Merlin GmbH in Lübeck

Das Essen war so schlecht , die Pommes waren noch fast roh und das Hähnchenschnitzel war so hart das man das nicht beißen konnte . Merlin war damals mal sehr lecker aber heute nur noch Grotten schlecht

If anyone is wondering why Germany isn't known for its good food, this place is doing its best to keep it that way. Chips that have been flattened beyond recognition amaze many physicists and prove that there are two-dimensional objects in our three-dimensional space. Fries are like fries are, sometimes better, sometimes worse - you can hardly expect more. The honor is saved by the salads, which are fresh and good. Unfortunately, however, an imaginative amount of sauce comes into play, covering half the plate like a blanket and imposing its cruelly average taste. In terms of taste, it is a full bouquet of butter, butter with a delicate hint of butter. After the first bite, you start anxiously looking for the quickest way to the toilet, hoping that it isn't busy. Nevertheless, the bar has many fans and lovers of mediocre but quick cuisine. So don't let yourself be misled and think about whether your culinary taste is really as boring as the food served here.

Solid snack. Tasty and reasonable prices.

The gyro plate has to be used every now and then. A classic.

Really a great “cult snack bar” at the Kaufhof that is rarely found today💪

Fast, tasty, reasonably priced.

Just like you imagine a well-kept grill snack bar. Service is top, food is delicious and the restaurant is very tidy and well maintained. Whenever the craving for grilled chicken makes it difficult to think, Merlin is the savior in an emergency. Thank you and stay as you are

Upscale snack bar. The food is very tasty.

Cheap snack bar... cheap meat, employees laugh at you if you want a pizza on Tuesday. It doesn't say on the menu or on the website that pizza is only made for a certain period of time. There's mainly only extremely fatty food, even the salad tastes like a deep fryer... you can get something there in case of an emergency.

Staff friendly food was very tasty

Best quick snack, wide selection.😁

Before the fire it was dark and confusing. Today it is nice and friendly and bright, with a clear layout. Plenty of staff, fast service. Spit roast as it should be. Good mayonnaise Unfortunately dry gyros

Despite the change in ownership, there has been no real improvement in the food. Prices are rising sharply... Conclusion after 5 years: Rating has gone up significantly. Food is delicious, prices are ok, staff is very friendly and helpful. So 5 stars from me...

Bought something to take away here. The food was delicious and the service in the store was super friendly. Merlin has maintained a great standard for a quick service restaurant for many years. Always my pleasure

Very solid selection of food. Even quite inexpensive for snack bars. Food tasted very good. I'd love to come back. But nothing special here.

After some colleagues and friends told me how "great" this snack bar was... I was doubly disappointed! The schnitzel was good, no question. The fried potatoes were so salty that it felt like I was sucking salt crystals. At home the fries were just a potato mass without any seasoning. After eating the "food" I woke up at night because I was so dehydrated and sat awake for 2 hours... Let's be honest: Do you taste your food??? It was really a disaster!! Never again!

I love the schnitzels. Great food!!!

Nice bright and clean takeaway restaurant. The staff is always nice, attentive and quick, even in the most stressful times you never have the feeling of being rushed or in a bad mood. The food is always fresh and delicious. The fresh salad counter is unparalleled in terms of quality and selection. All I can say is top 1+

Ate currywurst with fries after a long time - delicious

I've known the snack bar from the beginning. Always a must when I'm in Lübeck. Unsurpassed.

I just ate the gyros. Doesn't taste good at all. Big chunks, poorly seasoned. Everything else was very good as always

The pizza is still as good as it was 10 years ago. The toilets are clean and always welcome. Thumbs up from me and enjoy it

The store has been here for decades. Fast, tasty, friendly and inexpensive.

Unfortunately, the price-performance ratio is no longer right. The currywurst was often burnt, as were the fries and the pizza base. Only the ladies and gentlemen behind the counter are very nice, friendly and hard-working.

A snack bar that rightly bears the title “cult”. The food, no matter what, was great. The staff was very friendly, helpful and accommodating, the store was very clean and the price-performance ratio was second to none. I'll go there more often, thank you

Fast, tastier food, friendly staff, affordable prices, what more could you want☺️👍❤️

An old-established snack bar and always friendly service. Delicious food at reasonable prices and huge portions. Still a must for me when I'm back in my old hometown.

Everything delicious. Gladly again.

