"The weekend my wife and I spent on Ameland, the Dutch-Friesian part of the family. Despite North German (in this case North Dutch horror weather), it was as always nice to sniff sea air and hike all day over the beach. Little tip on the way, who is looking for a good restaurant on Ameland, go to Hollum and to the Aunt An .... on Saturday night for extraordinarily good! But back to the purpose of this contribution, we returned Sunday and arrived in Rheine in the evening. Fridge empty, stomach too. So go eat. The horror weather we had taken to Rheine, so no desire to drive by bike to one of our favorites. My wife suggested the Ristorante da Mario, right around the corner with us. I wasn't really excited. Since Mario is a typical Italian restaurant with pure pizza and pasta card. Since Mario opened in his present home about 2 years ago, and we arrived shortly after. And this visit was so that I had refused to return again for 2 years, while my wife was there more often. She assured me that I would see a positive development and, as my wife had made her decision, I added to my fate. A pizza shouldn't get so bad. The Ristorante is simply furnished. Carded red and white tablecloths with little decoration. It likes in simplicity, it is no longer promised to the outside than you want to be. Basic Italian, quite favourable, as the average German from the Italian would like. A Pils was quickly ordered and the view of the card revealed 5 appetizers, about 25 pizzas, about 25 pasta variations and three meat dishes of cattle, pig and poultry, no calf, two fish dishes, no daily ticket. In view of the 60 main dishes, it is clear that not only fresh ingredients can be processed. I had discovered an antagonism with the antipasti of the day, and these awakened my interest immediately visually and odorously. Appetizer was already set. My wife too. We chose Pasta as a second gear. The antipasti came, I had indicated at the order to leave the plate with Surimi unconsidered, my wife did not want mushrooms. Both worked. The antipasti offered us were able to convince. Fennel with sharp paprika, savoury onions, swollen radicchio as well as grilled paprika and eggplants are well prepared and marinated in neat olive oil. This course was really convincing in view of the price of 7 EUR. The main courses left a silly impression. My homemade spaghetti with olives, capers, tomatoes, anchovies could convince. Well-tuned flavors left a pleasant impression with the al dente boiled spaghetti, the called 7,50 EUR were a very good PLV. Less good the Rigattoni of my wife with tomatoes, eggplants and parma cheese. This was rather very thin tomato sauce with a few tastefully cut without influence Auberginenschnitzen, over which parma rubbed. Delicious of taste, not well prepared and tasted. Conclusion: it was better than my first visit, but not really a breakthrough that would let Mario get to the class of my favorite restaurants in Rheine! Photos have not taken, but I have taken steps to take photos of the restaurants that I value in Rheine, or their accounts here, including the da Mario ."
