Eating like the Locals and other Rhön, Germany Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name: Gasthof zur Krone

In Tann/Rhoen, one of the more popular restaurants is the Gasthof zur Krone. The locals all call it 'beim Mihm' because it belongs to the leading butcher, Nobert Mihm. His butchershop is right next to the restaurant. The restaurant also has hotel rooms available, too. Gasthof zur Krone enjoys excellent quality, because Norbert Mihm still supervises the meat production personally. The meat he sells and serves is very well praised because it's all local and the livestock was raised according to finest biological standards. The livestock is not fed chemicals, drugs and other additives, and thus you can taste the quality. Mr. Mihm has won a number of prizes for superior sausage and meat production for the region and state.
Gasthof zur Krone is very popular with the natives as well as German tourists because of the relaxed German Country atmosphere. The restaurant is decorated in a typical regional fashion, and even has a traditional German Kachelofen - tiled oven for adding a warmth on those cold windy Rhoener days.

Favorite Dish: Veal or pork medallions is one of Krone's specialities. The butcher's special cold plate is also very good and very popular. One of the house specialities is Rhoen Trout, which comes fresh, just 1000 yards away from Alfred Daenner's Trout Ponds. Mr. Mihm also has a number of choice Frankish wines from Franconia (Upper Bavaria), and occassionally Kreuzberg Beer.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Phone: (0049-6682) 213 Fax: 8347
Address: Am Stadttor 2, 36142 Tann (Rhön)
Directions: This directly on the Highway B278 heading from Fulda towards Eisenach, just past the romantic old gate in Tann.
Website: www.krone-tann.de/gasthof.htm
Other Contact: Email: gasthof@zur-krone-tann.de

Restaurant Name: Kreuzberg Monastery

The Kreuzberg Monastery Brewery is also in the Rhön, but naturally in the Bavarian part of the Rhön, on the 928 m high Kreuzberg (Cross Mountain).

Atop this mountain you have a very good view of the Rhön and of Franconia (Upper Bavaria), and of the Thurgia Forest, and of the Spessart Mountains.

This monastery was built from 1681 - 1692 by the Fransican Monks, and is still a pilgrimage chapel today.
Since this period, the Kreuzberg monastery is a popular pilgrim church, and for the past 100 years it has become a favorite day-trip spot for people on vacation and hikers, not the least because of the beer, which is reported to the be the strongest beer in Germany (this reason is one of the reasons why you cannot buy it in stores).

Ooops! Forgot to designate the driver? No problem. You can stay overnight in the Monastery (even if you are female). They have hotel rooms there.

Favorite Dish: The rich, dark beer, Kreuzberger Klosterbräu, is one of the main reasons why this place is so popular, served fresh and cool and freshly drawn, in Bavarian-sized glasses (0.5/1.0 liters). This beer is only brewed here and no where else in Germany. The menu varies, but mostly they have fresh cheese and sausge slices, that were made and prepared by the monks.

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Theme: Pub/Brewery
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Phone: (0049-9772) 91240 Fax: 8510
Address: Kloster Kreuzberg, 97653 Bischofsheim (Rhön)
Website: www.kruezbergbier.de

Restaurant Name: Berghof zu Ebersberg

I tried this restaurant, when we invited my Mother-in-law out to have a Mother's Day dinner - reservations only, of course.
This restaurant, like Gasthof Zur Krone, is in the list of Restaurants entitled "Rhöner Charme" or 5 star dinners for 2 star prices.
The personnel in this restaurant is typically old-fashioned German. The waitresses are friends or relatives of the restaurant owners, and usually were German country clothes. They are friendly and word-carg. The view from the backroom has this great panorama picture of the valley below.

Favorite Dish: I recommend skipping supper the day before and breakfast on the day you get there, because the servings are large (typical country). Their specialty is game, beef and pork - I recommend the wild boar roast with stuffing dumplings and steamed sweet red cabbage. If this is the last meal you will eat on earth, you came to the right place!
If your a vegetarian, try their salads - a great variety of fresh and pickeled vegetables with a choice of dressing.

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Theme: German/Austrian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Phone: (0049-6658) 9880
Address: Neuwart 60, D-36163 Poppenhausen
Directions: When you get to Poppenhausen, look for the brown & white signs guiding you to the castle "Ebersberg"
Website: EllenGuenther@t-online.de
Other Contact: Fax: (0049-6658) 98888