Romantik is worth visiting for the quaint environment alone.
The restaurant is located in a charming countryside inn that’s often used for
local weddings; the expansive green lawns and traditional building is a nice
change from Germany’s bustling cities.
Their menu offers numerous customary Saxon dishes, which are
great comfort food options. A dish like
the rindsrouladen (€14.80), tender
sliced meat wrapped around a pickle, onion and mustard mixture; the pickle
provides acidicness to balance the heavy dish. Two large fluffy dumplings
accompany the meat, made from a piece of bread rolled into a potato mixture – each
with a crisp buttery gratin on top to contrast the doughy insides. I enjoyed
Romantik’s sauerkraut, which wasn’t reduced too much so that the crunchiness is
retained.
The schlemmerteller (€15.50)
consisted of pork medallions dipped in an egg mixture, an interesting
combination considering I generally only have pork and eggs for breakfast. It
could have been pan fried less as it wasn’t very tender for pork.
On the side,
were pillowy ping pong sized gnocchi containing molten cheese in the middle –
if a stronger cheese was used it’d be even better to stand out against the
thick dough. For greens there was lightly blanched broccoli topped with slivered
almonds.
Romantik’s prices are reasonable for food and drinks (a Freiberger
pilsner is €3.10 while glass of white wine is €5.20). You can certainly make
due with ordering just a main given they also serve complimentary bread and a
dish of olives to start. Overall, the value is surprising given the restaurant
has a formal air to it with elegant white linens and candles. Perhaps the
pricing matches their laid back attitude, as despite the traditional
surroundings no formal attire is required.
Overall mark - 7 out of 10
How To Find Them
Location: Meerane, Germany
Address: Schwanefelder Strasse 22
Address: Schwanefelder Strasse 22
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Gastro World's Grading System
- Anything under 5 - I really disliked and will never go back
- 6 - decent restaurant but I likely won't return
- 7 - decent restaurant and I will likely return
- 8 - great restaurant that I'd be happy to recommend
- 9 - fantastic restaurant that I would love to visit regularly and highly recommend
- 10 - absolute perfection!
