U Křížovníků

Was in Karlovy Vary- one of my favourite spots on earth- a couple months ago looking for a place that was opened in the evening. As you may know, the city becomes a ghost town in the winter months, especially in the evening hours... seriously, where do people eat out?! So few options... Anyways, the reviews seemed great and it wasn't that far from our hotel, so we decided to give it a go. First of all... that immense hilled road you have to take to get there is unlike anything else I've encountered in many years of worldly travels- my god! I don't think you could fit a pin up my arse as I descended from the top! But onto the restaurant... quaint little medieval looking spot in the basement with pretty limited seating. It was awkwardly quiet when we went- wish they'd had some gentle music playing to liven up the spot. Anyways, onto the reason it gets just one star... The food... The food might very well be the worst I had on my recent two month trip across Europe. Both my schnitzel and the chicken salad my companion got were extremely overcooked, to the point of being inedible. The schnitzel also had lots of bad bits of meat in it, and the breading/coating was extremely lazy. They tried to remedy the horrible ingredients by dousing everything with some garlic sauce, but even that didn't do the trick. I didn't allude to hating my schnitzel as much as I actually did hate it, but my companion made her thoughts on her chicken salad known and was, very kindly, told by the waitress (who genuinely seemed to feel really bad about this) that she wouldn't charge her. She was very nice and apologetic. Definitely won't go back here again.