Hôtel Restaurant Au Fief du Château — Restaurant in Sélestat-Erstein

Small hotel and restaurant run by super friendly staff in a very beautiful village below the famous Château. The room was clean and spacious but quite loud until well after midnight so don't expect to sleep early. Instead, you can pay the restaurant a visit which is situated directly below the rooms, therefore the noise. It's likely quieter when the restaurant isn't open to the public, i.e. during the week. The restaurant is closed Wednesdays.

When it comes to food, we got a fantastic breakfast, highly recommended! A great selection of charcuterie, cheese, bread, cakes, jam and cereals, there's definitely something for every taste.

Dinner however was a bit disappointing. Flammekuech was ok but the duck breast (magret du canard) was pretty tough, even though you wouldn't guess this from the photo. Calf's head (it really is a calf's head baked into bread) needed a bit more salt. Portions are truly enormous. We're good eaters but couldn't finish everything and skipped dessert altogether.

Obviously, the wines are directly from the surrounding wineries and very tasty.

With a bit less quantity and a bit more quality, it would have been a perfect traditional...

This was not planned. We were on our way to Haut-Koenigsbourg castle when we popped into this small village for a quick look. What a charming place. Since it was past noon and there was one eating place in the village, this one, we decided to have a bite. We were told on arrival that only the Menu du Jour was available because it was 'Les Vidanges' (grape harvest) and the kitchen was busy feeding the workforce. We opted to stay.||||First course: an excellent Pâté de Campagne with two different slaws. Second course: Crépinette, small macaroni in light cheese sauce, green salad. Third course: German-style cheesecake with dark chocolate ice cream. A good chilled local Pinot-something to wash it all down. A one-word description for this meal: feast! Then followed another surprise: cost for two 23 Euros!!||||It is definitely worth a detour from whatever...

This was not planned. We were on our way to Haut-Koenigsbourg castle when we popped into this small village for a quick look. What a charming place. Since it was past noon and there was one eating place in the village, this one, we decided to have a bite. We were told on arrival that only the Menu du Jour was available because it was 'Les Vidanges' (grape harvest) and the kitchen was busy feeding the workforce. We opted to stay.||||First course: an excellent Pâté de Campagne with two different slaws. Second course: Crépinette, small macaroni in light cheese sauce, green salad. Third course: German-style cheesecake with dark chocolate ice cream. A good chilled local Pinot-something to wash it all down. A one-word description for this meal: feast! Then followed another surprise: cost for two 23 Euros!!||||It is definitely worth a detour from whatever...