"I don't even know why we had made a bow to the Hotel Restaurant Spa Torkel during all previous Nonnenhorn holidays. Probably because we are hanging on althers, we prefer to visit the gastro plants familiar to us here again and again, as we are very satisfied with their kitchen (usually) and with the associated service as well. We already call us from home for certain evenings and book a table. But after we were repeatedly praised over Torkel, we simply had to cross there and the first evening was almost all-round positive that we were still a guest in days later. In order to say it immediately: kitchen and service we really enjoyed very much, otherwise it would have stayed with just one visit. The Torkel is a 4* hotel that the brothers Georg and Alexander Stoppel took over from their parents in 2008 and have been leading together since then. A small insight [here link]. Alexander Stoppel is the chef and Georg represents the hotel. Articles about the Torkel Nonnenhorn are available in the magazines Südland or a la carte . The name Torkel , another expression for wine press, comes from the Latin torculum prove Kelter. However, those who wanted to try the individual positions of the really thick wine card of the torkel would certainly get into the torkel very quickly. Also when testing the cellar bar stocks. Ambience: Here you can find out that you want to be the leading house in the square; all a trace more noble and more thriving than with all Nonnenhorn competitors. The rooms are supposed to be beautiful and worthy (as we have no one), modern spa and cellar bar (open from 2:30 p.m.) are available, in the interior and on the not very large terraces, the tables are already very finely covered for the early-seating house guests (high quality white cloth towels and napkins and also high quality dishes or cutlery). If you sit on the terrace as we have done, you have the pleasure of going up and down the barriers of the near railway crossing every 20 minutes and seeing a train in the mini station Nonnenhorn on or off. Three different long trains connect Lindau with Nonnenhorn or Lindau with Stuttgart. A little distorted is the pleasure for the Torkel guests, provided that the locomotive driver lets the engine of his locomotive pass through during the service life; there it is then quite loud for three or four minutes on the terrace, but most of the locomotives are considerate and put the machines before the ride is resumed. For the ambience four stars. Cleanliness: really everything very well maintained and clean, four stars. Service: already according to the style of the house. The service manager and two young ladies in white blouse and black suit, the two young waiters in the white shirt with yellow bow, black trousers and vest, as well as long waitresses with Torkel Emblem. There it seems like a break in style when Gastronom Georg Stoppel jumps around in Sportsakko, carded shirt, unhackled trousers and with white running shoes between the tables. The service team, starting with the manager, is very well trained, very competent and present without having to act intrusive. All of them can, if desired, give detailed explanations for each individual food or wine list; not only needs to be asked in the kitchen to give the guest information. Since the card changes to several positions every day, a corresponding morning briefing will certainly take place here. Of course, change requests for the supplements are included, passed on to the kitchen and realized there at no extra cost. We have really been very concerned, well advised and very carefully served. Here, too, the claim of the stubble brothers and their torcle is to be in the ring in Nonnenhorn and to defend this position. For the service four and a half stars. Food and drink: The wine map is very extensive; Wines from the Lake Constance, Baden-Baden and Kreszenzen from Austria, Italy and France are on offer. Who doesn't find anything here is his own fault. With EUR 299,00 the most expensive wine is a 2011 Langhi Nebbiolo Sperss DOC (Angelo Gaja, Piedmont), the prices for bottle wines are on average between EUR 32,00 and EUR 48,00, but can also go higher. for open wines between EUR 5,80 and EUR 8,90 (per 0,25l); from my point of view a moderate price. The menu has some daily recurring hull dishes and also offers changing every day. On Tuesday evening (only with good weather) is on the terrace Green Egg evening with separate menu; on two Green Eggs is then grilled what the stuff holds. We stayed at a Monday and