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The restaurants below have been listed alphabetically and classed into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over €30)
$$$ (€25 to €30)
$$ (€20 to €25)
$ (up to €20)
The prices quoted are for an average three-course meal for one person, including tax, but not drinks or tip. Tipping is expected (generally 10-12%). 

Altes Rathaus
In the delightful surroundings of the Old Town Hall (See Further Distractions), this restaurant offers everything from a very affordable breakfast to a lunch buffet and full dinners based on good-quality German-style cooking.

Karmarschstrasse 42
Tel: (0511) 300 8040.
Website: www.altes-rathaus-hannover.de
Price: $$$ 

Basil Bar and Culinaria
Offering the best in Asian/international fusion cooking, in unusual, almost industrial, surroundings.

Dragonerstrasse 30
Tel: (0511) 622 636.
Website: www.basil.de
Price: $$$ 

Benz Restaurant and Bar
Unusually situated above a used Mercedes salesroom in the Langenhagen district (convenient for the airport), Benz offers a good range of reasonably priced regional specialties.

Mercedesstrasse 3
Tel: (0511) 978 1666.
Website: www.restaurant-benz.de
Price: $$$

Broyhan Haus
Classic German restaurant and bar in the oldest part of Hanover, close to the historic marketplace, and offering an extensive menu of regional and German national specialties.

Kramerstrasse 24
Tel: (0511) 323 919.
Website: www.broyhanhaus.de
Price: $$

Die Insel
French Mediterranean style food featuring fish and seafood, in this gourmet restaurant on the southern shore of the Maschsee.

Rudolf-von-Bennigsen-Ufer 81
Tel: (0511) 831 214.
Website: www.dieinsel.de
Price: $$$$

Grande Rodizio
A South American style steakhouse in the southern end of town, this one is aimed strictly at the carnivore. Good value lunch specials, plus the full range of barbecued meals in the evening.

Mainzer Strasse 6
Tel: (0511) 988 7400.
Website: www.granderodizio.de
Price: $$

Gustino
Open daily from early morning until late, Gustino offers a good range of breakfasts, lunches and dinners at a very reasonable price. Pasta and pizza, with various other Italian style dishes, predominate.

Karmarschstrasse 43A
Tel: (0511) 363 2481.
Website: www.cafegustino.de
Price: $

Restaurant Gondel
An unusual and refreshing approach to cooking, where the customer chooses the main ingredient and matches it to whatever sauce one wishes. Fresh fish, meat and vegetarian options are available in this characterful city center restaurant.

Georgstrasse 36
Tel: (0511) 3018 6767.
Website: www.restaurant-gondel.de
Price: $$$

Ristorante Gallo Nero
This Italian restaurant housed in a 400-year-old building offers new and classic cuisine with menus changing monthly. If you don't want to splash out, the lunch menu is good value. A sommelier is on-hand to talk diners through the extensive Italian wine list. Art exhibits are hosted here, and there is a small terrace open in the summer.

Gross-Buchholzer Kirchweg 72B
Tel: (0511) 546 3434.
Price: $$$$



Nightlife:

Compared with Berlin, Hamburg or Munich, Hanover's nightlife is relatively subdued, with much of it geared to visiting businessmen (fine for those with a love of hotel bars). The city center often feels very quiet at night - for the real action, head for the Old Town.

The minimum drinking age in bars and clubs in 18 years. Most venues stay open until around 0500.

Prinz Hanover magazine features up-to-date nightlife venues and is also available online (website: www.prinz.de).

Bars: The Brauhaus Ernst August, Schmiedestrasse 13, is one of Germany's most successful brewery-restaurants and one of Hanover's liveliest haunts, brewing its own tasty unfiltered beer and offering hearty German food. It is open 365 days a year, and nearly 24 hours a day. At the weekend, DJs are often brought in to spice things up. Broyhan Haus, Kramerstrasse 24, and Plümmeke, Vossstrasse 39, allegedly serve the best curried sausage in town, as well as lashings of good beer. One of the town's most attractive beer gardens is at the Vier Jahreszeiten, Waldhausenstrasse 1. For ultra-friendly service and a relaxed atmosphere try Georxx, Georgsplatz 3. Harry's New York Bar, Pelikanplatz 31, has a famous name and a reputation to live up to. Its impressive interior, live piano music, exotic cocktail menu and drinks make it slightly better than the usual Hanoverian hotel bar.

Espada, Theaterstrasse 14, is a modern bar in the city center, serving up a good range of spirits and cocktails, including a fine selection of single malts. Whisky-lovers will also want to check out Oscar's, Georgstrasse 54, where 600 different varieties of whisky are on offer, accompanied by a selection of cigars and light meals. Bronco's, Schwarzer Bär 7, is a very successful mix of bar and club in a 1960s and 70s style with a small dance floor. Five, Knochehauerstrasse 30, is a straight-friendly gay bar with funky modern décor. It also has outside tables, for warm nights. Similarly trendy is Liquid, Raschplatz 11, with its invitingly hip and shrill atmosphere.

Clubs: One of the city's most popular clubs is Osho Discothek, Raschplatz 7 (website: www.osho-disco.de). House sounds, including guest appearances by international DJs, can be enjoyed at Kiez, Scholvinstrasse 4 (website: www.kiez-klub.de). For funk and soul, head to Palo Palo, Raschplatz 8A (website: www.palopalo.de), at the weekend, for a venue crammed to the rafters with a fun-loving crowd. In the small hours, the beautiful people flock to Zaza, Hamburger Allee 4A (website: www.zaza-club.de), which serves cocktails until breakfast time, against a musical background of house and pop tunes. Opposite Zaza is one of the three legendary Bagwan discos, relating to the famous religious sect and bizarrely a trendy hangout of the young and successful. For a more chilled-out crowd, Trinidad, Nikolaistrasse 1, spreads a Caribbean atmosphere with reggae and steel drum sounds.

Live Music: Major rock and pop concerts are usually held in the Niedersachsenstadion, Arthur Menge Ufer 5, or the accompanying Stadionsporthalle, near the Maschsee Lake, Ferdinand-Wilhelm-Fricke Weg 8. The Capitol, Schwarzer Bär 2 (website: www.capitol-hannover.de), and Flohzirkus, Am Hohen Ufer, in the Old Town, are the best of the smaller venues. Rocker, Reuterstrasse 5 (website: www.rocker-hannover.de), offers a well-chosen music program. Eve Klub (website: www.eve-klub.de) has managed to keep the risqué atmosphere of the striptease days and combine music-culture with a relaxed party feel, and provides live concerts twice a month. Jazz can be enjoyed at the Jazz-Club, Am Lindener Berg 38 (website: www.jazz-club.de). Nashville, Weidendamm 8, is a popular country and western club that hosts great live acts, parties and events.

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