Jena
Due Angeli Zur Sonne

Due Angeli Zur Sonne

Markt 22, 07743, Jena, Germany

Pizza • Steak • Italian • Pizzeria


"The Italian restaurant “Due Angeli” is located in the historic building “Zur Sonne” and is located directly on the Markplatz in Jena, a beautifully restored building inside and outside. Immediately after the entrance we are led to a table which is quite large for four people and is beautifully covered and decorated. The menus promise the most delicious that the Italian cuisine has to offer from appetizer to dessert. A small prosecco is served as a welcome drink by a attentive and friendly staff at the expense of the house. We order the drinks (2 x Pils 0.5 l to 3,90 €, Pinot Grigio 0.2 l to 5,50 € and a water 0.25 l to 2,20 €, which are brought after appropriate waiting period: We study the beautifully designed map from top to bottom and bottom to top. Choice is difficult. Mr LUT decides for a Ribollita as an appetizer (4.90 €), our son chooses the onion soup (4.90 €). The dishes are visually very attractive for evenly oversized dishes – and taste good for the best! As a main dish choose Mr LUT and I Saltimbocca to €15,90, our son chooses a carving toscana to €14,50 and his girlfriend a pizza “braccio di ferro (7,90 € ), which translates as much as “Arm Pressing, Pigeons” – the spinach because of... The Saltimbocca proves to be perfect. However, I cannot see such grilled vegetables – for me it is very beautiful. It tastes good, but in my opinion it is not grilled! The announced rosemary apples I find something too fade, a bit more rosemary would have wished my taste nerves. From my point of view, there are only 4 stars for my court. This alone would not have done a total rating of 5 stars, because it would not be the ladies' room that would not be the touch of an upscale category for a restaurant that tries to give itself the touch of an upscale category with ambience and personal outfit. At least not in the evening of my visit. Only one of two existing ceiling lights works so that the already bad lighting is even more spicy. In addition, toilet paper and the container with the paper towels used are missing. That draws the rating down! 4 stars for the “Due Angeli” in the Haus Zur Sonne, 5 stars would be easy to create!"

Restaurant Kardamom

Restaurant Kardamom

Carl-Zeiss-Platz 4, 07743 Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Fish • Coffee • Seafood • European


"The restaurant is definitely worth a visit, but be aware of the service staff that cannot meet the standards of this promising place and pricy menu (later more). That's why only points... The whole hotel including the restaurant has been refurbished in and...looks completely different. The new European-Arabic style is unique in town. So we have tried the restaurant on a special occasion for dinner. Reservation was friendly and we were told that a group was expected around the time we booked. When we arrived the waiter did not welcome us at all. Just a dull follow me came out of his mouth. No please you are welcome a smile or whatever you would think is appropriate. We also thought that it would be appropriate to explain something about the concept of the restaurant or about the specialities. Unfortunately: nothing at all. Furthermore, when we were waiting for our food/drinks service staff was loudly talking and laughing when they set up the other part of the restaurant. The menu looks promising and naturally you will find upper-priced starters, mains, desserts and drinks. The kardamom aperitif tastes really good and should be promoted by the staff and not just by the menu!!! The starters (asparagus soup, cream soup with chili) were really good. They serve bread, but no butter. You will find out the reason very soon: The small plate is not a normal plate for bread. You pour oil into it and dip the bread. Even though this might be typical in arabic countries, staff should explain it. First, to guide customers who are probably not familiar with that kind of cuisine and secondly, they could create a real experience. So we had to ask. At least they told us that they would bring butter on request. What a surprise: Between our starters and main dishes we have got a mini soup in a tea glass with the note that the mains are going to arrive very soon. This is really nice. On the other hand, you could think that they outweigh a mistake in the kitchen. The main dishes (cat fish and asparagus with veal) were very good, tasty and filling. Our wine choice matched the food quite good. The desserts (ice cream, chocolate mousse) looked really good and tasted very good. In the end we tried the Kardamom coffee which is a nice finish. The food is really, really good and exceptional for the city which is not known to be that culinary. You can compare it to the Scala restaurant on top of the Intershop Tower. But: The service is not meeting the high standards of the kitchen. We cannot blame the trainee who was doing her best. My napkin had two holes. The welcome drink glass was not properly cleaned. And in my wine glass were big pieces of dust that you could see with your eyes. All of the three things did not impact too much on the experience so I did not say anything. But those things need to be perfect for the prices you pay! The waiter who showed us our table was not really up to standard on other tables as well. That's why: The service needs an upgrade. A natural welcome and smile should be standard. An explanation about the European-Arabic concept could make a difference. Make it exciting, bring in some dynamic. If I want to have a normal/standard/boring evening I could go somewhere else. The kitchen put such an effort in the menu and the service ruins it. If it won't change, I can go further to eat traditional Thuringian food for less and a similar service. I will be sure to get value for money there. Again, the service is the only reason the restaurant gets points. However, it deserves"