Drexlers - Freiburg im Breisgau — Restaurant in Freiburg im Breisgau

What a superb meal I had at Drexlers. I now wish I had the 6 courses instead of just 4!

A really unusual amuse bouche of broccoli and kiwi fruit. I know, I’m still not convinced either, but the broccoli elements were great, I just wasn’t sure what the kiwi fruit interloper was doing there.

The first proper dish was the pumpkin, lentils, salad, prosciutto & beets. There were lots of lovely flavours of this plate. The lentils had a nice earthy savoury taste offset by the sweet pumpkin puree, cutting through the fatty prosciutto. The element that let it down was the sliced pumpkin pieces, which really tasted of not very much. Might have been better to have a larger chunk of pumpkin on the plate.

The fish course was the star of this show. The piece of pikeperch was perfectly cooked and the light and herby bouillon of vegetables complimented it perfectly. Add in a little horseradish kick and uh um yummy.

A palate cleanser midway through of gin & tonic granita with lemon zest and mint.

Duck with cabbage & shiitake with a side of extra confit duck under some parsley foam (side dish not pictured). That duck breast was cooked to perfection, and was matched in its magnificence by that sticky deep jus. I feel the side dish part was not quite hitting the same heights, not that it stopped me from wolfing it down.

A cheese course that is not pictured. And then onto the dessert. Chocolate tart with poached pear and whipped cream ice cream with a berry sorbet on top. Nice chocolate filling in the tart, and the poached peach was excellent. The whipped cream ice cream was a bit weak in flavour, but the sorbet did punch through. Overall it was a thumbs up.

Some petit fours of cantucci and tower cake were both deliciously nutty. One crisp & crunchy, one soft & velvety. Definitely a...

Drexler's is somewhat unique in Freiburg. The restaurant offers a incomparable variety of German and international wines including France, (yes, also Burgundy!), Italy, Spain, Austria, etc. at very reasonable prices. Also remarkable, is the very extensive choice of wines which can be ordered by the glas. This goes both for white and red wine.

The food is somewhat international cuisine with a mediterranean influence. Only a couple of dishes, but all of them very well prepared.

The restaurant is in a small and not very scenic side road close to the * Colombi Hotel. The place is rather small and often pretty crowded due to its unique character. Therefore, reservation is usually required. Besides locals folks the restaurants also attracts a suprisingly international crowd of business people and some tourists.

Therefore if you are a winelover coming to Freiburg, need a break from German food and beer and would like to discover what great wines Germany has to offer and would like to compare them with some international wines, Drexler's is the place to...

Serving good quality food in a beautiful city. It's a little overpriced. I didn't find it overly pretentious at all, in fact it is lacking a little in ambiance of any kind - the red behind the bar is more like what you find in a bistro and some light background music might be something to introduce given that tables are quite close together. The Grauburgunder was a bit disappointing also. On the food side, the most important, the dessert was perfect, just incredibly delicious and we also really enjoyed the starter (a tartar), and the mains, swordfish and calf from the set menu (set menu costs 58 euro per person, or 45 euro if taking only one main -- portions are small-medium size. I recommend serving more squid with the swordfish though as it is mentioned on the menu card and I expected it to feature more. But overall, well done, just the ambiance lets the...