So, we went to restaurant Zinnkeller last Thursday evening with some expectations.
We both ordered the "elk filet with pan fried chanterelles mushrooms & rosemary potatoes", with a bottle of Spätburgunder Barrique red.
The quality of meat was top notch. Tender, moist, tasty, cooked red...to perfection. Absolutely fantastic.
Sadly, the rest wasn't up to that level.
Because the dish had been plated in a cold plate, the meat and sauce were served lukewarm (and cold after 5min.). The chanterelles were nowhere to be seen on the plates. Just a very few for my wife. As for me, just ONE tiny mushroom lost in a middle of a stir fried veggies mix (see pic below). That mix wasn't specified at all in the dish description, which by ricochet was misleading - shrinkflation? Anyway, after reclamation, we got a little bowl of mushrooms with a casual sorry. Asking for a carafe or a decanter for the wine, we were told that they had nothing.
At the end of the meal, we asked for 5min. before ordering something else, the time for us to finish the wine. 15 min. later, being left on our own, we had to go to the counter to ask for coffee, digestives & bill. We didn't receive any commercial gesture, like the coffee on the house for the chanterelles incident, nor being asked if the dinner was satisfactory.
Maybe it was one of those evenings where everything goes wrong. Or maybe, restaurant Zinkeller just relies on its name/past/reputation to operate. Judging by the rather good reviews below, we are tempted to say it that was down to bad luck. But we'll never know for sure as we won't go back. Sadly.More
