Whether you are looking for restaurants, bars, discotheques or cultural events: on this page you will find a few ideas how to round off a day at EQUITANA. From a relaxed atmosphere to fast-paced entertainment, Essen has quite a lot to offer.

Our suggestions (for more information click on the respective locality)

Our suggestions for your EQUITANA by Night, the Fair for Equestrian Sports

Restaurants
Bars
Clubs & Discos
Cultur & Leisure

Restaurants

AKASAKA

Akasaka is known as the best Japanese restaurant in Essen. It is family owned and the food is prepared freshly by Mr. Kawakami, a sushi-master. Like most of the Japanese Restaurants Akasaka is quite expensive, but the quality of food is very high.

Akasaka
Frankenstraße 423
45133 Essen - Bredeney
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 17 68 030

Opening hours:
Tue.-Sun.: 12.00 am - 02.00 pm
05.30 pm - 11.30 pm

BANKER'S INN

Especially famous for Business Lunch amongst the employees of the neighbouring Nationalbank the Banker's Inn presents itself in a very British style. However, next to the daily changing lunch menu (Monday to Friday) you can have an outstanding dinner there as well. Next to typical regional dishes the owners offer fancy foods like lobster-foam-soup with blue-white fish. The Banker's Inn is a restaurant for comfortable dining with friends as well as for business meetings.

Banker's Inn
Markus Halbis / Carsten Jungkamp
Bredeneyer Str. 116
45133 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 42 42 45
e-mail: info@bankers-inn.de
Homepage: www.bankers-inn.de

Opening hours:
Mo., Tue., Thu., Fri., Sun.: 12.00 am - 02.30 pm
06.00 pm - 10.30 pm
Sat.: 06.00 pm - 11.00 pm
Wednesday closed, except arrangements

CASINO ZOLLVEREIN

An ensemble full of contrasts located in a former compressor room, featuring concrete pillars 6 metres in height coupled with modern interior design. A bar area, restaurant and lounge combine to form an total picture that is aesthetically unique. Permanent industrial elements in harmony with changing design elements and decorations is how the Casino presents itself in a different look at every visit. Its NEW WORLD CUISINE offers a varied and fresh cuisine with influences from all over the world.

Casino Zollverein GmbH
Gelsenkirchener Straße 181
45309 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 830 24 0
Fax.: +49 (0) 201 - 830 24 11
e-mail: restaurant@casino-zollverein.de
Homepage: www.casino-zollverein.de

Opening hours:
Thursday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Kitchen:
12:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Friday + Saturday until 12:00 p.m.

DRAGO

Praised by celebrities like the Backstreet Boys family Begic serves in their restaurants meat- and fish-specialties from all over the world. A really extraordinary place, because even the menu is protected by copyright and most of the dishes are named after the owner "Drago". Nonetheless the food is very good and who has been there once, is not going to forget the name "Drago" again. For international guests there are menus in English, Spanish, Italian and French.

Drago Restaurant "An der Gruga"
Alfredstr. 122
45131 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 78 53 58
e-mail: gruga@drago-restaurant.de

Drago Restaurant "In der Zornigen Ameise"
Zornige Ameise 3
45134 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 44 30 40
e-mail: ameise@drago-restaurant.de

Drago Restaurant "Uhlenhorst"
Uhlenhorstweg 2
45479 Mülheim
Phone.: +49 (0) 208 - 43 90 650
e-mail: uhlenhorst@drago-restaurant.de

Drago Imbisserie
Rüttenscheider Straße 130
45131 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 95 97 99 99
e-mail: imbisserie@drago-restaurant.de

Opening hours in all restaurants: 11.30 a.m.- 12.00 p.m.

FABBRICA ITALIANA

On an inner area of 1320 sqm there are different marked off restaurant-areas. Additionally there is a bar, as well as a club-room with a counter and a music-stand each. In front of the building there is the 500 sqm mediterranean beer-garden with bar, waterfall and playground.

Fabbrica Italiana
Müller-Breslau-Str. 28
45130 Essen - Rüttenscheid
Phone.: +49 (0) 201/5 65 88 44
Fax: +49 (0) 201/5 56 88 20
e-mail: info@fabbrica-italiana.de
Homepage: www.fabbrica-italiana.de

Opening hours:
Mon.-Thu: 11.30am - 01.00 am
Fri./Sat.: 11.30 am - 03.00 am
Sun: 11.00 am - 01.00 am

GASTHAUS MARGARETENHÖHE

Gasthaus Margaretenhöhe is located in close vicinity to the fairgrounds. Its strong point is a good international cuisine with some regional influences at moderate prices. Menus and service also in English.

