Rosis Restaurant Schinderhannes — Restaurant in Mainz

An absolute hidden gem. Owned and operated by a husband and wife team. It has an old-time German family restaurant feel to it. The owners are very nice, and Rosi cooks the best schnitzel in Germany! She makes it to order with all fresh ingredients just as her grandmother did. The €12 (!) meal started with some delicious fresh German bread and a very fresh side salad, along with an ice- cold Kulmbacher from the tap. The huge “Hunter Style” Jagerschnitzel was loaded with sauce and mushrooms. It was delicious! My friend ordered the “Bandit” peppercorn schnitzel that had a wonderful sauce with just the right amount of zing to it. We ended our fabulous meal with a apfelkorn shot. This was the best meal I’ve had in my dozens of visits to Germany. Rosis is a must visit for any Mainz resident or visitor. Fair warning -...

Used to love going to this place. The food was really good, and I always enjoyed their schweinhaxe. Then one night, with 5 of us dining at table, I ordered a starter, followed by my customary haxe, but somehow the proprietor missed my main dish choice when taking our order, and when nothing arrived, he claimed that it was too late in the evening for his chef to prepare a grilled haxe. Mistakes do happen, but I was hugely disappointed in the attitude and reaction of the proprietor to our dinner. It was almost like it was my fault for not having been served the schweinehaxe. I've been back to Mainz loads of times since, but I won't be going back to Rosis. Pity, because they used to be so good. Perhaps they should keep the proprietor away from the customers and employ someone with people skills to handle...

Food and wine was excellent. Ordering the food, however, was different than I was used to. I did not look at the menu but asked the owner of the restaurant if she had a fish dish. She said that the salmon filet was available and it would come with a salad and spinach. So, I ordered it. The salad was served first than followed by the salmon except the portion of the creamed spinach was 2 tablespoons. And since there was no other side I asked for another portion of spinach. That was a little strange to me, as if they ran out and did not want to make any more, at the time. So, would I recommend the restaurant. Yes, but make sure you get what you want, so waiting for it is...