Kammerzell House

Strasbourg, France

The Kammerzell House is one of the most famous buildings of Strasbourg and one of the most ornate and well preserved medieval civil housing buildings in late Gothic architecture in the areas formerly belonging to the Holy Roman Empire.

Built in 1427 but twice transformed in 1467 and 1589, the building as it is now historically belongs to the German Renaissance but is stylistically still attached to the Rhineland black and white timber-framed style of civil (as opposed to administrative, clerical or noble) architecture.

It is situated on the Place de la Cathédrale, north-west of the Strasbourg Cathedral, with whose rosy colour it contrasts in a picturesque way when seen from the opposite direction.

The building's inside has been decorated on all floors by lavish frescoes by Alsatian painter Léo Schnug (1878-1933). It now houses a restaurant.

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יואניס (48 days ago)
Excellent food and services. It is our first time to have the Alsace cuisine and the recommendation by their staff makes us so delighted. definitely a must-try restaurant!
Ahmad Alsebai (2 months ago)
The dessert was perfect. The vegetarisch main dish also unique taste and delicious. My main dish was expecting better but anyway was good.
Kai Triebner (4 months ago)
This is a traditional restaurant with really good food. The location is right next to the cathedral and the building in which it is situated is supposedly the oldest in Strasbourg. The service is however quite slow and friendliness as well as attention to the customers could dramatically improve. The wait from ordering to receiving food was a bit over an hour and the fina bill contained things that were not ordered. They were however removed without discussion.
R H (4 months ago)
Great view of the cathedral and surprisingly well cooked food. Beautiful historical building where they've kept the original features including wall and ceiling paintings and original window glass. Well cooked food. I had researched where to go for dinner, and felt disheartened when we arrived due to the very busy tourist location. But they take a lot of pride in their cooking. One of the best bernaise I've had that was paired with a decent beef steak. Great selection of desserts too. The wine by the glass needs to be given a bit more love, they were not great. And the touristy location? Turned out it was superb for people watching and the evening light show of the cathedral. Will recommend this place to friends.
J B (5 months ago)
Our first time experience tasting a local sauerkraut which was really delicious. The restaurant is stunning and we were very excited to come. We chose to seat inside for lunch as we wanted to enjoy the beautiful wood carving decor. Although the service was not bad we felt that for such an establishment it lacked finesse and attention. We were on the 1st floor which wasn't full and a little more efficiency and caring would have been appreciated. No explanations of the dishes were given (the different cut of meat or the different types of fish) as i had the choucroute with fish. We felt the waiters didn't really make an effort. So a little disappointed on that front. But we loved the food !
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