Restaurant Der Zauberlehrling

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#42 of 1,629 Restaurants in Stuttgart$$$$, International, European, Vegetarian friendly

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6:00 pm - 12:00 pm

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6:00 pm - 12:00 pm

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6:00 pm - 12:00 pm

Thu

6:00 pm - 12:00 pm

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6:00 pm - 12:00 pm

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7:30 pm - 12:00 pm

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#42 of 1,629 Restaurants in Stuttgart

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International, European, Central European

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Vegetarian friendly

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Rosenstr. 38, 70182 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg Germany

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+49 711 2377770

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Wine lovers will be delighted to see the walk-in glass wine cabinet upon entering the restaurant – it gives a first impression of the 300 or so labels ...

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One MICHELIN Star: High quality cooking, worth a stop!

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Every lifestyle has a magic all its own. We invite you to take a look around our little hotel “Der Zauberlehring” (“The Magician’s Apprentice”) – a microcosm of cultures and styles. Here you can enjoy a stay in the ambience of your choice. We have composed thirteen rooms and four suites on three levels all with a flair of their own punctuated by loving details. And our services are custom-tailored to meet your every need as well, Welcome home!The restaurant, which belongs to the correspondent designhotel, is one of the hippest restaurants in Stuttgart.On Saturdays we invite you to our theme evening Candle-Light-Dinner. From Monday to Friday you can enjoy our menue á la Carte.Besides the restaurant and designhotel, „Der Zauberlehrling“ offers cooking courses, catering and a private room for celebrations and meetings.

CUISINES

International, European, Central European

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly

Meals

Dinner

FEATURES

Reservations, Seating, Parking Available, Street Parking, Valet Parking, Highchairs Available, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Free Wifi, Table Service, Gift Cards Available

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Italia R

Rome2 contributions

Amazing Food & nice Hotel

Dec 2019 • none

We spent the nights around new years eve in Stuttgart and visited the hotel and restaurant. Both are amazing in style and qualitiy. We loved the dinner and the michelin star is totaly justified. Paid around 165 EUR per person with 6 courses for dinner. Additional to all courses there are a bunch of starters and small refreshments and pralinés/desserts.

Written 11 January 2020

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Heike A

Oldenburg2 contributions

Top-class relaxed dining in the heart of Stuttgart

Apr 2024 • friends

A great place to go with friends or as a couple. As a vegetarian is was spoiled. Each vegetarian alternative was at least as creative and tasty as the meat-dish. The Zauberlehrling has mastered the combination of 'relaxed, be yourself' dining with top cuisine and excellent service. Thank you for a wonderful evening!

Written 24 April 2024

BBT2015

Paris114 contributions

Where poetry and magic meets on your plate. Fabulous Cuisine.

May 2023 • family

The moment where we entered the restaurant, we understood we enter a poetical and magical universe. The head chef Fabian Heldmann uses creative techniques and a great savoir-faire to create a beautiful culinary experience for his guests. Every dish is a surprise, the attention to details, to colors, to textures, to their taste and beauty is absolutely fantastic. The service is impeccable. We had a fantastic dinner and we loved this joyful ode to poetry and cuisine. Perfect restaurant for a special occasion or celebration. Thank you to the Team for this wonderful experience.

Written 25 May 2023

Safari19438762271

1 contribution

The faux pas after the finish line

Jan 2024 • family

The food and service are of a high standard, which is to be expected for a menu of this price. In total, we paid around €1,500 for 8 people, including the wine. Unfortunately, two things struck us as very negative and spoiled the mood of what was actually a great evening with lots of culinary delicacies: - We were charged €8 for the “sip” of red wine to try. I expect the service staff to point this out to the guest immediately. - The much worse faux pas was the demand for the parking fee of €20 for 3 hours after we had already paid and said goodbye outside. Here we were “intercepted” again and it was pointed out that the parking fee had been forgotten to be collected (without having pointed this out beforehand). The last impression is the lasting one. I can only appeal to the service staff to think in advance about how they feel when they send the guest home.

