Strandrestaurant Riffkieker in Norderney

Matjes with fried potatoes: a small portion of matjes that was just average quality. The fried potatoes were below average. The overall quantity was small, and the price was far too high. We were disappointed; things used to be better. We had to signal loudly before the waiter even came; there was a lack of overview and not enough staff for so many guests. We won't be back; it was simply too bad. The beautiful view of the sea was a positive.

Great, super friendly, extremely accommodating, a feast for the eyes. I'd go back anytime!

First, it took forever to order, then the beer was lukewarm and tasted stale. Not even remotely recommendable.

We were there in cold weather and the place was completely overcrowded. Therefore we sat at the entrance which was not protected from the wind. The service was overwhelmed. Too many guests for too few staff. The waitresses were very friendly and accommodating. Blankets and hot radiators were available upon request. I assume we were a bit unlucky with our visit 😉 but the restaurant itself can do much more

We really liked it. Very tasty cappuccino sat in the beach chair. Great sea views.

Always my pleasure. Top staff, food very 😋 delicious

Very friendly staff. The food was great and the children were also very happy.

Beautiful location right on the beach with a great view and beach chairs on the terrace. To have a drink, very nice. Food is so-so.

Unfortunately you have to give stars. Have been guests here at least once during our Easter vacation over 10 years. Unfortunately that didn't happen this year. We made 3 attempts and all of them failed, instead we only received derogatory gestures and comments from probably the unfriendly service in all of Northern Germany. Well, as we all know, pride comes before a fall.

Highly recommended. Beautiful view of the beach and sea. The food is excellent and more than plentiful. The service staff are very friendly and also give good tips when choosing. All in all, a great restaurant where the guest is still valued.

Lovely location, atmospheric/sundowners, fun staff and a really nice menu 👌

The restaurant right on the beach is in a great location with a beautiful view if you get one of these places with a view. My shrimp were swimming around so much oil that it was unappetizing. I had ordered mushrooms, they were so shriveled and overcooked that there was hardly any left and they were floating in the oil. The salad came to the table dry without salad dressing. I was disappointed and won't go there to eat anymore. Too bad

Four of us ate here. A reservation in advance is absolutely necessary; without it we wouldn't have been able to get a table. The staff is quick and friendly. All of our meals were very good and reasonably priced. Despite the full house, there was only a short wait. 👍 Conclusion: Delicious food with a sea view at reasonable prices > We'll be back!

The Riffkieker is directly adjacent to the surf cafe. It's not easy to see where one begins and the other ends when you first visit. Be sure to make a reservation for dinner! The food is great and not too expensive considering the location. The service is on point! We were there at different times and each time we felt very comfortable as guests.

Dog and guest friendly, delicious food

fantastic view of the beach, North Sea and the dunes. Friendly service despite a full house.

Cute beach restaurant with a great view. Get a table easily without reservation. Food and service top. Looking forward to the next visit :-)

Very nice cafe. Nice, friendly and very tasty. We'll be back.

We were served super quickly and friendly, the food was delicious and the price-performance ratio was simply fabulous!

View and ambience are great, service was good too. Unfortunately we weren't so happy with our meal. Our main course came almost directly with the aperitif, which was a shame. The online menu was different from the one on site. Burger was a bit poor. For dessert I had the chocolate cake, which was also rather disappointing. Two small.. mini muffins? Two three splashes of sauce and a whole three! Cherries. Too bad.

Very nice restaurant. The food was delicious. A small play area for the kids.

Schöner Platz um von der Strandwanderung einzukehren und vom Deich über Strand und See zu blicken. Wir hatten nur Getränke bestellt. Sehr zu empfehlen ist der Sanddorn Grog.

Nice on the beach, very friendly staff and delicious food. The fried fish is recommended…

Eight of us were here today and received very courteous and prompt service. The food was very tasty and of good quality. Thank you to the service. We would be happy to come back.

The best part is the location, right by the sea. A cool drink right by the sea is simply wonderful. Friendly staff and fair prices.

Large selection and acceptable prices. Reservations in the evening are better, as they get quite crowded in March. Friendly service.

Cozy, nice service, delicious food

Great restaurant, were there for breakfast, everything was great, would be happy to come back.

Very tasty and good quality food. The only point deduction comes from the toilets. Even if these are for the public, they are not portable.

