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#473 The most overpriced falafel we ever had, Auntie Clara, Sankt Peter Ording (GER)

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restaurant review #473 – We went here for dinner during our holiday in Germany/ Denmark. We actually wanted to have dinner at Deichkind, which reportedly has good vegan options, but unfortunately it was fully booked. Not that many other options in town, so ended up here. Nice modern building, very open, spacious, very hipster feel. The restaurant room (part of hotel) more has a feeling of an upgraded cantine though. When inquiring at the entrance, the waiter said they have many vegan options! 😊That sounded good. But there were only 2 starters (salad and vegetable dish) and two mains (falafel and artichoc). 😔 Inquired about the vegetable starter (wanted to know if I could get it as a main) but was not on offer (??). I wanted to order a mocktail. 🍸But couldn’t have one, because that had to be asked at the bar, on the other side of the building, replied the waiter. Uuhm??? 🤔(When we left, saw the people at another table being served 2 cockails, so ???). So we both ordered the …

A word or two about restaurant reviews

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We have visited hundreds of restaurants over the years. And although we have only started this blog fairly recently (beginning of 2014) there are already quite a lot of posts with restaurant reviews on our blog. Here are some thoughts about restaurant reviews, and our take on the matter. #1. A restaurant review is always a subjective account A restaurant review is always a personal account. So many different subjective preferences shape the experience. As we explain in #2 we try to look at the global picture when writing a restaurant review, but even that is of course shaped by our own personal preferences and taste. #2. More than food: everything counts The food is of course the main focal point. A restaurant experience is however also shaped by other factors: comfort, hygiene, service, attitude, location, accessibility, choice of vegan options, presence of non-vegan items (like leather chairs in vegetarian restaurants), …  And a price tag that is in check with the quality. So sometimes the vegan food may have been great, but the restaurant scores less on other points (or …