Caroussel Nouvelle — Restaurant in Dresden

We had the five course gourmet menue - with some swaps from the vegetarian menue to also test it and a great wine pairing with it. Expect five courses to be 110 euro plus 38 euro wine pairing - and to a great evening here!

Intrigued by the idea of a vegetarian Foie Gras I went for it as a first starter: the texture was terrific - quite close to the original and the combination with the pepper sorbet was just great. Nice start of the evening. On the regular menu was the smoked eel with a great cucumber variation to go with it. The dish came with a great South African sweet wine.

The Guinea Fowl soup was next with a Guinea fowl praline with truly great flavor and the essence has an exquisite strong taste.

The vegetarian version was a fennel soup with a delicate Yuzu gel in the essence that proves to be great experience - the yuzu slightly overpowering the fennel but the combination is really an eye opener

Then a nice Breton lobster tail with an upmarket version of the “Leipziger allerlei” … especially together with the German Chardonnay a great combination to enjoy some proper done dish

That Saxon Saddle of venison (actually the more precise name is “Maibock” as there is no proper US/English word for the local game “Reh”) was the star of the evening - perfectly to the point, with a gorgeous sauce made to perfection. What a culinary treat !! The red wine that came along was full bodied and boasted with berries.

To round things off, the rhubarb with a great Creme of Tonka and Mascarpone - what a nice blend of taste and flavors to finish a great menu.

Generally to point out positively: we had a nice, pleasant and knowledgeable professional service which is not anymore guaranteed these days.

Next to the two gourmet menus you can select from a regular a la carte selection too.

So go there if you want to spend a nice evening with great food in a relaxed but still well catered for restaurant in the middle of a classical district...

An exquisite dinner at the 2nd Starred Restaurant in Dresden After an awesome 7 Course Menu at the Bean & Beluga we'd like to challenge ourselves for another refined temptation and nothing would ever top the Master Chef Stefan Hermann.

As you could guess and expect, the service was high-classly perfect at least if we compare to other up scale restaurants we've been to so far.

Eventhough I wasnt that hungry, I was persuaded generouly by my charming cavalier to take the Great Menu (9 Courses):

Marinated Foie Gras with wild boar, pumpkin and beetroots

Yellow fin tuna and seafood soy-beans

Ray in curry coconut and coconut seaweed

Pan-fried pike-perch with mace sauce, Sauerkraut and black pudding

Partridge with chicory, dates and juniper

Beef fillet under the merraw crust with Swiss churd and mushrooms

Vacherin Mont d'Orwith Mustard and baked potato

Chocolate cannelloni with coffee cream and milk

All kinds of quince Fyi: if you ever think that you wont be 'full' dining at starred restaurant, you are totally wrong, at least it wouldnt be a doubt at this place as I was already happy after 6th course and gotta fight to finish the complete 9...

The lovely food was let down by really terrible service tonight. We were left alone in an empty dining room and basically forgotten about. We had the 5 course gourmet with the wine match and 3 of the wines were poured after we had our plates. It was terrible coordination between the kitchen and the floor. I asked the waiter for a break to go the bathroom and have a cigarette but when I got back to the table the dessert had been served and the ice cream had almost melted. Also, the wine glasses smelt like cologne. Trying to leave was just horrible. We had to ask for our bill 3 times and when we finally got bill (20 min wait) I paid cash and the waiter presumed we would tip €45 (the change) I had to ask for the change (which was embarrassing) just on principle. We were left at the door waiting for our coats but were ignored (again) we ending up finding them ourselves and left. No one said goodbye - it was horrible. €300...