About 2 months ago, my mom had to move from her home of over 20 years in the Spessart mountains to…read moreassisted living in Alzenau. Despite living in California, we have had the opportunity to take her out to lunch and dinner several times. We have now visited La Taverna 3 times and every time I was astounded by the quality of the food, the execution, the plating, and the service by the multicultural service team. The portions are huge and the prices are low especially when compared to US prices. We ordered a soup: beef broth with veggies and beef. We got a huge plate of veggies and beef with broth! If I'd eaten all that, I'd have been full. The service members recognized us and even Remembered which wine we liked. Of note also is that the place is in a huge winter garden with multiple plants. It's like eating in a botanical garden.

I went with my family to La Taverna for lunch. The restaurant looks really great and many people…read moregave La Taverna a great rating. Unfortunately my experience with the food was anything but good. We ordered Schnitzel and a Pizza with a side salad. The Schnitzel was warmed up, Pizza was like getting it from a grocery store and the salad looked like some left over from the day before. We paid Euro 50 for lunch. I am not sure whether the food is only bad during lunch. But independently when paying so much money at a restaurant I expect more than a boxed pizza. Based on my experience I would never recommend this place and for sure not for lunch.

Company took us here for dinner, with 12 people. Really well laid out restaurant, in the center of…read moreAlzenau (probably one of a few restaurants in this small town). The prices of the entrees is very reasonable, with most under 10 EUR. I had the Tiroler Pfandl, which was pork with a creamy sauce over some sort of fried cheese noodles, which was quite tasty, hearty, and of course heavy. also serves Alzenauer Steinbräu, or the local Alzenau beer. overall, great place, would love to come again.