Collins - Darmstadt

One of the coolest places to go in Darmstadt. The service is good and very nice food, starting with the home made apetizer, which is a extra point! We really love the place and the environment.

The food is very nice, the restaurant is very cozy. It is one of the coolest places in Darmstadt. It is ideal to visit with friends or in couple it is very romantic. And they have sandwald bier!

Hipster sind ein Schwerpunkt des Publikums und des Teams. Die Qualität des Essens ist absolut ueberzeugend, und es gibt gute Drinks.

We heard a lot about this location: small, very good kitchen, tough to catch a table. Finally we made it on short notice. As we had to wait for the table we settled at the bar and while sipping our Negroni and Sweet Viriginia (Meszcal, Vermouth, lime, agave syrup) chatted with the skilled barkeeper. Then we moved over to the small table, cramped into a line of tables-4-2 and a larger table at the end of the room.The menu is not too large (freshness of the products is king), around 4 appetizer, 5 main, 2 dessert. You can decide for a la carte or a menu (3 to 5 courses). The pricing is very reasonable!We started with a fresh salad and a quail (on lentils). Good products, well prepared, no comlaints.Followed by a soup of sorrel with small pieces of horseradish, an ice from sorrel on the side. The taste was perfect – I would not have missed the ice.3 courses made the deal: egg yolk hidden by black rice which was covered by parmesan (not my burner), scallops and salad with some fresh herbs like dead-nettle, mint,…. (OK).Looking a t the other tables: the Beef seemed to us the best course of the day.The wine selection is small, but sure you will find matching whites (we choose a Riesling from the Bergstrasse) and reds (Black Print from Schneider f.i.).The service was friendly, sometimes not so experienced (she started some days before).As the seating in the larger room (ambiente: fair) is quite tight it is pretty noisy.

Im Collins - direkt im Studentenviertel von Darmstadt eine Parallelstraße von der TU Darmstadt - gibt es zwar wenig Tische und einiges Gedränge, aber wirklich leckere Speisen - vom Gruß aus der Küche über die Vor- und Hauptspeisen bis zu phantasievollen Desserts. Klar, Wein und drinks gibt es auch, und sehr freundliches Personal...das alles zu vertretbaren Preisen.Da sich das herumgesprochen hat empfiehlt es sich, vor einem Besuch zu reservieren - unter der Woche 1-2 Tage vorher.Schön, dass es nun - neben Müller&Müller - eine weitere Option für moderne anspruchsvolle Küche mitten in Darmstadt gibt!