Daniel's Guidebook for Heidelberg

Daniel
Daniel's Guidebook for Heidelberg

German Restaurants

Traditional German food and especially great beer from their own production. Laid back atmosphere with a nice beer garden outside.
20 locals recommend
Kulturbrauerei Heidelberg
6 Leyergasse
20 locals recommend
Traditional German food and especially great beer from their own production. Laid back atmosphere with a nice beer garden outside.
Great place for very typical regional food - great value for money. They have beer, but it's wine place. They have a great mixture of very different guests.
19 locals recommend
Schnitzelbank
7 Bauamtsgasse
19 locals recommend
Great place for very typical regional food - great value for money. They have beer, but it's wine place. They have a great mixture of very different guests.
Historic 19th century fraternaty setting. Classic German cuisine with good value for money.
Zum Seppl
213 Hauptstraße
Historic 19th century fraternaty setting. Classic German cuisine with good value for money.
Brewery where you can also get traditional German food
24 locals recommend
Vetter's Alt Heidelberger Brauhaus
9 Steingasse
24 locals recommend
Brewery where you can also get traditional German food
Typical German food in the center of Handschuhsheim on the other side of the river. Can bewell combined with visiting the Thingstätte, the monestary on the hill top and the Tiefburg
10 locals recommend
Alt Hendesse
4 Mühltalstraße
10 locals recommend
Typical German food in the center of Handschuhsheim on the other side of the river. Can bewell combined with visiting the Thingstätte, the monestary on the hill top and the Tiefburg

More upscale restaurants

Classical dishes in very well kept traditional environment. Fantastic guest room but also very nice to sit outside in the summer.
10 locals recommend
Weißer Bock
24 Große Mantelgasse
10 locals recommend
Classical dishes in very well kept traditional environment. Fantastic guest room but also very nice to sit outside in the summer.
Good selection of Meditarenean dishes in a minimalistic environment. Good for the fish dishes in particular.
Oskar Restaurant u. Vinothek
5 Haspelgasse
Good selection of Meditarenean dishes in a minimalistic environment. Good for the fish dishes in particular.
Mediterrenean cusine in a nice environment. The offer plates to share which is really great.
Chambao
1-3 Dreikönigstraße
Mediterrenean cusine in a nice environment. The offer plates to share which is really great.
Very particular setting on the other side of the river. There is also a Michelin Star restaurant in the same building, but I prefer this one
Restaurant Mensurstube im Hotel Hirschgasse
3 Hirschgasse
Very particular setting on the other side of the river. There is also a Michelin Star restaurant in the same building, but I prefer this one
Old school fancy place with great food and usually more settled guests.
Restaurant zur Herrenmühle
239 Hauptstraße
Old school fancy place with great food and usually more settled guests.
Steaks and Sushi. Not cheap, but one of the more urban places in Heidelberg, also a bit outside the Center in Bahnstadt.
12 locals recommend
NEO - Bar und Restaurant
2 Zollhofgarten
12 locals recommend
Steaks and Sushi. Not cheap, but one of the more urban places in Heidelberg, also a bit outside the Center in Bahnstadt.
Fantastic views, mixed crowd, good drinks and food - not on the cheap side.
jil Rooftop Drink&Dine
Fantastic views, mixed crowd, good drinks and food - not on the cheap side.

Cheap eats

Great pizza for <10 EUR. They do not deliver.
8 locals recommend
Unter Freunden
2 Märzgasse
8 locals recommend
Great pizza for <10 EUR. They do not deliver.
Shawarma for 5 EUR and a good selection of arabic mezze. They have a sister place called Sahara.
Safari
147 Hauptstraße
Shawarma for 5 EUR and a good selection of arabic mezze. They have a sister place called Sahara.
Very good falafel and arabic mezze.
15 locals recommend
mahmoud's
47 Bergheimer Str.
15 locals recommend
Very good falafel and arabic mezze.
Solid Italian restaurant. They also deliver pizza
9 locals recommend
Salerno's
38 Brückenstraße
9 locals recommend
Solid Italian restaurant. They also deliver pizza
Ramen bar just around the corner. Very tasty ramen and bowls.
Min Ramen Bar
Ramen bar just around the corner. Very tasty ramen and bowls.