Good selection of dishes, very tasty dishes at a reasonable price. Fast service, lots of cash registers and enough dining area with seating.

So if you go there without much expectation, it's okay. The sauce was partly cold, the meat was not too expensive due to the children's magic box, but the 5 nuggets pair of fries were a super cheap toy. I have no idea, I thought €7.50 was too much. The schnitzels were too hard and the salad wasn't the real deal either 😅 There are worse things but also better things 🙈

Price performance is right, food tastes great

Bester Spießbraten ever Wir haben vor Ort in Lübeck gegessen und es hat super geschmeckt. Meine Frau und ich wohnen jetzt in Schwaben. Leider findet sich solch ein Imbiss hier nicht.

Had chicken today. Was super tasty. The food at the other tables also looked very tasty. The ambience suits the cult snack bar. Simple but clean. Friendly staff serve you. Prices are okay

If you like raw fries and a cold schnitzel, Merlin is the right place for you. It takes 4 minutes from the time the food is ordered to the time it is served, so the food cannot be warm or well done. Never again!!!!

We wanted to give Merlin another chance. Well, enthusiasm is something different. The two schnitzels were lukewarm (they used to be really hot). The fries were good. My daughter wanted flatbread with cheese gratin, but she was told it wasn't available. Maybe the menu should be updated. Strangely enough, the schnitzels were already ready. Previously, they were only made when they were ordered. Never again

Absolute cult in Lübeck, I come several times a year to get food, sometimes I also eat on site. The staff is friendly. The cleanliness is variable but the business puts customers first.

Shop before opening hours 7:30 p.m. instead of 8 p.m On a Wednesday

Well...I really wouldn't call it a cult. The food was average, really nothing special and way too expensive (yes prices are rising everywhere, but here you pay a little more for what?)

Nice service, great delicious food

A normal snack bar, you are served quickly and the food is okay, not a highlight. You can argue about the ambience, but it doesn't appeal to me, you feel like you're at the train station

Merlin's fast food joint is closed too often. Due to lack of staff. Or there is no pitza, not for days, due to a lack of staff. When it's open, all the staff are friendly.

Bought pizza and was completely disappointed. Where is the cheese??? Staff unfriendly!

Currently (July 15, 2023) Merlin is suffering from a lack of staff and is therefore not open every day -> unfortunately

Spießbraten mal Topp, mal Flopp. Gestern waren es leider nur 2 trockene Endstücke. Leider bemerkt man das dann leider erst zu Hause… ):

Very nice service, the food is prepared very quickly, everything is always fresh, everything is super clean! You don't have that anymore anywhere you want to go out to eat. For a fast food restaurant/snack bar that is always full, which is saying something after over 50 years, this is the right place. You rarely get such good food, especially for the price. Keep it up

The staff is nice…. Aaabut the fries were totally soggy and tasted like they had been fried three times, they were so brown. Unfortunately not good and for almost €4 the portion was really ridiculous. For €4 I make 2 kg of fries at home in the hot air fryer and they look significantly better

It just went bad, the food was not easy to prepare and the taste also deteriorated.

It's no longer what it used to be years ago... of course certain things change. Unfortunately, the service has deteriorated and the portions are also smaller. A lot of money. Yes, it's more expensive everywhere, but unfortunately certain things aren't worth it. Pizza 20 cm and 26 cm in my opinion a lot of money what the pizza costs.....make up your own mind

This business is also affected by rising prices. Everything has become very expensive. By lunchtime the fried potatoes were almost sold out. The employees there work piecework and we had to ask several times whether our order was still being processed.

So...that was the last time we bought food from Merlin! The fries were good, that's about it. My pregnant wife feels really bad about the food. We've been eating at Merlin's every now and then for years, but something like this isn't possible! Little chicken wasn't through and had cartilage! To put it bluntly, salads were not edible. Only fries were eaten. All of the meat (spare menu 1+3 and shish kebab) ended up in the trash. That wasn't worth 35 euros.

Inexpensive food and very fast service.

Delicious food at reasonable prices.

It used to be a little better and has become quite expensive, but it still tastes good

The hot dog is just good. There is also a salad bar with salads that you can put together yourself. Good pizza, great burgers and fries. They can also make bratwurst and schnitzel.

