Höptners Abendmahl

Rating: 14
Author: Gault&Millau

Johannisstraße 11A, 33611 Bielefeld, Germany

14/20
Chef's Restaurant

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Chef: Sebastian Höptner
Cooking: German | Home cooking | Vegetarian
Services: Accommodation | Garden | Terrace
Style: Casual | Romantic | With children | With family | With friends

Gault&Millau's review 2025

In the historic Bielefeld district of Schildesche, Sebastian Höptner offers a small and a large communion – but it can be a few more than twelve apostles, because the quaint, cozy restaurant with an open fireplace has 20 seats and as many in the garden. Bread and wine are also worth mentioning, the former due to an unfortunate change – because until summer 2024 it still came from the well-known Wulfhorst artisan bakery, but it had to close after 130 years. When it comes to wine, on the other hand, we continue to sit at the source, because the Höptner family also runs a small wine business, and you can see that in the good selection (matured Rieslings at a low price) and the advice on upscale German cuisine, which is served in four or six courses. German cuisine is interpreted in a very cosmopolitan way: The menu, which changes every six weeks (advance orders are requested, then a vegetarian version is also possible) offers classics such as a late autumn goose breast with red cabbage and bread dumplings, but complements the menu with a spicy Tom Kha Gai from Atlantic lobster or sashimi from yellowtail mackerel with green papaya. Cheese from Waltmann and the Bielefeld dessert with affogato and kumquat jam conclude an uncomplicated, rock-solid feel-good meal in a pleasant atmosphere.