Sichelschmiede in Freiburg im Breisgau

Delicious Swabian cuisine, nice staff, rustic restaurant

Downright romantic! We spent 2 nights in the spacious “family room” number 7 (room number 5 next door is much smaller). However, the sleeper under the sloping roof should not get up suddenly without thinking. You sink into the soft sofa in the living room in front of the television. The wooden steps to the second floor were tolerable for heart/asthma sufferers. The pretty hotel all around is particularly impressive because of its ideal location in the old town. Next door the border stream rushes with the stone crocodile. Beer garden in front of the house, which closes around 10 p.m. and didn't bother us in terms of noise. Rolling suitcases on Freiburg's cobblestones are more uncomfortable. The many different service employees were always friendly and helpful despite minor language difficulties (which was not due to Hessian-Swabian). Plenty of space in the cupboards too. There is an abundance of sockets in every room (wonderful). It was very pleasant to shower in the whirlpool-like bathtub. 2 large windows in the bathroom are also welcome. Kitchenette, microwave etc. available. Fridge is missing (but we didn't need it). However, we were only able to take sparkling water from the restaurant in large containers or in 0.2 liter bottles. Bottled Coke was not offered. Restaurant/breakfast area in small plots, winding and very cozy. Breakfast was standard, given our late appetite we were very happy with the cheese spaetzle/salad and 6 snails in the pot. All other guests were in a good mood and had to “move on” to the surrounding area when business closed at 10 p.m.

We went here for dinner two days in a row because we really enjoyed it the first time! The Ochsenbäckle, the onion roast and especially the Black Forest cheese spaetzle and the Maultaschen are highly recommended! The service was very friendly and quick. The price-performance ratio is also right. All in all, an all around great experience!

Un lugar encantador y encantador para parar a comer algo a cada uno. La comida era muy sabrosa y a un precio razonable y el personal era muy atento. Tuvimos una comida de tres platos aquí y realmente lo disfrutamos. El Pinot noir local también era genial. Sin duda recomendaría la tarta de manzana con un capuchino para terminar! Volverá definitivamente.

Good local food in a very nice corner of the old town.

Very tasty food. Friendly service.

Me encantó mi experiencia! El ambiente era acogedor y acogedor, perfecto para una comida relajada. El personal era amable y atento, asegurándose de que teníamos todo lo necesario. La comida era simplemente deliciosa, con ingredientes frescos y grandes sabores. Muy recomendable para cualquiera que busque una experiencia gastronómica encantadora!

Very friendly staff and a very nice restaurant

Nice tipical german food in an interesting ambient. Very kind personal. Normal prices.

Nice old restaurant in the middle of Freiburg. Price-performance ratio is absolutely right. And the fresh Ganter beer tastes great.

Food was excellent We would love to come back 👍

Incredibly delicious food with a great atmosphere and excellent service. I'd happily return. Highly recommend the roast beef with onions and the roast suckling pig.

Enjoy your meal. Service room for improvement. Go back there.

Great place to eat, the Jägerschnitzel was very tasty and the sauce incredible. All in all, it was really relaxing and the site right next to the canal is quite scenic for having dinner. Many thanks to the people working there, both for the service and the help!

Had a beer there. Place is lovely, beer is fresh. Nice blankets for the outside sitting

Very lovingly furnished restaurant, Food was plentiful. Service very friendly. Starters very good, roast beef with Maultaschen, top. Steak well fried. The fried potatoes could have used a hot pan for another 2 minutes. And, steak and gravy, well, I don't like it. Nevertheless, I can recommend the restaurant.

We were happy to eat there and it was very good

I can't confirm the slow service from other reviews. Both guys were great. The food was delicious and the prices are fair. Atmosphere great! I actually expected the Schäufele to have something crunchy too. Unfortunately everything was just swimming in sauce. Still it was ok.

We were greeted in a friendly and nice manner. The restaurant is furnished in a rustic style. We can't say anything about the rooms. Service was friendly and nice. The dining room was cold and not suitable for tired city visitors. The innkeeper's children stayed in the dining room to play, which reduced the enjoyment of the food. The food was served hot and tasted good. Price/performance ratio is still consistent, but at the highest limit.