Unfortunately, the snack bar no longer works, mass instead of quality. It was OK for a while and I have no idea what happened. It's a shame.. 😞

Great again even after over 15 years! The best fast food restaurant I know, everything tastes very good! The selection is amazing (pizza, fast food, Greek, special dishes, ...), the prices are reasonable. The freshly and lovingly renovated rooms are very clean and comfortable.

Unfortunately, Merlin is no longer what it used to be. The prices rise every year but the food doesn't get better, unfortunately it gets worse. It tastes boring, boring and no longer snack-like for the prices. And the service has always been annoyed and unresponsive.....probably not paid appropriately....

We eat here twice a year when we are here on vacation. The quality has always been consistent for years, very tasty, good portions, no matter what

More cult than snack. Canteen style. Food was ok. Have a large selection - more quantity than class. Drinks expensive.

Always very tasty and fresh, prices acceptable, nice service, the room could be more comfortable

Dieser Schnellimbiss ist schon länger KEIN Kult mehr. Die Vorbetreiber legten großen Wert auf die Qualität, den taste, des Essens. Außerdem auf eine freundliche (Arbeits)Atmosphäre. Heute bekommt man pappige, lauwarme, in Mayo gebadete Pommes, verbratenes Fleisch - und die Atmosphäre ist gruselig. Teure Abfüllung, für Personal und Gäste stressreich. Der neue Besitzer gehört zur Familie der Vorbesitzer, was ihn leider nur sehr wenig qualifiziert. Da hilft auch die neue räumliche Ausstattung nix. Wenn due Basis, das Essen, nicht schmeckt.

Eating, hmm, not like before.... fries are not cheap at all. Maio and ketchup diluted with water... Schnitzel hard. We don't go out to eat there anymore.....

Unfortunately not as good as before. Currywurst was almost cold, fries were completely over salted and the sauce was very acidic. The shish kebab was also rather mediocre. It's certainly all a matter of taste and subjective, but unlike before, the snack bar was almost empty. A pity....

I used to go to Merlin as a child, the pizzas were always great. I went there often as a teenager. The food was simply great, the shop was very full and the customers even stood outside. Now I like to drive a little further with my children to buy a pizza or gyros for us. We've done it again and again and it gets more and more disappointing. It has become very empty, the employees seem as if you are not welcome as a customer. The gyro meat no longer tastes good and the bottom and sides of the pizza are constantly burnt. There was so little cheese and toppings, even double cheese wouldn't fill the gaps. It's a real shame, it used to be a great store!!!

The lunch menu tastes good and is well portioned.

The price-performance ratio is bad. The portions (3 currywurst fries mayo) were larger. There are others that are better.

I've known the snack bar for a very long time. It was renovated two years ago and has become much more comfortable. There are lots of great dishes and the menu is quite extensive. A pizza can be put together according to taste with different toppings. The salad bar is extensive and very attractive. Today I had an appetite for half a chicken, which was delicious, although the price of €6 seems quite high to me. Overall, it's a great snack bar that offers changing daily specials.

The food was terrible, once and never again!!!!

Mega cool and delicious shop🤩 Large selection of food, very friendly staff and super cozy... Highly recommended, whether schnitzel, burger or pizza, everything is available⭐️

The pizza is very good and the employees are great

My husband and I used to buy spit roast regularly once a month. Back then, a portion consisted of two mega-large slices with coleslaw and mustard, so you could easily share a portion if you weren't too hungry. Today, after a long time, I treated myself to another portion and thought I wasn't looking right. Firstly, the portion is now €3 more expensive — okay, times change, everything is getting more expensive. But the slices are less than half the size they used to be! It's a shame - that's it for Merlin.

The food is always great. You can order whatever you want and it tastes good. The dishes are large portions that are almost impossible to manage😂 Pizza, gyros, schnitzel or salad, there's almost everything :) The employees recognize you and remember your orders if you order here more often, which also makes the restaurant likeable Simply great👍🏻

Great snack. Today fried potatoes with sour meat. Unbeatably good. Self-made. Compliments to the chef.

Great and diverse range of food. Everyone should find something that suits their taste buds here. I also think the ambience is great. The employees are on point and very friendly. Always my pleasure.

