Die Kantine in Halberstadt

Our Google entry wasn't updated either and it was closed on a Saturday evening.

We sent friends to stay overnight at the summer pool, and they were delighted by the cleanliness of the rooms and the charmingly furnished house. Breakfast was prepared at the table and perfectly matched their taste. Special requests were fulfilled with great friendliness.

In and of itself, a beautiful venue with a small outdoor area. The cakes and the dishes brought to the other guests all looked appealing and delicious. However, during our relatively short coffee break yesterday, we noticed that the older waiter had a different understanding of hygiene than our expectations of a professional restaurant. During our approximately 30-minute stay, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his bare right hand, then rubbed it dry with both hands. He licked his fingers, including his right hand, to place napkins on the small silver serving trays, and he also used the blue cleaning cloth (for the tables) in both hands. All without washing his hands even once in between, but unfortunately, he also repeatedly picked up spoons, the unwrapped cubes of brown sugar, and even the small amaretti biscuits to place on the trays as an accompaniment to the drinks. In our opinion, the most disgusting hygiene failure he committed was when, while clearing up after an English-speaking group of visitors from the next room, he put the supposedly unused sugar cubes back into the sugar cube glass on the drinks pass. It didn't look like an oversight, but rather a habit. As far as I know, food items that have been passed through the pass cannot be taken back and under no circumstances reprocessed. How would the employee know whether the guests also touched the small side dishes? Even with pre-packaged goods, this is a difficult issue. Those in charge definitely need to provide extensive training in this area.

Small shop. Right in the middle of the arcade. Very good taste. Reasonably priced. Very friendly staff.