Chez Helmut — Restaurant in Colmar-Ribeauvillé

This is an authentic and wonderful restaurant serving super delicious Alsatian food. We went once for dinner and it was so good we returned the evening after. Chef Helmut's jambonneau was excellent. Moist, flavourful, and goes so well with the Munster cheese. The baeckoff was also really delicious. Their tarte flambees were also the best we have tried in the week we were in Alsace. For desserts, the creme brulee was lovely. Beyond food, service was also lively and personal. Of all the busy villages, Chez Helmut was by far the place we had our best meals. It gets full quite quickly, so a...

Decided to go seeing the great reviews and although we didn’t book a table the boss-lady offered us to sit at another table with some locals, which we did. That was basically the highlight, we had a fantastic moment talking with these folks, helping us to go through the +1h of waiting to get our magret. It was far from being spectacular (should have gone for the daily instead) and I suspect it was frozen. A bit of a disappointment, the vibe was excellent, service was ok but very slow and the food was just not very tasty. You might be lucky with more simple meals like...

I am not usually writing reviews but Chez Helmut impressed me in a very good manner with the friendliness of the owners and the lovely nature of the place. I arrived with my girlfriend both very late for lunch (most restaurants would have the kitchen closed at 15:30) and same goes for the evening (around 22:00). Each time, despite being the only ones that still wanted to eat then, the owner cooked us something and did not turn us down. I would always return with pleasure to this place where I felt welcome and where I was not left to starve despite my...