Victor's FINE DINING by Christian Bau im Victor's Residenz-Hotel Schloss Berg Perl - Buy Reservations

Wow! What a spectacularly amazing meal… Christian Bau’s Paris-Tokyo menu is sheer genius. Each course is a work of art and the menu in its entirety is perfectly constructed. There are no gimmicks - just brilliantly executed and inventive dishes which combine Japanese and French ingredients and cooking styles. We’ve eaten in many top end restaurants (including other 3*) and think this meal was right at the top, probably the best. The front of house team was also excellent - young, knowledgeable, super professional with just the right balance of friendliness. The sommelier provided us with a wine pairing of local wines, which was an interesting and very well-chosen accompaniment for the meal. The meal was well paced with a very good amount of food. By the end (several hours later) we were very full - make sure you go there hungry. The bill wasn’t cheap, but was truly worth every penny. The only thing to add for those thinking of booking is that the menu is very focussed on fish/ shellfish, some of it served raw. There was only one meat course in our menu. This suited us very well. The quality of ingredients is outstanding. For anyone who is a foodie you simply must visit. It is a meal you will never forget.

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We had had dinner here booked for March 2020 which unfortunately fell victim to the pandemic, so it was with great excitement that we finally got to dine here. Given its 3* Michelin status and the rave reviews from serious foodies our expectations were sky high. All too frequently we have been in similar situations with other restaurants and found the reality falling short - to varying degrees- relative to our expectations. Fortunately Bau went way above and beyond any aspirations that we may have had for our dinner there. The restaurant itself is small with less than 25 covers and is housed in the historic Schloss which is charmingly decorated (quite unlike the main hotel). The service here is friendly, engaging and doesn't take itself too seriously even though the kitchen here is of the very highest calibre. The menu is sensibly a tasting menu only format that allows the dinner to experience the very widest variety of the chef's creations. If even that isn't quite enough one can add on extra dishes which is a nice touch. The wine list here is stellar with a huge array of hard to find bottles from the best producers. The sommelier is passionate and super knowledgeable. Also unlike in many other high end restaurants, if the other front of house of staff are busy, they happily step in which as a diner is really great to see. How was the food? Exquisite, sublime and every other superlative that you can think of and more. The quality of the ingredients themselves was incredible and they were crafted into the most complex yet harmonius creations by the genius chef Bau. Words really do not do justice to how good our dinner was. We are fortunate to eat in many 3* establishments and Bau is on another (higher) level compared to pretty much all of them. It was probably one of the top 3 dinners of our lives - no hyperbole. If you enjoy the finest food then Bau will exceed your expectations, the only downside is that everywhere else will seem pedestrian by comparison.

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Everything is magnificent. Luxury and comfort combined is always a success. There are rooms at the « castle » and also in the modern building where the pools are. It’s spacious, and not too expensive considering the very high 5* quality of the hotel part. It’s the same as the restaurant whose standing, service and food are all of outstanding quality. Great welcome (even though I initially could not properly sit on the chair they had provided but that was solved quite rapidly). The maître d’hôtel is very good and so is the sommelière Nina Mann. The menu is very elaborate, between french and Japanese inspirations, with lots of exquisite dishes. We were amazed by the beef tartare in the mises en bouche, one of the tastiest I have ever had (and I’m Belgian, beef tartare aka « américain » we know something about that!!), transported by the Toro tuna with caviar and Soy, blow away by the tarbot, surprise but the truffle dessert etc etc. Every dish was 18 to 19/20 with remarquable precision and display. The wine list is a 65 pages book with an impressive list of German wines, plus french and international but…. NO natural wines at all. I mentioned that to the sommelière and she said she would like to have some but the chef does not like natural wines and has made law « no natural wines in my restaurant ! ». This is of course very sad when you’re a 3-stars restaurant as Michelin itself is awarding sommeliers who serve varied selections between wines, sake, beers, natural wines, pet nats etc. At the end of the meal I got to greet the chef and told him that. I could see his face closing like an alligator on a steak. “I don’t like it” is not a reason to deprive the public from a whole world of tastes and surprising creations by the “newest” winemakers of the world. And when you go to restaurants of the 50Best list you end up tasting naturals wines 95% of the times. (Well not at Geranium). When you hit a 3-stars restaurant with a bill of 4 digits for two, you deserve to be surprised and amazed on the plate but also in the glass. Even though Nina serves very good wines, none of them was worth a “let me write this down, I must get it”. There is something to work on there. But it was a great meal anyway. Just in the plate even though, again, Nina did the best job she could on the wines. Attention, also don’t eat 5 hours before this meal. It’s quite a lot of food to eat !

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Wonderful experience at Herr Bau’s restaurant. He had the intention of visiting for several years and finally made an expedition to the Saarland to dine at Victor’s. We stayed in the hotel, which is very convenient and allows one to fully enjoy the wine pairing. The restaurant is located at the historic Schloss and provides a nice environment. The atmosphere is relaxed and the service friendly. Little touches like the personalised reservation and the table decor add to the experience. The meal starts with aperitivo and a large selection of amuse bouche, some of them truly works of art. The menu offers the possibility to exclude two dishes, which I would recommend, otherwise I think it would be excessively long. Bread was delicious, both types, the French style baguette and the sunflower Brot. As far as the menu is concerned, everything was executed to perfection. If I have to chose a favourite, perhaps I would highlight the Steinbutt (rodaballo). We enjoyed our dinner enormously. A truly master chef. Last but not least, we found the price very reasonable. Really worth visiting and enjoy the magic of this wonderful maestro of the kitchen. Vielen Dank, Herr Bau. We will return.

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