This is not a haut cuisine restaurant, but it is a great example of a traditional,classic French family restaurant (in other worlds, this is how the French really eat because the famous restaurants are too expensive for everyday eating), and one of our favorite places to eat in the world (been there 4-5 times). Our first meal was when we learned that French cooking is the best in the world. On one memorable lunch, we shared a table with a couple from UK and a couple from Denmark and had a most enjoyable chat (in English) while eating fine French food.
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There usually comes a time when we are visiting Europe (43 trips) when we get a yearning for something other than EU food, good as it is. When this urge hits, we have found these escapes: Chinese restaurants, a hamburger at the Holiday Inn Luxembourg, Blimpy's, and the Courte Paille chain in France. So, a couple times I have escaped EU cuisine for a day at the Chinese restaurant in Melk (from the Abbey, walk thru the town square, take the first right, and its on the corner of whatever street that is- and the road along the Danube).
Decent Chinese food (clue: note the number of Orientals eating here ), decent service, and for EU, relatively low prices.
Au Lion d'Or opened in 1759A.D. and is still going in the same building run by the same family today. read more