Hotel am Markt

Bad service, poor food. Just a beautiful locatie.

On a stroll through Saarburg we decided to have lunch here, based on the extensive menu and the beautiful location of the outside dining area; overlooking the water. It’s of course always a risk to chose a restaurant based on looks especially in a touristy area such as Saarburg.

As appetizers we chose the carpaccio and the French onion soup. The carpaccio looked pretty but tasted a bit weird and was quite soppy. The “French” onion soup was tasty, but the only resemblance it had with an original French onion soup, were the -few- onions in and on top of it. The bread part used as a lid to cover the soup was made of pizza dough and resembled a giant mushroom. The Pinot Grigio was lovely and upon request we were given a carafe of (tap) water.

For an entree my husband ordered a salad “sportiva” for each of us, which our waiter misunderstood as “one salad to share” so we only got one to share. When we asked the wait staff why we only got one, the (uninterested) waiter told us we “should have said it differently”. Interesting course of action, blaming your customers. He offered to have one more made but since we didn’t really like the food so far, we decided to leave it like this.

The salad was okay and the portion fair. We were a bit disappointed that the “feta” on the salad was just white cheese and not actual Greek feta cheese. By that time however, we were eager to leave and didn’t say anything.
Not impressed with the food or with the staff. Can not recommend.