Written 24 January 2024

Valentin Heldmann

Liebe Familie S. schön das Sie mit der Familie (8 Personen) Ihren Geburtstag bei uns gefeiert haben und Ihnen Service und Essen in unserem Gourmet-Restaurant in so guter Erinnerung geblieben sind. Vielen Dank dass Sie sich die Zeit genommen haben Ihren Restaurantbesuch zu bewerten und zu kommentieren. Die Rückmeldung ist natürlich sehr wichtig für uns. Unser ganzes Team arbeitet Tag für Tag mit viel Sorgfalt und großer Motivation für die tollen Erlebnisse unserer Gäste. Wir haben Ihre Kommentare bereits an anderer Stelle klargestellt, gerne nun auch hier. Der "Schluck" Rotwein war ein Glas Rotwein aus der Weinbegleitung, welche Sie nach studieren der Karte mit dem Menü & der Getränkebegleitung aktiv bestellt haben. Dieses Glas Wein ist auf der Menükarte exakt so beschrieben und auch mit dem Preis von 8 EUR vermerkt. So wie alle anderen Weine der Weinbegleitung oder Getränke der alkoholfreien Begleitung. Zum korrespondierenden Gang - dem Kaninchen - haben Sie dieses Glas bestellt, bekommen, getrunken und am Ende natürlich auch bezahlt. Bitte wenden Sie sich doch bei Fragen zur Rechnung während oder nach Ihrem Aufenthalt an uns - wir beantworten Fragen gerne, so können wir auch eventuelle Unklarheiten oder Missverständnisse schnell aufklären. Probierschlücke der Flaschenweine o.ä. wurden nicht berechnet. Bzgl. der 2 (!) Parkplätze für Ihre beiden Autos für den Abend haben Sie recht, diese wurden Anfangs auf der Rechnung vergessen, daher mussten wir leider im Nachgang nachfragen. Der Fehler ist uns in der Tat passiert und einen Moment zu spät aufgefallen, dass dies solch einen Groll auslöst tut uns sehr Leid! Als kleiner unabhängiger und familiengeführter Betrieb sind wir sehr froh unseren Gästen Parkplätze im Herzen Stuttgarts anbieten zu können, wesentlich günstiger als an der Parkuhr oder mit einem Knöllchen... Alle Informationen/Preise dazu sind auch auf unserer Webseite vermerkt. Wir würden uns freuen wenn wir Sie in Zukunft wieder bei uns begrüßen dürfen und bedanken uns nochmal für Ihre Rückmeldung auf Tripadvisor und co.

Written 25 January 2024

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Thomas H

Stuttgart1 contribution

Unfortunately, the expectations were not fulfilled, in the end even very annoyed

Dec 2023 • couples

My conclusion up front: the price does not match the service. I would have given 2-3 stars, but after the response from the management to my feedback, only 1 star remains. I booked the 1001 Nights Suite in December with the menu plus wine accompaniment. I expected more from the suite for this price. There were nice design ideas in it, but it was not really comfortable. The mosaics on the sink were partially broken, you had to try the light switches a lot before the light finally came on. With the TV, you had to fight your way through the first hundred channels until you found something, because they were all blocked because of HD. If you use the shower's own creation, you can't get to the toilet dry afterwards because everything is under water. The window of the toilet and bathtub is not opaque. So the house opposite can see everything. Wild cables in the bedroom, the wooden bed creaked a lot so that you woke up with every movement. The description said fireplace, OK, I guess I was expecting too much. It was a large wobbly frame with a metal box at the bottom (picture) that you use to burn spirit. The thing was so wobbly and you could see the plaster panels from the side. I have never seen such dirty glasses in a hotel (picture). The management's response was of course to blame the staff, sick, new, etc. The suite is more of an unusual AirBNB (309€/night), nothing more. The management's response was friendly, but the room is a bit older, I should have just booked a different one if I didn't like the design. And I'm happy to book again, then I would probably be happy. I certainly won't do that. The menu was good and the staff very friendly, but the price was not justified. The highlight was a piece of Iberico pork. Most of the ingredients were peas and pumpkin, though. With a menu for 199 euros per person, I somehow expected something different. The portions were so tiny, we would have been completely hungry if there hadn't been 2 bread baskets with it. One positive thing was that the wine was refilled more than adequately. Unfortunately, a piece of the dessert plate had broken off the edge. The management said on the phone that they were expensive and would continue to be used. In a Michelin-starred restaurant? The restaurant's flagship product is the walk-in wine cabinet with large glass panes that were dirty on Saturday evening. For the high amount we paid, what we got was not worth it. Unfortunately, we cannot recommend this place to anyone.

