"During our week’s stay in the region we visited several restaurants for evening dinner.“Bulgaria/Bei Nico” was one of them. Never been to a Bulgarian restaurant before so we were curious as how the menu would be different than other Balkan restaurants we did visit in the past. What followed was a nice surprise.For a Tuesday evening there were quite a few people inside as we entered around half past seven. A friendly waiter took us to a free table, handed over the menu and served both of us a 2cl glass of ouzo. We both ordered a “Schketo” (tomato-lamb soup) as starter. On the house a mixed salad with bread and four different kinds of sauces was served. Then my wife had a “Misch-masch” (sliced meat with sweet pepper, tomatoes and unions together with a pita bread) as main dish. I myself had a “Topf Sofia” which turned out to be a kind of stew in a ceramic pot with meat balls, pork, lamb, vegetables, egg, sheep’s cheese, salad and Bulgarian potatoes. We could have chosen the usual grill meats, but we didn’t and we don’t regret.Very nice food, sweetly spiced, the meat not as greasy as some other Balkan restaurants and all served with a smile and a joke. Good price/quality, 45 euros for the above, including a 0.3l coke, a 0.5l white beer, a cappuccino and a melnik ice cream (with walnuts and prunes).“Bei Nico” is some 2 kms south of the centre of Bad Oeynhausen, with plenty of free parking space right next to the entrance.If ever around here we would surely visit it again."
