Chez l’Oncle Freddy — Restaurant in Strasbourg

This was the first restaurant we visited during our visit to Strasbourg and Colmar, decided to wait until I had a better idea of the food in the region to post my review. I wanted to make sure that any issues we had with the food were not due to the local cuisine but particular to the establishment.

We visited a few days before Christmas and the only availability we found was at 9 pm. The restaurant is very nicely decorated, and we loved all the furnishings. We arrived on time but felt very hurried during our visit, the first person that served us was a bit better. He took some time to answer questions but the lady that followed was constantly on the go, it’s hard to order when the waitress won’t stop by the table for longer than 10 seconds. The reservation was supposed to be for 2 hours but we left before that due to the service we received.

Now for the food, the only thing we particularly enjoyed was the onion tarte. The escargots were small and bland, the beef bourguignon was a couple pieces of meat that was probably left at the bottom of the pan since it was the end of the day without any vegetables. If you don’t have enough food for a portion, just say you’re out. The spätzle was also extremely bland, I really do wonder if they forgot to add any salt to it. Choucroute was ok. The parfait was ridiculously overpriced and had an overpowering flavor of almost like marzipan.

We tried to keep an open mind but this place was a let down. There are other restaurants in the area that...

I went there 5 days ago. I was drawn because of the good reviews and because I wanted to taste traditional alsace food. And to keep it short: everything was almost catastrophe.

Lets begin with the positive aspects: The restaurant is in the center of Strasbourg, so a really good location. The waitress who asked us to wait for 20 mins as we did not book a table was also really nice. Also there was a misunderstanding about my food order and the my right order came really fast then.

And now the aspects where I wish improvements:

As we came in the restaurant and sat in the restaurant it felt really hot and sticky. It would have been nice to open the windows a little bit. The waiter at the restaurant was okay but he did not apologize when he misunderstood my order. Furthermore, when the food arrived it was a catastrophe. The sourkraut tasted like nothing almost and the pork and the sausage needed more aroma as well. Also the potato tasted kinda dry. Also, there was way too much cheese in the salad and I was asking myself if I am still eating a fresh salad or only cheese? Also the sausage in the salad tasted like nothing. The potato gratin was too heavy. There was too much cream in it. Also the sun was shining and the terrace was really dark because of Rollos. Letting in a little bit more light especially during the evening when the sun shines less stronger would be nice.

All in all I would not recommend this restaurant. I’ve rarely been in a restaurant with such bad...

My friend and I were looking forward to eating Saturday dinner here, after a walk around Strasbourg whole day, we gotta say this restaurant were disappointed us! We went to the restaurant and given menus and told to sit down. One of the waitress blonde hair with glasses came over to the table. We asked if we could order the food from google review which we saw from other guests photo taken. She told us and made an unpleasant face: "I don’t know! I don’t have!" We were aghast. In our shocked pause, she shrugged and asked the owner to come over and told us in English that the dishes which we wanted to order are seasonally available only. At this point we said we had changed our minds, finished our main course and left. We are foreigners and there was something about her attitude - and the fact that she clearly felt it was OK to talk to us like this - that did make me wonder if this may have been an element in the way she behaved?! However, this particular waitress (tall, blonde with glasses) was also surly to her colleague when she talked to her, who were white, but not nearly as rude as she'd been to us, so perhaps not. All in all a dreadful shame, because it is a beautiful restaurant and we were enjoying how waitress Camille and the owner’s great services. Needless to say, we...