Hotel Seeblick — Restaurant in Leipzig

I live near this café and end up there from time to time when I have to meet someone out. It's admittedly a really nice place to have a beer, but the food I had the last time I was there convinced me to finally write a review. I'll recap my past three experiences. (Background: I am a mild-mannered person and am ALWAYS polite to the people who handle my food, for obvious reasons.)

Ordered minestrone. €7. The vegetables were almost raw and the broth was just hot water with no flavor, although it did have a thick layer of orange oil floating on it. My guess is that they took their pasta salad, poured boiling water over it, and served it to me.

Ordered pancakes. €8. They were still raw batter inside. Not just a bit moist -- actually gross raw batter.

Ordered a lox bagel sandwich (salmon, cream cheese, vegetables). €7. Asked them to please give me extra cream cheese and charge me for it. (I really like cream cheese.) Waiter says that's okay, writes it down. The bagel comes and there's not much cream cheese on it.

I politely ask the waiter whether the extra was forgotten, and he says: "Es wurde nicht vergessen. Es wurde nicht umgesetz." ("It wasn't forgotten. They didn't do it.") He explains to me that the kitchen refused to add cream cheese because it would prevent the bagel sandwich from standing up.

I say that's fine, but can I have some in a little cup on the side or something (what I'd expected anyway)? That works out and the bagel is fine.

1./2./3. The wait staff has been really nice, but service is very, very slow. Like, 30 minutes for a drink order slow. I think they're chronically understaffed.

So, that's it: Bad food twice, denied extra cream cheese once for a weird reason. Nice wait staff, slow service, not the staff's fault. Okay-ish prices. Pretty place. I don't mind going there for a drink, but to me, this place will forever be...

We had high hopes but we're disappointed. Online says they open at 9am. On their door says they open at 9am. We arrive at 915am and they said they don't open until 10am. To me, it felt like they just didn't feel like opening until then. There were 5 staff members there, 3 of them were drawing on the windows. Apparently a group effort. The other two drinking coffee and running around. So we sat and watched them draw on the windows for 45 minutes. Ordered "The California" which came with two big pancakes. It came with a very small, tablespoon size bowl of syrup. So we immediately asked the waitress for more syrup. She said it would be between 1-2 euros for more!?!? Are you kidding me??? For syrup, for pancakes we ordered? And is it 1 or 2 euros for a tablespoon of syrup?? .Out of principle we said no. RIDICULOUS!!! So that ruined the meal for us as the pancakes were EXTREMELY dry. She never came to check on us, but stood at the counter blowing her nose and NOT WASHINH HER HANDS (we are in COVID times right?) and chatting with the chef. We were the only two people in the restaurant. Restaurant is also very old and dusty. My husband called it vintage because of the look and smell. I thought that was a generous comparison. IT'S JUST...

The Best Sea-less View in Leipzig!

If you ever find yourself in Leipzig with a sudden craving for the high seas and an English breakfast, Hotel Seebkick is the place to go! Ironically, there’s no view of the sea here—unless you count the picturesque waves of concrete and traffic right outside. But don't let that stop you, because their English breakfast (Hotel Seaview) is a delightful, albeit not-so-authentic, surprise.

I give their English breakfast a solid 7 out of 10. The bacon was crisp, the eggs were sunny-side up and cheery as a British morning, and the baked beans were, well, bean-like. The sausage, though tasty, seemed to have wandered in from a bratwurst convention down the street. The toast was perfectly golden.

Despite the geographical and culinary quirks, the staff’s friendly service made it feel like a little piece of home, if home were a landlocked city in Germany.

So, if you're in Leipzig and want an English breakfast with a splash of German flair and a sea of imagination, set sail for Hotel Seebkick. Just don’t forget your sense of humor and your map, because you won’t be navigating any actual waves here. Guten Appetit and...