Hänneschen und die Pfeffermühle — Restaurant in Cologne

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This place serves the highest quality food and it tastes amazing. It is very good for those who have never tried those dishes, so it is good for making an impression. If you do not like it here, then you won't like it anywhere. If you like it here, then it will set a high standard for you and then in the future you will be capable of comparing and judging those dishes elsewhere.

This is proper food how it is supposed to be. This is a real restaurant, and others in comparison are just wannabes. The prices are around 1 euro higher than elsewhere. Typically the higher the price, the higher the food quality, and the better the taste. The food quality and taste is disproportionately high, much much better.

You will be unable to invent anything else: the food is perfected to the highest of standard, and is very close to perfection, making it very very hard to improve. Nothing else can be invented, it would be seriously hard to improve something that already is THAT good.

The waiter is pleasant, knowledgeable, and very mature.

In some exceptional places the evaluation that I want to give is off the scale. If the place and the service is very bad, I then give one star and add a note that by giving 1 star I am still being very generous. This is the opposite: I am issuing 5 stars, but I must note that by giving 5 stars it makes me look greedy and cheap, because this place is worth a higher rating...

Very disappointing, especially after reading such positive reviews. It was busy when we went but as there were only two of us, and everyone else seemed to be getting served, we concluded that it was because we were English that we received bad service!

After seating us with menus, we were then ignored for about 25 minutes before they came to take our order. We then had to wait 30 minutes for our drinks to arrive (we only ordered a coke and a sprite). When we politely asked if our drinks were coming after waiting for 20 minutes, we were snapped at with 'yes, they're coming!'. 10 minutes later they finally arrived. In the meantime, the large table of locals across from us who arrived after us had had their drinks and starters. Other tables had also been served too and the waiters seemed to behave very differently with them.

After about 45 mins from ordering, the food arrived. We ordered schnitzel and didn't enjoy it. The portions were huge which some people might love but for us it was too much, especially as we don't like wasting food.

Again, we waited 25 minutes for plates to be cleared. They were very prompt with the bill though....!

A big shame as we were looking forward to a nice dinner out. We have been really trying to speak in German and we are generally a really relaxed couple who don't expect 'fast food' but we felt that this was just very poor, selective service. Fellow Brits - avoid! Hopefully you'll find somewhere better and...

My partner and I were very excited to try this food as we had read so many great reviews. We came in excited and hopeful for a great experience as well. While the food was great! The service was not. I’m not sure if it’s because we only spoke English or if it’s because we’re minorities & p.o.c. but our waiter was less than attentive. (Note: our waiter spoke English and my partner tried to speak to him in German to his best ability). He was great with taking our order but after trying to get his attention five different times to pay the bill, we realized he was purposely ignoring us. I kindly asked him for the bill and he told us to wait. This was after 15 minutes of waiting from the first wave down. Even the individuals next to us look concerned. Out of frustration, we calculated our bill and set out the cash. In fact, we even gave him a €5 tip. He finally came out when he noticed we got out of our seats to leave. I know what you’re thinking, it was probably busy and yes it was. However, he was more than happy to converse with the rest of his tables and was very helpful with them except us. I am saddened by our experience and unfortunately will not be returning. I only wish great things for this restaurant, but the only thing we ask for is leniency. It does not take much energy to be kind and respectful to others. If you do decide to come here, I genuinely hope you have a better experience than we did....