Restaurant VAI - Lübeck

Delicious food - really perfect service and great balance on price-performance! If you’re looking for an amazing Italian experience, just book and have a great evening! Strongly suggest to come over. But don‘t forget: you need to reserve a table! Ciao!

Love the meal we ordered, and the attentive service they offered. Thanks for this wonderful experience.

Nice little restaurant with a very friendly staff. A little disappointed with our dishes considering earlier reviews. For some reason this restaurant requires a tip.

When we decided to have dinner at Restaurant Vai we had checked their homepage and was interested in the 3 course menu at the price of 50 euros. We were surprised when we sat at the table and looked through the menu once again. It said 69 euros for the 3 course menu. A bit of a difference. Anyway we took the 3 course menu and hoped for something nice. We had at first a sallad (Blattsalate mit kohlrabbicarpaccio und ziegenkäsecreme) which really wasn´t anything special. Then the doradenfilet & scampi. Didn´t taste much and seemed quite ordinary. The dessert was crème brûlée which was super disappointing. We´ve had crème brûlée many, many times before in other restaurants. It seemed as it had been prepared by an amateur. First of all it was ice cold including the crème under the surface. No traces of vanilla what so ever. Totally tasteless. The chef should really be ashamed to serve a crème brülée like this. We had four glasses of wine to go with the menu and when we got the tab we noticed that an extra 17,50 euro had been added as “trinkgeld”. We have visited several restaurants in Germany during the weeks before our visit in Lübeck and not once been charged “trinkgeld”. We felt that we were regarded as idiots here. We know very well that it´s customary to add “trinkgeld” if you are satisfied, but it is of course up to us as guests to decide the amount. In this case 10% was added by the restaurant. In my world 10% is the amount if you are very content with service and food. That was not the case for us. Adding “trinkgeld” like this is nothing else than cheating the guests. I can easily compare with a neighbour restaurant to Restaurant Vai on the opposite side of Hüxstrasse, Restaurant Miera. We had dinner there the night before. Really nice food and no adding on the tab. We did the adding ourselves by tipping the waiter directly. I think everyone should think twice about visiting this place with overpriced food and wines. There are other options nearby.

Around lunchtime and this place is full, an hour later guests starts to go away. If you haven't booked a table this is your chance for a fantastic meal!

This place is an absolute delight of fine dining. Wonderful atmosphere and even better food in this small cosy restaurant. The set menu was amazing on all accounts, presentation, taste and quality of ingredients. The wine menu is extensive and offers high quality choices. There is an option for a la carte and they have a good deal for lunch. In summer they have a lovely garden in the back. An absolute recommendation for a fancy meal.

Great lunch and atmosphere. Friendly, helpful staff.

I enjoyed a nice lunch there yesterday. The staff is really helpful, with the food introduction and recommendations. The mascarpone with strawberry is really delicious there. Food price is acceptable, and worth the value there. I would like to go back for another try.