Hofbräu Hamburg Esplanade offers an authentic slice of Bavarian beer hall culture in the heart of Hamburg, complete with lederhosen-clad waiters and steiners that are big enough to give your forearm a thorough work out. The food won’t win any prizes for refinement but ticks all the beer hall boxes – think hefty portions of meat and potatoes. The pork knuckle is particularly good. A classic German Hofbrau, this cavernous cafeteria-style restaurant is apparently big enough to cater for up to a thousand punters, yet still gets pretty rammed, even on midweek nights.
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