Hamburg Supper Clubs: Dinner with Strangers and Shared Tables
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Eight shared tables in Hamburg, from dinners with strangers in restaurants to Slow Food's round table, community kitchens, a neighbourhood table and cookery classes ending with a meal. Where, how often, what it costs.
At a shared table you sit next to people you have never met, and the food gives you the first thing to talk about. We only list tables that announce their dinners on their own page or channel. Dates and prices change, so check the organiser's page before you go.
The tables at a glance
| Table | Format | Where | Roughly when | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timeleft | Dinner with four to six strangers | Various restaurants | Wednesdays 19:00 | Membership plus your own bill (2026) |
| 100 Cities Project Hamburg | Dinner with four to six strangers | Various restaurants | Dates on Eventbrite | Ticket, price not stated, plus your own bill |
| Offene Tafelrunde | Slow Food's shared table | Lagerstraße 11, St. Pauli | Every two months, on the second Tuesday | €20 (2026) |
| Wilhelmsburg Solidarisch | Community kitchen with dinner | Infoladen Wilhelmsburg | First Thursday of the month, 18:30 | Donation (2026) |
| Foodsharing-Kochaktion | Open cooking and eating | Kultur Palast, Billstedt | Usually the third Saturday of the month | Free, donations welcome (2026) |
| Olivia | Cookery class ending with a meal | Methfesselstraße 96, Eimsbüttel | Dates by class | €119 (2026) |
| Wrenkh Kochsalon | Themed cookery class ending with a meal | Max-Brauer-Allee 251 | Dates in the calendar | €119 (2026) |
| Hobenköök | Market hall tour with cookery class and meal; Nachbarschafts-Dinnertreff | Markthalle im Oberhafen; Gut Karlshöhe | Tour on Saturdays, usually once a month, 10:00 to about 15:00; Dinnertreff on the second Friday of the month | Tour €135, Dinnertreff varies by evening, currently €46 (2026) |
The tables one by one
Timeleft (various restaurants)
Timeleft puts you at a restaurant table with four to six people you have never met. In Hamburg the dinners are on Wednesdays at 19:00. You can book on your own, Timeleft puts the group together, and you choose German or English as your language. You need a membership to book, and the app shows its price; you pay for your own food and drinks at the restaurant (2026). Timeleft Hamburg
100 Cities Project Hamburg (various restaurants)
The 100 Cities Project's Dinner with New Friends series puts four to six people who have never met at a restaurant table, at a different restaurant each time. The organiser describes the evenings as a way to make friends. You sign up on your own through Eventbrite and buy a ticket whose price the page does not show; you pay for your own food at the restaurant. The details for the evening come by email, and if too few people sign up for a date, the organiser asks you to join another night instead. The next dates are on the Eventbrite page. 100 Cities Project Hamburg
Offene Tafelrunde (St. Pauli)
The Offene Tafelrunde, an open round table of Slow Food's Hamburg group, the Convivium Hamburg, meets every two months on the second Tuesday; the latest announcement was for 19:00 at Lagerstraße 11 in St. Pauli, near Sternschanze station. The announcement gives €20 (2026), and you sign up a few days before. Slow Food Hamburg dates, Offene Tafelrunde announcement
Wilhelmsburg Solidarisch (Wilhelmsburg)
On the first Thursday of each month at 18:30, Wilhelmsburg Solidarisch holds its Küche für Alle, a kitchen for everyone, at the Infoladen Wilhelmsburg. Dinner is on a donation basis (2026); you can simply turn up, and if you want to help cook, message or email the organiser first. Now and then a date is called off, so check the schedule or the group's blog before you go.
Foodsharing-Kochaktion (Billstedt)
At the Kultur Palast in Billstedt, the Foodsharing-Kochaktion usually takes place on the third Saturday of each month, though some dates differ: you can help cook or just come to eat and chat. It is free, and donations are welcome (2026). The listing does not mention signing up; the time and the next date are in the Kultur Palast's events calendar. Kultur Palast events calendar, Foodsharing-Kochaktion announcement
Olivia (Eimsbüttel)
Olivia runs open cookery classes at Methfesselstraße 96 in Eimsbüttel, each booked on its own with a ticket. You cook in small groups and eat together at the end. The Via del Sale class costs €119 a head (2026), and you can book until four days before. More dates are on Olivia's website. Via del Sale class
Wrenkh Kochsalon (Max-Brauer-Allee)
The Wrenkh Kochsalon at Max-Brauer-Allee 251 runs recurring themed classes that you book one at a time, and you eat together afterwards. Its calendar invites you to cook with others and meet new people. A class costs €119 (2026) and goes ahead with at least eight people. Wrenkh Kochsalon event calendar
Hobenköök (Oberhafen and Gut Karlshöhe)
Hobenköök's Markthallen-Tour combines shopping, a walk through the city, a cookery class and a shared meal. It runs on selected Saturdays, usually once a month, from 10:00 to about 15:00, and the dates are in the shop; it starts and ends at the market hall in the Oberhafen, Stockmeyerstraße 43. A ticket costs €135 (2026). At Gut Karlshöhe, Karlshöhe 60 D, Hobenköök also hosts its Nachbarschafts-Dinnertreff on the second Friday of every month, a monthly neighbourhood dinner for local residents where you eat together and get to know new people. The evening currently announced runs from 18:00 to 22:00 and costs €46 per person (2026); you reserve through the events page. Market hall tour in Hobenköök's shop, Hobenköök events
How to find your table
- Format: Restaurant tables with strangers at Timeleft and the 100 Cities Project Hamburg; a shared table at Slow Food; community kitchens in Wilhelmsburg and Billstedt; Hobenköök's Nachbarschafts-Dinnertreff; cookery classes ending with a meal at Olivia, the Wrenkh Kochsalon and Hobenköök.
- Budget: A donation or free in Wilhelmsburg and Billstedt; €20 at the Offene Tafelrunde; a membership plus your own bill at Timeleft; a ticket with no stated price plus your own bill at the 100 Cities Project Hamburg; currently €46 at Hobenköök's Dinnertreff (it varies by evening); €119 to €135 for the cookery classes (2026).
- When: Timeleft on Wednesdays at 19:00; Wilhelmsburg on the first Thursday, Hobenköök's Dinnertreff on the second Friday, Billstedt usually on the third Saturday and the market hall tour on selected Saturdays; the round table every two months; the 100 Cities Project Hamburg on the dates listed on Eventbrite.
- Language: At Timeleft you choose German or English; the other listings mostly do not say, so ask beforehand if it matters to you.
- Booking: The app at Timeleft, Eventbrite for the 100 Cities Project Hamburg, signing up a few days before for the round table, a reservation for the Dinnertreff, tickets for the cookery classes; in Wilhelmsburg and Billstedt you can just turn up.
After dinner
Simple openers work: "Have you been to one of these before?", "What's the best thing you've eaten in Hamburg lately?", "Can you recommend another table like this one?" And if you got on well with someone, suggest going to the next date together.
More ways to meet people are in our guide on meeting people in Hamburg.
For people who host a supper club
If you host a table like these, you know the moment at the door when guests leave without swapping numbers. before is a web app for organisers. When guests arrive you show the QR code on your phone; they check in with it in their browser, without installing an app, and anyone who likes takes a selfie. The day after, the afterparty is open from 10 am to 8 pm. Anyone who shared a selfie sees everyone else who shared one there and can press the button for meeting again for up to five people. At 8 pm everyone finds out at the same time who wants to see each other again, and only then does a chat open. One-sided wishes stay invisible, and nobody receives a rejection. Nobody needs a profile. More on the page before for organisers.