Restaurant HAFENBLICK in Varel

Great service and very tasty food. Gladly again at any time!

Everything was great, hence all the stars!

I would like to revise my 'old' review after we found out that the owner of the restaurant changed some time ago: After the change of ownership at Tivoli-Hafenblick, we gave the restaurant another chance and were not disappointed. Delicious schnitzels like I'm used to at Tivoli, great service and our dog was also welcome. We'd love to come back! -------------------------------------------------- -- Went there for the first time and probably won't be back anytime soon, but that was solely because of the food. The service and ambience - we sat outside - were great. We ordered a fish dish, which was served to us within five minutes. Unfortunately it gave the impression of being “already done” and warmed up in the microwave. Very unfortunate.

Very friendly service, repeated meals with my sons from Oldenburg and Varel. We come regularly. Recommended

A very good restaurant with delicious food and very friendly service. We really enjoy being here.

Yesterday we were at the Hafenblick restaurant. The food was very tasty and special requests were also taken into account (no stone eggs). The service was excellent. Thank you for a nice evening

It's a shame that you can't give more stars. A great restaurant, super nice staff, with the finest food on offer! In my opinion, anyone who is not satisfied here has only themselves to blame. A complete package that you rarely have anymore. We are thrilled and will definitely come back. Kind regards from Detmold, Jenny Sascha and the two dogs Helios and Rufus.

The food is very tasty and plentiful. The menu is varied, there is something for every taste, whether fish or meat. The price is right, the service is very attentive and friendly. The restaurant is only recommended, but reserve in advance.

Our regular restaurant when we are on vacation in Varel. The staff is super friendly, very attentive and prompt. The food tastes very tasty and the prices are reasonable. The ambience is harmonious and fits the harbor perfectly. Top!

Very tasty food, friendly service. If you are in Varel, it is worth a visit. Right on the harbor, plus delicious food, what more could you want.

Super delicious food, nice staff

The two of us were there spontaneously with our dog and got a table in the very well-filled restaurant even without a reservation. Service was very friendly and competent. Menu very extensive and felt a bit overloaded for us, wine selection ok, we are in the north there is only Jever. So crab soup for us as well as fried fish with fries and three kinds of herring with fried potatoes. Drinks came promptly, as did the soup, nicely combined with a good taste of crustaceans as a base (crab butter, also matched the color), nice insert, really tasty, for us we could do without the dried dill as a decoration. The main course came straight after, tasted perfect and delicious. The way it's served isn't entirely up to date, but it's a matter of visual taste. Conclusion: good, down-to-earth, honest cuisine at a good price-performance ratio

Beautifully designed restaurant with themed areas. Really good food at fair prices. Very nice and attentive service and very child-friendly.

Good and tasty cuisine. We didn't miss anything and the portions are really big.

You can't rely on reservations alone!

It was a lovely evening with you

It doesn't get any better. The prices are still bearable.

Very tasty food, nice rustic atmosphere, staff super nice. We would and will come again 👍🏼

Cozy with huge portions and nice staff

We just ate the Varel fish platter, it was super tasty, plentiful and inexpensive. Always my pleasure

We were here for the first time. But... despite the long journey, not the last time. Excellent food, very friendly service, good price/performance ratio. Highly recommended.

Great food and great atmosphere

The small restaurant is somewhat "hidden" - away from through traffic. The “detour” there is definitely worth it. The food is very inexpensive and tastes very good.

Great fish dishes to fill you up and the fried potatoes are worth a sin.

Very cozy restaurant. Very good food with a large selection. Everyone very friendly. I was allowed to bring my dog...

Delicious food, nice service, reasonable prices, what more could you want, gladly again

Very good restaurant. Price performance top

Yes, you can eat very well here, it was very tasty and the service was very good. Highly recommended!

Food good. Service friendly and very attentive. Locally well attended. Prices reasonable.

