Erfurt Restaurants

This beautiful restaurant is in the new opera house, in the front right-hand corner of the building. The name 1894 is in honor of the fact that the original Erfurt opera house, now the Old Opera, was first opened in that year.

I won't tell you who I had a glass of Prosecco with in this restaurant after the latest operetta, because that would be name-dropping and I have resolved not to do that so often any more. Suffice it to say she was really lovely and so is the restaurant, which stays open quite late, even after the rest of the opera house has been locked up for the night.

It says Willy B. over the door, and this is the same building where Willy Brandt stayed during his brief but historic state visit in 1970, but the official name of the restaurant seems to be "täglich . . . aber nicht alltäglich". This is a play on words in German. It means roughly "daily . . . but not commonplace".

The restaurant is just across the square from the newly renovated main railroad station, in fact you can see the station façade reflected in the windows.

I sat outside here and had a very tasty salad while waiting for my train.

On the cathedral square there are many little restaurants and pubs. We chose this one because it looked very local and we enjoyed a big beer (0.4 cl € 2.70) and a large hot chocolate (€ 2) with a cake called Bienenstich with whipped cream (€ 2.50).

The place was busy with locals, mostly of the pension age so I suppose that is a recommendation.

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Zur Pfauen = The Pheasant?
Restaurant of the hotel we were stopping in, great beergarden on a warm evening and excellent food. Beer from the in house mcrobrewery went down very well too.
Just the sort of place the Bonios enjoy, recommended.
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Hausbrauerei in the centre of town, must try these places!
Food and beer very good, small outdoor area on a warm evening, looks good inside though.
Both Mr & Mrs Bonio had a salad - very warm day!
recommended place to visit.
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Engelsburg is actually a student's club (and has been for several centuries), but this nice restaurant is on the premises of Engelsburg. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name...
The food is good and relatively cheap.

Favorite Dish: I had the finger-food dish with country potatoes, mozzarella sticks and something called chili poppers (which wasn't so tasty) - in total, a good choice.

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If you went here for nothing else other than the location you would have a good night out. Looking over the stunning (and I don't use the word lightly) facades of the Fischmarkt is romantic enough in itself..........then they up the ante by bringing the food out!
We were so impressed we actually ate there three times. It is, without question, one of the best restaurants I've ever been in.
If you're in Erfurt and miss it, your Erfurt experience is not complete.
Bon appetit.

Favorite Dish: The grilled fish was as good as any I've ever tasted and served with panache.
I couldn't believe the next night when I ordered lamb and actually got six cutlets, all melting in my mouth.
We were showering praise over that when our waiter brought over the finest dessert either of us had ever tasted involving strawberries.
The strawberries were sliced and warm and balsemic vinegar and ice cream were also involved. Don't ask me how they did it but it was superb. I'm salivating now thinking about it.

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If you want taste a great ice crem you need to go to the eiscafe San Remo. You can seat in the local or take the ice cream out door. They have a great choice of ice cream. The cup of ice cream with different fruits or noise about 5 euro.