Amazing experience! Gradually building course menu with the starter & dessert compliments, tasty & complex flavors in each & every dish with great attention to details both from the products quality perspective & the presentation. Relatively small but wonderful choice of wines by the glass, as well as in-house non-alcoholic drinks. Extremely positive experience with the whole staff speaking English & being ready to present the dishes in a genuine & easy-going manner. The highlight is the humbleness & down to earth approach of the chef, as he will be serving some of the courses himself and openly asking for feedback & discussing the experience in the restaurant. Only 1 downside - it might be a bit too crowded & loud, as space between the tables is rather small.

Went here with my wife for a course dinner. The restaurant has less than 10 tables inside, few tables outside and one big room for a group of up to 6 people. We picked to expand the menu with one more course, which made us very full in the end :) My wife decided to go with non-alcoholic pairing. I went for half wine pairing. Wine selection from the personal was great to complement the food: had two whites and one red from Germany and France. The house-made non-alcoholic drinks were quite interesting and surprising, for example, there was a drink that smelled like strawberry but tasted like tomato :) The buttermilk drink with herbs was quite nice! The dishes were of high quality and beautiful plating. Simple in ingredients and at the same time sophisticated in taste. Among the favorites were: the starter with lettuce, onion and buttermilk; the beetroot with cherry - cherry based sauce was yummy; the trout fish with radish and cucumber; and the transitional course after the main course to dessert with currant and soup vegetables - very refreshing. Main dishes with chicken were simple to our taste. We spent around 4.5 hours for the dining experience which is totally fine as we needed breaks in between the courses. The final bill was around 400€ which is okay for fine dining in Germany for two. We would come back here again in 1-2 years to check again how the restaurant would evolve.

Fantastic food with local ingredients. Great vegetarian option with innovative wine pairings.

Diner at restaurant Zeik, Tuesday 26th of July 2022. I made a call around 17.00u a friendly voice forwarded me to i beleive was the chef, Marizio Oster. He offered me to sit inside at the long table, or on the cozy terace (they hv soft blankets) for colder evenings. From beginning to end it was a great experience n journey through the eyes n mind of marizio Oster (and his team ) Surprising elements complimenting the elegant dishes! I have to say that the friendly, charming and proffessional ladies in service made it magical! ❤️ An evening I will never forget! Thnx to you all! For those who are in Hamburg please visit ZEIK Restaurant. Make sure you reserve a table in front, i just got Lucky. I wish marizio Oster and his team a bright future! and hope to see you again!

Perfect dinner 😻😻😻

I owe this restaurant a review, we were there in March 2023, and I don't remember a time where there was such a focus on service. The young lady that was attending to our table, was constantly making sure we were topped up with wine and water, and that the food was expedited in a steady flow that suited our needs. I have put one star less for the Atmosphere, but that's only because we were seated at a larger table in a privat dining room with one other couple. We knew that when we booked, and it was no big deal, but it is slightly different than having your own table in the main dining room.

This is my second time to visit Zeik, both of which were nothing short of spectacular. Zeik's ambiance is friendly and inviting, allowing you to focus on the quality food without the pretentious atmosphere that can often cloud one's experience at upscale restaurants. Thank you for the amazing food!!! We'll be back!

Excellent food, prepared with great attention to detail and good presentation. The pictures should speak for themselves. There is only one six course set menu, either 'everything' or vegetarian. Various 'greetings' were served before/between the six courses. The service is very attentive, while still being 'down-to-earth' and friendly, less formal, which we really enjoyed. We called last-minute on a Tuesday and managed to get the last table for that evening , but would strongly recommend to make reservations.

We came with very high expectations and were not disappointed! Great, creatively composed food. Great attention to detail and service. I like that Zeik offers a non-alcoholic drink-pairing.

Absolutely perfect evening. Every dish is so thoughtful, specific, and delicious - I loved the vegetarian menu and the drinks pairings are fantastic with an outstanding sommelier explaining each one. One of the best meals and experiences I’ve ever had.

Delisous food, great atmosphere, very balanced and creative menu. Very interesting vegetarian dishes. Awesome non-alcoholic pairing, every glass perfectly fits the food, and the drinks themselves are special and very tasty. We enjoyed a lot and highly recommend to visit this restaurant.

