Austria, Restaurants

Strobl Stuberl, Salzburg – our Review

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Open until 4am on weekends, Strobl Stuberl is one of the local institutions, the blood that runs through the veins of Salzburg. The atmosphere is warm and friendly with a lot of wood, but also a bit 1970s country pub, male-dominated and smoky (they permit smoking indoors). I was not immediately taken in, but the friendly waitress made me feel at home right away. It was 1am and we had just arrived at our nearby hotel. Ms B was too tired to eat, but I certainly felt like having a bite. The taxi driver on the way from the airport had recommended this place and it was not hard to find, just a stone’s throw away from where we were staying. I studied the menu for a long while. It’s a really good mix of local traditional full-scale dishes, snacks like sausage in a bun, and even some more sophisticated […]

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Food, London, London restaurants

Berners Tavern for Brunch, our Review

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Berners Tavern, Main Hall, Feature Photo, Berkeley Square Barbarian

We’ve just come back from one of our best brunch experiences in London or anywhere else. Berners Tavern is located in Fitzrovia and supervised by Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton of Pollen Street Social fame, and Phil Carmichael, who had previously worked under Atherton and earned a Michelin star for Gordon Ramsay‘s (who won 16 stars in total for his restaurants) Maze in Prague. Fitzrovia was up-and-coming some eight or ten years ago, but now seems to be on its way to become one of the hottest parts of town. We’ve even loved this area when there was little more to it then Charlotte Street and a few great clubs like the 100 Club, but lately we’ve been going there more and more often, enjoyed brunch at Lima or dinner at Hakkasan (both Michelin-starred), breakfast at the lovely Lantana, or a gorgeous plate of seafood at the outstanding Bonnie Gull. After […]

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Frankfurt restaurants, Germany

La Scuderia, Frankfurt – Our Restaurant Review

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One recent evening after work, La Scuderia, located in Frankfurt’s elegant Westend quarter, invited Berkeley Square Barbarian to try their four-course menu. The restaurant is very popular among locals but equally among well-heeled tourists, bankers, and travelling businessmen and -women. The Michelin Guide inspectors particularly emphasised the high-quality, fresh ingredients. Like all guests that evening, I was immediately welcomed by the lovely, energetic, and humorous manager, Ms Giebel, and led to my table. All the staff make you feel like you’re one of the many regulars, even if it’s your first time here. They’re very friendly but always professional and never intrusive. Different from nearly every other restaurant I have ever been to, La Scuderia don’t usually show their guests a menu or advertise the choices of the day on a chalk board. Instead, Ms Giebel let me settle down with a small glass of prosecco, then asked me a […]

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Frankfurt restaurants, Michelin restaurants

Restaurant Lafleur, Frankfurt – Our Review

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Recently, Berkeley Square Barbarian was treated to a phenomenal ten-course dinner with wine-pairing by two-starred restaurant Lafleur. To be precise, only Mr B was, because he’s currently on a consultancy assignment in Frankfurt for up to one year, while Ms B goes about her business in London, and we usually only see each other on the weekends. Ms B was not very pleased, as you can imagine, but tough luck. From 2018, Lafleur will be part of the exclusive association Les Grandes Tables Du Monde, which includes 172 of the world’s best restaurants. It is already part of the prestigious Relais & Chateaux group, which is comprised of some 500 luxury hotels and restaurants worldwide.   These two photos are (c) Lafleur, other photos (c) BSqB. At the moment, Lafleur boasts 18 of 20 possible points by Gault & Millau, more than any other restaurant in Hesse. It is one […]

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Art and Culture, Germany, Music, Travel

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Old Opera, Frankfurt

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While Ms B was visiting Mr B from London in Frankfurt recently, we decided to buy surprisingly good value tickets (at €50 each, for stalls seats in the centre 20 metres away from the stage) to see the world’s best symphony orchestra, Amsterdam’s Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, perform pieces of Haydn and Mahler at Alte Oper in Frankfurt. Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 was, as it happens, conducted by the composer himself at the 1904 Dutch premiere of his work. This time around, it was directed by the amazing Daniele Gatti, who took over the reins at RCO at the beginning of the last season. Alte Oper, who have a long-standing cooperation arrangement with this orchestra, were welcoming Mr Gatti for the first time since he joined them. (c) The Arts Desk (Featured image is by BerkeleySqB). Some in the audience (not us) were initially rather disappointed when it was announced at […]

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