Zur Margaretenhöhe
Steile Str. 46
45149 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 43 860
Fax.: +49 (0) 201 - 43 86 100

Opening hours:
daily 12.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.

JAGDHAUS SCHELLENBERG

Jagdhaus Schellenberg is to be highly recommended. Its sophisticated international cuisine and views of the Baldeneysee and the foothills of the Bergische Land are attractive not only for gourmets. The beer garden opens in good weather.

Jadhaus Schellenberg
Heisinger Straße 170a
45134 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 43 78 70
Fax.: +49 (0) 201 - 43 78 729

e-mail: info@jagdhaus-schellenberg.de
Homepage: www.jagdhaus-schellenberg.de

Opening hours:
Open doors: Thursday - Sunday from 12.00 a.m. - 11.30 p.m.

MONGO'S

Mongolian Cuisine is not that famous is Germany. Eating out at Mongo'S once is, however, a special experience. After ordering drinks, the guest recieves a bowl to fill at the buffet himself. There he can chose between all different things. The buffet starts with vegetables and salad, follwed by nuts and noodles until meat and fish. These different ingredients are raw and some of them even extraordinary, like, for example, kangaroo or gnu. Then the guest gives the bowl to the cook who roasts it with a marinade chosen before.
It is cashed up over the times how often the guest fills up the bowl. Who just goes to the buffet once, pays € 12,90 and who goes more often, pays a total of € 19,90.

It is really comfortable that tables can be booked over the internet.

Mongo's
Altendorfer Straße 3a
45127 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 109 59 86
Fax: +49 (0) 201 - 109 59 87
E-Mail: essen@mongos.de
Homepage: www.mongos.de

Opening hours:
Sun. - Thu.: 05.00 pm - 10.30 pm (kitchen) and 05.00 pm - 12.00 pm (restaurant)
Fri. and Sat.: 05.00 pm - 11.30 pm (kitchen) and 05.00 pm - 01.00 am (restaurant)

The Equestrian Sport Show EQUITANA - Restaurants: Parkhaus Hügel am Baldeneysee

PARKHAUS HÜGEL AM BALDENEYSEE

Dine in style overlooking the Baldeneysee at the romantic Parkhaus Hügel, situated right below Villa Hügel. Since 1955, the Imhoff family have spoilt their guests with seasonal dishes. The Imhoff’s fresh cuisine is creative and sophisticated, often surprising their guests with regional specialities.

Parkhaus Hügel
Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 209
45133 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 - 47 10 91
Fax: +49 (0) 201 - 44 42 07
e-mail: imhoff@parkhaus-huegel.de
Homepage: www.parkhaus-huegel.de

WALLBERG - BAR & RESTAURANT

The Restaurant Wallberg, located in the Philharmonie Essen Saalbau, will entice you with its varied and excellent cuisine in a Mediterranean setting. A lounge with sofas and a (cigar) smokers’ corner invite you to relax after dinner.

Restaurant Wallberg
in the Philharmonie Essen
Huyssenallee 53
45128 Essen

Opening hours
daily 11:30 a.m. - 10.30 p.m.

Infos and Reservation:
Phone: +49 201 / 81 22 86 10
Fax: +49 201 / 81 22 86 09
e-mail: gastronomieEssen@table-service-team.de
Homepage: www.wallberg-essen.de

In addition to the restaurant, Philharmonie Essen also features up-to-date bar facilities. Wolff´s Lounge is the place to enjoy cool cocktails, classic long drinks or just a nice glass of beer.
Information - Fon: +49 (0) 201-81 22 86 22
Open doors: Thursday - Saturday from 9:00 p.m

Bars

Many bars and pubs are to be found on Essen’s No.1 partying mile Rüttenscheider Straße, to be reached from Essen fairgrounds on foot in just five minutes. Busses 142, 160 and 161 as well as the night express busses NE8, NE13 and NE14, trams 101 and 107 and the underground U11 stop only 50 metres away at the Martinstraße stop.

DAKTARI

At Juliusstraße 4 tasty cocktails are served in a nice and cosy atmosphere. It’s definitely worth a visit.

Daktari
Juliusstr. 4
45128 Essen-Südviertel
Phone: +49 (0) 201 / 269 85 95

Opening hours:
daily 09.00 p.m. - 04.00 a.m.

