Austrian apricot brandy
Hansen has a simple concept: it is located in a beautiful 19th century palace at Husova st., built by renowed Viennese architect Theophil von Hansen (that Hansen who designed Austrian parliament). The restaurant offers the best meals of the traditional Moravian (or Bohemian or Austrian, depends on your point of view) cuisine for reasonable prices.
The restaurant launched a month ago but it quickly got an attention of local media and foodbloggers. I was pretty curious if the orgastic moaning had been adequate. Well, finally I moaned too.
So let’s take look what I and my family had for a lunch:
Beef soup with liver balls - it was simple yet very strong
Duck confit with apple sauce and small potato dumplings
Beef with cabbage, roasted in Dalešice beer
A pear with red wine and vanilla ice cream
I liked several things about Hansen restaurant:
- Top-quality meals, based on original recipes and made of seasonal ingredients.
- Prices. Meals cost from CZK 150 to CZK 250 – which is basically a price for an average food in the restaurants of Brno. These meals vere high above average!
- Extra-helpful waiters with white gloves. Warm plates. Nice interior. Something you would not expect in this price range.
- Dalešice beer – my very favorite brand of beer, made in a small brewery near Brno. I have heard that Hansen restaurant has great wines too.
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Nice building, acceptable food but got raped on the bill. Totally stiched up by the staff who charged us an extortionate amount for extras without telling us they were extras or telling us the price which was over four times the normal price. Avoid.
Rip off. Food wasn’t great and expensive.
I would like to point to the fact that last two comments were sent from the same IP address.
Btw, I talked to the owner about recent complaints. He is going to solve the problem of expensive “extras” – which is not easy, as the restaurant is viseted by some of the most wealthy people in Brno, who are offended by sentences like “I have to warn you that this drink is really expensive”.
Hello – I’m visiting Brno next week. Do you know if they have a menu in English?
I’ll answer my own question in case anyone else is interested : yes they have a menu in English, great food, beer, wine and a magnificent Georgian brandy. The desserts could be improved, but that was a minor point.
I’m planing a romantic dinner in a couple of weeks. From what I’ve seen the prices are good but the above comments have me a little worried. Any advice on how to avoid paying 4x the estimated bill?
Jusk ask how much does everything offered by the waiter cost.