Eating out in Nordhorn
A few kilometres from the Dutch border – and a few things work differently here. The essentials:
Sundays: shops closed, restaurants open
In Germany, shops are closed on Sundays and public holidays – apart from a few shopping Sundays a year (bakeries often open on Sunday mornings, and petrol stations sell basics). Most restaurants, cafés and takeaways are open on Sundays as usual.
Closing day: often Monday
Many restaurants have one fixed closing day, often Monday, sometimes Tuesday. Every restaurant page shows its opening hours; ‘Open now’ shows who is open right now.
Paying: cards usually work, but not always
Card payment is increasingly common, but smaller takeaways in particular sometimes take cash only, and some places accept German debit cards (girocard) but not credit cards. It’s worth carrying some cash.
Tipping
It’s usual to round up, or to add around 5–10% for table service. When you pay, just say the total you’d like to pay, tip included.
Booking
At weekends and on public holidays, it’s worth ringing ahead to book a table.
Menus
The menus here are the restaurants’ own menus, typed up by us and in many places translated automatically – it says so where that’s the case. Dishes like schnitzel, currywurst or döner go by the same name in English.
Prices
Prices come from the restaurants’ menus and include German VAT. Each restaurant page says how recent its menu is.