This restaurant can be found in a lovely corner of Richardplatz opposite a lovely old church and…read morenear a 17th century Smith which is still in operation today it seems. The staff here are extremely helpful and friendly which is absolutely fantastic and unfortunately a little rare in Berlin sometimes. According to a sign the restaurant has been there for 34 years and seems very popular with locals and has a family atmosphere, it's nice a clean, well cared for.
Reluctant as I am to say so, I was very disappointed with the food I tried 3 starters, Garlic bread which seemed to me to be pan fried stale German bread with large pieces of chopped Garlic and herbs spread on the top. I didn't find this tasty or appetising at all. Next was snails which was the best dish I had, it was a little over salted but nothing unmanageable. The third was artichoke baked in a tomato sauce with cheese melted on top, sounded divine on the menu but was incredibly salty which seemed to be a theme of my evening. As a main I had a pizza, I was far from thrilled about what I got, it was if the chef had opened whole packets of cold meat and just dumped them on the pizza still in their layers, in fact that is exactly what it was like. The pizza base was not the best either, It reminded me of a frozen pizza.
Everyone has their own tastes and expectations when it comes to food, my expectations were not met and I left feeling disappointed about it. It is never nice having to write negative things about a popular place.
