New to Eimsbüttel and hungry? Around the Eppendorfer Weg there are cafés, Italian restaurants and small shops that look nothing like what they are on the outside and are really good. Here are our team’s favorite addresses.
These tips come from our team in Eimsbüttel. Many of them are just a few minutes away on foot from the house. If you live in HafenCity, then take a look at our guide Food and drink in Hamburg HafenCity. For breakfast there is also available Breakfast in Hamburg.
Pizza or noodles. Espresso at eight or jazz at ten. Eppendorfer Weg or Elbe.
You decide. always with <3
Eimsbüttel is green and quiet, with many cafés and Italian restaurants around Eppendorfer Weg. To get to the Reeperbahn, you can get there by bus and train in about 15 minutes. A tip from our team: Most kitchens in Hamburg close at 9 p.m. So plan your evening a little earlier.
Breakfast and coffee
The first coffee
Breakfast is the question that our team hears most often. The short answer is here and in the insider tip, which is long in our guide. Breakfast in Hamburg. There is also a capsule machine in your apartment.
Ujote Espresso
An espresso bar on Bismarckstraße. For the coffee before the first appointment.
- Address
- Bismarckstraße 88, 20253 Hamburg
- Out of the house
- approx. 12 minutes walk from ipartment Eimsbüttel
- Web
- ujote-espresso.de
Lowinsky's N.Y. Coffee & Tea
Coffee, tea and a map in a New York deli style at Lehmweg. A good walk for Sunday morning.
- Address
- Lehmweg 36, 20251 Hamburg
- Out of the house
- about 18 minutes walk from ipartment Eimsbüttel
Insider tip
Nord Coast Coffee Eimsbüttel
Specialty Coffee · Eimsbüttel · about 7 minutes on foot
Our team's answer when guests ask for breakfast. Nord Coast roasts in Hamburg; the branch on Eppendorfer Weg is about seven minutes from the house.
Our team in Eimsbüttel
Address: Eppendorfer Weg 171, 20253 Hamburg
Dinner
Pasta, pizza and more
For the evenings when you don’t want to cook yourself. The Pasta Club and al volo are on our team’s personal list.
The Pasta Club
Homemade pasta and pizza from the stone oven at Eppendorfer Weg. A personal tip from our team for the evenings when you don't want to cook yourself.
- Address
- Eppendorfer Weg 221, 20253 Hamburg
- Out of the house
- approx. 8 minutes walk from ipartment Eimsbüttel
Pizzeria al volo
Pizza at Eppendorfer Weg, also on our team's personal list. Some pizzas here come with a diameter of 50 centimeters for the entire table. Also available are southern Italian specialties like arancini or Parmigiana.
- Address
- Eppendorfer Weg 211, 20253 Hamburg
- Out of the house
- about 7 minutes walk from ipartment Eimsbüttel
- Web
- alvolo.de
La Quesadilla
Mexican cuisine at Falkenried. For the evening when we want something a little different than pasta.
- Address
- Falkenried 30, 20251 Hamburg
- Out of the house
- about 14 minutes on foot from ipartment Eimsbüttel
Dal Fabbro
Italian cuisine with a manageable menu: Antipasti, homemade pasta and classics like saltimbocca or veal liver. You sit inside between wine shelves or outside on the small terrace.
- Address
- Eppendorfer Weg 176, Hamburg
- Web
- dalfabbrowinebar.de
Vienna
A hidden bistro institution since 1978, located at the southern end of Eimsbüttel near the Schanze. Small, cramped and often full, so come early. The menu features Austrian classics like Wiener Schnitzel and Tafelspitz, plus a seasonal daily recommendation on the chalkboard.
- Address
- Fettstraße 2, Hamburg
- Web
- vienna-hamburg.de
Maihan
Afghan cuisine at Eppendorfer Weg, with influences from Turkish, Persian and Indian cuisine. Strong spices, grilled skewers and kebabs. If you are several, share the appetizer plate.
- Address
- Eppendorfer Weg 240, Hamburg
- Web
- maihan-restaurant.de
Quick and inconspicuous
It doesn't look like anything, but it's really good.