MENEHUNE

Menehune Bar is a small Caribbean cocktail paradise in the heart of Rüttenscheid. It is famous for its large-sized cocktails at very fair prices. A very warm and cosy Cuban style ambiance, with music to match. Age group: mixed.

Menehune Cocktailbar
Wehmenkamp 3
45131 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 / 9 59 93 93

Opening hours:
Thursday - Tuesday and Sunday 7:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.
Friday and Saturday 19:00 p.m. - 4:00 a.m.

SCHWARZE ROSE

Right in the heart of Essen-Rüttenscheid you will find the Schwarze Rose Cocktail Bar. Furnished in the classical style, the bar does not only offer an ambiance unique in Essen but also a large variety of cocktails from all over the world. This is the place to charm your taste buds and enjoy your evening chilling out or listening to jazz.

Schwarze Rose Cocktailbar
c/o Schwarze Rose Gastro GmbH
Rüttenscheider Str. 143
45130 Essen
Phone: +49 (0) 201 / 77 07 07

WOLFF'S LOUNGE

Cocktails. Drinks. Nice people. The ideal place for a drink in style at the Restaurant Wallberg: Wolff´s Lounge on the first floor of the Philharmonie.

Wolff's Lounge
Huyssenallee 53
45128 Essen
Phone: +49 (0) 201/81 22 86 - 22
Fax: +49 (0) 201/81 22 86 - 09
Homepage www.tst-servicegroup.de
eMail: gastronomieEssen@table-service-team.de

Opening hours:
Thursday - Saturday 9:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.

Clubs & Diskos

DELTA MUSIK PARK

It’s Essen’s nightclub par excellence. Delta Musik Park offers several dance floors and areas in the old Krupp factory halls. Music: charts, House, evergreens etc. – Dress code: at Delta Musik Park, nice dress is required, but a stylish jeans-and-shirt combination for men and jeans-and-top for the ladies certainly comes into that category. Sporty outfits are not really welcome.

Opening hours:
Saturday 10:30 p.m.
Hompage: www.mudiaart.de
email: info@mudiaart.de

Delta Musik Park
Frohnhauser Strasse 75
45143 Essen
Phone: +49 (0) 201 / 2698393
Fax: +49 (0) 201 / 232502

Culture and Leisure

TOURISTIKZENTRALE

Everything at a glance! Tourist information, taxis, timetables, city maps and whatever else you may need to find your way around Essen and the surrounding area quickly and easily.

General information for tourists, events, tourist information, getting there & getting around, sights to see, accommodation, experience Essen, hotel packages, congresses & service, eating out, leisure activities, shopping and souvenirs.

Touristikzentrale Essen
Im Handelshof
Am Hauptbahnhof 2
45127 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 / 19433
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 / 88-72041
Fax: +49 (0) 201 / 88-72044
Homepage: essen.de
E-Mail: touristikzentrale@essen.de

Opening hours:
Mo - Fr: 9:00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Sa: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sunday closed

PHILHARMONIE ESSEN SAALBAU

The venue with the special flair: the Philharmonie Essen Saalbau in the historic Saalbau Essen building is an integral part of the Stadtgarten and Aalto-Theater ensemble right in the city centre.

Its location, its varied range of rooms and the first-class hotels in the immediate vicinity make the Philharmonie Essen Saalbau an ideal venue to give events that special flair.

Philharmonie Essen
Huyssenallee 53
45128 Essen

Hotline: +49 (0) 180/59 59 59 8
Homepage: www.philharmonie-essen.de

UNPERFEKTHAUS

Unperfekthaus is a project located in Essen's City Centre. It is a house, former Franziscanian-friary, which was place at disposal by a privat person to 140 creative people to follow their projects and to visitors to look at or even help the artists. There are a lot of different possibilities in Unperfekthaus. The offer changes on a regular basis and is so manifold that there is to little space here to explain all of it. Shortly: you will find music, health, art, people, hightech, thoughts, food and drinks, as well as parties.

Unperfekthaus
Friederich-Ebert-Str. 18
45127 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 / 84 73 50
E-mail: info@unperfekthaus.de
Homepage: www.unperfekthaus.de

Opening hours:
daily 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

ZECHE ZOLLVEREIN

Zeche Zollverein in the north of Essen with its Pit XII, the former coking plant and Pits 1/2/8 is one of Europe’s most important industrial monuments. In December 2001, Zeche Zollverein was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Ever since, the large industrial complex has been a place to draw the crowds and a home to the arts and the cultural scene in the Ruhr Area.