Delicious food and nice service. The furnishings are a bit old, but still comfortable

Absolute recommendation!! We spontaneously came to this restaurant from out of town after a recommendation and were thrilled. We were able to sit outside in fantastic weather and were thrilled with the food, the service and the menu. There were special schnitzel variants that I have never found before and a great selection of fish. Both the schnitzel dishes and the fish dishes were top. If it wasn't so far, we would come back very soon. :)

Unfortunately, this restaurant has become an exception. We were there at prime time without a reservation and were shown to a table in an extremely friendly manner. The food was very tasty. What particularly stood out: the attentiveness and friendliness of the employees. We were really impressed.

Six of us had lunch. The service was quick, helpful and friendly. The food and drinks came quickly and the portions were still very large despite being on a senior plate. The food was delicious and the price-performance ratio was more than correct.

The food was very good except for one thing. I had a metaxa schnitzel which was very tasty, true, but the metaxa sauce that was served with it didn't taste like a metaxa sauce at all, unfortunately if there was any metaxa in it, true unfortunately the metaxa sauce was very bad

Very nice food and great service

We really liked it. Can be recommended.

Delicious, freshly made food. The fried fish was 1a fresh, the potato salad and the tartar sauce were homemade. The Labskaus is also homemade and delicious. Gladly again !!! Thank you very much

Fish dinner on Good Friday. The restaurant was full. The crew had been up since midday. Although the tables inside and outside were all occupied, the service was exceptional. Friendly, smiling and quick. There was no stress. Our fish dishes came beautifully prepared and hot to the table. Salad, fried potatoes and fish were excellent. A big thank you to the service and the kitchen crew. Keep it up.

Small place. With lots of parking spaces. Quietly located at the harbor. Unfortunately it was low tide at the time. Service nice and friendly. Food rich. Toilets clean.

A visit to the “Hafenblick” restaurant is a must on every holiday near Varel. The food and the ambience are simply great and the entire service is very friendly and attentive.

Very good North German cuisine. Went there two days in a row because it was so delicious! Absolutely recommended!

Very nice restaurant. The food is very tasty and inexpensive. Nice and clean and cozy. Friendly service.

Beautiful restaurant, great ambience, excellent food, extremely friendly and attentive staff. Be sure to reserve!

Today we were there spontaneously with our motorbikes. Everything was great, very nice staff 👍🏼 and the food was also great 👍🏼

Nice restaurant with an outdoor area with a view of the harbor. Nice service, top value for money

Great fish restaurant with an authentic, rustic character. Very good, freshly prepared food with friendly service. Seating inside and outside. Fair prices.

Very friendly service, the Varel fish platter was excellent and the right choice for the wedding anniversary.

Nice and friendly service, delicious food and cold Jever on tap 🤭🤭👍💯

Very tasty dishes and attentive staff.

Clean atmosphere, nice and maritime furnishings.

Very nice atmosphere. Attentive service and very good breakfast.

Unfortunately we were only able to drink something as the wait for food was supposed to take over an hour. Too bad! But we'll be back.

Great food in a nice place. Definitely recommended 👍🏼

Very tasty sole, fantastic location and very child-friendly...

Very well located restaurant with delicious food. The staff was super friendly and attentive. However, I deducted one star because the portions were too large. A little less is often more. Otherwise absolutely recommended!

Cozy restaurant with super good and fresh food. It was totally delicious again 😋 We were there with our dog...TOP!

We liked the food (schnitzel), the portions are huge. It was quite loud in the restaurant and the waiting time was rather long (until the menu, drinks and food arrived). However, it was also quite full in the restaurant. Prices completely okay. We'll definitely come back again.

We were there today for the first and last time. The waitress seemed very annoyed and was afraid that she would step on her own chin. Maybe it was because we “just” drank something. That's why we didn't tip. There is one star for the view of the harbor.

Of course we wanted to enjoy a fish platter right by the sea. The decision for the Hafenblick was absolutely right. The fish platter was great. The service was great and everyone was very friendly. Gladly again

The fish platter is highly recommended, the sauce is a dream, unfortunately not enough, but more was added when asked. Very nice service. Gladly again! Feasted again yesterday! Wedding soup very tasty... definitely make a reservation, it's always full! Update July: Now so full that you have to wait for everything and everyone seems stressed. Trigger for operation without any eye contact. You can also be friendly if you don't like the way your guests look!

We felt very comfortable and left happy, full and satisfied!