Written 2 June 2024

Kleibasa

Karlsruhe47 contributions

First-class cuisine

Oct 2023 • couples

We had a wonderful evening at the Zauberlehrling! The first-class kitchen delighted us with its exquisite dishes. The selection of delicious wines rounded off the culinary experience perfectly. In addition, the food was served on beautiful dishes, which made the atmosphere of the evening even more special. An absolute highlight for gourmets!

Written 7 October 2023

TRAVEL-EDITION

131 contributions

The finest

Oct 2023 • couples

We have been to the Sorcerer's Apprentice Restaurant several times and are always impressed. Everything is just right here. Very nice atmosphere, perfect, competent and always friendly service and, above all, of course, an outstanding menu. The dishes are consistently delicious, extremely creative, imaginative and wonderfully coordinated in terms of taste and are presented with devotion. Enjoyment from the first to the last minute. Without a doubt one of the best restaurants in Stuttgart.

Written 28 October 2023

Ernst-Eberhard K

Stuttgart73 contributions

A New Year's Eve full of enjoyment

Dec 2023 • friends

An 8-course New Year's Eve menu of the highest quality! Super in terms of taste and lightness. Beautifully decorated and enhanced by a very fine wine accompaniment. The view from the roof terrace over Stuttgart's roofs into the sea of lights from the many firecrackers with a glass of champagne in your hand, what more could you want?

Written 1 January 2024

Marc_and_Kim_Z

Saint Louis3348 contributions

Fantastic special night

Dec 2021 • couples

Highly recommend for a special evening. Up to seven course selection with wine pairings. We went with the six course. We had the aperitif to start and a couple of starters to get our appetite going. Everything was fantastic. I had the deer for my main and it was perfection. Check out the photos. I added the menu to help describe the dishes. Service was perfect and spoke English with us. Again, highly recommend for a fantastic evening.

Written 10 December 2021

everaldo_morelli

2 contributions

Excellent restaurant

Aug 2019 • couples

Amazing food and experience. Service was really good and waitress really attention. I recommend this restaurant

Written 29 September 2019

Lindareviewsthis

5 contributions

Absolutely Magical Experience

Jun 2019 • couples

We had dinner here on our honeymoon for my Husband's birthday. It was amazing. the food took us on a magical story. The food is not only excellent, but has that added wow factor that leaves in completely impressed. I would definitely come back next time we're in Stuttgart. The waiter was also fantastic and throughly explained all the meals. Simply a wonderful wow experience.

Written 28 July 2019

Mario F

Munich249 contributions

A powerful cooking spell

Oct 2018 • couples

I got a good vibe from the moment I set foot in this restaurant. It is small, cosy and very spacious for german standards. They have some different tasting menus. We went for the fish menu. Before we got to the menu itself, they brought us some appetizers that were quite innovative. Most of the meal itself was a combination of tastiness and innovation. I would say I liked every dish. All the fish that we got was perfectly cooked, and combined quite expertly. I would specially recommend the seafood risotto, the flavour was absolutely stunning. You cannot really go wrong, everything they were bringing to other tables looked awesome as well. They had a lot of nice touches. They have different types of homemade salts for example, that were unique and delicious. The waiters were very nice and explained all the dishes very patiently. It helped that the restaurant was not very full when we were there, but regardless, we were treated very well. And they had a water "flat rate", so to say, which meant that you could get as much water as you wanted, which is basically unheard for a german restaurant. All in all the experience was superb. I would heartily recommend this restaurant to anyone. The quality is comparable to a Michelin Star restaurant, and the price, while expensive, is actually cheaper than some comparable restaurants. Do not miss the wizard cooks!