A very nice and older restaurant in Freiburg, very nice rustic rooms whether in the front or in the back. The food was very excellent. The conditions are friendly. It's nice to sit outside next to the stream in the summer and it's very comfortable.

Cozy restaurant with lots of wrought iron, very friendly service and excellent onion roast. If we lived in Freiburg, we would eat here all the time!

We only went to the restaurant: typical German cuisine, super characteristic place, very good service. The menu is only in German All courses are very good but surprisingly the tiramisu is exceptional

Went there today without a reservation and had a cute little table come. The service is extremely friendly and accommodating. We had cream schnitzel and onion roast, both were delicious. We'll be back.

Food was very tasty. My partner and I had a nice little table. Service was very attentive and friendly. Any time.

I had an onion roast, very tasty. The service was exceptionally attentive and very friendly. I would definitely go again.

Clean and quite spacious room A little cold on arrival but as soon as I opened the radiator it warmed up immediately. Comfortable bed. Perfect location for visiting Freiburg

Quaint, beautiful restaurant with excellent service. The quality of the food was okay, the price/performance ratio was right.

Great little restaurant with fresh food. We didn't have a reservation and were still served very courteously. Delicious dishes, delicious wine and good service. Totally reasonable in price. We definitely recommend the restaurant!

About the restaurant - Typical German food well cooked. The staff does not speak English, but they try to understand you and are very kind and friendly. Good place to get away a little from the hustle and bustle of the center, kitchen open all day and dogs allowed!!

We always walked past this restaurant. It literally attracted us. The staff was very attentive. The food was very good

Es triste cuando lo mejor que se puede decir es que tiene una decoración encantadora. Lástima que el servicio y la higiene no coincidían con la cubierta. Un servidor tardó más de 20 minutos en tomar una orden de bebida. Una copa de vino tenía lápiz labial, que la camarera puso los ojos en blanco cuando lo mencionamos. La comida era una C. Pero, el trampolín era el inodoro. Estaba contaminado con caca y papel higiénico y el piso era pegajoso. No podíamos esperar a irnos.

Great cute hotel in Freiburg. Very comfortable room. Delicious food. Good breakfast. Incredibly interior. In the middle of the old city! I will return!

Great local cuisine. With attentive service in English or German in a pleasant space. I recommend it, next to the Sichelschmiede River.

What a find! A cozy, vintage little restaurant. I love finding places like this. I wish I would have found it sooner! Food and service was amazing.

Idyllically located with a romantic view of the old town. Despite the central location, relatively quiet surroundings. Lovingly furnished. Everything was very clean. Sometimes you feel like a damsel :-). Everything was available at the breakfast buffet. Overall recommended

Nice place and food delicious 🥰

We love the Sichelschmiede in Freiburg, and we eat there regularly. The food is great, the service is great, and the atmosphere is great. Do make a Reservation as it is popular and often is too busy for walk-ins.

Excellent German restaurant in Freiburg im Breisgau I went to this restaurant for dinner with my girlfriend during a day in Freiburg im Breisgau. The restaurant is located in the historic center of the town along the Gewerbekanal. We had dinner outside in the small square near the banks. I had the suckling pig with roast potatoes. I found the meat very tender and tasty. I accompanied dinner with a medium local beer. The service was fast but a little distracted when clearing the table, some cutlery fell on my backpack, dirtying it with sauce. Luckily we got rid of the stain without any problems. The prices are honest.

rustic, cozy and above all, damn tasty!

Today we ate at the sickle forge. After we were shown to our table and we wanted to make ourselves comfortable, we realized that it was uncomfortably cold in the room. We immediately put our jackets back on. The radiator that was in the room was cold at number 5. So the heating wasn't working when the outside temperature was 5 degrees. No trace of comfort! The food wasn't bad, but it was also cold. Both the dumplings and the meat. When we were half frozen and wanted to pay, no one came by. I then reported to the staff. Someone was coming soon was the reaction. After another 10 minutes or so we had enough and got up to pay. When I said I just wanted to get out of here because it was very cold, the waitress said she could understand that. Must be a known problem. Cold room, cold food and still 80 euros poorer. That probably can't be it. No more sickle forging for us!!

