What a great find it was for our last night in Cologne before going back to the US…read more If you're looking for a quiet intimate dinner with great wine and food - look no further, this is it. Also, customer service was incredible. The chef made sure that we are perfectly taken care of. We were so impressed with all the dishes, the wine and dessert. I will definitely be back next time I'm in Cologne.

Amazing dinner while on a business trip. You are not always so welcome when you go out for dinner…read moreby yourself but I felt really welcome here. You wouldn't expect such a nice cute place on the Hansaring. Great food, great service - perfect dinner!! Thank you. Will for sure come back

From the owner: In einem der ältesten historischen Gebäude der Bonner Fußgängerzone bietet das 'La Cigale'…read moregeschmacklich ein symbiotisches Feuerwerk von Wein und Speisen und steht mit fachkundiger Beratung zur Seite. Unsere Philosophie: Essen wie Gott in Frankreich Die Fabel "La Cigale et La Fourmi" von Jean de la Fontaine war Namensgeber für unser Restaurant und bildet eine Parabel zu unserer Philosophie. Während die Ameise - la Fourmi den ganzen Tag schuftet, genießt die Grille - la Cigale mit zirpendem Freudengesang lustvoll das Leben. Mit dieser weisen Botschaft der Grille wird die emsige Ameise erinnert: Wir leben nicht, um zu arbeiten; wir arbeiten, um zu leben! Wir möchten unseren Gästen einen Ort der Lebensfreude bieten. Es ist wichtig, Ihnen den Raum zum Abschalten vom geschäftigen Alltag zu geben. Ganz gleich ob Sie uns mittags oder abends besuchen, ob Sie auf unserer Terrasse oder im Ambiente unseres Restaurants speisen möchten - wir freuen uns über Ihren Besuch. Mittagstische werden von Montag bis Freitag ab 13,50€ (inkl. Espresso und Glaswein) angeboten. Das Restaurant wird u.a. von Gault&Millau, Feinschmecker und Römers Gastro Führer empfohlen.

This was the second place I visited while I was in Düsseldorf. The waitress was amazing and she was…read morevery sweet when it came to helping me with my German. She continuously checked in on the table and made sure we were well taken care of. The restaurant itself was lovely. There was really no one else in the restaurant, so I cannot comment on the normal atmosphere. It was very clean and bright. My biggest complaint, and it really isn't just this restaurant, comes from the amount of flies I had to fend off. As for the food, it was tasty. I started with fish soup, which was deliciously salty. For my entree I had ceviche, which I have never had so I tried it out. It was delicious, however the sweetness and the coconut flavor overwhelmed me toward the end and I wasn't able to finish it! I was able to have their apple tart for a dessert and loved it. The tart was soft and applely. No complaints there. Overall, it was a lively experience!

Excellent gluten-free galettes aux fruits de mer (buckwheat crêpes with seafood)! Pulpo salad from…read moresmall octopus is also highly recommended with a cup of dry cidre. update 2016: still the same high quality tasty seafood!

French cuisine in Bonn. Lovely lamp with feta cheese and a few really good wines, definitely a…read morerecommended restaurant. Service? Just geat!

A small, pleasant restaurant with about two dozen seats, semi-hidden (some outdoor seating) in…read moreamong a very diverse group of Köln's cafés, Restaurants, and Shisha Bars. Classic French Bistro decor. And while I enjoyed the service, the table next to me insisted on ordering off-menu, rudely demanding "no fish." Fisch is just under half of the prixe-fixe menu. The server handled them easily and professionally. Of the plates, I did enjoy both the red mullet and the golden Trout with Trout skin chips. One of the more clever presentations was the 2nd amuse bouche: beef tartar with horseradish ice, over Vichysoisse and Trout caviar (photo). I initially thought it might have been a bit too much, but I was wrong - an excellent beginning of the meal. Also, I now believe that if the Chef makes the effort to present you with bacon mousse for your bread, it is your duty to eat it all. Brot und Butter does not compare to Brot und Speck. I'll return to Köln soon, and must return here. 2022 08 25. M1.

Our party of five enjoyed La Societe this past Friday and had a wonderful, sumptuous experience at…read morethis smaller, intimate restaurant. This was my second vist, the first nearly two years ago. From our greeting at the door to the handshakes goodbye, everyone made us feel welcome and very much at home. But, from the first bite of the chef's amuse to the last bit of dessert carefully scraped from the bottom of the plate, you knew you were not at home but in a culinary heaven! We all had the tasting menu, with one of our party having a vegetarian version. Each of our dishes were gorgeously prepared and presented, even the veg dishes looked the same. Every one of the courses was perfect but there were three that were even more perfect. The 'meat' dish was an Iberico fillet (never had a I. fillet before, only sliced) but this was so wonderfully smokey and meaty that I had to cut the two small pieces into even more tiny bites to make the pleasure linger. And the rustic Cote du Rhône that was recommended paired perfectly too! The pigeon was such a surprise to all: very tender, very "smooth", nicely chewy and delicious. And, at the end the 7 or 8 or 9 courses (five plus amuses) was dessert, a light, but not too light, sweet but not too sweet, mousse that was a milk chocolate colored but not so chocolatey tasting (nutella?) with a soft foam on top and sitting on a bed of passion fruit and 'clear' coffee flavored sauce - a marvelous finish! And I guess I should mention the 'fish' dish of small prawns that had been marinated, not cooked, with a soft sea foam and some fine, crisp fried shrimp pieces on top. A magical preparation. You will have guessed that I, and all five of us, loved this dinner. It was as fine of a dinner as I can remember (and I had been at Steirereck last May) at a small, intimate space without any hoopla. I cannot wait to go again.