Restaurant Poisson

Oysters are amazing and steak is exquisite. Service is top notch. Need reservations

The food was absolutely delicious! We had the 4 course surprise menu with a bottle of wine and a bottle of water. Never had such fantastic fish. The service was great too. The value for the money was great. The only thing we did not like were the high tables an chairs. Next time, I will book the nice tables by the window. We also thought that two glasses of Prosecco for 38 Euros were over the top.

Seafood was amazing and I know seafood - my father owned a seafood restaurant in LA for 30 years. The chef provided a personalized experience - sending us his favorites. Wine selection also top notch! Will come back and also a great place to conduct and close business.

Poisson in Köln, well that was a score! This city has sooo many options to chose from, its hard to decide. Especially when you are there just for 2 nights. So for lunch we opted for a meal at Poisson. Smack bang in the middle of Köln, near all the shops, with covered parking next door. We started with an apero, which came with a tasty treat from the open kitchen. On to chose wine (how can any meal go wrong with a Meursault) and some very fresh oysters to go with it. Good start with very attentive and friendly service. Onwards and upwards we decide to share some dishes in the middle. Gamba to begin with and we loved the garlic and chili; subtle but there. Followed by the calamaretti and this is how you want it..... moist, well seasoned and enough juices to mop up with the lovely bread! For the finale the fish curry, reccomended by our server as their favorite dish. We would travel here againjust for this curry, beautiful pieces of tender fish and just the right "wow" as an aftertaste. As the service was so fab, they devided the portion in 2 smaller bowls as we were sharing our portions. Lovely steamed rice to go along. Dessert was a well executed creme brulee. Worth your trip. Having been from Vendôme (2*) to a local Greek retaurant, Possion is now on our go to list and worth your time in our opinion.

My boyfriend and I went out for a nice dinner at this restaurant while on a trip to Cologne. The whole night, we got to enjoy delicious fish meald and appetizers, served by the kindest waiters and waitresses who were genuinely passionate about their job and happy to help us. We’ve never had fish this delicious before, and if we ever visit Cologne again we will be sure to come back! Amazing restaurant, no notes.

Since many years on each of my visits to Koln POISSON became a must! The food, the finely curated wine list and the delicate service are just amazing! The presence and personality of the owner are the icing on the cake for a perfect evening

Poisson delivered one of the most outrageous and infuriating experiences my family has ever gone through. My parents arrived with a reservation and were crammed into a tiny, uncomfortable table. My mother had knee surgery two days earlier, and when they simply asked for a table with enough space for her to sit safely, the owner flat-out refused. Instead of showing the slightest bit of humanity, he marched over and basically screamed, “It’s this table or get out.” My dad even offered to pay extra just to make the situation workable, and the owner exploded — telling him to “shut up” and screaming at my parents to leave the restaurant. It was disgusting, unprofessional, and completely uncalled for. From their perspective, the owner clearly treats people that don’t look like him differently, and my parents got the worst of it. Poisson is a disgrace of a business. We’ll never set foot there again, and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

I tried surprise menu(5 dishes including dessert). Various seafoods with interesting combination was pleasurable, but everytime it just felt like there could be something better. (Crème brûlée was flawless though.) I liked the fine atmosphere of the restaurant. I could see the waiters are trying to give a nice service, however, just like their foods, it somehow feels as if there could be something better than this, especially considering it's price and fame for Michelin star.

As a person that lives in the Mediterranean and enjoys at the very best fish restaurants i can confidently that the place has the most incredible food. You would not be able to find a comparable seafood restaurant anywhere close! No meal had any faults. Bravo

Best fish in town... Since it's Cologne, not South coast of France for instance, or Catalonia, may be they have not bad fish. But definitely not the best. Situated not in the very center, not touristic. Ambience not very traditional: there is an open kitchen right there and a bar right around. So all that they cook you can see and smell too. Locals and regulars go there as we noticed after all. They have oysters, few species, but pretty expensive. 5.50 Euros for a piece?! Isn't that a little steep?! Homemade Foie Gras for appetizer or Tataki of Swordfish. Sashimi variation - 36 Euros... It's just a small appetizer... As main courses we took - Grilled Scallops with sweetbread - 45 Euros. And Filet of Atlantic Turbot with Porcini mushrooms. That was good, except for that was not a Turbot in there. I guess they substituted Turbot on the Sea Bass, hoping that nobody would notice this trick. But not me. I know the taste of Turbot, that's my favorite fish, and not any sauce or side can cover this creamy, buttery very distinguished taste. We didn't say anything not to argue and abuse, that was a romantic dinner and I was not in the mood to sort things out. But eventually we had to... I'll describe this in the end better. Desserts all very fruity and there are actually only three of them. Pear and hazelnut, wild berries and buttermilk, and some chocolate symphony. I wouldn't recommend any. There is a cheese selection - but cheese selection in Germany... pretty dubious choice. They have also a menu: 3 courses for 65 Euros, 4 courses for 75. Since it's a ready set, we didn't choose it and ordered a la cart. For those who prefer meat - there is only one option of the main course - U.S. Rumpsteak for 58 Euros. The wine list looks pretty original: next to every position they put a bottle label, so the page fits only 4 names, and although the choice is not that great, the cart looks pretty impressive and valid. The wines are mainly from Germany and France, Burgundy is represented strongly. Prices are reasonable, quite good choice of decent wines in the price range of 40-60 €. And as for the incident and the serve here by the way: they don't have a cloakroom and as you come they just put your coat on the hangers at the entrance. All of them together in a pile. So, some lady took my coat instead of hers and left. That's even in spite of that I had a scarf put in my sleeve, meaning that it was my coat, just in case. So, she took out the scarf, put on my coat and left. Must be pretty drunk to do such thing. I love my clothes a lot and didn't want to trade this way, you know. So, when I didn't see my coat as we were about to leave, I asked the stuff where was it. So, fortunately for me, she was a regular and they could call her. But, we had to wait for 45 minutes there for a driver to come back and bring back my coat. And it was late, we were last to leave, they were about to close and I wanted to go back to the hotel. So, I wanted to take her coat as a guarantee that I'll get mine back and ask them to deliver mine at our hotel then I would return hers in exchange. What did they do?! They took away from me her coat and hid it. Can you imagine that?! So we were sitting there waiting and nobody even offered us a bottle of wine as a compliment for that mistake, after dinner drink at least or a cab ride back to the hotel. How can you call attitude like that?! It was their fault and our inconvenience. Just an apology isn't enough in this situation, don't you think?! After this I wouldn't say anything good about this place at all. The relation to the new customers is just swinish, pardon my German, hoggish, measly and not to mention not proficient at all. That's sad and pathetic!

I ordered a salad and the fish soup. The salad was okay but the soup was awful and salty. I asked to see the menu to get something else but no one helped me so I decided to share my partners dinner plate. He ordered the swordfish which was pretty good. At the end of dinner they wouldn't take the soup (which was simply salty water with pieces of fish) off of the bill for 20 euro. Bad business and bad hospitality.