Heute haben wir in der Sichelschmiede gegessen. Nachdem wir an unseren Tisch geführt wurden und wir es uns gemütlich machen wollten stellten wir fest, dass es in dem Raum ungemütlich kalt ist. Wir zogen unsere Jacken gleich wieder an. Der Heizkörper, der sich im Raum befand war auf Nummer 5 kalt. Also war die Heizung nicht in Betrieb. Von Gemütlichkeit keine Spur!! Das Essen war nicht schlecht, aber ebenfalls kalt. Sowohl die Knödel, als auch das Fleisch. Als wir dann halb erfroren waren und bezahlen wollten, kam niemand vorbei. Ich habe mich daraufhin beim Personal gemeldet. Es komme gleich jemand war die Reaktion. Nach weiteren gut 10 Minuten hatten wir die Nase voll und standen auf, um zu bezahlen. Auf meine Bemerkung ich wolle hier nur noch raus, da es sehr kalt sei meinte die Bedienung sie könne dies verstehen. Muss wohl ein bekanntes Problem sein! Kalter Raum, kaltes Essen und trotz allem um 80 Euro ärmer, das kann es wohl nicht sein. Nie mehr Sichelschmiede für uns!!

Delicious food in a cozy atmosphere. Nice service, food came in a reasonable time frame. It was very tasty and freshly cooked

Ambiente increíble y buena comida. El servicio es genial. Disfrutamos inmensamente de este pequeño tesoro. Alemán 🇩🇪 comida. Ambiente relajado y buena selección con alimentos de temporada disponibles

Great ambience in a beautiful location in Freiburg's old town. The service at the beginning of our meal was very friendly and attentive. There was nothing to complain about about the dishes themselves - they were consistently delicious. Unfortunately, we weren't noticed after that, so we sat with empty plates and glasses for 40 minutes and would have liked to have had something to drink and eat. There really wasn't anyone around anymore. Instead, we ultimately paid in disappointment and therefore unfortunately do not recommend the sickle forge.

Very rustic restaurant with authentic Baden cuisine at very fair prices.

Quaint restaurant with a beer garden. Classic regional dishes of good quality. Was very tasty. I can't rate the hotel.

The staff was very friendly. The hotel is very centrally located. Food was OK. The single room is not recommended, it should probably be used as a storage room. No proper windows to ventilate, all windows broken. The room is located directly on the balcony where the smokers meet. And probably the exhaust pipe from the kitchen runs long. That's how it smells in the room!!! But the rooms are clean.

The food was very tasty and the restaurant was really quaint

Sehr freundliche Bedienung und gutes Essen. Änderungswünsche bezüglich Beilagen wurden unkompliziert erfüllt. Wir 5 schweizer Frauen haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt und kommen wieder.

Sehr netter Biergarten mit freundlicher Bedienung, überschaubare Auswahl an Speisen, auch regional geprägt. Ausgezeichnete Fleischqualität (Ochsenbäckle) und fantastische Spätzle.

Very nice restaurant, cutely decorated with lots of old or antique things and with a beautiful outdoor area.

Nos encantó el sitio, estuvimos en la terraza y cuando fuimos al baño descubrimos lo bonito que era por dentro. Camareros muy amables y comida buena.

There are solid dishes here at reasonable prices. The service is friendly and quick. The atmosphere is cozy. We always enjoy coming back for dinner.

Quality of the food is mediocre, waiting time for food is far too long.

We stayed in one of the rooms and ate in the restaurant. The food (in the evening) was absolutely delicious. The Kässpätzle were spicy and served hot. The veal cheeks were tender, juicy and almost melted in the mouth. We barely waited more than fifteen minutes for our food. Every service person we met was friendly, warm, attentive and took their time. The room is a bit small, the mattress is fantastic and everything is sparkling clean. The whole building is old, old fashioned (consistent) and has some corners that could use new paint or other renovation. The service, the great food and the 1a mattress absolutely made up for it for us.