Beautiful dishes, nice intimate setting, very personal service, amazing local produce

Zeik - Hamburg May 2022 It’s a small restaurant, about 20 places, in a cozy neighbourhood north of the lake. The interior is pretty basic. It’s a bit design, a bit boring. But there is a long bench which made me happy. One menu with a few choices to make. The two first appetisers are vegetal based, then you choose, shrimp or veggies, lamp or vegetal, all with the same accompanying ingredients. On top of the menu, you can add another course, also poultry or veggie. The wine list is very large and interesting. The champagne as aperitif was extra brut and wholly pinot noir. Marvellous. The sommelier said « I think I understood you are into natural wines ? ». Big smiles. He offered a Sylvaner with skin contact and a Gewurtztraminer made out of a 13 years solera as orange wine !! I said yes to both. We also took one wine pairing, not to be rude. And also a spatburgunder just to fill the last free spot on the table ! A few mises en bouche, including a raddish and malt vertical cannelloni and a quattuor or carrot based preparations, « A WELCOME FROM THE FIELDS OF HOLLENSTEDT : FOUR TIMES CARROT 🥕 » were a great start. Then « BREAD | BUTTER SOURDOUGH | BEER | THYME » was the fabulous bread arrival. Real good !! First course, « ASPARAGUS | VINEGAR | HEMP” was an absolute delight. Acidity and suave flavours, perfectly cooked asparagus, crunchy parts, the vinegar was not over the top. Fabulous. 17/20 !! The wine selection is quite nice. For this second course we got an Italian done made of Spoletto, a grape I had never heard of, vinified with a little of oxygen contact. “POINTED CABBAGE | CARAWAY | VINEGAR” was also a marvellous course. Powerful and direct to the point, complex in the textures and very pleasant all the way. Then « TIGER PRAWN | VANILLA | RUTABAGA » It was the least pleasurable dish since the beginning. The shrimp smelled and tasted a bit of vase (bottom of the sea) and not very enjoyable. The rest of the plate was marvellous though. We should have opted for the vegetarian version ! 🤷🏼‍♂️ Then the « added » course : « CHICKEN | CHIVE | POTATO | QUARK | CHIVES » in french, I would say “p*****taing d’assiette de la Mort qui TUUUUE” as it was a **uc**ng amazing BLLOhhhooody fantastic dish !!!! It was based on chicken liver actually and it was to DIE FOR ! Wow de wow. 18!!! Fantastic. To follow, « LEEK | MUSTARD | BROWN BUTTER ». That was just amazaaaaazing. “A se taper le Q parterre” as we say in french. Also to die for. 18/20 !!! I would have eaten three of those. Then our second optional main course « LAMB | CELERY | JUNIPER » or « CELERY | UNIPER | ROASTED VEGETABLES ». We had one of both. I liked the veggie version better. However, this was “strong” as a main course is supposed to be. And is shouldn’t have to be. It was good. Sure. « THE BEGINNING OF THE END » was around HIBISCUS | BEET ROOT, a superb pre-dessert on freshness, acidity and textures. Marvellous. Then « SEA BUCKTHORN | HEMP | COFFEE » was very confusing. At first it seemed kinda boring. Not very sweet. Few crunchy parts. Then you got to the center part, with more avidity and bitterness. And then everything made sense !!! Sweet but not too sweet. Fresh but not too cold. Bitter but just enough. What a fascinating journey this dessert was !!! Great ! Great service too, the owner is very present in the house and connects really well. All in all this was a very very nice meal. For me 17/20 moyenne and 2* if the place was more beautiful. It’s the only thing : the looks. But the warmth of the people working there is a total compensation for it. I recommend it highly !!!

We had a great night! Thank you very much.

I had my birthday dinner here last night based on recommendations from friends. We were lucky enough to have the whole restaurant to ourselves, although I have no idea why it was empty because the food was out of this world! We had the 6 course tasting menu which also came with an appetiser, the most incredible bread, a pre-starter and petit-fours. All food is sourced from the region and is both creative and delicious. The head chef took the time to come and speak with us personally both before and after dinner. Because of the location, you need to know it exists to go there, and it's expensive fine dining, so it's not somewhere you're likely to casually walk into, however I have no doubt that once word gets out about this place it will become difficult to get a table.