Three stores that look like nothing from the outside. That’s what our team says and means it as a compliment.
Sel Kebap's
Four minutes from the house. Our team says it doesn't look like anything from the outside and it's really good.
- Address
- Gärtnerstraße 14, 20253 Hamburg
- Out of the house
- approx. 4 minutes walk from ipartment Eimsbüttel
Azeitona
Falafel and mezze in Beckstraße in the Schanzenviertel. Easily reached by bus and train.
- Address
- Beckstraße 17, 20357 Hamburg
- Web
- azeitona.de
Underdocks
Fish in a sandwich at Neuen Kamp, near Feldstraße. Our team includes Underdocks among the shops that look nothing like anything from the outside and are really good.
- Address
- New Kamp 13, 20359 Hamburg
Fish and Hamburg classics
Without fish sandwiches, it's not possible
For the fish sandwich, our team will send you to the fish market; that's the only place you can get it. Or to the landing bridges.
Bridge 10
Fish sandwiches right on the landing bridges, overlooking the Elbe River and the sun terrace. Because both Hamburgers and guests come here, you sometimes have to wait a little longer. For example, they are served with Bismarck herring, matjes, backfish or North Sea crabs.
- Address
- Docks, Hamburg
- Web
- bruecke10.com

Asian cuisine
Noodles, tea house, Vietnam
You need patience when it comes to Yu Garden: Our team advises booking about a week in advance.
Yu Garden
Chinese restaurant and tea house, named a secret tip by our teams in HafenCity and Eimsbüttel. Reserve about a week in advance.
Cyn Cyn
Hand-made noodles made according to the Shaanxi style on Eppendorfer Weg. An evening tip from our team for after work.
Garduong
Vietnamese cuisine in a restaurant whose furniture was made in Vietnam: lots of wood and bamboo instead of Asian kitsch. The menu features soups and bánh bao, sometimes sweet and sour, sometimes spicy. It also includes homemade lemonade and teas.
- Address
- Eppendorfer Weg 200, Hamburg
- Web
- garduong-eppendorf.de
Vegan
Tapas without animals
Vegan Asian tapas that you would love to have a piece of.
TA Vegan House
Vegan Asian tapas, as called by our teams in HafenCity and Eimsbüttel. TA Vegan House is available twice: at Reimarusstraße 13 (20459 Hamburg) on the port in Neustadt and at Neuen Großen Bergstraße 11 (22767 Hamburg) in Altona.
Nightlife and special places
Jazz at ten o'clock
To get to the jazz club you have to walk; to get to the tacos and bistro classics you have to drive a little.
Birdland
Jazz club in Gärtnerstraße, eight minutes on foot from the house. For the evening when there will be live music.
- Address
- Gärtnerstraße 122, 20253 Hamburg
- Out of the house
- approx. 8 minutes walk from ipartment Eimsbüttel
- Web
- jazzclub-birdland.de
Mexico Street Taqueria
Tacos in the Detlev-Bremer Street in St. Pauli. A tip from our team if you’re heading to the Kiez anyway in the evening.
Cox
Bistro classic located on the Langen Reihe behind the main train station, with white tablecloths, a long counter and Art Nouveau interior. The modest menu changes weekly, both during the day and in the evening. German cuisine, always with a slight French twist.
- Address
- Long line 68, Hamburg
- Web
- restaurant-cox.de
Distances to our locations
Your ipartment, your radius
Frequently asked questions
Our team says: Most kitchens close at 9 p.m. If you're eating later, plan ahead or cook in your apartment.
Our team sends guests to Nord Coast Coffee on Eppendorfer Weg, which is about seven minutes’ walk away. Ujote on Bismarckstraße is a good place for an espresso. You can find more cafes in Breakfast in Hamburg.
For Yu Garden, our team recommends booking at least a week in advance.
There is a capsule machine in every apartment. There is no coffee machine in the lobby in Eimsbüttel, but Nord Coast Coffee is only about seven minutes away.
You get an entire apartment instead of a room, with its own kitchen and living area. Like in a hotel, you check in around the clock and can reach us at any time personally. There is no breakfast buffet, bar, or room service. In exchange, you have more space and more peace and quiet.


