Nello Ristorante Pizzeria

Delicious Italian cuisine served by very friendly and helpful staff. Reasonably priced too.

On August 06, we came to Hamburg to meet childhood friends after 35 years of not seeing each other. After a great day together and finishing with a pleasant Harbour Boat Ride we decided to all head over to eat some Dinner together and found Nello, an authentic Italian Restaurant nearby with lots of seating available. My wife loves Pizza and Italian Foods so we all decided this would be a great place to check out. After seating ourselves, we found the table was covered in spilled Drinks - possibly Beer. We waited 15 minutes before the Server came by, and we had an opportunity to order our drinks. After the Server took our order for the drinks to start with, my friend's husband politely asked if the Table could be wiped down. The Server abrasively stated that this puddle on the Table is not his problem.  Afterward, we decided to leave as none of us felt welcomed there. The authentic Italian Waiter confronted us about our dissatisfaction as he witnessed our decision-making amongst ourselves and on our way out and imposed his aggressive stance and body language towards us. I'm not sure if he was looking for a fist fight or tried to force us to stay and patron his Restaurant but the experience was priceless. It truly delivered an opportunity to appreciate canadian Eateries and their Servers back home in Alberta. This would not happen in Canada without consequences such as loss of employment or other reprimands. Unbelievable but amusing in retrospect.  We ended up receiving excellent services and food across the street at Praca De Coimbra, an authentic Portuguese Restaurant delivering a great enlightenment of how wonderful the Portuguese Cuisine is.
Thank you Nello for giving us a great Opportunity to learn so much about Portuguese Cuisine and we would go through this with you again if it meant we could discover the excellence of any other authentic cuisine in your surroundings.
Good Luck in Business, we now see why your Restaurant was nearly empty at 6pm.
I'm sure your Pizza is great but thanks!

I have been to this place quite a few times already. Food is always good and tasty. Service is quick and reliable. The only downside for me is how loud and stuffy this place can get when people pile up there... Then it can get a bit sweaty and less enjoyable.

Not very good food, horrible service.

The owner tried to scam us saying service was not included to get more money out of my American friends. Flash news: service is included, but tip isn’t!
And when we decided not to leave a tip (hence horrible service) he insisted, became a bit agressive and when we did not changed our minds finally insulted us (in Italian thinking we won’t understand).

So if you are not from Germany, or disabled, or want to have nice Italian food, or want to have a nice diner, please: just go elsewhere!

If you like italian food, do not missed this place during your stay in Hamburg. Amazing good, good homemade wine. They offer gluten free pasta, too. Good service. Nice busy place.

Restaurant italien fort accueillant.
A goûter absolument : les pâtes servies dans la roue de parmesan.
L'huile d'olive maison est excellente et vous pouvez même en acheter une bouteille.

Great food, great service. The Italian cuisine was very tasty. The tiramisu and limoncello was excellent.