Dusseldorf Restaurants

Dusseldorf tempts visitors with a wide range of food that should satisfy most tastes and budgets. The Altstadt, with around 260 restaurants to choose from, draws most visitors, with some never venturing away from this area. There are excellent choices for eating out in all parts of the city however, including bars which serve food as well as drinks. The food served at bars is often standard fare, although normally of good quality, and there are bars which house the most fashionable restaurants in Dusseldorf.

International cooking

Whichever culinary delight you prefer, be it sauerbraten or sushi, and whether you drink altbier (a local specialty) or champagne, Dusseldorf’s cuisines are as international as its residents. Of interest to those who are fond of Japanese cuisine, you’ll find the highest concentration of Japanese restaurants in any European city here, and they are all reported to be very good, although somewhat pricey. Most of these restaurants are on or near Immermanstrasse and Klosterstrasse.

Local cuisine

Rhenish sauerbraten - pickled roast beef served with stewed apple, is usually at the top of the list of recommended regional specialties. Another recommended traditional dish consists of sausage called blutwurst (also locally known as blootwosch) and thick pea soup (äädze zupp). There is also a strong-flavoured cheese called halver hahn, with carroway seeds and onion, served accompanied by a small ryebread roll (röggelchen). Any of these traditional dishes can be washed down with a glass or two of the local mellow dark beer called ‘alt’, which is still brewed by a centuries-old method called ‘top-fermentation’. You’ll find these traditional specialties and more in the typical brewery restaurants of the Altstadt.