Hamburg Pub Guide
Bars - Brewpubs - Beer gardens

Introduction
This is a small list of a couple of pubs in the central area of Hamburg. Included are the city's three homebrew pubs. Hamburg is a big city and has hundreds of pubs. Those listed here are nothing more than a tiny fraction of the total.



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Paulaner's Miraculum
Kirchenallee 45,
20099 Hamburg.
Tel: 040 - 248 248
Fax: 040 - 248 24 799
info@europaeischer-hof.de
http://www.europaeischer-hof.de/index.php?en_paulaner		  
Opening hours:Mon - Sun: 11.30 - 01.00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €, meals €. Beer €3.50 - 3.60 for 0.5l.

"Paulaner's Miraculum, opposite the northern entrance to the hauptbahnhof on the junction of Kirchenallee and Bremer Reihe A northern outpost for Munich's Paulaner brewery offering their Dunkel, Helles, Weisse and Pils on draught at 3.50/3.60 euro ½ litre (Nov 2010).

Beer is also available by the maas.

Open 11.30 to 01.00 daily and offering Bavarian inspired, competitively priced and generously proportioned meals throughout the day. A daily special menu is available on weekdays which is especially good value offering two choices of main course at 7.50 and 5.50 euro. These appear really popular and fill the place with hungry locals from early evening, at peak you will be lucky to get a seat in the place until after 7pm. No problem just sitting at the bar and drinking though.

As you would expect, given the locality and youthfulness of most of the staff, English is spoken very well although an attempt to speak German is, as usual, appreciated."
Rating: Public transport:


Brauhaus Joh. Albrecht
Adolphsbrücke 7,
Hamburg.
Tel. 040 - 367740
Fax: 040 - 367915
Email: hamburg@brauhaus-joh-albrecht.de
http://www.brauhaus-joh-albrecht.de/data/ham.php
Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 11:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 2
Number of bottled beers: 0
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €2-8, meals €8-15. Beer €3.10 for 0.4l.
Easily-stumbled-across is not a description you could give to this brewpub. Stuck by a canal in a distinctly officey part of town which has a dearth of places any type to eat and drink. It's incorporated into the ground floor of a modern office building: not the most promising site for anyone after a bit of atmosphere. However, they haven't made too bad a job of the interior, keeping it simple. The furniture is of the wooden rustic design so beloved of these sorts of places. The hanging sheaves of barley were a nice touch, without being too folksy. Inside is pretty roomy and there's space to house a couple of hundred easily, not that there seemed much of a threat of that many people turning up when I was there.

This being a pub brewery, the centre of attention is naturally the brewing area, all polished copper and white tiles, something which, personally, I could stare at for hours. No surprise, really, that it's become standard in places which brew to make it pretty obvious. As industrial machinery goes, it's pretty hard to fault traditional brewing equipment on aesthetic grounds.

My opinions about their two beers were quite divergent: the Messing was a good pale, hoppy beer with peppery tones; the Kupfer was more disappointing, tasting like the paler variety with a dash of caramel and was not malty enough for the style. They seemed both, however, to be brewed with the necessary technical skill.
Rating: *** Public transport:


Baumanns Bierbar
Kirchenallee 54,
20099 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 - 291930
webmaster@baumanns-bierbar.de
http://www.baumanns-bierbar.de/
 
Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 11:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 6
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
This place is very handy for a thirsty traveller changing trains in Hamburg, being directly opposite the main station. It consists of a single long, thin room stretching away from the street. The décor is in that horrible generic style of places which can't decide if they're a pub or a restaurant. Mindlessly posh, charmless and not very inviting for a long session.

That said, here they have a decent enough selection of German beer, including the legendary Salvator, the original doppelbock. The food is pretty decent and very decently priced. Couple this with good, friendly service and the end result is not bad at all. Just a pity about the look.

Should you enjoy yourself and miss your last train home, you'll be glad to hear it's also a hotel.
Rating: *** Public transport:


Brauhaus Hanseat
Zippelhaus 4,
20457 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 - 322552
Fax: 040 - 323840
Homepage: http://www.groeninger-hamburg.de
  
Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 17:00 - open end
Sun and public holidays closed
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
A brewpub which claims to be Hamburg's first wheat beer brewery. Strange that, as I thought wheat beer was one of the original pre-lager styles brewed in the city.