Fresh fish in the fresh air, right at the harbor. What more do you want? Very friendly service, great quality, price/performance ratio is right. Top

Diverse selection of fish and other dishes. Rather rustic. Yummy. Big portion. Service largely on point despite the very full restaurant. 7/26/24: Unfortunately, I have to revise my opinion: The food came almost 1.5 hours after the table was reserved. The two young men reacted angrily to the complaint. First they brought the wrong food, then they thought the fried potatoes we had ordered 1.5 hours earlier weren't available. The fish in one dish was dry. I understand that it was probably the last service of a full hectic day. But when the legitimate criticism was answered, he couldn't do anything about it, and after all they had sent 240 people away, whether we had even made reservations and in what name (what is the point of this question???) and he was interested in the criticism not, we couldn't think of anything else. Then the tall, blonde young woman was sent and brought fried potatoes. When she complained about the two boys, she replied that there was nothing she could do about them behaving like that, there was no reason to be angry with her. When I asked to speak to the boss, I was told that they were no longer there (yes, yes, when the cat was out of the house...). The woman who was then sent to serve as a waitress at least brought new, well-fried fish and didn't have any more stupid sayings in store. It's no fun eating angry and looking around to see if the "hidden camera" team might be waiting somewhere. We were "generously" offered an espresso, which we didn't want because it was now 10 p.m. And then there was a “generous” 6 euros (just over 10% discount) on the bill. Let's hope this was an exception due to stress. And I'm curious to see whether the absent boss will contact me with an apology for the staff and an appropriate voucher...

Super nice and very friendly service, were there half an hour before opening and were not sent away. We were immediately provided with drinks and our little dog with a huge pot of water :-) Food was delicious!!!! Nice view and cozy. Again and again!!!!

Friendly and entertaining service, delicious fish dishes, good value for money, large portions, free parking next door, nice seating inside and outside, absolutely recommended.

Freshly prepared and excellent tasting food, friendly and attentive service. We recommend. Seating inside and outside, we sat well inside as it was a bit cool outside at the time.

Very tasty food, friendly staff, reasonable prices. But why do guests have to bring a newborn into the restaurant? I guess you've never heard of a babysitter...

A great restaurant, friendly and attentive service, friendly and nice. I had salmon with pasta (see picture). The fish was super tasty, well fried and seasoned. There was a lack of salt on the noodles but that's a matter of taste. We are very satisfied!

If you want classic fish dishes, this is a great place to go. We went there for dinner for the first time yesterday and will go there again. A must in Varel. We had a small problem with the food, but it was solved brilliantly and therefore it will not be remembered negatively. We can only recommend the restaurant. 4 stars because the method of preparation could be a little better and the ambience could be improved. Still a clear recommendation 👏👏😉👏

We had lunch at Hafenblick today. The Varel fish platter and the fried fish are extremely tasty and rich. Will be happy to come back. Much better than the restaurant opposite.

Simply delicious and great, especially the fish dishes.

"You can't think well, love well, sleep well if you haven't eaten well!" (Virginia Woolf) Good morning. This is where our vacation began and this is where it ended - you couldn't ask for a better start and a better end! Overall, this restaurant and its team were the best things about our vacation, thank you for putting a big smile on our faces. As a former restaurateur, hotelier, manager and trainer, you naturally look particularly critically. Already mentioned in advance, there is nothing critical here, we were/are completely thrilled. Absolutely tasty food of convincing quality and presentation paired with incredibly nice, forward-looking, practical and friendly service! It was a great pleasure and an even greater pleasure, even a celebration, to have found this restaurant and we would love to come back!!! Kind regards to the entire team, to Ilona and Fred. Please please please keep it up and stay the way you are. Kind regards and see you soon! PS: If you don't get to know and love this place, you've missed the world!

