This review deals with the Colombi restaurant…read more The Colombi restaurant is probably Freiburg's best dining venue, and it has defended its Michelin star for years now. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the Colombi hotel and is decorated in the traditional Southern German style. It divides into several different smaller, interconnected rooms that are named after their distinctive decoration items ("Falkenstube", "Arvenstube", "Thomastube"). The place itself is quite spacious, and especially in winter times, having a spot next to one of the tile stoves makes the experience all the more rememberable). Food is inspired by the French cuisine, and the kitchen often uses traditional regional Badenese ingredients and serves them in a more refined way. The menu contains lunchtime offers priced between 30 and 50 EUR, and the tasting menu comes to about 100 EUR. The wine list is quite extensive and contains a great variety of German wines (Freiburg itself is located in the Kaiserstuhl wine region). Personnel is sometimes a bit uptight, and the local staff seems to have been told to hide their local accent which seems a bit pretentious (like wearing dinner suits for serving at lunchtime). However, they are always very friendly and knowledgeable. I have been to the Colombi restaurant on many occasions during the last years and have never been disappointed. If you like a refined approach to local Southern German cuisine, then this is a place I would highly recommend. Although you will also find the classic dishes that are expected to be served in Michelin-starred restaurants (foie gras, dishes using exotic fish or lobster, beef fillet), this restaurant is at its best when using local produce. And it is even great value for money !

Quite possibly the worst dining experience. I don't know what happened to the chef that cooked for…read moreall the people giving praises to this place (was he out today?) but most hospital cafeterias have way better food than this horror show. Salad was totally inedible with so much vinegar poured on that you would cry. Steak was some rubbery substance with noodles. They never asked how I wanted steak done (!) and it would have been medium, judging by color, except it didn't really taste like meat. Shockingly bad

This idylic small castle hotel sits right on the lake "Schluchsee" in the Black Forest. Such a…read moreromantic setting with the dining patio overlooking the lake where you enjoy a meal or "coffee time" without being rushed. One can sit on the patio as long as one wishes and read or just gaze off at the beauty of it all and pinch yourself every now and then, that you are truly in this setting=very few like it. When you arrive you are greeted as though you are famile. There's even a handwritten note in your room to welcome you. The cook serves up "high style" dishes...maybe some better than others. A few steps down and you are in the water of the lake. When sitting on the deck you can watch and enjoy the boats floating by filled with partygoers dancing and laughing it up with an oompapa band encouraging merriment...quite a lovely scene (like out of a movie). Other small boats drift along with peoples on holiday. A few swimmers as well in the distance. After all the peaceful relaxation maybe in the gardens or on the lake's edge , it will be time to visit the spa. The spa has a pull-chain milk bucket that spills all over you all in one big splash....now where have you experienced that! There is also a sauna, dry-heat cabinet, foot baths, whirling Jacuzzis and showers with spray nozzles galore. What more can one ask for..... This is a destination where you need not leave...it's all there...