next Friday, so we came to enjoy a Green Egg festivity. Well, maybe it works next year. On the first evening, my wife, as usual, first drank her Averna (EUR 3,50) and then a 2015 Hagnauer Sonnenufer Grauburgunder from the Hagnau Winery Association (0,25l EUR 6,90), which tasted excellent. I had a Pils of the Farny brewery (0,3l EUR 3,20), for dinner a 2016 rosé from the Überlinger winery Kress (0,25l EUR 6,90) and as a digestive a cherry brand (EUR 3,50) from the Nonnenhorner Brenner Gierer. Gierer products can be found on land in known houses; Shoebeck and some star chefs swear. The Pils tasted like a Farny Pils (there is much better), while my wine tasted very young and fresh; just the right thing for a lukewarm summer evening. The digestif was magnificent. First there was a greeting from the kitchen Pelmeni with herbal filling; small but very tasty. As an appetizer, my wife and I chose the festive soup (EUR 5,90 per person). This was a type of double force broth; Inlays were bakers, small calf liver sausages and soup green. A kind of inserts overkill; much too much of everything. And for a festive day the soup had us a little bit of anger; it was not very spicy, but this is now jammering at high level. Far more than the soup liked the main dishes; there was absolutely nothing to put out. My wife, actually poultry of any kind rather less to absolutely not tanned, ordered Red Thai Curryhuhn from freeland breeding in coconut groundnut sauce sharply spicy (EUR 23,00). After freeing the animal from its not crispy skin, she assed with great pleasure. Much pleasure prepared my tastes of Rehschulter with Pfifferlingen, Rotkraut and herbal spets (EUR 24,80). The meat fell literally by blossoming from the shoulder bone, was very well seasoned and tasted fantastic. Peppers and redwort (with lots of cinnamon) were a very harmonious supplement. One thing, and there Torkel now does not differ from the gastronomic competitors: standing in Nonnenhorn Spätzle on the map you can be absolutely sure that no late zle but dumple come! No matter, they tasted wonderful. As dessert, my wife ordered Sorbet Lemon Mojito for EUR 7.00. The omponent lemon was a mixture of two extremely acidic fruits that my wife shoved to the side after the second spoon and devoted herself to the very beautiful Mojito Sorbet. As we learned during the removal of the dessert plate, the service manager does not like the lemon excessively. Despite festive soup and lemon, we found the evening very successful and read a repetition. This time my wife first drank a large glass of orange juice choir (0.5l EUR 4.20) and for food as at the first visit the Hagnauer Grauburgunder (see above). I first had two Farnypils (see above; Meckatzer Weiss Gold isn't available here) and for dinner the Rosé from the Kress winery, who had already liked me so well during the first visit. Just like the grower cherry I ordered again as a digestif. This time there was another greeting from the kitchen, namely a small tranche of bacon cake; Variation of flame cake and very picant. As an appetizer my wife chose Fiery banana foam soup with curry and herbal campi (EUR 8.90). The soup tasted very good, but it would have been a bit too little fiery. The two shrimps on the skewer were really optimally cooked and very finely seasoned (here was probably the fire rather than the soup itself). As a main dish, she ordered variation from Lake Constance in foamed almond pine seed butter with parsley potatoes and summer salad (EUR 28.50). The fish, Lake Constance Wildfang (shores, charlings and wallers), always comes from the Nonnenhorner professional fisherman Kapfhammer, was perfectly cooked and just tasted fantastic. Just like my turtle pink garnet pifferlings Topinambur with apple wort and egg spetlets (EUR 33,00) where the egg spetlets, everything else would have surprised me, of course, were actually egg dumplings. Nevertheless, a completely successful court. From the first visit my wife was warned at Sorbet Dessert this time the lemon and ordered only the Mojito Sorbet; again very successful. For food and drink despite the two small slippers four and a half stars.. Price performance ratio: for us harmonious; no one is forced to order the wine for EUR 299,00. And EUR 6,90 for a quarterliter of the very tasty wines we drank already borders on a bargain. For a total of nearly two hundred euros, we have eaten and drank twice very well, were served and really felt comfortable. Conclusion: We come back and can recommend Torkel without restriction."