It has a red tile floor and distinctive round tables with circular benches and above a copper light fitting above like a brewing kettle. There are tables with a built in grill, where you can cook your sausages yourself.
Rating: *** Public transport:


Gröninger Braukeller
Willy Brandt Strasse 47,
20457 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 - 331381
Fax: 040 - 323840
http://www.groeninger-hamburg.de
 
Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 11:00 - open end
Sat 17:00 - open end
Sun and public holidays closed
Number of draught beers: 1
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Gröninger Braukeller is a brewpub in a large cellar. There are red tiled floors, long pine benches and tables. The copper brewing vessels are on display, too. It's located in what, in the Middle Ages, was the city's brewing quarter.

Linked via underground passages to Brauhaus Hanseat.
Rating: *** Public transport: Messberg station on the U1 line.


Prinz & König
Poststraße 53,
20354 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 - 354798
Fax : 040 - 345960
http://www.prinzundkoenig.de/
  
Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 11:00 - 04:00,
Sun: 17:00 - 04:00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 6
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €5-10, meals €7-14, beer €3.30 for 0.5 l.
Modern basement pub, with pine booths and a pine bar. There's also a more formal dining area with paintings on the wall.
Rating: ** Public transport: U-Bahn Gänsemarkt.


Finnegans Wake
Börsenbrücke 4,
20457 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 - 374 3433
Fax: 040 - 375 01478
http://www.finnegans.com
 
Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 11:00 - open end
Sun: 12:00 - open end
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: 5
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €4-6, meals €6-8, beer €3.50 for 0.4 l.
A typical fake Irish pub in the city centre. I know what you're thinking - what am I doing listing a place like this after all I've said about fake Irish pubs. Well I did have a very good reason. Sadly, they no longer sell Beamish, my personal favourite of the commercial Irish stouts and a beer not easily found. But I'm a loyal (or lazy - I'm not quite sure which, I know it's an adjective starting with the letter "L") sort of bloke, so Finnegan's Wake is staying in the guide for now.

It's a long narrow pub with the bar occupying most of one wall. The exterior isn't unattractive in an old shop sort of way.
Rating: * Public transport:


Klimperkiste
Esplanade 18,
20354 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 346350
Email: klimperkiste@klimperkiste.com
http://www.die-klimperkiste.de/
 
Opening hours: Mon-Thur: 11:00 - 04:00
Fri: 11:00 - 06:00
Sat: 15:00 - 06:00
Sun: 15:00 - 04:00
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: 4
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €3-6.50, beer €3.50 for 0.5 l. (€2.50 11:00-17:00)
A long narrow pub divided into several sections and with a cave-like feel. It has a couple of tables on the pavement outside. It hosts live music once a week.
Rating: *** Public transport: U-Bahn Stephansplatz


Fritz Bauch
Bartelsstraße 6,
20357 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 4300194
  
Opening hours: Mon-Thur: 12:00 - 02:00
Fri-Sat: 12:00 - 04:00
Sun: 11:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 12
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
A pub in a 19th century building. Fairly large with an interior that is a mixture of traditional wooden tables and benches and trendy decoration. Their are several tables outside on the pavement.
Rating: *** Public transport: U-Bahn Sternschanze


Bruckenstern
Stresemannstraße 135,
22769 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 - 4329 0434
  
Opening hours: Mon-Thur: 16:00 - 01:00
Fri: 16:00 - 02:00
Sat - Sun: 12:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 5
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
A fairly traditional old pub/restaurant with wooden furniture and wooden floors. It has a reasonable size beer garden at the rear. Used to be cqalled Pepper.
Rating:** Public transport:


Hardy's
Tresckowstr. 14,
20259 Hamburg.
Tel. 040 494600
http://www.hardys-kneipe.de/
 
Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 15:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: 6
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
A corner pub in a 19th century tennement. The interior is fairly traditional with lots of wood. There are a few tables on the pavement in front. There is a dartboard.
Rating: Public transport:


Hofbräu an der Alster
Esplanade 6,
20354 Hamburg.
Tel: 040 - 3499 3838
Fax: 040 3499 3841
Email: info@hamburg-hofbraeuhaus.de
http://www.hamburg-hofbraeuhaus.de		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 01:00,
Sat 10:00 -
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 4
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €2.50-8, meals €8-15. Beer €3.30 for 0.5l.
A northern outpost of the Munich Hofbräu brewery.