Besucherzentrum Zollverein
Zollverein Schacht XII
Halle 2
Gelsenkirchener Str. 181
45309 Essen

Opening hours:
01.04.-31.10. daily 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
01.11.-31.03. daily 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Homepage: www.zollverein.de

More Informations you will find here:
Casino Zollverein
Gelsenkirchener Str. 181
45309 Essen
Phone: +49 (0) 201 / 830 240
Homepage: www.casino-zollverein.de

GOP VARIETÉ

Since 1996 GOP Varietè Theter offers a monthly changing and complex live-production with stars from the international varieté-scene. A Conferénce, which knows how to form entertainment-variety into one unity. The Varieté offers space for 378 persons at 4-person-, 6-person-, and 8-person-tables, which are set cascaded in rows. Food and drinks are served before and during each show at your table. Shows take place tuesdays to thursdays.

GOP Varieté Essen GmbH & Co KG
Rottstr. 30
45127 Essen
Phone.: +49 (0) 201 / 2 47 93 93
Fax.: +49 (0) 201 / 2 47 93 94
E-Mail: info@variete.de
Homepage: www.gop-variete.de

COLLOSSEUM THEATER
MAMMA MIA! - THE EXCITING MUSICAL WITH THE HITS FROM ABBA

Look forward to a humorous and a speedful staging about love, family and friendship, which with its sunny, adorable agility and happiness is going to take you out of your every-day life.

Collosseum Theater Essen
Altendorfer Straße 1
45127 Essen
Phone: +49 201 / 2402-0
Hompage: www.stage-entertainment.de

Time shedule:
Wednesday         6:30 p.m.
Thursday/Friday 8:00 p.m.
Saturday             3:00 p.m. + 8:00 p.m.
Sunday               2:30 p.m. + 7:00 p.m.

Cash desks opened:
Monday - Wednesday 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Thursday - Saturday   11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday                      11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Tickets are available from all the usual ticket agencies. For more information go to the Website shown above.

AALTO-THEATER

Operas operettas, musicals, ballets and concerts, the Aalto-Theater in Essen not only provides a prestigious stage for the Aalto-Musiktheater, the aalto ballett theater and the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, it is also an high-ranking landmark of architecture internationally. The Aalto-Musiktheater is considered one of the best opera houses in the German speaking countries.

Theater und Philharmonie Essen GmbH
Opernplatz 10
45128 Essen

Homepage: www.aalto-theater.de

FUN FABRIK ESSEN - BOWLINGCENTER

22 very well tended synthetic bowling lanes are waiting for you to show your talent for the sport. Whether you are a beginner or a pro, you will be certain to enjoy the game. I addition to the bowling lanes, you will also find a large range of pool tables, racing simulators, darts, shuffle play and arcade games facilities.

Fun Fabrik Essen GmbH
Schützenbahn 31
45127 Essen

Infos und Reservations
Phone: + 49 201 / 22 35 51-52
Fax:    + 49 201 / 23 61 53
e-mail: info@funfabrik-essen.de
Homepage: www.funfabrik-essen.de

Opening hours:
Monday - Thursday 3.00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Friday                      3:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Saturday                11:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.
Sunday                  10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

LICHTBURG ESSEN - Germany's largest cinema

Lichtburg with its almost 75 years of cinema tradition, combined with state-of-the-art stage, film and sound technology makes not only every cinema buff’s heart miss a beat. The listed cinema auditorium, the foyer, the legendary “Film Bar“ and the auxiliary rooms were all restored in loving detail.

Lichtburg Essen
Kettwiger Straße 36
45127 Essen

Infos und Reservation
Phone: +49 201 / 23 10 23
Fax: +49 201 / 2 89 55 22
e-mail: info@lichtburg-essen.de
Homepage: www.lichtburg-essen.de

CINEMAXX ESSEN

16 screens provide seating for 5300 visitors – more than in any other multiplex cinema in Germany. The combination of gastronomic facilities with a unique cinema ambiance make CINEMAXX Essen a meeting point not just for movie fans.

Cinemaxx
Berliner Platz 4/5
45127 Essen

Infos und Reservation
Phone: +49 1805 24 63 62 99
(Thursday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Sunday - Wednesday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.)

Homepage: www.cinemaxx.de
Program Announcement on Phone: +49 201 82 03 040

Opening hours
Monday - Friday from 1:00 p.m.
Saturday/Sunday from 10:00 a.m.