In between restaurants

Tapas and Wine. Small space with a relaxed atmosphere
8 locals recommend
Goldener Anker GmbH
52 Untere Neckarstraße
8 locals recommend
Tapas and Wine. Small space with a relaxed atmosphere
On the other side of the Neckar. NIce to sit outside, having sun the entire day. Good Italian/Frenche cuisine, but also good for just a drink.
13 locals recommend
River Café
2 Bergstraße
13 locals recommend
On the other side of the Neckar. NIce to sit outside, having sun the entire day. Good Italian/Frenche cuisine, but also good for just a drink.
Small French place on the other side of the river
7 locals recommend
Le Coq Restaurant & Bistro
17 Brückenstraße
7 locals recommend
Small French place on the other side of the river
Best Italian restaurant in the area in my opinion (they do not have pizza). Located in Neckargemünd which is a small historic town 15 min upstream. You can go there even by bus directly
Limoncello Cucina e Vino
16 Hauptstraße
Best Italian restaurant in the area in my opinion (they do not have pizza). Located in Neckargemünd which is a small historic town 15 min upstream. You can go there even by bus directly
Gaststätte Sushi Bar SameSame
3 Steingasse
Good Vietnamese restaurant - one of the little good places on Hauptstraße.
Saigon Sonne
170-172 Hauptstraße
Good Vietnamese restaurant - one of the little good places on Hauptstraße.
Very nice Peruvian restaurant - 1 min walk from the apartment
Los Primos - Südamerikanische Küche Heidelberg
21 Neugasse
Very nice Peruvian restaurant - 1 min walk from the apartment
Nice Korean place
Restaurant ON
Nice Korean place

Bars & Cafés

Very small bar with great cocktails
7 locals recommend
Bent Bar
2 Leyergasse
7 locals recommend
Very small bar with great cocktails
Bar just around the corner
Friedrich Bar Lounge
1 Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage
Bar just around the corner
Nice coffee shop just around the corner
11 locals recommend
coffee nerd
9 Rohrbacher Str.
11 locals recommend
Nice coffee shop just around the corner
A classic
18 locals recommend
Destille
16 Untere Str.
18 locals recommend
A classic
Both café and bar
Amoroso
1 Märzgasse
Both café and bar
Small café just around the corner
Macaronnerie Heidelberg
23 Sofienstraße
Small café just around the corner
Café NOMAD Heidelberg Weststadt - Frühstück, Kaffee, Kuchen & vegane Auswahl

City/town information

Nice little town, well known for the romantic castle with huge gardens and a hot spot for white asparagus (April-June)
38 locals recommend
Schwetzingen
38 locals recommend
Nice little town, well known for the romantic castle with huge gardens and a hot spot for white asparagus (April-June)
Next larger town with a more urban scene and the shopping center for the entire Rhein-Neckar-Region.
85 locals recommend
Mannheim
85 locals recommend
Next larger town with a more urban scene and the shopping center for the entire Rhein-Neckar-Region.

Sightseeing

Well-preserved fortification and a small village with shops and real inhabitants
7 locals recommend
Dilsberg Castle
3a Burghofweg
7 locals recommend
Well-preserved fortification and a small village with shops and real inhabitants
Arena built in the times of Nazi Germany.
48 locals recommend
Thingstätte Heidelberg
48 locals recommend
Arena built in the times of Nazi Germany.
It is a ~1.5h boat cruise from Heidelberg --> https://weisseflottehd.de/burgenfahrt-neckartal/
16 locals recommend
Neckarsteinach
16 locals recommend
It is a ~1.5h boat cruise from Heidelberg --> https://weisseflottehd.de/burgenfahrt-neckartal/