Kuro Mori by Steffen Disch

Excellent food, but the owner completely ruined the experience. We were a group of 16 people traveling together and chose Kuro Mori with great expectations. The food was truly excellent, and our waiter was friendly and professional. Unfortunately, the owner’s behavior overshadowed everything positive. She tried to charge us for four bottles of water that were never brought to the table, at €6 each. The bottles that were served were refilled in the restaurant, not mineral water, and some were brought without being ordered, which caused understandable confusion. There was also a misunderstanding with the wine: the glasses contained only 0.10 L, and we were told they would be refilled later. When the bill arrived, both pours were charged as separate glasses. Despite the disagreement, we offered to pay the full amount, but the owner reacted shouting, making a scene, and even refusing to take the payment. Such a pity, because the food and the waiter’s service were outstanding — but the owner showed a complete lack of manners and professionalism. We wouldn’t return and cannot recommend this place, especially considering the prices and the way we were treated.

Elegant fusion restaurant in the heart of Freiburg. We book a table in occasion of my 30th birthday on a Saturday, and unfortunately despite the reservation, we waited for 45 minutes at the restaurant’s bar. As starters we had the beef tartar, the wild crispy prawns and some delicious sourdough bread with miso butter. Then the schnitzel tonkatsu with a miso-hollandaise sauce and veal cheeks. Finally, we had their version of the Black Forest cherries. In general the food is prepared with care and awareness, the different tastes from the German and the Asian cuisine meet in a sweet spot. We particularly liked the miso-based sauces (e.g. their butter or the hollandaise), the way meat was cooked or fried (e.g. the veal cheeks were spot on) and in general the restaurant atmosphere, with their open kitchen. Cocktails were great too! Highly recommended!

I was excited to come here. The place is beautiful and the staff is really friendly. The food not so much! The bread as appetizer was tasty, fresh warm sourdough. But the Bibiliskäs was bland and the Miso Butter also wasn’t pleasant. So I was excited for my veal dumplings on Broccoli with Shiitake mushrooms. But basically it was 3 frozen dumplings fried to death over two broccoli stems with one button of Shiitake. The sauce on top was ok. But for €26 I expected something fresh not frozen and fried. Unfortunately my phone died so I couldn’t take a picture of the dumplings. I might give it another try but yesterday was definitely disappointing.

Difficult review: has great potential and I will come back, but service was slow, some dishes really worth it some other (Japanese schnitzel) although realised with precision were not worth the price. Will go again and hope to increase stars

Loved the food and service at the place. We tried their appetizers and everything was perfect from the presentation to the flavour. For mains we tried their gyoza and short rib and it was nothing short of perfect again. Once again such flavourful food with great texture and presented oh so well. Their dessert - black forest cherries was to die for. The service was very friendly with good attention. The only complaint was the ambience - gets warm inside and the tables outside do not have chairs with back rest. Highly recommend the place. They delivered very well.

Delicious and ambitious, a great night that was enjoyable but not fully perfect - as the black forest came short in the fusion. But what we ordered was mostly well executed and delicious, presented beautifully. Fantastic German wine list, including some excellent premium choices (VdP, GG, Erste Lage wines). Thank you

The food was excellent. Full of taste and fresh. Their take on the black forest cake also really good.

My friend and I had a really nice night. We had the Twenü: 1 aperitif, 2 wines, 3 course dinner. The food was really nice, especially the vegetarian starter. We were helped by nice staff. We would come back ;).