Best Street Food Restaurants in North Rhine-Westphalia
Explosive mix of cocktail bar and upmarket tapas restaurant with a beautiful courtyard and elegant interior. Not a fast food restaurant in the classic sense. The croquettes, the cocas - Spanish sheet cakes -, the patatas bravas and the aioli are actually almost on a fine-dining level.
Stylish burger restaurant in the farthest corner of Ehrenfeld, known for steaks and ribs from Bœuf de Hohenlohe, freshly minced, juicy 170-gram patties, belly and bacon from Swabian-Hall pigs, crisp organic vegetables and salads from Demeterhof Haus Bollheim.
Hip bao bar with cult certain ageing potential in a prime location. For the street food adaptation of the traditional Vietnamese yeast dumpling, the dough is not filled before but after steaming - just like a burger. Toppings: cauliflower, chicken, deep-fried tofu or honey-garlic shrimps.
Authentic tachi-nomi-ya, a stand-up bar where you can eat small Japanese dishes such as omurice, marinated pork belly, salmon carpaccio or - recommendation! - Takoyaki, deep-fried dough balls filled with octopus. It goes well with an ice-cold Kirin beer or sake.
Versatile kebab dishes in a pretty ambience. The kebab is available here with veal or chicken, vegetarian with grilled vegetables or on a soy skewer. Served with homemade bread and lovingly prepared meze: dill quark, beet hummus, deep-fried cauliflower.
Grischa Herbig and Caspar Krings know each other from the world of fine dining. So now sandwiches in the deluxe version. With ossobuco, cheddar and truffle mayo or eggplant, smoked almond and miso mayo. Mondays to Fridays as a pop-up in the Bredouille wine bar.
Delicious fish soup, crispy fried fish, juicy kibbeling and more at the legendary family-run snack bar in the middle of Carlsplatz. The selection of daily freshly filled rolls - matjes, smoked eel, smoked salmon, prawns, tuna, rollmops and so on - is enormous.
Insider tip: every Wednesday, Atila Tosun fires up the kebab grill between the meat counter, vegetable display and dry ager. The friendly store owner is not only a butcher, but also a man of honour - only the best of the best goes on the rotisserie and in the bread.
A burger is not just a burger. That's why the cult store in Derendorf offers a huge selection, from relatively simple to breathtakingly different, meaty, vegetarian - with a homemade vegetable patty based on an Iranian family recipe - or vegan.
An awareness of quality meets a sense for the extraordinary, which is why, in addition to traditional sushi and modern interpretations, specialties such as okonomiyaki or subtleties such as hamachi tartare, wagyu A5 sushi or king crab have crept into the gourmet heart.
Family-run traditional business with all kinds of hearty pork dishes. The crispy pork knuckles, prepared on a special grill, have been attracting guests ever since "Kitchen Impossible". The pork rolls are of course accompanied by an Alt.
Wellness in Vietnamese? Phớ! The traditional noodle soup dish is served in three variations: with beef, chicken or vegan. The broths are cooked fresh daily and the noodles are hand-rolled. A lot of love also goes into the selection of suppliers, ceramics and furniture.
French fries and wine? That's a must! The funky bar and stall concept by wine celebrity Toni Askitis gives the old snack bar a proper shake-up. The menu includes chips, currywurst, club sandwiches, bami slices and sheep's cheese, all accompanied by Champagne.
Creative Peruvian cuisine in mezze style, to eat alone or to share. In addition to ceviche, Peru's best-known gastronomic export, the menu also includes beef heart skewers, pulpo and manioc fries. And: vegans will also be happy here. The pisco sour is a dream!
Best Smashburger in town and still an absolute insider tip. Don't be fooled by the pale colour of the buns - everything tastes juicy and uniquely good. The little cheeseball on the "Molendini Prime" tuned with fried onions and beef bacon is also funny.
A real enrichment for Cologne! Loosely baked and super-juicy Focaccia Romana, with the best Italian ingredients: San Marzano tomatoes, Tropea onions, fior di latte mozzarella - various toppings. Served with Lambrusco! Arancini and fritto di pesce are also a must.
The fusion restaurant in the Loretto district scores with premium poké bowls, for which a base - rice, zoodles or salad mix - is supplemented with vegetables such as shiitake mushrooms or pickled pumpkin as well as proteins such as salmon or butterfish. Sauces and toppings make the whole thing sophisticated.
Fill you up instead of making you sleepy in Düsseldorf's most stylish fast food restaurant. Is this still fast food? In fact, everything here revolves around enjoyable, health-conscious slow living - always with a focus on small indulgences, optimum nutritional power and lots of flavour.
A project close to the heart with Israeli-German roots. After a long street food festival and pop-up dalliance, fresh food has been cooked here every day since 2017. Especially good is the hummus of the week. Classics such as sabich, halloumi and shakshuka are of course also available.