Drexlers - Freiburg im Breisgau

We have had an amazing dining experience at Drexlers. We were surprised from amuse bouche until the dessert. We were super enthousiastic about the dishes. The granita from lavas that accompanied the perch was so innovative and smart! The cauliflower with yoghurt and matcha was also one of the favourites. We really loved the wine painting with unusual choices and classics from Sicily, the Loire Valley and Baden. This restaurant deserves to be full every evening!

What a superb meal I had at Drexlers. I now wish I had the 6 courses instead of just 4! A really unusual amuse bouche of broccoli and kiwi fruit. I know, I’m still not convinced either, but the broccoli elements were great, I just wasn’t sure what the kiwi fruit interloper was doing there. The first proper dish was the pumpkin, lentils, salad, prosciutto & beets. There were lots of lovely flavours of this plate. The lentils had a nice earthy savoury taste offset by the sweet pumpkin puree, cutting through the fatty prosciutto. The element that let it down was the sliced pumpkin pieces, which really tasted of not very much. Might have been better to have a larger chunk of pumpkin on the plate. The fish course was the star of this show. The piece of pikeperch was perfectly cooked and the light and herby bouillon of vegetables complimented it perfectly. Add in a little horseradish kick and uh um yummy. A palate cleanser midway through of gin & tonic granita with lemon zest and mint. Duck with cabbage & shiitake with a side of extra confit duck under some parsley foam (side dish not pictured). That duck breast was cooked to perfection, and was matched in its magnificence by that sticky deep jus. I feel the side dish part was not quite hitting the same heights, not that it stopped me from wolfing it down. A cheese course that is not pictured. And then onto the dessert. Chocolate tart with poached pear and whipped cream ice cream with a berry sorbet on top. Nice chocolate filling in the tart, and the poached peach was excellent. The whipped cream ice cream was a bit weak in flavour, but the sorbet did punch through. Overall it was a thumbs up. Some petit fours of cantucci and tower cake were both deliciously nutty. One crisp & crunchy, one soft & velvety. Definitely a wunderbar meal

Absolutely delicious! Don’t need to say much. I loved every dish I had. Would happily come back over and over. 😋 Not to mention the really great service. Always so smiley

Food was good, but underwhelming for the price. While good food takes time, 3.5h for a 5-course meal is excessive. Service was great otherwise.

Fancy place,a bit overpriced. They have menu only in German though the staff is more than willing to help with the translation. That atmosphere is a little bit pretentious. But overall the food was tasty and service was impeccable. Definitely recommend for long slow half voice conversations over glace of wine. Wouldn't advise for a cosy family dinner.

It's a limited midweek menu but we couldn't resist going back for a second time the next day. I only wish that we could have tried the full tasting menu at the weekend. Fabulous food and drink and service at a competitive price.

Serving good quality food in a beautiful city. It's a little overpriced. I didn't find it overly pretentious at all, in fact it is lacking a little in ambiance of any kind - the red behind the bar is more like what you find in a bistro and some light background music might be something to introduce given that tables are quite close together. The Grauburgunder was a bit disappointing also. On the food side, the most important, the dessert was perfect, just incredibly delicious and we also really enjoyed the starter (a tartar), and the mains, swordfish and calf from the set menu (set menu costs 58 euro per person, or 45 euro if taking only one main -- portions are small-medium size. I recommend serving more squid with the swordfish though as it is mentioned on the menu card and I expected it to feature more. But overall, well done, just the ambiance lets the food down a bit.

Food was alright but notably worse than pre Covid. Service: staff was nice but extremely inexperienced. One had to take it with humor. Wait between main and desert was totally unacceptable (50 minutes). We started the 6 course menu at 7:30 pm and weren’t done until 11:40 pm.

Great food and staff. Menu changes quite often but their dishes are always made with fresh ingredients. Wine is awesome. Gluten free options available.