In my nearly 55 years on this planet, I can say with a fair amount of certainty I've eaten quite a few dinners: Some astounding, others not-so-much. I can say without equivocation that the dinner I had here was, in my humble opinion, the best one I have ever eaten. And for years, my absolute favorite meals were at the House of Prime Rib in San Francisco as well as Sinatra at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas! For my starter, I ordered the "Two kinds of asparagus" with grilled peach & Almond Genovese. For the main, I ordered the 60-hour braised beef shoulder. With that, I asked the waitress for the best red wine she had: She recommended the absolutely delicious Terre della Baronia. But before all that, the waitress appeared with an appetizer plate of breads & cold cuts. Delish! For dessert, I ordered the Tiramisu (of course!) and a nice glass of port. I've paid ten times the price of this meal at other restaurants and got nowhere near the level of satisfaction as I did here. The service, food, atmosphere, and price combined was pure culinary alchemy. Next time I find myself staying at the hotel, I may very well book consecutive evenings here at Trattoria Enoteca! read more

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I love the Schloß Bensberg hotel itself and this, is one of three restaurants in the hotel. I have eaten in all three restaurants here. This would be my least favorite of them all. The ambience is excellent and the restaurant is warm and welcoming. The menu is Italian with a modern touch. They have an a la carte menu as well as a fixed menu with upto 5 courses. The wine list is reasonably big and the prices are on the high side for the choices they have. I settled for the four course menu, as did the other two guests I was with. They chose a wine pairing but, I did not. The flavours are ok but, nothing special. The only dish I loved tonight was the 60 hour slow cooked beef shoulder and, it was really good. The other three courses were average. I did not like the dessert at all and, it was my least favourite of all the dishes tonight. The service is friendly and accommodating however, I did feel, it was lacking a bit of coordination. The restaurant was not busy tonight and, I would have expected a bit more. All in all an ok experience but, I would not rush back here in a hurry. It's pricey Italian that fails to deliver great flavours in my opinion. read more

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Lovely place. Nice service. We asked for a former dish they had, spaghetti with pecorino and black pepper. They made it for us which was very nice but 24€ a plate for just pasta and cheese is totally overpriced even in such a luxury hotel. Also the dish lacked salt totally.... Lovely carpaccio, not enough salt either but very fresh and not ice cold thankfully. read more

This place is such a delight! You're taken on an amazing culinary adventure and surprised with different flavors in each course. Definitely go with the wine pairings, not only do you learn about wines but the wines are delicious. The service here is great! Our waiter Karston made the meal especially enjoyable, I feel that he went the extra mile for us and we really appreciated it! If I'm ever in Cologne again I would make the trip to visit this restaurant once again. Truly a remarkable experience! read more

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If you dinned at the Vendome the day before try another one, the distance is way to high. If you did not dine at the Vendome the day before escape the price quality is not there. We took the creative menu with wine, you wonder what was creative and you had to insist to get some additional wine. So better a true good Italian restaurant than this fake one read more