"We wanted to do something good again as a family and had reserved a table for Sunday night in the Inn Spieker in Hövelhof Riege. Through two previous visits 1x wedding day, 1x business dinners, which have been both longer than 2 years ago, this restaurant has remained positive in my memory. In the meantime, I have also heard differing opinions, but this is just one reason to look in again. The Gasthaus Spieker is located on the main road, which does not want much to be called here by the Hövelhofer district Riege. Parking is not a problem, either on the restaurant's own parking or on the street. Ambience: The guest room is divided into an area directly on the counter, a smaller room directly next to it, as well as a bright winter garden, which offers space for 3 4 tables and in which we found our place. The tables are pretty covered, with fabric napkins, cutlery, bread plates and glasses, but without tablecloth. This does nothing in the new wooden tables, on the contrary, it fits wonderfully into the ambience. My youngest one is a little surprised if the many knives and forks lying in his place, but in particular finds the cuddly lambskin lying above his basket chair. In the summer there are still some beautiful places and trees or fixed pavillions, but today they are under water. I like the ambience excellent 5 star service: When entering the restaurant, we were very kindly greeted by the two services present. After a short clarification of the reservation, we had 2 tables to choose from, and, as already written, we selected the one in the very attractive conservatory. The two service workers, a middle-aged lady and a somewhat younger, practiced their crafts very differently. The slightly older, very sovereign, extremely friendly and always with the right comment, the right suggestion or the pleasantly matching small talk. But always extremely professional. When the order was received, for example, it offered a small portion for our youngest and was also completely open to further changes to the courts due to incompatibility in the two children. If we had only been served by this lady, 5 stars would have been safe. The younger of the two, clearly inexperienced, somewhat insecure and not always reliable some enquiries had to be repeated more often, which we also got along with the side tables. To a critique of the duck breast, see below has been announced I give further, but more did not happen to it, no apology, no feedback, shame. Unfortunately, the service of the older colleague was limited to the order intake, the very detailed adoption after payment, as well as some support in serving the main dishes. In combination I get only 3.5 stars map: Unfortunately, the map is not to be found on the restaurant's website, which is somewhat too confusing for my taste anyway. The card contains, as far as I remember, 4 appetizers, and 2 soups, 2 pasta dishes, 2 fish dishes Skrei and Zander as well as 4 meat dishes duck breast, beef fillet, oxenbäckchen and lemon carvings. As an appetizer, my wife ordered the beef carpaccio with parmesan, pine nuts and field salad €12.50 and a robber plate for our youngest. Our great and I shared the Spiekers Tapas 14, €, a compilation from the appetizers offered. As a main dish 2x the pink roasted airflower breast with wokg vegetables, Schupfnudel and 2 kinds of sauces red wine and mango each 21, € 1x lemon carving with garlic vegetables and Schupfnudel instead of Rucola and Gnocci small portion 10.50 € 1x beef fillet medium rare with berugs, red wine sauces and rosemary to share the desserts. Better yet: for the tapas, there were 2 snacks and 2 bowls with ice at no extra cost. For drinking we ordered 1x Spezi 0,3l 3,20 € 1x Sprite 0,2l 2,50 € 1x Mineral Water San Pellegrino 0,75l 6, € 2x Open Red Wine La Ferme du Mont Premiere Cote 0,2l 8,50 € The food: Together with a basket of 2 kinds Baguette and herbal cucumber came as a greeting from the kitchen a small cube of lukewarm quiche. Even though this doesn't just make a buzzing imagination of the kitchen close, the little bite has well-bodied and even our two guys who actually don't stand so much on this kind of salty cake have buryed it in the air. Also the combination baguette with herbal cucumber I would rather sort in under the term standard, but the bread was freshly baked and beautifully crispy and also the herbal cucumber was more than just OK. Appetizers: To the appetizers there were on demand purifier plates for our two guys. However, a 2nd soup had already been served with the mixed appetizer. The Carpaccio was excellent, so the other three told me at the table. Unfortunately, I did not get any more of it, although it was also part of the mixed appetizer. My big one was too fast: but my Spiekers Tapas consisted not only of the Carpaccio but also included other components that I really enjoyed even more. The shrimps on white cabbage with ginger, for