Super Ambiente, super Aussicht über Strand und Dünen, netter Service. Das Essen war in zwei Minuten fertig und hatte entsprechend einen Kantinen Charakter…

Everything was fine so far. The food was delicious, the service was friendly and quick. The furnishings were okay, although a bit cramped. A little more space between the tables would be nice, as you don't want to overhear your neighbors' conversations.

Alles toll. Location, Sevice, Personal und das Essen. Fünf Tage immer was anderes gegessen und immer klasse zubereitet und lecker. Preis Leistung stimmt. Immer wieder gerne. Lob an Team und Küche

Nothing to complain about! Nice location! Enjoy your meal! Good service

Not recommended for drinking coffee. The jumbo latte is not exceptionally large and tastes unpleasantly of hot milk. There doesn't seem to be much coffee here. I didn't want to drink it, even though it cost €4.70.

Our conditions were great and the location is always worth a visit, but unfortunately I have to advise against the food.

The crab soup has been a total delight so far. Now a thick mush is served that resembles ready-made soup and doesn't justify the price. The kitchen responds accommodatingly and waives the costs. Still not recommended.

The restaurant is great. Price-performance ratio top!

Great location, nice outdoor area. Had a crab soup - it wasn't really cheap at just under 10 euros, the size was manageable, the taste was OK.

Nice atmosphere with a great view. Very nice and attentive staff.

In the winter garden: Nice atmosphere - bad service. Despite empty glasses and few guests, you have to actively provide drinks or dessert. Outside: good and fast service

The Riffkieker restaurant impresses with an excellent selection of dishes - from perfectly prepared steaks to delicious fish specialties, everything is highly recommended. The friendly and competent service team contributes significantly to an all-round pleasant stay. A special thank you goes to Rati for the first-class service, which made the visit a special experience. Highly recommended!

Freundliche Bedienung, aber völlig überteuertes Krabbenbrot mit Spiegeleiern, 27€ ist bei aller Liebe zu teuer. War auch nicht ausgezeichnet.

Very slow service, I waited a long time for service. Then still unfriendly. I won't go there anymore!

We would have liked to go there for a drink, but were treated very rudely by a waitress. Therefore we are against again. Unfortunately, that wasn't the first unpleasant experience there. It was similar in May 2024. Svhade

Wir sind entsetzt über die Art und Weise mit dem Umgang einer Reklamation! Wir haben auf Anraten des Personals eine Email an den Geschäftsführer (welche Funktion dieser Herr genau hat, ist uns nicht bekannt) geschrieben und bis heute keinerlei Antwort erhalten! Das ist mehr als traurig und für uns ist als sehr langjährige Gäste des Riffkiekers ab sofort das Surfcafé die 1. Adresse! Sehr schade, dass man so deutlich zu spüren bekommt, wie unwichtig so ein einzelner Gast geworden ist.

Our first evening on Norderney always takes us to the sea at Riffkieker and it is our 'go to place'. This time we had delicious kale and drank a lot of egg grog. The team is really nice and quick and still professional even at peak times.

Very good and tasty food. Portions are large. Service staff very friendly and polite.

Had dinner there twice on vacation, very tasty. Eating with kale in particular is highly recommended. Staff always friendly and quick. Gladly again at any time.

Hatten uns eine Gulasch- und eine Tomatensuppe bestellt. Kamen letztlich in einer etwas größeren Kaffeetasse. War lecker, aber Preis-/Leistung ist nicht mehr in Ordnung. Kommen schon lange nach Norderney und waren gerne Gast im Riffkieker, aber nun höchstens noch auf ein Getränk. Schade, der Pächter -/Besitzerwechsel hat zu einer deutlichen Verschlechterung geführt.

Great location with delicious food, delicious drinks and very nice service

Well-kept beach café atmosphere, nice service, locals also go there. Food portions are appropriate; if you are very hungry, you should eat the fried fish, kibbelinge or schnitzel

The food was freshly prepared and of very good quality. The service is very friendly and the view, this great location,,,,, very beautiful!

Just beautiful. The atmosphere is also cozy. We had the fish soup and the fried fish. It tasted very good. The toilet doors are special. The next day we went there again in the evening and drank white mulled wine and sea buckthorn grog again. But then we sat outside in a beach chair. Recommended without exception

Food (fried fish) was very tasty. We deducted the ambience because the tables in the middle with the plastic chairs exude a bit of canteen flair, the service was good. 👍🏻

Stand-up snack quality. Put everything through the deep fryer and add a lot of mayo. Prices for it are great. Confident! The service staff was from the “oh dear” category. Once is enough for us.

