Restaurant Ox & Klee

I don't even know how to begin. Overall review 3/5 (I wish I could give them higher but in all honesty cannot). Like others have stated, please be warned...

We partook in the Klee menu a few weeks ago during our travel to Cologne. What really stood out to me was the aesthetics and vision of the menu. Each dish...

We got to Ox and Klee at a point where we were very unsure about Michelin-starred restaurants as we had had a horrible experience at the so called 3* restaurant „Bareiss“. But I have to say: we were healed! The food was amazing, 3/8 courses...were completely outstanding, the rest was extremely good. The service was kind and personal, the wines fit very well, the explanations were great.

As you would expect from a 2* Michelin restaurant, there was some very interesting and inventive dishes on the tasting menu. However, I felt on occasion some of the dishes were perhaps a little confusing. Maybe trying a bit too hard? In particular the dessert...course. I didn’t think it was over pricey for a 2* and enjoyed the wine pairing and service. Not sure it would match up to 2* restaurants in UK though.

we had a group of five enjoy the 15-course menu in the restaurant ox and klee. everything went smoothly from entering into the restaurant, getting the table, welcome drinks and amazing dishes successively. we also had the proposed weeping at the meal times. dinner. looked at about four hours and it was a taste fireworks. a big diabe after the other. so many surprising new experiences. I really enjoyed all night: dishes, weeping, service and ambiente. I strongly recommend visiting in restaurant ox and klee.

Maybe we are simply not star rated restaurant material, but we couldn 't agree with the many positive reviews for several reasons: First off: the extremely high prices were complemented by extremely small portions, e.g. the smashed potato arrangements were fingernail sized. First lesson: don 't go here...hungry. Second lesson: do not add the drink pairing, as they are very strong we returned (and paid for them, nevertheless) every single one and finally ended up ordering a glass of wine (also priced way over the top). 6 courses and Euro 100+ per person later still hungry (and we don 't eat much and we certainly appreciate fine dining). Will not return.

I can not recommend this restaurant; their customer handling is extremely poor which turned our family birthday dinner there into a health disaster: on asking whether there were any allergies, we explained that one of our party was allergic to peanuts. This was managed quite...well until dessert and chocolates, with one of the chocolates containing peanuts. We were initially told that there were no peanuts in the chocolate but with a bad allergic reaction starting, staff then confirmed that there were peanuts in the chocolate, upon which we had to immediately leave for medical assistance. There was no management apology, no offer to deduct the dessert which we didn’t eat from the bill and no...

ox klee has long been an upstanding star in Germany's innovative kitchen scene, which stands for unconventional, young and creative cuisine. the new experience menu follows the goal of the teams and is technically excellent (as many have reported in detail here) but in order to be honest, I have seen ox klee in the last few years in better shape. the new atmosphere, background sounds and menu concept actually tries to be too hard to be special: its complex, partly extreme and does not follow the customer. winepairing goes far beyond the beaten away and unfortunately the sommelier is so impressed by its selection that all queries are brushed off. the service and practicing the menu is also qu...

Daniel Gottschlich in his previous restaurant was always busy in the kitchen working hard behind the scenes, with his move to the Kranhaüser he has successfully developed a new concept. The restaurant has a bistro on the ground floor and his michelin star restaurant is one floor up. The dining area is in 3 seperate areas all connected and offer a view of the kitchen area. He has kept is tasting menu and offers from 4 to 9 courses. We choice the 5 courses and received a total of 9, 4 additional dishes from the kitchen. I think it may have been 5 additional but we selected to decline the cheese course. So be warned. The tasting menu was great value, great to look at the dishes and full of love...