Our international work group met in Leuna last September. We were all housed at the Radisson Blu…read moreHotel in Merseburg. On a free night, a bunch of us decided to take a nice walk to the somewhat nearby Kreta Taverna. One upfront warning: This is a cash only place. That turned out to a bit of surprise when the bill came. Luckily, we all scratched together enough cash to pay the bill. At the same time, there are parts of the world (like Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic) where it pays to have some cash handy just in case. Also, this isn't Iceland where pretty much every local speaks English. I'm used to rolling with it and usually being polite, smiling, and pointing goes a long way. Having a German speaker around helps too. The service was super friendly, albeit a bit slow between the kitchen and the food coming out. The woman running the place was probably a family member and a force of nature. If things need to be fixed, she was the guy and was really fun to watch. The food was very good, as was the atmosphere. That allowed for a nice relaxing evening among work friends and a chance to know each other a little better.

We had a party of about 20 people and they served us well. Decent beer selection for the type of…read morerestaurant. They had Kostritzer and a Pilsner, as far as I can remember, since we ate here once while in Merseburg on business in September 2015. A variety of Greek and German fare that I only remember being delicious. The woman running the place was very friendly and I was able to help translate. If you are American, or an English speaker, please bring someone who speaks German. Also understand that they want you to enjoy your time and meal in Germany, so it might take a little longer for you to get your check.

Staying at this hotel, the Mr & I decided to stay in for our first nights dinner. What a great…read moredecision! Lovely wine selection - we chose a lovely semi dry Blauer Portugieser which was a bit tannic & complimented our dishes extremely well Amuse Bousche was a tomato mousse with a roasted tomato and fried arugula - loved the creamy yet tart tomato flavor! Moved onto appetizers of the tomato soup with cheese curd and this was a semitransparent broth of tomato and had a lovely red pepper undertone flavor Our biggest compliments to the chef come in the main dish! Seeing Spätzle on the menu but saved with meat, we asked if they could combine the spätzle with their chanterelle sauce we saw on another meaty dish. The waitress said she thought the sauce might be made from veal stock but would go check for us...... It was chanterelle season so we were hopping belong hope that it was veggie & when she came back to let us know the chef said he could make it vegetarian for us, we were so happy!! The dish was extremely delicious!! Thank you for making something completely off-menu for us and for proving such a treat for our first night in wine country