The food was good, the service wasn't friendly. The tables in the winter garden are much too narrow

Great place with nice people who obviously enjoy their job

Very nice atmosphere, friendly service and delicious food. Great 👍

Das Preisleistung-Verhältnis passt leider für uns nicht und der Service auch nicht . Für uns war’s heute leider enttäuschend.

Very nice staff!! Food great!! Sea view!!

This restaurant is also simply great!!!

Nice restaurant right on the beach/promenade. The waitresses are friendly and the food is very tasty. The prices are O.K. I can highly recommend it.

Very tasty bowl, unfortunately very full, but that speaks for the store...

You sit very protected, with heaters by the sea. Delicious food and drinks. Very friendly staff

Very friendly and above all attentive staff, the food (we had the fish plate) came quickly and was of really good quality. The price is certainly appropriate. We'd love to come back!

Always a nice place to spend a few nice hours with your friends.

I think the restaurant is great, the location is wonderful, but that's the only thing for me.

The service was a complete disaster. We wanted to have breakfast with 7 people on site and pushed two tables together that were next to each other. The waitress immediately insulted us and reacted in a completely unfriendly manner. We and the next table then got up and we no longer had breakfast there.

Very friendly and helpful staff who are very attentive and considerate. The food is very good and, like the drinks, it didn't take long to arrive. The location is great. We'd love to come back.

Good quality of food, more down-to-earth than creative. Very attentive and quick service

Unfortunately, senior portions are at the level of a chip shop. Completely overpriced. Fried potatoes instead of fries as a side dish for an additional charge of 4 euros...

Actually everything was great, except for the outrageous 4 euro surcharge when ordering from boiled potatoes to fried potatoes, although I don't think a restaurant like this needs it...

Wieder mal hier wegen der guten Lage. Haben uns einen Aperol Spritz bestellt. Dieser war für 9 Euro leider nur 1/4 voll. Ansonsten war der Service so lala. War allerdings auch viel los.

The food always looks delicious. But I haven't eaten anything there yet. When it comes to service staff, it always depends on what mood they are in. But all in all always very attentive

The view of the sea is great, everything else is mediocre. Price-performance ratio is not right. It's okay to drink coffee, but we won't be able to eat anymore.

Wir kommen seit fast 20 Jahren nach Norderney und besuchen den Riffkieker ebenso lange. In erster Linie wegen der traumhaften Lage. Das Essen ist gut, mehr nicht. Aber fast jedes Mal haben wir uns über den Service geärgert, der in erster Linie sehr unfreundlich und teilnahmslos ist. Wir haben uns geschworen, dass wir nicht wiederkommen werden. Wir werden anstatt dessen das Surfcafe nebenan besuchen. Hier ist das Personal immer äußerst freundlich und zuvorkommend.

The ambience on the beach is always great! The food was tasty and looked good. The service is not working at all! Hold the door open, no thanks will come! If you want to order something, you have to get the right service person. Unfortunately, one doesn't pass anything on to the other! I ask and people roll their eyes! Yes, it's the end of the season but a smile, a twitch, etc. would still be possible!

Good restaurant with good home-style, regional cuisine. I had the fish platter, which tasted good. This was on a separate board and not on the menu. It would be helpful here if the prices were also shown on the boards. However, when I asked, the waitress was able to help me immediately.

The location right on the beach is ok, the price level is completely exorbitant as is typical for Norderney, but ok, you know that. The food is absolutely wrong, it's all just frozen stuff. The “Homemade Schnitzel Wiener Style” was completely frozen, with a mountain of fries, 3 lettuce leaves... 20 euros. Preparation time just under 10 minutes. Homemade because it was made in the house? You can get it cheaper in every company canteen or chip shop, but above all, it's better. Profit maximization in every respect is probably on the agenda here. Be a guest here again? Never!

