"Let me say upfront that this restaurant is quoted diamonds out of in the Varta restaurant guide. So we went with high expectations. Should at least have been Michelin BIB quality? Outside a nice mansion-like house, nice lighting, terrace etc. Cosy interior, cuddily...heated ..... warm welcome. Breathes the air of a gourmet temple. Other than à la carte the card showed one, three course menu at Ok, not expensive, but since the map showed very traditional plates too, apparantly not different from the ones on the menu, I thought: hmm, let's see what they can do for this amount And so, we took it. But it appeared they could not do much. First, came kinds of bread and different spreads on the side, nice. Then, for first course, a fresh salad accompagnied amongst other things, by raw quartered tomatoes, lukewarm asparagus and strawberrys. It felt like back in the Nouvelle cuisine, you still know? Main, a so called mediterranean braised lam leg, with green beans, braised tomatoe, an indifferent sauce, probably thickened with starch and some gratiné potatoes. Then a vanilla panacotta with strawberry and rubarb sauce. Well, honestly, these courses were not more than just correct home cooking. I can do better at my home and I'm not a chef. Coffee and thea, were accompagnied by minuscule biscuit. Ok, I admit, what can you expect for Still, I would gladly have spent some more for a more elaborate meal. Is Varta is to blame? Or is the crisis so big in Germany .....? Or was the chef out of inspiration? And also IMHO, houses like this one should not downsize on the quality and offer meals at a lower price in the hope to attract more customers. First they will scare away the real gourmets. And secondly, the other eaters will not come either, since they will not go to a gourmet institute anyway. Proof: other than us, there was nobody in the restaurant. Almost forgot: nice winelist, mostly German, but also a very well thought choice of French and Italian ones. It starts at but can also be taken by the glass."