The food used to be somehow better, but still worth a visit. Inflation has struck here too. But at least there are still normal fries and not those “complete potatoes” that are available in more and more restaurants

The pizza has shrunk so much now that it's really a disgrace! 17cm instead of 20 and just under 10€. Never again!!! 😡👎

Large selection, friendly staff, affordable prices, clean store

It's a shame that the quality has deteriorated so much! The fries today looked completely different than usual, were strangely different sizes and soft, the gyros were fatty and slightly burnt, the cucumbers in the farmer's salad were mushy! It used to be better! Not again so soon!!!

The “wizard” as my children call him is a classic snack. Good selection, fast and friendly staff and enough space to eat your food in peace on site. I like it there and I like most of the dishes. Knuckles are available there on the weekends :-). The prices have increased over time, but since I don't eat there every day I would say within reason. We will always enjoy eating at the magician's.

I'm always happy to be a guest. Great value for money.

A cult grill that couldn't be better!! And this has been the case for decades! Always happy, whether out of the house or directly on site. It always tastes good!! And great pizza on offer with various toppings. The fries are A1. The service is always super fast!!!

Always good for a quick snack. Staff great

We got currywurst, fries and baked potatoes to take away. It was delicious and the service was very nice and there were funny sayings on it, we like that. Good price-performance ratio

Cult. The KitKat Club among fast food outlets. Food was delicious, boiled beef, kale, pizza, currywurst. Everything is available here, you don't have to go to Berlin. Insider tip that everyone in Lübeck knows. 👍👍

This review only applies to the sad cheeseburger. As we all know, it's called cheese, and you won't find it. Unfortunately, the standard TK patty was completely dried out. ... A lot of customers or not, but a delicious burger isn't rocket science. A pity.

Fries tasty, salad plentiful and tasty. Staff very friendly. But the ambience is unpleasant: cold atmosphere, the offer boards that are completely overloaded with information, this swarm of people in front of the counter - who's in and who's out?!? - terrible!!

Passt nicht mehr zu mir. Schade

Seit zig Jahren mal wieder dort eingekehrt und total begeistert! Super sauber, super freundliches Personal, super leckere Pizza Spezial. Auch die Pommes mit dem Burger sahen sehr sehr gut aus. Das Gyros vom Drehspieß war fabelhaft-schön geschichtet und super kross und einzigartig gut gewürzt! Weiter so! Wir kommen wieder!!!

Bei der Frikadelle fehlte nur das Gewürz

Ist halt ein Imbiss wo wenig verkehrt gemacht wird. Essen ist immer gut. Service ist auch meistens freundlich, das passt so. Ambiente, ist recht gut, für einen Imbiss. Es war auch immer sauber wenn ich da war.

Leckere Hähnchen. Wenn auch nur selten, aber immer gut.

Hat leider an Qualität und Menge sehr abgebaut. Dafür aber sehr teuer geworden. Schade , war mal gut.

Also das ist schon echt der Hammer 16,80 für ne Currywurst mit einer mickrigen Portion Pommes Matsche und einer Portion Spiessbraten die ganz ok war aber noch einmal würde ich mir dort nichts mehr zu essen kaufen

Bin fast 30 Jahre immer wieder als Kundin dort, aber letzte Woche war es wirklich schlecht. Die Pizza haben wir nach ein paar Happen stehen gelassen und die war früher der Hammer...leider nicht essbar.. Gemüse fast roh... Teig schlecht ohne Geschmack,keine Tomatensoße sichtbar gewesen und der Käse oben drauf trocken und ohne Geschmack...wirklich sehr enttäuschend gewesen. Das Schaschlik war super wie sonst auch! Bedienung lustlos und nicht freundlich...wirkte genervt...Merlin...das war Kult...leider war!

Bin seit 30 Jahre immer mal wieder Kundin und die Pizza war immer super ...aber letzte Woche haben wir diese nach ein paar Happen stehen gelassen...ging überhaupt nicht..kein Vergleich zu früher...sehr enttäuschend gewesen!

Seit über 20 Jahren wird immer mal wieder etwas geholt, einfach lecker und toll. Ein Highlight für mich ist die Pizza und die tolle Salatbar. Die Burger sind auch einfach super.

Schöner Imbiss im Herzen des Stadtteils Marli

Ich bin seit 1995 Stammgast in diesem Lokal. Auch der Inhaberwechsel hat zu keiner Qualitätsveränderung geführt. Sehr zum empfehlen 👍👍

Wie immer, essen OK Bedienung unfreundlich.

Immer am Currywurst Pommes essen mhmhmhmmhmhmhmhm fest schmause