Weinbar Rutz: Star Chef & Stuffed Stomach
A friend of mine is on a quest to eat at all of the Michelin star restaurants in Berlin, and probably all those elsewhere as well. Just between you and me, I personally think he suffers from Gourmand Syndrome and this crusade for the world’s best food will drive him to destitution and despair. Of course, I could be exaggerating.
The upside is that I’ve at least got someone willing to visit these top notch restaurants with me and a few months ago we made it along to Weinbar Rutz in Mitte.
Under the command of chef Marcus Müller, Weinbar Rutz is one Berlin’s top restaurants and has garnered a Michelin star and sixteen Gault Millau points. The restaurant is divided into two – the downstairs bar and the full restaurant upstairs. The bar, it’s huge glass windows lined with gleaming bottles, also serves food and the wine list is long enough to cause a minor aneurysm in anyone with decision-making issues.
We stayed downstairs for the evening and were rewarded with an opening sampling of the chef’s finest – an on-the-house taste of minuscule culinary wonders. After that first glimpse it seemed a shame that I had ordered the bar burger, until I realised that this wasn’t any ordinary burger. This was a Michelin star burger, a burger that has climbed those culinary heights, a burger that is prepared by the same chefs in the same kitchen as the wild pidgeon breast they were chowing down on upstairs. Stuffed stomach it may have been, but never before has stuffed stomach been so appetising.
Dessert was a dream of molten chocolate souffle. I know there were several other things on that plate -I even remember making halfway intelligent comments on the delicate balance of flavours- but right now my memory is filled only with the overwhelming chocolate-y richness. I was told that the other desserts equalled the souffle, but I’m not sure I can believe that.
If you’re after exquisite food and wine in a pleasantly calm atmosphere, Weinbar Rutz should be near the top of your list. The downstairs bar serves all the menu available upstairs, as well as having it’s own smaller menu where a meal will cost you between 10€ and 20€. The full restaurant upstairs is 20-30€ per course, but the four- or five-course “surprise” menus are only 55€ and 69€ respectively. I only hope, for your sake, that the surprise includes chocolate souffle.
More information on PlanetEye: Weinbar Rutz
