Das Dorf
With its simple school chairs, wooden tables and vaulted ceilings, this friendly eatery serves unimpeachable German cuisine, including white asparagus dishes during the April Spargelzeit season.

Address: 39 Lange Reihe | Telephone: 040 245 614 |

Heimat Küche + Bar
This all-day restaurant in the bourgeoning Überseequartier serves simple but toothsome salads, sandwiches, nibbles, platters and main dishes that are fashioned from locally-souced ingredients and purveyors.

Address: 5 Überseeallee | Telephone: 040 257 777 840 |

Marinehof
Anchored by a popular crescent-shaped bar, this bi-level, wood-panelled institution, just steps from the harbour, has been serving refined German dishes to the city's media and maritime types since 1990.

Address: 77 Admiralitätstrasse | Telephone: 040 374 2579 |

Rexrodt
A stone's throw from the Außenalster, this legendary bistro, with its tiled walls and down-home atmosphere, has been catering to Hamburg's bon ton and über-elite with superb continental fare for more than a century.

Address: 35 Papenhuder Strasse | Telephone: 040 229 7198 |