A nice location near the Kiel's port and a trendy deco but concerning the rest : it was so strange…read more First the waiter assured us that he could speak French and after the first Bonjour he was saying that he couldn't go on in French because he had a bad throat/Hals (!) After the first look in the menu card and the prices, it was sure we were in a VIP-CHIC restaurant. The presentation was very elegant but the choice was very limited. My husband was finding no salad in the card. so he was asking the possibility to have one and the waiter seemed to be very surprised about this demand. But he was nice to agree to order the Chef a salad. By the way the waiter was loosing some shrimps out the plate on the nice thick carpet by bringing the salad. That was not a 4 star service ! I was attracted by a salmon carpaccio but as it was as entrance dish, so I was ordering (in English) to have it as main course (with a bigger portion) apparently my English was not understandable enough : I had in my plate a 3 cm disc of salmon carpaccio Hopefully I was not so hungry We were six adults and hopefully we had an interesting conversation because we were served one hour after we arrived. Concerning the wine, the choice was quickly made : they have only two red wine and one rosé, and if you want only one glass you should pay 5,50 EUR/glass ! The ambience was cold (only one other six persons table who was celebrating a birthday) that we choose to have some sweat dishes in a other place. The bill was quite consequent : +/- 150 EUR for one sander, one beef brochette, 2 chicken breast, one salmon carpaccio, 2 beers and 3 glass wine, 1 water. To finish we had to pay the parking place 1,50 EUR /hour (we came with 2 cars) to the hotel reception and of course they were not deducing our one hour waiting delay. Conclusion : this restaurant plays the VIP place but service is long, staff is not so flexible and sympathetic, food nothing really special but expensive !

From the owner: Maritimes Flair im Zentrum von Kiel. Grüne Parks, weißer Sand, blaues Wasser: Kiel hat viele Farben…read moreund viele Gesichter. Vor allem das Meer prägt das Bild der Stadt, was man an den herrlichen Stränden, dem beeindruckenden Hafen und den imposanten Kreuzfahrtschiffen erkennt, die bis in die Innenförde hinein fahren. Auch das wichtigste Segelsportereignis der Welt, die Kieler Woche, findet hier seit mehr als 100 Jahren statt. Die Universitäts- und Landeshauptstadt gilt als "Tor zu Skandinavien" und damit als wichtige Drehscheibe zwischen Nord und Süd, sie ist Ausgangspunkt der Ostsee-Schifffahrten und eine der bedeutendsten Kreuzfahrtdestinationen Deutschlands. Kunst und Kultur locken ebenfalls das ganze Jahr über, alljährlicher Höhepunkt ist dabei natürlich das Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Das Steigenberger Conti Hansa liegt mitten im Herzen von Kiel, direkt gegenüber von Ostseekai und Kieler Förde.