Hovelmann's Restaurant & Hotel - Xanten

Visited here with the family based on Trip Advisor reviews. We were very happy with our choice. We made reservations for their opening hour and were greeted with happy smiling faces. They sat us in the window front overlooking the cathedral and market square. Service was very good and the food was excellent. The price was about what you'd expect for a traditional upscale German restaurant in a nice location. There seemed to be a lot of locals there, which is a good sign. We were certainly impressed and walked away very happy. Certainly recommend it.

Warm welcome and professional service. very delicious food with fresh, seasonal and mostly regional products sufficiently good prices. about medium atmosphere

We had dinner outside. Inside looked not so nice. Location on the market square was great! The food was good but the service was bad. Waitresses didn't bother to pay attention to guests.

Its an upmarket restaurant in Xanten. My grilled salmon with potato crust was excellent. Others had the lamb shank which also looked good. German Riesling was a perfect drink with the fish.

Don't let the snooty appearance put you off, the staff were very attentive and made you feel comfortable. We had the seasonal asparagus soup (not the best) and I had the curry soup - which looked amazing, but I wanted a thai curry flavour and it was not what I was hoping for.There is certainly no need to have a starter the main course is more than enough - both good snitchel ( I asked for mine with a fried egg ( as per the trip advisor images) which was not a problem