Rosendorn in Köln

Delicious tapas and quick service in the old town

The rescue after a really hard day: delicious food, good wine and a warm woman in service who takes me in her arms and calls me "Liebelein"...what more does a woman in Cologne need?

Food is ok. Spanish croquettes with green filling was questionable. Shrimp in tomato sauce, well, in olive oil with garlic would have been enough for us. Bread unfortunately not crispy. Very anxious inside. Chairs unstable. Staff very friendly and helpful.

cute little tapas bar in a nice atmosphere in the middle of the old town. Delicious tapas and good wines. Prices fair

Pleasant, warm place, with top-notch service.

Unfortunately our expectations were not met. The tapas were okay but nothing more. We did not find the price-performance ratio to be appropriate. The atmosphere was quite nice.

We booked to celebrate with friends. We previously asked if we could bring balloon decorations to hang in the place and they told us yes, when we arrived the waiters had a bad face, they let us decorate but the treatment continued to be bad. They charged us for tapas that they didn't bring us and the whole time they were kicking us out because supposedly there was another reservation. Shortly after we left we returned and our table was still empty. The food was not bad, but in the end the large tapas are not that big and it was expensive compared to other Spanish restaurants in the city. They don't have the happy energy of Spain like others. I wouldn't go back.

We had excellent time at this restaurant. The food was delicious, and Inna is always ready to help with the choice of dishes and cheer you up!

Great atmosphere with very friendly service. In addition, the food was very good. Will definitely come back.

Definitely always worth a visit.

Ina is a stunner! I like to eat here. Great flair of a tapas bar combined with the Cologne attitude to life. The food was amazing, the beer and wine were excellent. The staff is typical of Cologne, so if you don't get along with the Cologne way of speaking, you should stay at home. Anyone who appreciates the Cologne dialect and likes to say something themselves will not only eat and drink deliciously here but also have a lot of fun .

Maybe my expectations are too high, but I was actually quite disappointed. The food was rather boring for me and needed to be seasoned completely. I've eaten much better tapas there. You can argue about price performance. I won't go there again.

Very tasty and cozy atmosphere. Went quickly. Reasonable prices.

Very nice and quiet in the middle of Cologne with friendly service and delicious tapas. Recommended!! Really!

Hatte hier für Samstag 14:00 reserviert. Ich war schon mindestens ein Jahr lang nicht mehr hier. Wir hatten eine nette urkölsche Bedienung. Wir haben jeweils eine mittlere Portion von fünf Tapas bestellt. Davon wird man wirklich satt. Ich habe da so meine Klassiker wie Tortilla, Hühnchen in Sherrysauce, Datteln in Speckmantel. War alles lecker. Zu empfehen ist hier auch die Auswahl an spanischen Weinen, diesmal musste es aber eine Estrella Bier sein.

Horrible service, the waitress didn't welcome us and he treated my friend who as for a table in a very rude way. He gave us the most horrible table outdoors. About the tapas, we cannot complain. Besides, we will never come back. I don't recommend you waste your money in this restaurant till they change staff. Buenas tapas, pésimo servicio. Camarero muy maleducado, nos dió la peor mesa fuera del restaurante.

Very tasty tapas, super nice service. Always my pleasure!

A very nice and cozy tapas restaurant in Cologne's old town. Authentic and delicious. Great Cologne service! Always my pleasure...

Sehr feine Tapas, köstlicher Wein, tolles Ambiente! Das Rosendorn in Köln ist für Gourmets ein echt toller Laden, hier schmeckt es so richtig spanisch! Der Wein war der Knaller, die Rechnung aber auch nicht von schlechten Eltern. Tolle Lage, viele Gäste, sehr beliebte Tapas-Bar.

Located on an attractive square. Delicious food and friendly staff. Tapas is definitely recommended and the price-quality ratio is great!

