We, a family of three persons from Norway, wanted to have at least one dinner in a traditional german restaurant during our 3 days stay in Germany. Laufauf is such a restaurant, nice atmosphere, local specialities - and huge portions. Two of us ordered Original...More

Although often in Hamburg, we discovered this restaurant only recently -- and have been there now three times in the past two months. It's specialty is casseroles, some ten or more different ones (with poultry, meat, chose of noodles, rice or potatoes -- also a...More

We had not had a great dining experience on our first night in Hamburg (see the reviews of The Block and Nagel - neither worth recommending) and so worked hard to find a suitable German restaurant. We were certainly not disappointed with Laufauf. It's tucked...More

We visited this restaurant after positive reviews and can confirm that while rustic it is a pleasant and authentic local cuisine restaurant. Friendly staff and good quality food. We ate pork filets with potatoes and mustard mushroom sauce, and chicken in rice with tomato sauce....More

Menu is in german but staff were very friendly and described the menu making recommendations, tasty, traditional food and lots of it! Nice atmosphere and feels like a locals hotspot.

Very friendly staff and authentic atmosphere. Basic traditional food. Been there a few times for lunch and dinner. Cheap lunch special offers. Not really light food.

Glad we went in!! We passed by and did a double take before wandering around other places before biting the bullet and going in, and we were glad we did!! Although there are no English menus and the waitresses don't speak English, the waiter did...More

Since many years I go to "Laufauf" for lunch, when I am in in Hamburgs City Centre. On some Saturdays I even cycle 6km from home to them to get a good and normal lunch. Here you can get a typical traditional kitchen from the...More

This is a long overdue review of a fantastic place with some of the nicest staff and heartiest grub we encountered on our trip. We had a few days in Hamburg prior to or trip on QM2 and after a relatively negative dining experience at...More

Tucked away but handily located near the Chilehaus between Altstadt and Speicherstadt. Daily specials advertised. We saw interesting dishes delivered to adjacent diners. Told they were the house speciaility baguetted but unlike what we were used to they were huge and covered in baked cheese...More