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“Chefs Kitchen Table”
Review of Restaurant Haerlin

Restaurant Haerlin
Ranked #12 of 5,167 Restaurants in Hamburg
Price range: £179 - £237
Cuisines: French, International
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Good for: Romantic, Special Occasion Dining, Business meetings, Local cuisine
Dining options: Dinner, After-hours, Reservations
Neighbourhood: Neustadt
Description: AKTUELLE ANFAHRT ZUM HOTEL VIER JAHRESZEITEN
Unser Hotel ist über den Neuen Jungfernstieg und die Fehlandstraße erreichbar, von dort gelangen Sie direkt zu unserer Hotelgarage in der Großen Theaterstraße 5. Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier: https://hvj.de/de/kontakt.html

Ausgezeichnet mit zwei Michelin-Sternen und 5 Hauben im Guide Gault Millau, 4½ F’s (DER FEINSCHMECKER), sowie Platz 3 im Falstaff Restaurant & Gasthaus Guide ist das Gourmet Restaurant Haerlin** mit Küchenchef Christoph Rüffer inzwischen weit über Hamburgs Grenzen hinaus bekannt. Christoph Rüffer und sein Team bereiten Ihnen mit kreativ kombinierten Aromen und überraschenden Texturen in den saisonal ausgerichteten Menüs ein wahres Feuerwerk für den Gaumen. Höchste Qualität und der Ursprung des Produktes stehen dabei klar im Fokus.
Reviewed 10 May 2016

Outstanding dining Area in an already outstanding restaurant. The Kitchen table is the one to go for and well worth the extra cost. Service was superb but then again it is a 2 star restaurant. Wines were carefully chosen to compliment each course. Will certainly be back

Date of visit: December 2015
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Reviewed 22 March 2016

The food was meticulously well thought off, prepared and served, allow yourself 3 - 4 hours here. The bread trolley was beautifully presented, the staff was respectful polite and they really seemed to care. It's pricey but i think compared to other MIchelin 2 star it was still worth saving up to visit. Choose between the 6 or 8 courses, with 3 extra apps and dessert you really feel full!

Date of visit: March 2016
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Reviewed 26 February 2016 via mobile

I am a fan of tasting menus with matching wines. Whilst I am an aficionado of food and drink I am happy to trust to the superior Knowledge of places like Haerlin in putting together a feast like last nights. We were eating and drinking with very little break for over 3 years. Smoked eel was the stand out dish for me.

Service was faultless. A nice touch is the card delivered before each course showing in detail and in English what we were getting. I also loved tasting each of the wines prior to a proper glass being poured. Main sommelier who is only 23 was particularly brilliant. When he realised our interest in wine he gave us very personal attention.

Price of dinner was horrific but fully justified.

Highly recommended.

Date of visit: February 2016
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Reviewed 18 February 2016 via mobile

Considering the price, the restaurant fell well short of expectations. For the same price you could visit Noma(!).
What we got was afoot that was exquisitely prepared, although there were no real wow experiences. It was basically what I would expect of a bib restaurant, not two star.
To be frank, the two stars are ludicrous. They are nowhere near that quality. Especially when it came to service. We had to ask for more bread three times, we had to ask for more butter, crumbs were only removed once during w 4,5 hour sitting, and, most importantly, meals were almost half an hour apart - with the wine served 20 minutes before the actual dish!!!

Do not go. Not worth the money. Worth half, on a good day. No tips were given, as none were deserved. Only bright spot is the young sommelier who has done a wonderful job on the pairing.

Overall: worth half the asking price.

Date of visit: February 2016
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HVJ_Hamburg, Manager at Restaurant Haerlin, responded to this reviewResponded 25 February 2016

Dear guest

Thank you for your visit and sharing your personal experiences regarding your latest stay at Restaurant Haerlin.

We are very sorry about your disappointment with the service and culinary at Restaurant Haerlin and we would like to take the opportunity to express our honest regrets about not meeting your expectations.

We hope that you will give us the chance to prove to you that this particular experience is not indicative of our usual standards of service and quality. We are looking forward to hopefully welcoming you back in the not too distant future.

Yours sincerely

Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg
Restaurant Haerlin

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Reviewed 14 January 2016

We had a great night at Haerlin - the service was everything you could ask for and more. Even if waiters with white gloves makes me slightly nervous.
The food was great, really great. Two dishes stood out; the foie gras-dish and the dessert that featured i.e. fermented beets. Those dishes made me see why this place has two Michelin-stars. But in my opinion, the remaining four dishes could just as well have been served at a good Bib Gourmand-restaurant in Copenhagen.

Date of visit: December 2015
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