"General: 2013 I was very positive about the Hemingway at RK times, which unfortunately closed its doors in 2015 and a successor had not yet found himself for this small but attractive restaurant. Now we were glad that the Al Dente came back to life. Now there is no lack for Italians on Norderney, but as my sister-in-law says: “Italian always goes” and so all Italians grow up after our observation. Most are more pizzerias. The Al Dente is dedicated to the slightly elevated kitchen beyond the pizza. It is led by the apart Joana, a polish. On Thursday evening the small restaurant filled very quickly so that a reservation is strongly recommended. The audience expects tourists and adults, although there is a small children's card. Pizza abstinence can scare families with children. We have eaten exceptionally delicious and besides discussing Da Sergio, the Al Dente is a first address for more demanding Italian cuisine and a return is highly recommended. The price level slightly increased, but suitable for the offer, certainly always considering the Norderney supplement, i.e. solid four stars in the rating. (The real estate prices are now dizzying and after this also the pastures for restaurants are shortening, as our taxi driver knew. The homepage [here link] shows the menu without prices and the wine card with prices. Service: Two women play the restaurant in white accent blouses. Chef Joana and her charming waitress Valentina who can wear a apron. She's Sardin. The former cook also came from there, which explains the Sardinian map and in particular the selection of wines. In the meantime, there is an apoule on the stove. All drinks are quickly brought to the table and finally the Prosecco and the White House Wine are served cold. The food sequence has also been very pleasantly clocked and Joana finally gave us another grappa that is unusually generous for the relations between Nordeyer – the Greeks are once excluded. The dishes outside the map on the slate boards are brav and my desire for a pastel traffic in reduced portion size is happy to fulfill. All in all a very sympathetic care and for that I want to get out four stars. The beverage prices are medium: Bitburger 0.2 l see on the map at 2,20 €, the bottle of water 0.75 l with proud 6,80 € and the good white house wine 0.2 l was charged with 5,50 €. In addition to the sophisticated wine map (see homepage there is an extra wine map with five white and six red wines in the moderate range from 19,90 to 23,90 € for the bottle. Meat: The card without pizza, but otherwise very diverse: eight antipasti of Bruschetta (6,90 € to swordfish Carpaccio (16,90 € ), seven pasta dishes with and without meat (11,90 to 16,90 € ), seven dishes from the sea (thunfish, swordfish, salmon, Dorade, Wolfsbarsch, Jacobsmuscheln, violas, 19,90 to 29,90 € and from pasturea Delicious. Then Antipasto della Casa (15,90 € and Gamberoni della Casa (15,90 €). The Antipasti consisted of grilled eggplants and zucchini slices, inlaid green olives, artichokes, paprika strips, Vitello tonato, Bruschetta and plentiful ham and salami slices. All well edible and generously cut. But winners were the Gamberoni in a fruity tomato sauce with many cocktail tomatoes and pine nuts. Both appetizers are optically dressed on square plates, as the photos could prove. On the map I had discovered the Linguine Alla Puttanesca (Linguine with olives, capers and anchovies in tomato sauce and I cannot resist the trio of olives, capers and anchovies. Since a pasta dish, as the main food cannot fulfill my Gourmand claim, I decided to make the variant of the intermediate course and I was rewarded for 7.00 € with a wonderful pasta, actually chocolate and olives in a thick tomato sauce that almost completely covers the noodles. So far the good salt and pepper mills from the table did not have to be tried. Two of them went with Tagliatelle Anatra e porcini (Tagliatelle with duck breast and stone mushrooms, €16.90 and Filetto Di Spada Alla Mediterranea (250 g swordfish in Mediterranean sauce, €22.90). The pommes are cut irregularly and served separately. The swordfish was roasted, which can cause a nasal hull with friends of the “glassy” fish. It was a good thing for me, because this cooking condition fits into the tomato and sauce base of the farm. With the size of the fish steak and the pommes there was also a real part. With lush meat and mushrooms, the Tagliatelles of my constant companion were also served, which were also well seasoned and therefore tasty. On request, a cover glass with coarse Parmesan planting was brought. In Toto, the Al Dente kitchen works very carefully handmade and brings strong flavors to the plates, strongly on tomato base. It just tasted good and is worth 4.5 stars. Ambience: The restaurant is located in a corner house and on the left side of the entrance is the open air area with some tables and well furnished by the Trottoir. The restaurant itself is arranged at right angles. A number of tables on the right and left line the way through the cup room to the toilets. The tables are very different: round tables in the corners, on a base on the right back and otherwise acceptable large two tables. The tables are made of dark wood and nude to a set. It is served on leather cushions, sometimes dark, sometimes red as a bench on the walls. Color also brings a red wall directly from the entrance. Otherwise, the walls are brightly held and serve as decoration the elongated wall lights with wrought iron and pointed lampshade and the slate plates with additional offers. If you want to sit a bit cuddly, ask yourself a table opposite the counter on the podium. The routes are all right. The music brings Italian hits to the ear. Cleanliness: Everything very well maintained and the toilets without complaint."
