"Having read the good reviews for this restaurant on TripAdvisor and being ardent fish fans, the four of us decided to give it a go. What happened? Total disaster! We arrived around on May were surprised to discover that only tables...were occupied, a good or bad sign After about five mins, the extremely surly waiter plonked menus on the table walked off without a word. Hmmm ? angry perhaps at having to work on a bank holiday? Never mind, we were all in a good mood our first impression of the actual restaurant itself was enchanting, small but cosy, with delightful Fishermans wharf sort of deco. Eventually, Surly returned we ordered both drinks food, consisting of : beers, wines, water, mixed starter platter for four, Lamb medallion am Stiel, Fish platter for people, with the Stuffed Octopus extra. The starter was ok, neither good nor bad, but the accompanying bread slices served alongside were not enough for the two hungry men in our group, so we asked for more..... oh dear, it eventually arrived when we had finished the starter.... The mains arrived, and again, the waiter ignored our attempts at friendly conversation, it was all he could do to ask us if we needed more drinks, which of course by then we did. The fish platter was terrible. I´m sorry to be so frank, but there is absolutely no other way to describe it. The Dorado totally tasteless, (had I been inclined to do so, I think if I´d eaten my serviette it may have been more appetising), there were two Gamba prawns on the platter, one of which was unfortunately, just a head!! The small chunk of stuffed Octopus, was cut in two to share tasted of absolutely nothing but rubber, (not that I eat rubber a lot The only thing that was seriously worth eating was the Lamb, our lamb eater said it was delicious. The whole experience being so disappointing we decided to forego dessert another round of drinks asked for the bill..... Four times in all we had to ask for the bill, eventually standing up putting our jackets on, an action that finally brought Surly running. On our way out we overheard the personal arguing with each other about, who was going to serve where ? It appears that members of personal had not, turned in for work. Could that have been the reason for our terrible experience? Who knows? I do know one thing though, pretty as the restaurant was, never again!"
Heilbronn
