty of Germans, so that has to be a good sign as well.

If you are in Lubeck and have finished your day at the Dom of the puppet museum, Give this place a…read morego! The food is yummy - north German, the Bier is great, portions are good, the ambiance is very Old World and take all the time you want to eat. The outside seating in the summer is nice. The wait staff speaks mostly German, so there will be some menu pointing. The price you pay is great for the quality of the food. Like most places in Lubeck, they take card, but sometime the EC card readers are flakey if you are in from the US or Canada, so take case has well. Euros. Have a German colleague call ahead and reserve if weekend or summer evening. maybe OK for groups, if someone calls ahead, but I prefer for 2-5 people. They are close to the Dom, off the tourist track, but easy walking distance from the gate or the Rathouse. Really, don't go to the Block House or a chain - you are in a medieval city, eat local! Waze and yelp get the location wrong (as of 12/2023), it is around the corned for the pinned location.

This place deserves so much more than four stars! Homemade, weiswurst, warm homemade pretzels, and…read morehomemade apple strudel. In a traditional German setting. It doesn't get much better than this.

When I visit a town in Germany I've not visited before, I often try the 'Ratskeller' -- literally,…read morethe cellar of the town hall -- where there's nearly always (always?) a restaurant. For one thing, it's right in the town center, convenient to the town's sightseeing spots. But I've found most towns' Ratskellers are usually pretty good -- maybe not the finest restaurant in town, but definitely not the worst, and always full of local people. The Ratskeller in Luebeck is no exception. Service was welcoming and cordial (for German standards) -- food was typical for the region and quite nice. We had herring in the 'housewife's style' (served chilled with onions & sour cream), and steamed cod. Both were high quality fish, nicely prepared. Just add beer and you've got a great lunch.

Oh from where should I start? To be fair, nothing against…read morethe food, it tasted ok, with the exception of my daughter whose words concerning her curry sausage were: Ewww disgusting! Unfortunately nobody understood it since it was said in Swedish. But most of my complaints are related to the staff's attitude and lack of customer relation skills. Firstly, my little boy was hungry so I started breastfeeding him, and one of the waitresses wondered if I wanted to leave the table and go to somewhere more private. I said "no thanks we are just fine here". And I could see her judgmental look but couldn't care any less. Secondly, they brought wrong beverages, and then it took a longer while to bring the right ones. Thirdly, and that takes the prize, after breastfeeding we gave our little boy some potato bits, and his high chair and floor around it got a little bit messy. Immediately a waitress came with dustpan and brush and said : here for you to clean up this mess. I was startled , paralyzed... I couldn't react at that mo... I never imagined someone would actually do this! And if she had asked nicely instead , but she was freaking rude! Fourthly, the manager!!!!!! Oh the manager! I swept the floor, and the high chair , and left the dustpan and brush on the table. And then the manager comes and gets pissed off at me for leaving the stuff on the table... and at her staff too... and then on our way out she kept asking if we were ready to leave and take the elevator (because of the pram). And I said with a polite but dry tone in German (yeah I speak the language) "actually not, I am waiting for my husband and daughter. And then she kept talking loudly and aggressively to one of her subordinates. And then I said "ok we are good to go" and sarcastically in German with a over jolly voice "Have a lovely weekend". So summarizing it, it could have been a good experience, but the bad service and attitude screwed up everything. And the food was not more than okay. But at least I cannot deny it was a memorable afternoon and actually hilarious!