A warning from Hamburg resident Elizabeth Graham:
"And saw your guide that includes the Hamburg branch of the Hofbrauhaus. There were no comments, but indulge me and let me tell you how truly awful the staff is.

When you book a table for a group, only the number you specify is allowed through the door, regardless of whether people leave (vacating seats) or whether there are empty tables nearby.

A friend and I tried to join a large group late (after 10 or so people had left); we were sworn at by a bouncer, but I finally convinced them (by leaving my passport) to let me in briefly to inform the others that we couldn't join them. Half of their table was empty, there were empty tables around them, and I was still told by the staff that we couldn't join them. We could have our own table in another area, but no one from my group could join us and we couldn't join them. Five minutes into this exchange, the hostess placed two people at the table next to my group.

The following weekend, colleagues from another department tried to take visitors from England to the Hofbrauhaus, and were also treated rudely and experienced a similar situation. Word spread quickly throughout the agency - the Hofbrauhaus has lost the favor of a large advertising agency that could have brought them a lot of business.

They are just evil over there - if you must visit a Hofbrauhaus, be sure it's the original in Munich"
Here's a rther differing view from Fraser Arnot:
"I had a quick look at the Hamburg page and would provide an alternate opinion on the Hofbrau an def Alster. I was over to compete in the (ahem) World Triathlon Champs last year (came 13th in the world for my age group) and of course had to take my chums for some decent beer. We went twice! The service was great both times, portions absolutely massive on the food (Schweinhaxe was double what you normally get in Munich for the same price). We went both for lunch and dinner. The evening session happened to coincide with a Hamburg / Munich football match (probably the german equivalent of celtic / rangers match where I come from, only of course if you supported Munich!). Place was mobbed, service good, very helpful and humorous too. Personally, I wouldn't give them such a hard time."
Rating: Public transport:


Kölsch- und Altbierhaus
Valentinskamp 89,
20354 Hamburg.
Tel: 040 - 352 387
Fax: 040 - 351 287
Email: Koelsch-City@Hansenet.de
http://www.koelsch-city.de		  
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 11:30 - 01:00,
Fri 11:30 - open end,
Sat 16:30 - open end,
public holidays 18:00 - 01:00,
Sunday closed.
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €4-8, meals €8-14. Beer €3.30 for 0.5l.
From the outside, this is a farly bland-looking bar in a modern building. Inside it´s unconvincingly rustic - all fake beams and halters.

Sadly, it no longer offers Kölsch and Alt dispensed by gravity. Peter Alexander describes it as "An unmitigated dump in my view."
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn Gänsemarkt


Anno 1905
Holstenplatz 17,
22765 Hamburg.
Tel: 040 - 439 25 35
Fax:
Email:
http://www.anno1905.de		  
Opening hours: Sun - Mon 17:00 - ,
Sat 12:00 - 14:30 and 17:00 - ,
Monday closed.
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €3-8, meals €7-12.
As the name implies, this corner pub has been around for 100 years. It´s located directly opposite the Holsten brewery.

In the 1980´s all the out-of-character alterations of the 1960´s were removed and the interior restored to its original state.
Rating: Public transport:


Restaurant Franziskaner
Große Theaterstr. 9 Ecke Colonnaden,
20354 Hamburg.
Tel: 040 - 345 756
Fax: 040 - 345 076
Email: info@restaurant-franziskaner.de
http://www.restaurant-franziskaner.de		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:30 - 24:00,
closed on public holidays
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 3
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €3-13, meals €8-15. Beer €3.30 for 0.5l.
Despite being branded as Franziskaner, this Spaten house sells mostly Löwenbräu beers. It has all the typical features of a Bavarian pub: waitresses in dirndls, weisswurst, litre measures.

Peter Alexander comments: "They are definitely not keen on beer drinkers who do not dine unless you can squeeze in at the bar. A wall of local's backs make that difficult. We couldn't get a drink here."
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn Gänsemarkt


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