There is an extremely wide range of restaurants to choose from in Germany's coastal region, from fish smokeries to highly acclaimed star-rated, cordon bleu restaurants. Regional attractions and internationally high-class culinary specialities are offered at festivals, parties and, of course, by catering establishments.
Award-winning gourmet restaurants and in-scene pubs serve best of Elbe and Alster quality. In many places, fresh fish is the order of the day, but all kinds of exotic specialities also provide a huge selection to choose from. With the aid of Gastronomieguide visitors are bound to find the right restaurant or the bar to be seen having a meal, celebrating or meeting people. Local specialities: Hamburger eel soup, traditional Labskaus stew, Finkenwerder Speckscholle, pears, beans and bacon, "Rode Grütt".
The impressive basement vaults of the Bremen Ratskeller is a Mecca for wine connoisseurs: 650 German vines! Guests can sit and have a meal in small alcoves, called "Priölken". A few steps towards the river Weser and the riverside promenade in the heart of the city, "Schlachte" beckons: restaurant ships, cafés and bars, with over 2,000 seating places in the beer and summer gardens. The range of places to eat out is very diverse, high-class Hanseatic, grand bourgeois, but also international cuisine leaves nothing to be desired. Local specialities: Traditional kale and sausage recipe (Grünkohl mit Pinkel) (Nov.- March), Bremer Klaben
The perfect accompaniment to Lübeck marzipan is Lübeck Rotspon, a French red wine which is stored in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. Top cuisine is offered by the star-rated restaurant in the historic Restaurant Wullenwever. At the Brauberger brewery, guests can watch the beer being brewed. Popular waterholes are the "Schiffergesellschaft", "Ratskeller", "Historischer Weinkeller mit Kartoffelkeller", "Lübecker Hanse " and das "Schabbelhaus", "Gemeinnützige", "Lachswehr".