Erika's Eck, Sternschanze, Hamburg

Erikas Eck is a legend. The opening hours give you some idea: from 5 pm to 2 pm. I have never been here except in the early morning (round 3–5 am), sobering up with 90 cents bread rolls with salmon. You can also get the largest breakfast portions in the world, schnitzel at three in the morning is no problem, and it’s still cheap, and the staff is super friendly and attentive. Even during the week people pop in here at the most impossible times to have good food and enjoy the charming old-fashioned atmosphere (the walls are covered in boxing memorabilia from the 80s and 90s). Located in the Schanze, it’s definitely off-Reeperbahn, which is good (fewer tourists). Erikas Eck is a Hamburg legend you just have to love …

As much a part of Hamburg as The Reeps this place has to be visited at a weekend at night to be fully appreciated - if you can get a table. great schnitzel, steaks and bratkartoffeln with a different deal every day.

Incredibly German, incredibly huge portions and a pretty decent price to boot. The service was excellent, and although the place was packed, we managed to "join" a table, order and reiceve our food in very good time. The food was great.

Definitely my favourite German restaurant in Hamburg, if you fancy a Schnitzel go there and try to eat it all, I know at least a couple of people that didn't make it. If you've never been there I recommend you to go on Thursday cause Schnitzel is cheaper - even if slightly smaller than usual (200gr VS 250gr). Add that it is open really late and probably you'll understand why I think this place is great ;)

My local and a real favourite.

I was eating in here the other night and my fellow diner summed it up perfectly: the most German restaurant in Hamburg.

They serve good down to earth German food i.e. schnitzels, an inordinate number of hours of the day - very very close to 24 hrs. They also have good beer like Duckstein.

The crowd is varied but united by one thing - a love for schnitzels and beer at any time of day. I have been here in the early hours to get a take away, I’ve heard stories of local cocktail bar mixologists rolling in at 10am after a big night, and the local sausage factory workers coming in in their overalls.

Erickas quite simply has it all. The full German experience. I even ducked in here the other night after running away from a riot - how much more German can you get?

Very highly recommended. If you come to Hamburg, a must-see.

The perfect midnight snack. Volkswagen sized schnitzels, mounds of fried potatoes and more wheat beer than you can shake a stick at. I’m amazed that i have only just discovered Erika’s, but i’m sure this well now take precedence over the majority of late night dining options in Hamburg.

Full marks.

A favourite pace in Hamburg for sure. Giant portions, big beers, sehr Deutsch.

This place is kinda odd. I managed to find myself in here at around 2am with a bunch of folks I didn’t know, who had all ordered open-face sandwiches which looked like they were prepared 15 hours prior. It looks like a nice little place, but I was so tired and weirded out that the dude and I left after 15 minutes. I’ll come back here again on an evening and order an actual meal, and then I’ll see if I will be bumping my rating up or not.

That was the largest schnitzel I’ve ever seen. I had a Hawaii schnitzel with fries and it was delicious. Will definitely come back here again.

Check out the photo of the schnitzel!

This place isn’t officially all-you-can-eat, however, the portions are SO MASSIVE here, it effectively is. Mountains of fried potatoes, with a pork schnitzel covering the whole plate so you can’t even tell that they’re there, is the order of the day. I’d recommend drenching it all in lemon sauce and then going on a pub crawl, since you won’t feel a thing with that inside you.

My new local too!

Huge, huge schnitzels.

Erika’s Eck is a bit of an institution around these parts and after my first visit I can see why. Basically the food is great and the portions are enormous.

My flatmates say that people actually go there for schnitzel breakfast straight after a massive night out. It sounds like the most German thing I could possibly imagine…