By Claudia Lux
As is well known, long-established Spandau residents do not feel like Berliners. In the Hakenfelde district they are even stricter. Spandau near Hakenfelde is what it says here. “We value that,” says the local patriotic waitress.
We are sitting in heaven & Havel. View of the river, just opposite Tegelort, a two and a half minute stone’s throw by car ferry. It’s raining. Never mind. The restaurant of the boutique Hotel Fährhaus is cozy, and you can see the water from almost every velvet armchair.
The map is small. Down-to-earth cuisine – and very tasty. Alsatian tarte flambée (13.40 euros) to share in advance. Wafer-thin, crispy, well topped. Then homemade seasoned meat (chicken, 9.70 euros) and the North German fish soup (fillet, mussels, 9.50 euros). Hot, delicately seasoned, spicy.
I order the pike perch (23.50 euros) with fried potatoes. Delicious and crispy, in light lemon butter, a small salad of dill and parsley next to the fish. The cheese spaetzle (18.50 euros) with South Tyrolean bacon and fried onions in a wonderfully creamy sauce is also worth every calorie.
Guests complained online: portions too small, too expensive. We think: The price-performance ratio is right! The three-hour vacation in Hakenfelde was not only nice, but also made us full and happy.
Aalemannufer 31, Hakenfelde, Wed-Sun 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tel. 030/897 88 467