example. Here the cook really did everything right And since my big one does not like shrimp or cabbage, I also got everything on my own. The white cabbage was a fool. The light ginger note I did not know about cabbage so far brought a trace of sharpness and some acidity into play, which perfectly rounded off the whole. As a further part of the ensemble there were baked goat cheese in Brickteig on Feldsalat. The goat cheese very tasty, especially with the apricot slices in salad. Brickteig around the cheese was, however, too little baked and more tasty than crispy. And also the salad was more OK than good. As the last component there was a beard liquor cream soup. Since I'm not a real beard fan, the rating here is a little harder. From my point of view, the soup was quite good, but no revelation I have not become a beard fan. According to my family, the Carpaccio has earned 5 stars, the mixed appetizer I would rate for the smashing at the goat's cheese with 3.5 stars. Main dishes: beef fillet with Beluga lenses, rosemary spices and red wine sauce Since this was my main dish, I can report here a little more in detail as far as this court allows that at all. The piece had a pleasant size and was halved with maximum cut surface. It was wonderfully delicate and juicy and tastefully just as I had imagined. The Beluga lenses were lightly cooked with some very finely diced vegetables. Some acidity would have done them well, no Balsamico, who would have covered the lens taste too much, just a very small splash of vininess. The red wine sauce was quite well managed, but by the arrangement on the plate it was very quickly distorted under the lenses and was therefore to be perceived only at the beginning as its own flavor. The rosemary potatoes were of the small variety and were served on the plate, but in a separate peel. Tastefully good, only unfortunately very, very soft boiled before they were resolved in the pan. The comments here are whining at a high level. I think with 4 stars this court is rated correctly. Lemon carving with roasted vegetables and scrub noodles: Pure visually a very beautiful plate. Despite the classification as a small portion, the sliced schnitzel was quite of a remarkable size. The meat according to our carving specialist tenderly and tasty, only in some bites he distorted the face and meant that there was probably an extremely acidic place. The vegetables weren't our son's favorite, just as little puddles. With both, probably more because of personal preferences, the supplements I tried were quite good for my palate. 4 stars so I think I'm attached here. This dish is now making it difficult for me to evaluate. My wife was quite happy with her choice. The meat was not quite perfect, but far more than OK, the wok vegetables and the puddles were very praised. With our great son, however, the flesh was to a large extent so tough that it was not to cut with threats of force. However, only in part and when the service shortly after serving, asked if everything was fine, my grandfather also agreed. So far he had only cut the edible part of the meat. Unfortunately, until practically the end, he did not sound that most of his duck breast was rather unsuitable for consumption. Only when I was finished with my food and saw that he was hard fighting I asked him if I should help him with cutting. The problem was, however, I couldn't change much. I have no idea what to do to a duck so that such a tough thing comes out. She looked beautiful. However, as my son was as tired by appetizer and the already consumed part, as well as the view of a dessert, we left it with a note when she cleared the plates. As mentioned above, she promised to give this further. However, a further reaction was not carried out. Due to the rubber properties of one of the two portions, I can only award 2 stars here. Dessert: Since I have only taken a very good espresso €2.20 to myself, I can only refer to the reactions of the family. The chocolate with vanilla ice cream was very good for children, limiting that the ice in our local ice cream parlour is better. 4 Stars The Grand Manier Parfait with peach sauce was extremely praised by my wife, and with a rating of under 5 stars, a longer-lasting marriage can be the result. Overall, the food of me gets 3.5 stars. Cleanliness: In the guest room itself everything was picobello, no stick was to be seen. However, small smears had to be made on the toilets. Although everything was clean on the first appearance, the floor tended to be lighter tackiness and the container for the use paper towels was already overflowing. Therefore 4 star price performance: Actually, the quoted prices are quite fine. With the slipping out at dinner, however, only 3.5 star conclusion Mostly, I annoyed myself that I didn't complain earlier. Otherwise we had a nice evening and we felt comfortable here. If it turns out, we'll be back."
