I keep finding myself coming back here. Gloria is a lovely laidback cafe style bar, with tables…read moreoutside, really friendly bar staff, and great pizzas. I'm always surprised at how little the bill is at the end of the night too! A great place to spend a Sunday evening...

I seriously can't believe that I forgot to review Gloria. Busy busy I guess. Anyway I've been a few…read moretimes for their Sunday brunch buffet. It's not cheap at EUR13, but boy is it good! Check out the photos...

Der Besitzer ist neu, der Betreiber und der Wirt ist neu. An einem lauen Sommerabend einen guten…read moreWein genießen und dazu einen leckeren Flammkuchen essen. Das gelingt im Café Olé ausgezeichnet. Das überaus freundliche und kompetente Team erfüllt alle Wünsche. Es gab nichts zu bemängeln. Wir kommen garantiert wieder.

The steak and burger there are average, illy coffee and cocktail with coco is cool, it more…read moresuitable to tea time food, not to the good atmosphere restaurant. There are lots of mosquitoes indoors summer. But the waitress service is good. If you want to find some authentic special western food, you can find another one. If you want to have a rest after tired shopping, it is a recommended one.

Vivet is usually hopping. It has indoor seating as well as a large outdoor space. They offer a wide…read morevariety of menu choices including authentic German food, Italian, even burgers. I enjoyed an amazing salad topped with all my favorite staples and then some...such as beans, hardboiled egg, tuna, and a full flavored balsamic vinaigrette dressing. We saved room for dessert and ordered the chocolate cake topped with a meringue and a strawberry shortcake type of treat that included gelatin to hold the strawberries in place. Both cakes were moist, fresh, and absolutely heavenly. Vivet is just one block from the main Hamburg rail station and is most certainly worth your time finding it.

I happened across this place the other night after coming out of a flat viewing. I have to say the…read moreoutside looks a bit circumspect, but I noticed that every table outside was taken, so I thought it couldn't be that bad. We sat by a window table inside instead, which was actually as good as being outside but not as cold, and had the filet steak, and a (forgive my spelling) schnitzel. The food wasn't bad at all, the service was great, and the beer was nice too. So all in all, it's not bad! (forgot to mention - apparently they have DJs on here too - but don't know what they're like!)

We had a family lunch. The place is nice and food is good and tasty. A lot of German dishes, a bit…read moreheavy on condiments but this is my personal taste as I am not originally from Germany. We had a salmon burger, two regular burgers and a fish on a potatoes bed. Nice and fast service

I'm having a hard time remembering the names of the food I had, but the nice thing about Bei Teresa…read morewas that they had many explanations in English. Food here was a little more expensive than I would have liked, but the prices definitely reflected the portion size. I ordered a Kartoffelsuppe Zurek (potato and sausage soup reminding me of a Toscana style soup) for 5,5 Euros, a hot fruit tea for 2,9 Euros, and a large order of fish and pan-fried potatoes (Pannfisch Bratkartoffeln) that I split witih a friend for 14,9 Euro. Definitely plenty of food, and really good. The soup was very flavorful and not too heavy despite the potatoes. The fish was also good, there was 1 salmon, and 2 pieces of white fish (maybe a herring?) topped with a slightly sweet mustard sauce, and the pan fried potatoes with its cripsy edges were great! Included a small side salad and sauerkraut. Only 2 people were really working there, but service was good and we were able to communicate well enough despite our waitress' limited English.

Rude and xenophobic waiter. The bold waiter is the rudest…read moreperson I met my whole life. After we asked to be served for 20 minutes (after a festival in the city) and see 3 tables being served before our even arriving later than us, this bold waiter came and when asked the menu he was rude asking if we had waited for too long. When we said that was quiet long actually, he was rude and shout at us making jokes about the festival we were, and we shouldn't expect a fast service as we are festival goers. He kept making jokes about us and the music we listen... We decide to leave instead of having a problem with our food after all this rudeness. I can't understand how he is still working there (maybe he is son of one of the owners!). If you expect to be served in less than 30 minutes (if you are not German!) and have the minimum customer service and politeness do NOT GO TO THIS PLACE!

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.