Deseo

Deseo Tapas Bar is an excellent choice for authentic Spanish tapas in Hamburg! The food is delicious, the ambiance is very nice, and the service is superb! Thank you to the entire team!

The name of this restaurant is fitting for my wife and I as we have "desired" to dine here for quite some time. Still we wonder sometimes what took us so long.

If you've walked along Gertigstrasse at any point on a beautiful and warm evening you will notice that Deseo is one of two very popular tapas restaurants that are always seemingly buzzing. The vibe here is definitely more upscale than Arcada, just a half block down, and it's also reflected in the prices. The food here is very good though and very much worth a go.

A reservation almost seems mandatory when dining on the weekend, and I would highly recommend it. Having made our reservation just a couple days prior, my wife and I studied and salivated over the menu, pretty much knowing exactly what we'd order once we arrived.

We started off with complimentary bread, aoili and olives, which all of were great. We then proceeded to order the pimientos de Padrón, goat cheese with potatoes, chorizo, bacon-wrapped dates, prawns in garlic oil, and calamari in garlic oil. Every dish we had was savory and delicious; ones that I would definitely order again.

Service was friendly and the atmosphere was very nice here as my wife and I indulged on our "desired" dishes and observed life passing from our window-bar seating.