I was very satisfied. Unlike various other reviews, the meal didn't take too long (around 25 minutes) and it was very tasty. I chose rolled suckling pig with Brägele.

Visiting from the US and what an experience! We happened to stumble across this place after being turned down by two other restaurants—no reservations—and we were greeted like family. You could taste the ounces of love in every bite. This was one of my all time favorite dining experiences. If you’re looking for a quality meal and stellar service, don’t walk here. Run!

I ate here last night with my friend and it was incredible. The traditional German cuisine was something I wasn’t prepared to enjoy nearly as much as I did. I can’t wait to come back and eat here again. 10/10

We ate there on the outside terrace. Delicious food and nice ambience.

Excellent food and great service despite a full beer garden. Would love to come back.

Very central in the middle of the old town, very friendly young team. We will come back.

We were there with 3 couples, the rooms are perfect, not big but ok, the food and breakfast were excellent, the staff was super friendly.

Unser 3. Abend, die 3. Location, der 3. Volltreffer. Leider keinen Platz im Außenbereich ergattert. Essen, Service, Preis/Leistung ein weiteres Mal absolut okay!

Restaurant with very good regional cuisine

Shortly before 12 o'clock we wanted to order food and were informed by the employee that she couldn't put the order in the kitchen until 12 o'clock and we had to wait another 6 minutes. MA training would be urgently needed. The food was a disaster. Cold plate, so the unsalted spaetzle was cold when served, and the meat was tough and inedible. Finally, the toilets. Just “Disgusting” If I had taken this route before ordering, I would definitely have forgone everything in the first place. Not recommended and 1 star is still too much

As always perfect service!!! Young service staff with always a nice smile, serve you!!!

Leider in gar keinen Fall mehr zu empfehlen. Lieblos gekochtes Essen in minderer Qualität. Die schöne Location und die nette Bedienung konnte das leider nicht wett machen. Das Essen war fad. Das Fleisch war zäh und trocken. Die Soßen und Spätzle waren nicht selbstgemacht. Viel zu teuer für diese Qualität. Sehr enttäuschend für ein Lokal, dass früher mal so gut war.

Die Lage ist hervorragend und das Personal ist sehr freundlich. Die Portionen sind mehr als reichlich. Leider ist das Essen geschmacklich nicht so wie ich es mir gewünscht hätte. Mein Schäuffele war trocken und die Bratkartoffeln habe ich liegen gelassen. Mein Beilagensalat muss schon länger gestanden haben.

Longue attente avant d’être servi Des gens arrivés après nous ont diné avant . C’était bon mais je ne sais pas trop ce qu’il y avait dans mes raviolis 🤔 En revanche l’endroit est agréable Mais je n’y reviendrai pas

Very, very, very slow. They took our meal relatively soon but we were waiting for almost one hour since we ordered our meal

Also a very nice garden restaurant. We had the salad with chanterelles, very tasty.

Unfortunately the location is good, so you can probably rip off any tourist, and unfortunately no good restaurateur wants to do that anymore, only jobbers and no more heart and soul!!! A pity

Rude staff - restaurant Say us down - Put us in the wrong order in the queue and then told us we need to queue again because they made mistake in the order of the queue

Nice location in the old town, my salad was ok but I've eaten much better

Highly recommended if you want to be completely ignored by three waiters out of four present, not even get a drink after 30 mins of waiting, even though the place didn't seem to be busy what so ever. Fantastic location is no excuse for arrogance and poor customer treatment. Shocking experience!

Nice location. Courteous and helpful staff. Affordable prices, quantity and quality at the top.

Good food and good value for money.