Fantastically located right by the sea, the food is great. Unfortunately the service is a disaster. Completely overwhelmed staff who acted very rudely and unfriendly - so rude that we considered getting up and leaving. A waitress shouted at me - there's no other way to call it - when I asked for ketchup and mayo for fries: "I'll bring it straight away, I just said!", another employee insisted on a second time for the food order to come to the table, it was not possible to order drinks and food together. He was also annoyed and mumbled so quietly that you had to ask what had been said. A real catastrophe, we haven't experienced anything like it for a long time. Unfortunately, no recommendation, there are enough alternatives with friendly service on the island.

Wir kommen regelmäßig zum Essen. Jeder findet auf der abwechslungsreichen Karte etwas nach seinem Geschmack. Es gibt immer wieder Aktionen wie Muscheln oder Grünkohl. Man sollte reservieren, es ist in der Saison eigentlich immer voll. Im Sommer kann man ohne Reservierung draußen ein Plätzchen suchen. Was ich besonders liebe, der super leckere Eierkuchen! Schafft man allerdings kaum als Nachtisch (nur so als Tipp)

Everything was really nice. The food came quickly, the staff was nice and attentive and it simply tasted very good.

Very incompetent. You go to Norderney and reserve a table a week in advance and when you come there is no table available. No apology and no understanding, even though the call was traceable on site. Just a shame.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much emphasis here on making a reservation by telephone. Employees were not interested in the “misunderstanding”(?) and rejected us without concern, even though our number was on the display. We would have expected more accommodation here, even if there are certainly no worries there in terms of sales. Frisian greetings!

Nice restaurant for dinner. The winter garden in particular offers a great view. Cellars sometimes a bit stressed. Fish is very tasty. I would recommend making a reservation.

Molded schnitzel, ketchup and mayo in portion packaging, salad decorations on the plates without any dressing, was something you couldn't expect in this local ambience. The price is not appropriate for what is offered.

Great beach bar with delicious food, friendly service and a feel-good guarantee. We're always happy to be there every year😍😋

Delicious food, nice service. We felt comfortable!

The ambience and the view of the beach and the North Sea are really great. Unfortunately I can't say anything good about the food - the schnitzel is inexpensive, but still too expensive for a convenience product that was unfortunately completely tasteless. The side salad for 8 euros is really a side dish size - the price-performance ratio doesn't match. The employees are professional, but not very approachable. You don't really feel welcome. Conclusion - drinks yes, because of the really beautiful place - food rather no.

Restaurant with sea views. Very good menu. No matter what time of day there is always a good selection. The location can't be beat. Always friendly staff.

A great restaurant with a great view. Well organized and nice staff. The food is also very tasty and decoratively prepared. We went there twice in our one week of vacation. An absolute recommendation for us

Relaxed location in a beautiful location

Very nice location, nice staff. However, it's overly expensive and the portions are definitely too small for the price.

Schade, eigentlich sehr schönes Restaurant, aber das Personal ist eine Katastrophe. Essen war mal wieder lecker. Bin mehrmals im Jahr auf Norderney. Das Personal im Riffkieker ist unfassbar launisch und genervt. Nebenan im Surfcafe ist das komplette Gegenteil der Fall.

It doesn't work at all. Arrived, wanted a drink and something to eat. 1. Service, drinks: a bionade and a large ney beer. She rejected the request for the card “because there is going to be a thunderstorm.” Hey? Okay, we sat outside but it's our problem if I sit in the rain with the schnitzel. We repeated our request for the card - nothing. Drinks arrive, a bionade and 2 small beers. After I pointed out to the waitress that it should be a large one, but that I also take two small ones, he insisted on bringing me a large one. OK. Here I repeated the request for the card. He would need the beer, without a menu. And asked again for a card - completely ignored. Never again! We went 5m further to the surf café and received first-class service. It hasn't rained so far, but the sun is shining nicely

We have been coming to Norderney for years. The Riffkieker has now become our regular restaurant. The food is fantastic and the portions are also large, so you fill up well. The inviting view of the sea also makes you feel really comfortable there. Even when the restaurant is full, the waiters keep a good overview. You don't have to wait long for your food here.

Unfriendly is still a nice way to put it. The staff is annoyed and shouts at the guests.

Great location on the beach, attentive service even though it was very busy, no waiting times.

Just drank something... rude... Aperol really bad... aperol just walked past. Little or no Prosecco in it. It's almost a shame to say Spritz. That was nothing.

Beach restaurant with a view of the sea, super nice and fast service. Within again gladly.!!!