Freiburg im Breisgau Restaurants

The Schlappen is the oldest student pub in Freiburg, already more than 25 years old. I was told that the Schlappen was once awarded as the most liked students pub in Germany (although I don?t know how they could investigate and compare this). Nevertheless it is a real cozy pub with good eating and drinking prizes and offers.

A special is the mens toilet...don?t miss to have a look there....;-)

They offer a wide variety of regional dishes. So if you want something "typical" you should choose "Regio-Menue" or "Schlossberg-Menue".

The restaurant offers also Brunch dishes!
But the special thing is the location of this place, high above the city you have a breathtaking view. You can go there with a lift (cross the wooden bridge at Schwabentor), then either take the lift or or go by food.

If you don't want to spend so much money go to the Biergarten just behind the restaurant. It's open in summer, when the weather is good. Prices are a bit high, food is not that special, but the atmosphere is great.

My memory has been a little fuzzy but thanx to new VT member Zandra's note, I'm reminded that the name of this place is Greifeneggschlössle. Of course! How could I have been such a Dummkopf? ;o)

Anyway, what makes this place unique, is that it's built on/in the side of this "mountain" in the middle of Freiburg, and you have to go through this cave-like tunnel to get to the entrance, but I guarantee that when you reach the patio an incredible view awaits; for free!

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We were actually trying to visit a nearby restaurant, but we wanted to sit on the edge of the outdoor seating to allow maximum room for Minifrosch and his stroller. It turns out, the outside edge of the seating belonged to the neighboring restaurant, Gasthaus Zum rauhen Mann. While our guidebook loudly warned its readers not to visit this "lesser-value" restaurant, we found the food to be perfectly reasonably priced. Service was friendly and the quality of the food was very good. It turns out we did not regret our "mistake" one bit.

Favorite Dish: I tried the "Badische Flammenkuchen," a sort of cross between a pizza and a crêpe, topped with sour cream, smoked ham, and cheese. Sara tried the käsespätzle, a pasta-like dish with cheese. The featured beer was from the local Ganter brewery. I tried a half-liter of the tasty Ganter Urtrunk, an unfiltered "kellerbier" available only locally and on tap.

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Naturally, when I hear about a beer garden that brews its own beer, I have to give it a try. We visited at lunchtime on a sunny summer day. The beer garden was not crowded, giving us the opportunity to sit with Minifrosch a safe distance from others. He was quiet and charming that afternoon, so it turned out people would come over to sit near us (and him).

Favorite Dish: I had the pressack (head cheese) in vinegar with a salad. I tried the flagship "Inselhopf" beer, an unfiltered "organic" brew. It looked lovely in the glass, but I found the flavor somewhat bland.

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This new riverbank café near the university and the city center was first opened in the summer of 2006, and has quickly become a popular meeting place.

While the indoor part is somewhat up-market, the outdoor area is a self-service beer garden "in the Bavarian style", so if you have ever been to one of the big beer-gardens in Munich you know how it works. There is a difference, though. In Bavaria you are usually allowed to bring your own picnic lunch with you to the beer-garden, and here there are signs saying that this is not allowed. (I suppose this is a cultural difference between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.)

Second photo: Part of the self-service outdoor section is equipped with reclining garden chairs.

Third photo: This part of the beer-garden has wooden chairs and tables, with the river in the background, as well as a bridge with a tram going across it.

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This is another of those wonderful buffets which make it easy for you to budget for your meal. You can add it up as you choose and so know what you are up for when you get to the cash register.

Favorite Dish: There is a wide selection of meals, snacks, sweets, beverages etc. They are all beautifully presented and cover a wide range of prices. You can spend as much or as little as you want.

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The so-called Markthalle (market hall) assembles food stalls of various kinds with food specialities from more or less all around the globe: Indian, Chinese, Italian, French, Japanese, Badisch... If you want a quick and cheap lunch and don’t need a restaurant to sit down, this is the place to go. If people in your group have widely different tastes and cannot agree on one style of food, this is the place to go.

The "hall" is a passageway through some houses, not a separate building. The entrance is easiest to find from Martinstor, at the end of the dead-end side lane next to the gate tower. There is another entrance from the street round the corner.

Favorite Dish: I had Fleischkückle (fried meat balls) and potato salad, a plain but nice local dish, from the counter with Badisch food.