Kesselhaus

Rating: 16
Author: Gault&Millau

Hannoversche Straße 13, 49084 Osnabrück, Germany

16/20
Remarkable Restaurant

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Chef: Randy De Jong
Cooking: Gastronomic | International | Local
Services: Access for people with disabilities | Private Parking | Terrace
Style: Elegant | Romantic | With friends

Gault&Millau's review 2025

Like the Iko, the Kesselhaus is hidden in an Osnabrück backyard and looks much more urban than the rest of the city. Brick walls, high steel-framed windows, wooden ceiling, orange armchairs, white-covered tables, pop art on the wall, an ultra-solid wooden table in the middle and a casual terrace in front of the old industrial hall in Fledder, the former site of the Hagedorn furniture factory. Ex-La Vie patron Thayarni Garthoff runs a precise, elaborate gourmet kitchen here with ex-La Vie chef Randy de Jong, Philipp Strobl provides the right wine. The menu served by the brigade includes five to seven courses, plus there is a cheaper special on some days. De Jong combines harmonious combinations such as veal cheeks, salsify and apple or zander, shallot and bergamot on reduced plates, which he confidently processes with all the means of haute cuisine in various textures from melting to crunch and connects with each other via excellently crafted sauces and stocks, some of which deliberately form the centre of the plate (and also deserve this space). A diverse journey through different worlds of flavours, the common thread of which lies precisely in not being fixed to one style. De Jong calls this creative world cuisine, and he can consider himself lucky to be able to fall back on excellent regional suppliers for this: In places like this, you can taste that Lower Saxony can do much more than discounter-friendly factory farming, if only it wants to.