Simply great, the team, the boss Ilona, ​​the food was a poem, we had two great evenings, keep it up. We will definitely recommend you...⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟🌟⭐️🌟⭐️

Had a very good meal there. The service was very friendly, accommodating and competent. I will dine there again with friends

We were there for the first time today. The food was really nice there. Food tastes super delicious. You have to reserve a table, you may also be lucky that there is a free table. I can highly recommend the restaurant. Super nice there

Wow, that was delicious. Ordered children's food (the names are like sugar, please!) and there was actually no starter salad - the child looks sad, but is very happy to get a salad as an exception! (How nice that you like to eat salad - you'll definitely get your scoop of ice cream after your meal) The teenage child breathes in a grown-up schnitzel and looks shyly sad because the little sibling is asked about the type of ice cream. Mom asks - oh, you're still 13? Well then, of course, you get a bullet for once. I love it when everyone at the table is noticed and taken seriously with such small touches. This was certainly not our last visit. See you next year 🥰

Super delicious food, very nice staff. I really enjoy eating here. Unfortunately, orders don't always go smoothly without asking.

A great restaurant at first glance. On the second one, however, not so much. Went there for the first time and were turned away because there were no seats available. Well, okay. Reserved a table by email and looked forward to it after confirmation. Suddenly there were no longer any reservations in the restaurant and emails would be received so badly. Then who responded to our email? Well, we were given a table anyway. Service was quick, as was the food. The food came to the table super quickly and was really tasty. Of course it was relatively full, but waiting 30 minutes for a bill isn't exactly good for your mood, especially with a fussy child who doesn't want to wait. Even asking for the bill 3 times doesn't make things any better. Then the claim that you always only bring the bill when the table has been cleared really irritated us. Not only were our neighboring tables deserted and still full of glasses, no, guests without a reservation were immediately rejected even though tables were still free the whole time. All in all, recommendable for eating, everything else needs to be improved again. Even though the restaurant is popular with large groups, individual guests should not be neglected. We don't recommend that you come back again. Especially not when you're visibly whispering about guests.

Staff friendly and accommodating. Food was delicious again 😋. Gladly again

Rustic traditional restaurant directly at Varel's harbor. I'm in love with fish! Delicious food! Great team. Always a pleasure and I'm looking forward to the next time. Clear recommendation!

Super delicious food! The staff gets my utmost respect. We'd love to come back.

Very friendly service who can still have fun even under stress 👍🏻the crab soup was delicious 😋 Very nice view of the harbor

Good solid and very tasty food. The service was great, attentive and friendly.

The food was very tasty. And the price is right. If we want to eat fish, we like to go there. It's rustic and not fancy. It's nice that the spaces have been expanded. So we were able to stop there at peak meal time without registering. The service was very nice!

The crab soup is recommended as a starter. When you sit outside, the car traffic is a bit annoying due to the exhaust fumes.

Very clean place and great food

Great service, nice staff. Food was super tasty 😋. Gladly again

Delicious fish, nice attentive service - great restaurant!

Really recommendable food, great staff

That was really tasty and rich!!! We were here for the first time but definitely not the last!!!!! 😉

What a restaurant. The food was so delicious, the service was incredibly friendly and accommodating, we will definitely be back. Great cook.

We would have liked to stop in, but without prior reservation there were only places on the opposite side of the street! We then had Italian food in Varel!

I can't say anything about the food. The dishes on the menu look good. But the service should work on being friendlier. At 2 p.m. there was nothing left to eat. Drinks only. Kitchen opens again at 5 p.m.

Very very good food. Great staff. Gladly again and definitely worth a visit. Table reservation recommended

Food rich and very tasty. Staff very friendly despite being busy. Very nice atmosphere. Dogs allowed. We'd love to come back.

Was there for dinner with friends. The service was great and the food was really tasty.

It was great! The service was very friendly and accommodating. The food tasted very good and was also rich. Despite the fact that we were there with 28 people (registered) and the restaurant was otherwise completely full, everything went smoothly and quickly.

It's amazing how many good fish restaurants have been able to hold their own at Varel Harbor for so long. The quality of the harbor view is top!

Very clean restaurant with a stylish ambience. Service was very friendly and quick. Just a short wait for the very tasty food. Prices weren't too high.

The food was really good but until we had this... After we arrived, it took a long time for someone to assign us the reserved table. Then no one came anymore. We then got the menus ourselves. We got the food after 1 1/2 hours. Other guests came after us and paid. We still didn't have our food. Not recommended despite good food.