Kühlungsborn is a beautiful place with many decent places to eat, expensive and cheap. Portofino is…read moreone the best value restaurants over there. Beautifully decorated, classy but not pretentious. My wife and I went there one evening without any reservation. The staff was simply great, very helpful and welcoming. They managed to get us a very nice table inside. We shared a delicious carpaccio to start. As a main course we had black pasta, one with tuna and the other with salmon, both copious and delicious. The panna cotta for dessert was divine. We will go back there next time we are in town. A place to recommend.

This place is a surprise in the sense that we might think from its location that it is a tourist…read moretrap. Very nice looking house with a thatched roof, by the promenade. We arrived there without any reservation. First of all, just by walking in one notices the very nice smell. We felt very welcome, we waited 5 minutes at the bar before being offered a table by the window. The service was impeccable. I ordered the bratherring and my wife had a duo of fish in a divine sauce. Both of them were delicious and very fairly priced. A place to recommend.

Small town Rerik is about 3.5 hours north of Berlin by the Baltic Sea. It's filled with salty sea…read moreair, happy Germans enjoying the sunshine (in the summer!) and the quiet relaxing vibe that all of us city people crave every once in awhile. While Berliners are used to seeing Asians in their international city, it's not the case in Rerik. I did get a few stares but the worst was when the staff at Captain Flint said "NO FOTOS!" Oops. Guess only Asians take photos of their food? o_0 My fiancé has been here before and does not recommend the entrees. However, their fish sandwiches are FANTASTIC! We ate here 3x over the course of 4 days that we were in the area. And how can I not? these sammiches are cheap! It's best to grab these to go and sit at one of the benches outside and people watch. My fave is the Backfisch and it's only €2.50! the fish filet is fried nicely, flaky and has a smidgen of aioli and a single lettuce. Super simple, super filling! I also LOVED the very very sour Matjes (herring style) with raw onions. Intense flavors sure to give you bad breath ;-) The maritime décor of the restaurant is so fitting for the setting. But the name made me laugh since where else can you find an American sounding restaurant but in the middle of small town Rerik?! Good times.

Hungry in Ostseebad Rerik? You'll better be hungry for seafood in this small and sleepy Baltic Sea…read moretown or you'll be starving to death. Captain Flint is one of the few restaurants at the "Haff" which is a market place-like square in the middle of the town. Here you'll get traditional Northern German cuisine which mostly consists of some sort of (fried) fish, fried potatoes, and green salad with an undefined sauce. Solid food, nothing special - you'll get a good idea about what the folks eat here every day of the year. Portion size is okay (see pictures), and so is the value (Brathering mit Bratkartoffeln, 9 Euro, Matjesfilet mit Bratkartoffeln, 10 Euro). The dining room has a nice maritime theme and it's pretty cozy in there. Be prepared that you'll eat with a lot of older folks - most of them seem to be bored to death. Funnily enough, they don't really talk to each other but will stare at you while you finish your meal. Oh Baltic Sea, you are so joyful and optimistic.

This is a super-typical it's almost kitsch German Ferienwohnung type place right on the sea in…read moreRerik. I was there in the off-season, so of course the town and the hotel were completely dead. From what I let my imagination do, I could see this being a like weekend getaway to the seaside. The beaches are quite big and there are little restaurants and shops that were of courses closed for the off season. Hotel decorated in typical small in fashion, lots of flowers and knick knacks (love it). Rooms were extremely clean and the beds okay. I am pretty sure that each room has a balcony, and I imagined myself out thereabout 15 degrees C warmer and a nice wine and a little jukebox playing while sucking in the sea air. Retstaurant has excellent daily specials and everthing I tried (Erbsentopf, Zanderfilet, Thunfisch Salat) was very well prepared and great portion size.