I have to take back my good rating from a few years ago. The boss is extremely unfriendly, both to the guests and to her own staff. During our last visit in July 2024, we found the service to be extremely uncoordinated. It was a stroke of luck if the waitress noticed us at all. Other guests who arrived much later received drinks and food before our order was even taken. We found the tapas to be served carelessly and not to taste convincing and sometimes too dry. Unfortunately, the beer we ordered was too warm (after we finally received it). In any case, this will be my last visit to the restaurant for me.

We could have saved ourselves our online reservation because it didn't arrive. Nevertheless, we got a table straight away. The food was very good and is only overshadowed by the very friendly staff, especially the unique Ina, a brilliant waitress. The wines were great.

Delicious tapas, friendly service, nice ambience in a courtyard in Cologne's old town. What could be better in summer?

Great location with typical Cologne service.

Super delicious food! For a reasonable price in a nice and quiet street. Always happy and absolutely recommended!

Always my pleasure. Very tasty food and super nice people, especially the long-standing service

Great store, great atmosphere. Food great!!!! Employees top!!! We'll be back 🥰

Very tasty food, just a little bit away from the Altermarkt. A very good, very Cologne service. Despite the full house, we had a lot of fun.

Great atmosphere and great service! The selection of tapas is very well thought out and implemented. Spain meets Kölsch - gladly again!

Great service and really an idyllic little place. I didn't expect to find it in the tourist old town. 😀

Good tapas with Cologne-style service. Thank you! You can even order vegan water 😉 the sangria is also very good!

Very tasty tapas at a price that is acceptable. The service is friendly, fast and helpful. We got a good wine recommendation and were very satisfied. You can sit inside or outside. Reservation is required. We will be back!

Nice Location with very good Service from Ina. Love it.

I love this restaurant. In the middle of Cologne. I've had great stays there so far. 🫶

Delicious food, nice service. Right in the old town, but quite quiet. Very good aïoli.

Stumbled across this great little tapas restaurant, hidden in a courtyard you wouldn’t know it was there. Had some lovely sangria, Serrano ham, meatballs, chorizo, croquettes and patatas bravas.. all delicious. Would happily go again. Busy in a Wednesday, so you may need to book for weekends as only small. 👍👍👍

Such a nice waiter! Excellent rose wine and tapas was good and the portion was good size

Always worth a visit, quiet courtyard, pleasant without football haligalli We feel good

Great location, in the courtyard, under the trees, absolutely cozy. Tapas excellent, service super friendly. Family atmosphere. Every year again 👍🏻

Cozy restaurant in a small square. Excellent steak, delicious sangria. Friendly service ♥️.

Great tapas Unfortunately it's very small, so it's not always easy to get a seat.

We recently dined there with a small wedding party. A long table was set up especially for us in the outdoor area and set somewhat ceremoniously :) The waitresses were all super nice and the selection of tapas provided was diverse and super tasty! Our guests were all completely satisfied and we will definitely come back on our next trip to Cologne.

Funnier load. Were here to celebrate a birthday. I found it very relaxing and delicious. The waitress was quick and always had a casual saying on her lips: Kölsch Mädsche.

Nice tapas bar in a quiet corner. Delicious food and friendly service at reasonable prices.

I had reserved a table for 2 people. The website says: “Outdoors when the weather is good.” I was starting from a table in the restaurant. When we got there we were assigned a mini table outside. I also made the comment “Despite the reservation”... Well, everything was super tight. The food was mediocre. Not warm, not good. The waitress was the only highlight of the evening. I/We were disappointed.

We've been there several times and would love to come back. The tapas are delicious, the service is very nice. The place is simply awesome; in the middle of Cologne at Ostermannplatz.

We love it!!! Delicious and cozy. Feeling like you're on vacation.

The place is very nice, you can sit well outside. The service is friendly. The wine was ok. Just a warning about the food. Anything but fresh and tasty (canned mushrooms, burnt dates wrapped in bacon, dried Manchego, poorly seasoned prawns, bad bread...)

I can't understand the positive reviews... The outfit of the staff is impossible, as is their expression, and there is no lack of arrogance either! They were called tapas and were partly from the lecture. The selection of small tapas dishes was not large. The ham was not freshly cut... In my opinion, out of the package... I would NOT recommend this tapas bar!!!!