Lage top, Service freundlich, Essen leider unterirdisch: Spätzle geschmacklos, Konsistenz wie alte Tintenfischringe, Pfifferlinge sehr wenig für den Preis und geschmacklos, Putensteak war ok, Beilagensalat war gut, Essen insgesamt sehr lieblos fabriziert

Decent meal and friendly surroundings but unable to explain why a piece of cheese took an hour to arrive on our table.. we will not return and we advise you to go to the neighbors

Service and ambiance were excellent, but food was gross.

Food great ambience great staff great. Greetings to the woman with the 4 sons. It was a great evening.

The terrace is located along the Insel, near the Schwabentor in the pleasant Gerberau street. You can easily walk to the Martinstor, enjoying the beautiful places.

Location is great! The waitresses are friendly. The food is delicious and the portions are big enough. Unfortunately, the price level for farm-style cuisine is a bit too high. This is Freiburg and not Stuttgart or Munich... At the shift change at 5:00 p.m. you are pressured to pay or asked to wait until 5:00 p.m. to place your order. Not customer oriented...

We waited 1 and a half hours for our food and got a tough piece of meat. It's a shame because the location is actually very nice.

My review is for the restaurant. Granted that I am a very patient person, however this was the worst experience in recent years. We waited more than 2 hours for our food, which didn't even arrive!! 3 times we asked for "explanations", given that the tables near us, also after a long wait, were at least already eating. The waitress said she goes to ask in the kitchen, but she never came back, to give us a "Feedback", answer, anything. Professionalism at level 0. Never again!

Nice ambience, relatively more expensive for the quality that is served there. Had much better food elsewhere, but it was OK.

Very tasty, home-style cuisine. Very friendly and attentive staff. Great ambience right on a small river. Large selection of food and drinks. Variety of regional specialties.

Nice people and friendly hospitality

The food was very tasty and I liked the atmosphere. Unfortunately very long waiting times. With almost 90 minutes of waiting for the food, it was already very close to the limit.

Siamo capitati per caso durante il nostro viaggio ma non tornerei neanche se mi offrissero il pasto. Non hanno cura minimale dei clienti, ci hanno dato un tavolo piccolo piccolo ed il tavolo più grandino a lato vuoto...cibo raffazzonato, che voglio dire,,,sicuramente congelato e poi cucinato. Abbiamo preso per non sbagliare due bistecche di carne Argentina che non sapevano di nulla ,forse si salvavano le patate che accompagnavano il piatto. Faceva parte della scelta una insalata condita con olio improbabile. Il servizio approssimativo. E poi non voglio continuare poiché sono molto deluso,,abbiamo speso 40 euro a testa per una esperienza da non ripetere. Suggerimento,,guardatevi da questo posto.

We liked their food very much. We ordered Steak, Turkey schnitzel and tagliatelle. It was all very delicious. The waiters and the owner lady were very attentive and polite. A nice place where you can taste traditional German dishes. It has a view overlooking the canal.

Popped in for lunch while traveling in Germany. Nice place, service as acceptable as the food. I think there is a better offer in the area.

Tolles Ambiente, alles in Schmiedeeisern und total gemütlich. Nettes Personal und sehr aufmerksam . Essen war Spitze.

We ate very, very well and always enjoy coming back.

Very tasty food in a beautiful beer garden. Good address in the middle of Freiburg.

We only tried the restaurant but while my friends were relatively satisfied, I was disappointed by my turkey schnitzel with spaetzles. The quantity of spaeztlés was small and the turkey steak microscopic, all for 19€90. I paid 25€ with a coke, and I came out hungry. AVERAGE… The service, although a little long, was correct and polite.

It's really nice. Drinks are ok. Unfriendly waiter. On vacation, no thanks

We had a wonderful and delicious birthday meal here! Thanks

Food overpriced mass delivery. Service very nice. Always happy to have a beer here. Be sure to look for another restaurant if you eat.

Something really has to happen so that the food comes close to what it used to be. The wateriest and most tasteless asparagus I have ever eaten. Seemingly fresh and local; I have my doubts. Conclusion: unfortunately nothing special. The sanitary facilities complete the picture at the bottom. It's a shame and hopefully better in the near future!