Neos - Restaurant & Weinbar — Restaurant in Cochem

Excellent service, friendly, perfect English, professional and knowledgeable. Starter of beetroot, goats cheese and oddly enough, lemon sorbet, worked surprisingly well. Zingy and fresh, it was a great start to the meal. Iberico pork cheek was excellent too. Salmon was delicious and cooked perfectly, but the accompanying elements were a disaster. It was supposed to be risotto, but it was overcooked mush with some grilled vegetables thrown in. The chorizo was not great either. The waiter copped that I didn't like it and gave me a free dessert, which was delicious and much appreciated. Wine was excellent, suggested by the waiter and wasn't on the menu. The restaurant itself is very nice, good vibe and ambience. A broader menu would be good, there really isn't too much choice and when one of the choices is poor, it doesn't help. Having said all this, overall a very good experience and would...

We arrived around 19:00 without a reservation and were lucky enough to get a table after five minutes waiting. We ordered and got our water and wine quickly. Then the great waiting began. At 20:00 we still had not received our food, whereas two neighbouring tables who arrived later had already been served. Then suddenly we received bread and olive oil, which we had not ordered, but hey… At 20:15 the waiter came and asked us to remind him what we had ordered… The food eventually came at 20:30, ninety minutes after we arrived. The schnitzel had an odd taste, the fries were too salty, the chicken breast was OK, but the vegetables in wine sauce were too salty again. This was not worth waiting so long for. When paying, the bread that we didn’t order was on the bill, so had to be taken off...

Bicycled into Cochem in serious rain (27 July) and after changing hotel plan (see review of Karl Mueller), restaurants were starting to close and the one we planned on was on vacation. Stumbled past this place. Menu looked good so in we went. It was a jewel. I ordered the pre-fix 4 or 5 course (memory fading) and Chris ordered a la carte. Every dish was excellent. (Chris's glass of champagne came flat but they replaced it promptly and with good cheer.) Modern decor with nice wood tabletops. (Terrace too but it was raining.) This place needs a website with pics and a menu...