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Block House

Restaurant chain based in Hamburg, Germany

Block House AG is a restaurant chain based in Hamburg, Germany. Block House restaurants specialize in steaks. The chain was founded in 1968 by Eugen Block and his sister Marlies Head.2 It employed 1,800 people.1 It is part of Eugen Block Holding.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1968Founded1

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Photo: Adriao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Block House AG is a restaurant chain based in Hamburg, Germany. Block House restaurants specialize in steaks.2

Corporate structure

Block House is part of a group headed by Eugen Block Holding. 8 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Eugen Block Holding Hamburg, Germany
    • Block House Hamburg
    • Block Brau GmbH (Block Bräu GmbH) Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
    • Block House Fleischerei GmbH Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
    • Block House Restaurantbetriebe AG Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
    • Elysee Hotel Aktiengesellschaft Hamburg (Elysée Hotel Aktiengesellschaft Hamburg) Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
    • Grand Elysee Hamburg Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
    • Jim Block Restaurantbetriebe GmbH Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The first restaurant opened on September 28, 1968, on Dorotheenstraße in Hamburg-Winterhude. In 1973 Block founded his own butcher's shop. In 1985 Block established the 5 star hotel Elysée in Hamburg-Rotherbaum, which was renovated and enlarged in 2006 and operates today under the name Grand Elysée.

The first restaurant outside Germany was opened in Malaga in 1996.

Eugen Block's daughter, Christina Block, is the heir to the steakhouse chain. She serves on its management team.

From Wikipedia’s article on Block House (restaurant), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1968Founded Founded1

Sources

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