The restaurant Tafelfreuden has been a fixture of Oldenburg's restaurant scene for about twenty…read moreyears, during which the restaurant has expanded and acquired a superb reputation among the slow-food-crowd and locals keen on freshly produced, largely locally sourced organic produce. We visited last on a Wednesday night, when the diners seemed a relaxed lot of Oldenburgers in rooms with a homely atmosphere and favourable acoustics allowing for good conversation in the absence of piped music. In addition to their regular a-la-carte menu Tafelfreuden offers a changing weekly specials menu. I choose from the specials: a starter, which was a very down to earth cabbage strudel, date yoghurt and a smoked duck breast that could as well have been any ham - somewhat unexciting (€9,80). For the main course the roasted Iberico pork with chestnut crust was superb and with the Brussels sprouts and potato gratin a comforting match for the autumn weather (€20,90). Brilliant! The wine list offers a good range of about 40 organic wines, but doesn't annotate the vintage. The waitress was happy to bring the bottles for inspection and the under €30 reds checked were from fairly weak vintages. Tafelfreuden benefits from an open kitchen, which looks spotless. The services appear to be modern and clean and so is the general setting. The bill for four diners consuming four Proseccos, five starters, three main courses, a bottle of Organic Chianti, three coffees and a praliné chocolate mousse came to €35 per head. That offered us flawless food and drink, all feeling satisfied with food and service Conclusion: Tafelfreuden may well be rated five star by many. It is certainly among the restaurants I like to return to. Note: Extra kudos for the staff and the coffee. The waitress even showed us the milk they use in their coffees: Locally produced, certified organic full fat milk which I would like to encourage other restaurants in Germany to take on as a positive example!

Very historical and pretty famous local restaurant. Always crowded…read more Taste: Great. Fresh local products. Buuuutttt some leafy vegetables were damaged and black. When you eat their salad, you should be careful. Also they forgot to serve dressing for the mountain of salad. I really liked their appetizer set and baked potatoes and fried seasonal mushrooms. Customer service: Great. Sophisticated. Polite. Aber sie brauchen mehr Kellner und Kellnerin. Price: Higher than the average. Tip: You should make a reservation for special seats. Parking lot: No. Maybe. Atmosphere: Casual outside and a little bit fancier inside. Portion: Big. One of the thickest steak!!!

I really loved having schnitzel in previous trips, but miss it now as a vegetarian. To my pleasant…read moresurprise veggie schnitzel was on the menu here! It was pretty good but just nice to see as an option. We enjoyed our meal, we mainly had the back room to ourselves. Service was friendly and they had English menus for us.