I've known the shop for almost 15 years. Everything stays the same here: great wines, great tapas, great service (Ina). And I really like the owner too. For me, Rosendorn is simply part of Cologne's old town :-)

We are visiting Cologne for my partners birthday and found Rosendorn online whilst looking for somewhere to eat. Ina greeted us and was simply amazing throughout our whole experience. The menus weren’t in English and my partner suffers from severe nut allergies. Ina very kindly took the time to ask what sort of things we liked and she would order for us. We were not disappointed! The tapas came out along with freshly made bread and aioli. The food was very very good but the experience was what made the night. We would absolutely have returned the next night if it wasn’t for our flight home. Ina is a wonderful person who didn’t have to go to the lengths that she did to ensure we had a good time for my partners birthday. Thank you Ina.

The best thing is the food. 👍🏼 The service person only spoke English, which was difficult for me - unfortunately I never learned it. My friends helped. The tables are far too narrow. Therefore, quiet communication was not possible.

For years we have always been coming to the Tapas Bar on the Friday before the Amphifestival. We only found it by chance because we went into the inner courtyard. You convinced us from the start and have never disappointed us. Even if something went wrong with the reservation, you always found a solution for us. We love to come. Eating typical tapas, delicious Kölsch. Until the next Amphi... Greetings from Hamburg!

An outstanding tapas restaurant with such warmth demonstrated by Ina and her team. A lovely choice of dishes and wine suggestions, allied with the ambiance ensure a great evening.

Very diverse selection of tapas, all of them were very tasty. The possibility of sitting under cover outside is perfect.

Nice tapas bar in the middle of Cologne. Large and delicious selection of tapas.

Inside the restaurant can be loud but the food was good.

Tolle nette Bedienung und Service. Sehr gutes Essen mit kurzer Wartezeit. Kommen sehr gerne bei unseren nächsten Besuch nach Köln wieder.

Extremely friendly staff/service. Wonderful advice regarding food. Every special request is implemented without any ifs or buts. Furthermore, the food is very good, I was impressed by the tapas. My recommendation is prawns in red curry. Kind regards, Sergei

Lui's best man (he has the water)💯

The food is tasty, the service is friendly, but we had to wait about 20 minutes for bread. What we didn't like the most was that there was a lot of tobacco smoke coming in from outside.

Highly recommended 👍🏻 Plenty of choice of delicious food, nice staff and very good location.

The worst tapas I've ever eaten, many tapas different than described on the menu, e.g. green asparagus fried in garlic and butter resembled green beans from a jar, which tasted sour. The rabbit was hard and the sauce tasted sour, and the dates wrapped in bacon didn't taste good either, because instead of the bacon, Serano ham was used, which tasted terribly like pork. Unfortunately, I could go on and on...When I expressed my dissatisfaction about the food to the waiter, I didn't have the feeling that it was taken seriously. We weren't even offered a compensatory drink, as we usually see in other places. But that was probably due to the many young waiters. In addition, the service was not present. Unfortunately there are 0 stars for the food. But the restaurant is in a good location.

Positiv Überrascht von dem kleinen Laden in der Altstadt. Service ist wirklich sehr Nett und Aufmerksam gewesen. Tapas sind sehr Lecker und liebevoll angerichtet

When we are in Cologne, Rosendorn is a must. Hospitable hospitality in the Cologne style... and the tapas are always very tasty.

Warm and cozy place in a uniquely quiet location. Fantastic service and great prices! Would recommend for anyone who wants good beer and food away from the touristic buzz.

Mega delicious tapas and main courses. We were there with 8 people and had a lovely Spanish evening. We will be back.

