Top Restaurants in Kurten
Best French food near Kurten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Find out what French restaurants to try in Kurten including Restaurant Droppelminna, Gourmetrestaurant Vendome, Landhaus Spatzenhof Restaurant
Restaurants in Kurten
1. Restaurant Droppelminna
Overall Ratings
4 based on 108 reviews
Reviewed By IgelEye
The last time I went to this restaurant was back in the mid-seventies and how it has changed to the positive !The decor is what I can only describe as "cosy" with lots of wood panelling on the walls, old pictures and objects, including old water syphons and droepelminnas. Where does this strange name of the restaurant come from ? Well, it´s basically the local name for a three-legged metal coffee pot and there are several samples to be seen in the restaurant. "Droepel" means "drip and "minna" is the housekeper !The food leans towards Mediterranean cuisine and is certainly good value compared with the two famous Michelin-starred restaurants in Bergisch Gladbach. It´s impossible to compare and I would certainly not attempt to do so here. However, suffice it to say that the four and six-course menus here are tasty, well presented and a fraction of the cost of those at the aforementioned hotels. The choice of wine is certainly not to be scoffed at either. As the menu was a surprise, I wasn´t sure which wine to choose, but the waiter advised me well and I was very pleased with his choice.I can certainly recommend this restaurant for a relaxed, tasty and all-round positive dining experience. Guten Appetit !!
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2. Gourmetrestaurant Vendome
Overall Ratings
4 based on 417 reviews
"German gastronauts are well aquainted with the interior of Vendôme, the famously 3-Michelin-starred restaurant located inside the Grand Hotel Schloss Bensberg in Cologne. The restaurant itself look like a rather well kept Prada store, understated and chi
Reviewed By endoedibles
Toqued by Joachim Wissler since 2000, and holding three Michelin stars since 2004, Restaurant Vendôme is located approximately thirty minutes east of Cologne inside Grand Hotel Schloss Bensberg, the surrounding environs beautifully manicured and clientele largely well-heeled Europeans. One of over fifty starred-Chefs trained on the grounds of Traube Tonbach, a career that began in 1980 jumping indirectly from Schwarzwaldstube to Schloss Bensberg where a style marked by whimsy quickly caught the eye of critics, it is now nearly two decades later that Wissler continues to cook inside the small kitchen, a team at his side crafting edible works of art offered via one of several tasting menus.Light and airy in ambiance, just twelve tables and less than forty diners seated Wednesday through Sunday including weekend lunch, it is from underground parking that guests pass through gardens en route to refinements, staff proper but not at all stiff and happy to answer questions or grant requests.Priced â¬165 to â¬295 exclusive of Wine, each menu presenting choices along the way, it is even before decisions are made that diners are greeted with Aperitifs and small bites, a quartet of flavors immediately showing Chef Wisslerâs fondness for modernity and highlighted by Goose Liver âPeanut Butter Cupsâ as well as an airy Cookie sandwiching hand-cut Wagyu topped in Osetra Caviar.Opting for Chefâs largest âsymphony,â a nearly four-hour opus consisting of ten-courses that followed opening bites with warm Bread and Butter from Bernard Antony, it was while indulging in a Roll dotted by Olives that locally produced Riesling was poured, the minerality and complex acidity playing well of a first plate of thinly sliced liver âMi Cuitâ topped by Bivalves and no less interesting as a partner to Octopus lacquered by Beets next to Tabouli with a sidecar of Cephalopod Sausage atop Tuna Tartare.Lucky to visit during Spring, the regionâs bounty and Joachimâs obsession with coaxing the most out of superior Ingredients both on full display, it would be difficult to deem either course three or four the mealâs best as both were magnificent, first a poached Egg tanned by Miso beneath Parmesan âSnow,â and then snappy Lobster served in two compositions with one brightened by Peppers and Tomatoes while the other found added sweetness from Melon perfumed by Vanilla.Saucing almost every dish tableside, aromas drifting upward as compositions were described at length, it was by roasting the remains that Char from Lech Valley took on depth to match roasted Leeks and balled Apples, Bones again coming into play as service piece for domestic Wagyu nearly raw with a bit of salt and condiments including Salted Plum and Creamed Corn molded to look like the real thing.Taking the Maître D's advice to finish with Lamb instead of Guinea Fowl, three cuts including Offal wrapped by a Crepe dazzling in part due to bold spicing covering a wide swath of Asia, it was transitioning from savory to sweet that fun again was on display via a composed Cheese dish featuring molten Fourme dâAmbert at the center of a Doughnut and Williams Christ Pear Sorbet atop Blue Crumbles on the side.Taking Cheese even sweeter for the first of two Desserts, Quark and a mellow Cowâs Milk variety forming both Cake and Crème Brulee accompanied by Raspberries, it was admittedly Vendômeâs most unexpected triumph that saw Asparagus used not once but thrice in an elegant finale, the bowl of Ganache particularly memorable before finishing up with traditional German Cookies, Marshmallows, a housemade Magnum and Snickers Bar.
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3. Landhaus Spatzenhof Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 196 reviews
Culinary delights in a former children's home. Ronny Kabai is a gastronomic man who make their guests feel very welcome. The Landhaus Spatzenhof offers a range of local and international cuisine and a great selection of wine. The restaurant has undergone
Reviewed By erjavec
we have booked a weekend arrangement in Spatzenhof for a wanderer arrangement. This was already suggested by the owner at the moment of booking where we have asked for a two rooms and diners to taste their kitchen. This was most affordable so we were already pleasantly surprised by the hotel owner.Our expectations were fullfilled : extraorinarely well prepared food, profesional and very helpful personnel. First dinner was 4 courses complemented with sommelier suggestions on wine and we have very much enjoyed. Second dinner was even better what was really a surprise : gourmet 6 courses with especially sole fish made so gently that it was an experience you keep on thinking. No wonder Michelin star is expected to be added !Rooms are theme based and have perfect beds : anatomically shaped, wide, bathroom has just everything you wish (even music !)We had a cabrio tour through this part of Germany and Spatzenhof proved to be a perfect start and endpoint of a trip. Absolutely fabulous adress for a romantic or gourmet weekend.
