Ian T.
Yelp
Upon arriving in Rüdesheim auf Rhine, the wife and I had no idea where to go, or where the "action" was. As it was after 6pm (18:00), the city seemed essentially closed. Fortunately, we met a very friendly, kind lady walking her baby who not only pointed us in the right direction but walked us all the way 15 minutes to a restaurant that she said was her personal favorite and had available the best Riesling in the area as well as "gut food". Turns out she was going to Drosselstrasse - the weingarten and restaurant street - to have dinner with family.
We can't speak whether it is the best in the city, but she didn't steer us wrong: it is very good. It seemed filled with tourists, but did also feature locals. From what I've seen of the city, during the wine season, there would be no open restaurant without a substantial tourist presence.
The atmosphere is charming, as fits the street itself (which appears so quaintly Bavarian that it could almost be from a storybook). The courtyard of the eatery is in the shadow of the clocktower of the restaurant which -- on the hour -- breaks out into chimes complete with wooden figures of revelers and vinter monks. Music mixing modern and traditional German music is also on tap.
The Riesling - we had the Rüdesheim semi-dry - was smooth. I had the bit untraditional spargel (asparagus) with shrimp and nudeln (noodles) and parmesan on top. The shrimp is basically the small salad shrimp as is common in Germany, and the noodles were nice, slippery fat egg noodles. It was quite good. The wife's spargel with salmon was nice, with nice presentation and had a bit of unconventional touch with roe. Also a bit unconventional is that they mixed a bit of green asparagus along with the more traditional German preference for the white spargel. While we don't have enough knowledge of the city to definitively recommend it relative to other restaurants it was enjoyable - and our very nice German Good Samaritan recommends it, which is good enough for us.