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Das Schiffercafe

Das Schiffercafe

Tiessenkai 9 | Holtenau / Kiel Canal and Kiel Fjord, 24159 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Tee • Bier • Cafés • Sandwich


"I went to Das Schiffercafe to get a few Labskaus. I visit Kiel quite often in business and it has become a personal tradition to have this local specialty in another place every time. When I arrived, the sight was a small house in a number of buildings facing the pier. In front of the restaurant a few middle-aged locals, sleepy wine, smoking pipes and watching the boats go. I felt it was a good experience. Inside a very friendly lady took my order at the counter and told me to sit down wherever I wanted. Do not make a mistake, that is not a formal place, the Schiffercafe makes you feel at home. Here you are not an honored foreign guest, you are family. My order of Labskaus and Wheat Beer arrived short and it was all I wanted. No chic presentation, but a decent coating for a filling section. After a few refreshing Sips beer I dug in and immediately realized that I had discovered the best Labskaus in Kiel. I spent the rest of the meal, mixing herring, beet root, fried eggs, pickled cucumbers and hardened beef with beet and looking at the port. The experience was as good as the court and I felt insulted with the place. Make yourself a favor and go there already if only to get a cheap herring sandwich for lunch (herings are own production, matured in barrels). There may be fancier restaurants, but you are pressed hard to find a friendly place in Kiel."