Villa René Lalique — Restaurant in Saverne

We had reserved this hotel and meal months before and made a special detour on our French gastronomy tour: from the minute we were greeted by the ultra competent and ever caring Mireille, we felt totally at home: attention to details, service excellence and of course the gorgeous amenities: everything furnished and decorated with Lalique, with an exquisite taste from the designers who updated this property in 2015 while staying true to the Lalique legacy.||We had booked the Dalhia suite, gorgeous in every detail, including USBs everywhere, great lighting , bedding quality etc…We wanted to purchase everything on display incl. furniture but ended up only buying a carry-on size statue. Every piece is stunning and there is something for every budget ( smart merchandising).||We had dinner at the 2 Michelin stars restaurant, adjacent modern building: the food was impressive and we had the opportunity to meet /have a chat with the accessible founder Michelin star awarded Chef Klein as new Resident Chef Stradner was away…unfortunately, as other guest also experienced, the restaurant service is simply not up to standard: delays, staff not attentive, very few speaking proper English , had to beg for refills on water or wine at several occasions, sommelier too busy to ever come to our table etc…||We especially enjoyed the grounds of the Villa are gorgeous, bucolic, esp. the vegetable and flower garden as well as the bike ride to the Lalique Museum in the village 1 mile away, all worth it.||The cellar personally designed by owner Silvio Dentz is a marvel (even more impressive than the one we later visited at Maison Troigros): a modern architecture temple for real wine lovers with an astonishing collection, as well as for cigar and liquor connoisseurs (smoking room outside available, every epicurean detail has been carefully curated…).||All in all, the limited few room property gives a real sense of warm and exclusive luxury while providing an authentic immersion in the taste and oniric world of Rene Lalique: I only hope that the enlightened owner / business man Mr Dentz will keep this property as exclusive and well maintained in the future and maybe upgrade staff training at the restaurant and empower/reinforce the light but dedicated reception/...

We had reserved this hotel and meal months before and made a special detour on our French gastronomy tour: from the minute we were greeted by the ultra competent and ever caring Mireille, we felt totally at home: attention to details, service excellence and of course the gorgeous amenities: everything furnished and decorated with Lalique, with an exquisite taste from the designers who updated this property in 2015 while staying true to the Lalique legacy.||We had booked the Dalhia suite, gorgeous in every detail, including USBs everywhere, great lighting , bedding quality etc…We wanted to purchase everything on display incl. furniture but ended up only buying a carry-on size statue. Every piece is stunning and there is something for every budget ( smart merchandising).||We had dinner at the 2 Michelin stars restaurant, adjacent modern building: the food was impressive and we had the opportunity to meet /have a chat with the accessible founder Michelin star awarded Chef Klein as new Resident Chef Stradner was away…unfortunately, as other guest also experienced, the restaurant service is simply not up to standard: delays, staff not attentive, very few speaking proper English , had to beg for refills on water or wine at several occasions, sommelier too busy to ever come to our table etc…||We especially enjoyed the grounds of the Villa are gorgeous, bucolic, esp. the vegetable and flower garden as well as the bike ride to the Lalique Museum in the village 1 mile away, all worth it.||The cellar personally designed by owner Silvio Dentz is a marvel (even more impressive than the one we later visited at Maison Troigros): a modern architecture temple for real wine lovers with an astonishing collection, as well as for cigar and liquor connoisseurs (smoking room outside available, every epicurean detail has been carefully curated…).||All in all, the limited few room property gives a real sense of warm and exclusive luxury while providing an authentic immersion in the taste and oniric world of Rene Lalique: I only hope that the enlightened owner / business man Mr Dentz will keep this property as exclusive and well maintained in the future and maybe upgrade staff training at the restaurant and empower/reinforce the light but dedicated reception/...

A two Michelin star restaurant serving French haute cuisine in a luxurious setting. Here is what I can add:

The restaurant is located in a modern glass building adjacent to an old villa and surrounded by forest and pastures. Whether or not one is a fan of the name-giving brand of luxury glassware, one needs to admit that the dining room is classy and beautiful. Waiter staff in formal attire further adds to the upscale ambience.

After choosing a bottle of Crémant d'Alsace for aperitif we were handed multiple menus to choose from. We finally settled for the three course menu but switched our main dish to the John Dory in salt crust for two.

Dinner started with some nibbles representing the Austrian heritage of the chef who has recently taken on the heritage of Jean-Georges Klein. This was followed by a perfect egg with chanterelles and another creation centered around tomatoes. A very decent and fitting start to the meal. My first dish was foie gras coated in cocoa that came with rhubarb and toasted brioche. The dish was designed after a historic piece of glassware and was indeed very good. Main dish was the aforementioned John Dory. A waiter finished the dish table side, removing the salt crust and then pacing the filets of the fish on our plates. With some sauce with olive oil and tomatoes, some roasted garlic and a herb risotto this has easily been one of the best fish dishes I ever had. After a shared platter of cheese from the trolley (all from the excellent affineur Anthony) we moved on to the sweet part of the meal. An phantastic dessert, a mille-feuille with Mexican vanilla was just impressive. Spot on petit fours ended the meal on a high note.

The wine list is impressive and comes in the form of a book, with its own reading table. After browsing through the selection I would conclude the contents of the wine list are equally impressive as expensive. Spotting a bargain will be a tough thing to do. We settled for a beautiful Meursault from Domaine Roulot.

Fantastic food, great ambience and a wine list to splurge from if one has the means. So overall a place one should have in mind when planning a culinary exploration of the...