bellasLokal

Rating: 16
Author: Gault&Millau

Langstraße 15, 65812 Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany

16/20
Remarkable Restaurant

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Chef: Isabelle Pering
Cooking: Gastronomic | German | Local | Vegetarian
Services: Access for people with disabilities | Garden | Private Parking | Terrace
Style: Casual | Romantic | With family | With friends

Gault&Millau's review 2025

There are restaurants that impress with opulent decoration and daring dishes. And then there are places like Bella's restaurant in Bad Soden, which leave a lasting impression with simple elegance and honest cuisine. Bella's restaurant is not a place that loudly vies for attention. Instead, it whispers quietly about home, tradition and a deep understanding of the art of eating. In the light half-timbered house with dark wooden tables, Isabelle Pering cooks with heart and soul. The menu is called Bach und Wiese, and on the plates you will find minimalism and purism: every ingredient a conscious choice, every composition a testimony to craftsmanship and dedication. Here you celebrate the simple and find something special. The first course brings back memories of "Grandma's Garden": mashed potatoes combined with a quince sorbet, served in a nostalgic glass bowl on warm, caramelized whey. The symbiosis of puree and quince: soft, warm, buttery and velvety. Then the homemade black pudding on fermented plum, served with radicchio. The most delicate form of what can be called black pudding. Simply arranged, without frills, the dish concentrates on pure flavors: the black pudding – soft and subtle – a hint of acidity of the plum, the fine bitter note of the radicchio. Main course and another delight for the eye: the duck. A classic dish, not at all classically brought to the plate. Leg and wings lie on the plate in the form of a small, fried cube, next to it the most tender pink duck breast with subtly crispy skin. Surrounded by a dollop of puree in green (savoy cabbage), red (beetroot) and orange (carrot). A gentle hollandaise is poured from the pot. The taste is concentrated, the ingredients perfectly matched - a tribute to the essence of good cuisine. Isabelle Pering cooks with simple, regional basic ingredients. In a concentrated cuisine that focuses on the essentials. Simplicity and refinement, both in the furnishings and on the plate, make Bella's restaurant a place that has been sought for a long time. The skyline of Frankfurt glitters very close. Far, far away for today.