An extremely nice restaurant with great service. Very cozy and really good service. The food was also very good, although the shrimps in oil could have used a little more seasoning according to our taste. Even the beer was tapped without foam (as I requested). An absolute recommendation and I'm already looking forward to the next meal 😋😋😋

After many years I was back in Rosendorn. Unfortunately, a lot has changed here. Loud chart music, amateur (but friendly) service staff and warmed up tapas. The calamari smelled strongly of fish and was inedible. In general the food was disappointing. Unfortunately, there is nothing left of the insider tip from before with freshly prepared dishes and a rustic, cozy atmosphere. A pity!

Very tasty tapas. Nice service. Reservation recommended as it is very busy.

Great food, nice service staff!

We had tapas there today and it was great. The lady who served us shows once again that there are friendly, nice and funny staff in this industry. A very big compliment. The ambience was great. Cozyly located in a small alley or courtyard, rather rustic and small inside, but with candles and fresh flowers on every table. The food itself was very good, at least for our taste. Just a small note, there could be more dips. But otherwise, really great place. We'd love to come back.

Total leckere Tapas! Wunderbar um mit netten Menschen zu teilen. Ordentliche Portionen, drei Tapas pro Person reichen völlig, angemessene Preise, leckerer Wein, köstlicher Nachtisch. Sowohl drinnen als auch draußen im Sommer sitzt man sehr schön. Reservierung ist meistens sinnvoll.

Super delicious food! I would like to give it 5 stars, but luckily it wasn't until after we had eaten that we noticed the mice that were running almost fearlessly over the guests' feet outside (and hopefully not inside! The floor-sized windows were all open anyway). No lie, we counted 5-6 mice. So top tappas bar, but something urgently needs to be done about the mouse plague!!!!!

Ein toller Abend, mit dem besten Steak in Köln. Unbedingt hingehen!!!

Tolles Tapasbar in einem Hinterhof der Kölner Altstadt. Ein Besuch lohnt sich, aber ich würde hier immer nur mit Reservierung hin gehen.

Lecker, preiswert und tolles Ambiente! Super Service! Wir haben sogar Schnaps aufs Haus bekommen 👍 gerne wieder

Wir waren mit einer größeren Gruppe hier essen. Es gab Tapas und viele andere Speisen. Qualität und Geschmack haben mich nicht überzeugt. Die Tomaten im Salat waren bspw. butterweich bis matschig. Das ausgeprägteste Gewürz war Salz. Creme Catalan war recht labbrig und fad. Anderen aus der Gruppe hat es besser geschmeckt als mir. Man sitzt außerordentlich beengt.

Goed verborgen maar als je het weet te vinden dan heb je geluk. Heerlijke tapas gegeten voor een schappelijke prijs. Genoeg variatie en goede kwaliteit. Aanrader, ook vanwege de goede, snelle amicale bediening.

Super freundliche Bedienung. Tolles Essen. Wir würden auf jeden Fall wieder hingehen.

Tolles Restaurant mit guten Preisen! Die Ina, unsere Bedingungen , war der Hammer:) Ein richtiges Kölner original, flotte Sprüche, welche für super Stimmung sorgten. Auch ohne Reservierung haben wir einen Platz bekommen. Sehr zu empfehlen ;)

Ich bin heute mit einem Freund zufällig da gewesen, und ich muss sagen, das ich absolut begeistert bin. Wir saßen draußen und es gab Heizstrahler wo man trotz Regen, angenehm und besonders köstlich das Essen speisen konnte. Vom Service bis hin zum Essen und der Ambiente…..10/10 TOP !!!! Werde mit Sicherheit nochmal dort essen/ trinken.

Well, the place looks good from inside and outside and I think that the ambient would be nice in summer. Above that, the food was not good. Some Tapas were to much spiced and the other Tapas were not special or worth trying it. I guess 2 stars are fair.