Written 3 October 2018

bnbass

Utrecht394 contributions

A magical journey

Dec 2017 • couples

Chef Fabian Heldmann promises a magical menu and that is exactly what you get. An adventure with bombs of beetroot, manderins on natrium, vegetables that are hidden under a foam of truffle, butterfish with a sour sauce...and much much more. It was a feast all the way and the wines lifted the experience even higher. You have a lot of restaurants that are fabulous. There are only some that are sublime. Fabian creates a German-Japanese blend that is just amazing.

Written 10 December 2017

Sven

Ludwigsburg332 contributions

A magic dinner

Aug 2017 • couples

The hotel and restaurant Zauberlehrling, means sorcerer's apprentice, is really a magic place. Since 1993 Axel Heldmann is the chef & patron of that outstanding hotel and restaurant. I am visiting that place now since 10 years and Axel Heldmann improves that magic place year by year and year by year it´s getting a more magic and cool touch. I traveled the world and I saw lots of cool boutique style restaurants and hotels but I don´t know if there is a more cool place like the Stuttgart Zauberlehrling. The food, the hotel, the rooms, the bar, all is just kind of magic!!! For pictures you can also visit my fine dining blog under fine-dining.blog I think you have to visit that place to understand - but be careful not getting enchanted ;-)

Written 20 August 2017

DiningStar

477 contributions

Every Mouthful is an Adventure

Jul 2017 • couples

In restaurants of this caliber you are almost certain of what to expect. Despite the spare or lengthy description of each course you will almost always find foam of one sort or another, ice cream made from savory ingredients like basil or beet root or foie gras. At De Zauberlehring (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) the menu lists the most basic contents for each course but delivers so much more. We choose four courses from their Magic Menu and wished we hadn’t left out the salmon, we’ll never know what we missed. The courses we enjoyed had their own identity, were full of flavor and only one handful of foam but no odd quenelles of ice cream. Our first course was a masterful balance of flavours given we only had the three ingredients listed on the menu to tell us what to expect. Pulpo. shrimp and chorizo were the listed ingredients, what arrived was a ring of warm-ish potato mash topped with a seviche of shrimp, grilled pulpo with a pool of chorizo flavored jus in the center, decorated with sliced strawberries. You may think, not a combination most would put together but it works in a spectacular way. Neither of the ingredients dominates, each one compliments the others. The biggest surprise was how well the potato supported each ingredient in both a physical sense and complementary to each ingredient. Chef Fabian Heldmann personally came to the table with two fillets of mackerel that had been cooked sous vide. He then played a blow torch over the scored skin to give it a crisp finish. The fillets were laid on a plate and we ate it all without hesitation. Another course was veal with sweetbreads, each more succulent than the other. The only foam was part of the cheese course. It was Champagne foam with thin shards of chèvre cheese floating on top of the foam which covered a bed of chopped nuts. Every ingredient of a cheese course you’d expect but in a very different and delicious way. Desert was the highlight. Not a mousse or a cream but a nest of what looked like shredded wheat topped with an egg shape of thin white chocolate that contained a delicious nougat. More imagination and adventure than you’ll usually find. With every mouthful, there was fascination for the tastebuds. The restaurant is well run my Dennis Shipley, the wait staff is personable and professional. There’s real talent in the kitchen all of whom wan tot explore flavor and texture combinations that are no part of the norm in most restaurants today. The bread is warm and comes with a cone of Yuzu flavored butter and vials of different salts. The accompanying wine courses blends German and French wines. The dining room is small, There’s a boutique hotel attached and the neighborhood is funky. Well worth your time and effort in you’re ever in Stuttgart.