Pros: great location, ambiance, trees and birds, the lake…read more Cons: undercooked food, poor designed meals with fancy names, one of two bottles of wine was bad and the waiter/sommelier broke the rotten cork in the bottle and proclaimed the wine to , most likely, be 'fine'... The cod and accompanying risotto were undercooked. The Tuna steak not pink but raw in the center, by 2 centimeters . The liver plate lacked traditional apple sauce, none in the kitchen either and cranberries were recommended...( I couldn't finish the liver and neither could two of my other guests). Under-experienced cooks, too eager young waitstaff. I won't be back for a dining experience, ever.

This place really does have a very spectacular beer garden area right on the lake. Interior and…read morefood also first class! Lots of nice black and white photos from the 60's on the walls in the bar area. Well worth a visit!

Well, being from a country where they have 3 official languages is really hard, especially when as…read moreme, you happen to speak the one that only 3 people actually use, (Me, Thierry Neuville and probably some other guy LOL) as Flemish and French are widely used, German is as good as forgotten, because there are only some small regions (were Belgium already small is) were it's used, thus making it even harder, and as this regions are in the french part of Belgium they all can speak it french, so german is widely ignored in official documents. I'm a Belgian citizen with flemish roots, lived in the flemish region, and guess what, i can't speak flemish, i learned german since i was 4, but that ain't matter, i'm flemish, Period. Thus i receive everything in that weird language. So i got this letter from the consulate that i had to fill, and of course it was in flemish, i could understand maybe half of it, and the other half i helped myself using Google Translate, i could actually fill it completely :-) yay! Fun fact: in Belgium you're forced to Vote. Yeah, literally forced! I haven't been in Belgium for almost 4 years, i don't know who the candidates are, i don't know the parties or even who is governing right now. But i'm forced to give a vote, maybe void it, but i must vote, otherwise i could lose my privileges of being a citizen, and living in a foreign country, well that's sort of a bad idea. Nice, right? I think not even belgians living in Belgium know it :-P Watch this http://youtu.be/Ceg6NQKHd70 With that being said, i had to come here to register for next years elections. I was informed i could vote personally either in Belgium or here at the consulate, or thru a third person also in Belgium or at the consulate, or even per mail. I came here to tell them, or actually to return the letter i became telling them i'm voting personally in the consulate. I've been here many times, first, when i moved over to Cologne to inform them that i'm now living here. That's also a duty. Then when i moved here in Cologne, to update my address. 2 times for elections and some other times for some random information. The ladies here, are actually really friendly, my problem is always when they see my ID, being issued in the flemish region, the start babbling in flemish until i stop them and ask to speak german. To which they laugh a bit, and ask how come, my name, my last registered address and so on was in flemish region and i can't speak it. They always do their best to help, and answer all the questions i have. Every time i come here has been nice to know that bureaucracy is not always annoying. Why can't there be more people like this? I know it's diplomacy and not just any kind of bureaucrats, but i've seen worse, a lot worse. I'm kind of lucky for having the consulate here in Cologne, and this in the Downtown Area, and not having to travel to another city for something like voting! I can also get my ID or Passport here, so yeah, that helps a lot. Here in Germany only the Consulate in Cologne and the Embassy in Berlin can issue Passports or eID's, because only here they can get your biometric picture and fingerprints. Kudos to the ladies for being so nice, friendly and help-oriented. Their opening hours are also something to applaud, normally embassies and consulates as any other government offices have ridiculous opening hours, well here, my fellow lands people are open M-F from 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm.

Rheinterrassen is the ideal location for a sunny Saturday. We got ourselves a pint of Radler and…read moresat down on the beach chairs with our feet in the sand. It probably had one of the best views of the city, facing the Dom and the Hohenzollernbrücke. The music is very typically 'summer bar loungy', which suits the occasion. Prices are not cheap, but you don't have to pay an entrance fee, so that kind of compensates. If you want to enjoy some shade, you can sit at the tables with parasols. This was the perfect afternoon relax spot after walking through the entire city center.

My wife and I were married at the Rheinterrassen in July 2016. From beginning of the initial…read morecontact through the wedding day reception, our experience dealing with the venue was wonderful. I am not the sort to sing praises of many places, but Rheinterrassen is a 5-star wedding venue in Köln! Positives The people we were in contact with were wonderful!!! We were treated so well. We were not upsold. They told us what they offered, listened to our requests, provided honest feedback based on their experience, and informed us of the minimum charge based number of guests. We had a contact person (Frau Balz) who answered all our calls including questions up until wedding day. All questions, no matter how minor, were addressed with urgency and in a timely fashion. Food was wonderful. I feared the food on wedding day wouldn't be as good or plentiful as when we had our tasting but that was not an issue. In fact, during the tasting, there was a dish I thought was a bit salty so I made a comment to the chef. I was pleased to taste that issues was addressed on wedding day. The view across the Rhine River into Köln (highlighted by the Dom) is as good as it gets in the city Negatives I speak English but the preferred language is German. Yay for me; too bad for my German wife who did most of the coordinating. Washrooms are downstairs (away from reception area) and they are public toilets for use by the entire restaurant. Honestly, not a big deal but just an FYI. Of all the people we dealt with, there was only one person who was somewhat cranky. She was a bartender who started later on the evening of the wedding. We kept the party going until past 4am so I can understand her not being so chatty...

From the owner: Eine der schönsten Locations Mitten in Ehrenfeld…read more Restaurant, Club, Eventhalle, Biergarten, Bahnhäuschen, Outdoorbereich. Essen - Trinken - Feiern - Action - Chillen. Das Herbrand's: Eine Location - alle Möglichkeiten!

This beautiful exterior architecture of the building. It was always a great site for a really fun…read moreHalloween party. I always loved coming to these parties for Halloween while I lived in Germany. The interior is old-school and beautiful, with lots of beautiful chandeliers and thick draperies. I will transform into a lively and colorful and light strobing evening of total fun. My expat friends and I have had so many fun parties in this building.