Tiptop alles Perfekt !! Service super, Essen lecker und nette Location. Kommen wieder

Ich war sehr verändert. Ich hatte mich auf gegrillten Oktopus gefreut und habe frittierten bekommen. Hat wie pommes geschmeckt. Sehr ärgerlich dann für das Essen 95€ zu bezahlen uns dann fürs falsch machen. Als ich den Kellner gefragt habe warum der Oktopus fritiert sei kam als Antwort weil die es immer so machen. dafür hab ich gefragt warum man auf der speisekarte gegrillt steht. dann sagte er ist doch das selbe. Die Kartoffeln waren so alt die Standen Hundertpro mehrere Tage rom die waren ziemlich platt kalt und fast Pulver von erinnern ich muss sagen sehr enttäuscht für so viel Geld

Wirklich eine tolle tapasbar. Authentisch und lecker. Super nette Bedienungen, das Essen schmeckt wahnsinnig lecker und vor allem passt das Ambiente. Sehr gerne wieder und vielen Dank 🙏 War ein toller Abend bei euch mit einer spontanen großen Gruppe 👍

Essen und Getränke top. Service hervorragend. Wir haben uns super wohl gefühlt. Herzlichen Dank an das gesamte Team, besonders an Ina und Tristan

Wunderschönes kleines romantisches versteckt liegendes Tapasrestaurant. Sehr leckeres qualitativ hochwertiges Essen und ne freundliche Bedienung. Die ältere Dame hat ne herrlich frische Schnüss aber trotzdem lieb und freundlich. Herrlicher Laden

Esse gerne Tapas aber war enttäuscht von Geschmack u d Qualität. Drinnen ist es eng und laut.Werde nicht mehr hingehen

Wir waren jetzt zum zweiten Mal und nicht bestimmt zum letzten Mal da. Wer Tapas in einem etwas anderem Lokal, in guter Atmosphäre genießen will ist hier richtig. Die Tapas sind vielseitig und sehr lecker. Besonders empfehlen möchte ich die Sangria die gut gekühlt und lecker schmeckend serviert wurde. Wer dann noch einen Außenplatz bei schönen Wetter ergattert fühlt sich ein bisschen wie im Urlaub.

Gemütlich und nett! Die Tapas und der Sangria sind sehr gut Immer wieder gerne dort

Nette kleine Tapas- und Wein-Bar, Bistro-Stil, drinnen wenige Tische, im Sommer schön ruhige Außenterrasse in einem Innenhof zum Martinsbad; leckere Tapas und kleine und größere Speisen, sehr abwechslungsreiche Weinkarte

Super nice place, the food is great and the staff excellent. We had a good time. Thanks guys !

Alles in allem in Ordnung. Die Tapas sind durchschnittlich. Nichts besonderes.

Wir haben einige Tage vor unserer Reservierung in dem Restaurant angerufen und gebeten einen Platz für 5 Personen zu bekommen. Zwei Tage später wurde ich angerufen: mir wurde mitgeteilt, dass etwas bei der Reservierung fehlgelaufen sei und wir draußen sitzen sollten. Anfang November dachten wir zunächst das wäre zu kalt, und wurde aber zugesichert es sei warm genug durch heizpilze und decken. Dort angekommen wurden wir von der Chefin sehr unfreundlich behandelt. Warm war es nicht und während wir dort saßen waren innen die ganze Zeit über genug Tische frei. Wir hätten also nicht frieren müssen. Das Essen war sehr gut aber der Service und das Management durch die Chefin wirklich mangelhaft. Die Angestellten Servicekräfte waren sehr freundlich und haben ihren Job gut gemacht.

Ganz unverhofft zufällig gefunden, im Herzen von Köln, eine kleine spanische Tapasoase. Sehr gute Tapas, schönes Ambiente im Innenhof gelegen. Freundlicher, fixer Service. Ich komme gerne wieder!

Found by chance. It was quiet, tucked away in a courtyard. We had a small amount of food. The bread and the whipped garlic butter was delicious. The waitress was very knowledgeable and could speak several languages. It was lovely.

Superleckere Tapas, freundlicher Service

Kleine Tapas-Bar, etwas versteckt gelegen in der Nähe vom Heumarkt. Kölsch-liebevoller Service, grosse Weinauswahlund vor allem tolle Tapas.

Very cosy nice and friendly, the food is fenomenally tasty.