Taverna DaVinci - Bremerhaven

We stopped for a late lunch in the Bremerhaven waterfront area, near the Marine Museum, choosing an outside table as it was a beautiful summer afternoon. The server was fun and joked with us, even though we know very little German. He made us feel very welcome. The special of the day was a grilled salmon, so we both ordered this and a big beer . The presentation of the salmon topped with lemon slices, grilled vegetables and a sliced cucumber and tomato looked magnificent; almost too good to eat! The rolls accompanying the meal were warm and delicious as well. The salmon was cooked perfectly--not rubbery but fresh-tasting and melt-in-your-mouth succulent. What a great find!

Don 't go there! We settled down with my wife on the terrace and ordered hot chocolates and a pie each. The waiter, a tall bald man with a beard, is the most uneducated guy I 've seen during my vacation! When it came time to pay, he made us wait, smiling arrogantly, telling us that he didn 't have four hands ! Then, we wanted to pay by card, but he refused, claiming that he did not take the card for less than 25€. We told him it wasn 't written anywhere, but he told us to go to hell, that it was like that and that we shouldn 't argue. I 'll pass the details. This guy is the anti-advertising guy in this tavern. Rude, I was this close to punching him in the face. You should never talk badly to customers. Never. Result: we live in the Netherlands and often come to the region... This is the last time we will go to the Da Vinci tavern and I will make a very bad publicity in this horrible place. The owner of this tavern should fire this waiter because he is doing a lot of damage to his business.

Very average food, but the worst is not it. Service you are welcome to order, but have to wait till you can pay as nobody is in a rush to come to you. Finaly you are ordered to go to cash machine because the do not accept cards if the bill is 10 eur. Not written anywhere. The manner of this being told does not meet any customer service standards as well.

We had lunch in the Taverna DaVinci upon the recommendation of our German host and his friend. They said it is a good restaurant. We were not disappointed. My husband who is usually very picky with food was happy with his pizza. I ordered pasta aglio y olio con peperoncini. That didn't disappoint either. The portions was huge too. The restaurant has two sections, one is internally located, and the other dominates most part of what look's like a courtyard. The ambience is refreshing and cheerful as the courtyard gets a lot of sunlight from the glass dome above. The color yellow makes the surroundings bright and cheery. I failed to see however that they serve frutti di mari pasta because it is not written in the menu. I only saw it written in a small blackboard located at the entrance of the interior part of the restaurant when we were about to leave. I would have preferred it to what I ordered. Having said this, we were happy with the food and service. I suggest to the restaurant manager to revise their menu to include all regular items, assuming the seafood pasta is a regular item.

We stopped for a late lunch in the Bremerhaven waterfront area, near the Marine Museum, choosing an outside table as it was a beautiful summer afternoon. The server was fun and joked with us, even though we know very little German. He made us feel very welcome. The special of the day was a grilled salmon, so we both ordered this and a "big beer". The presentation of the salmon topped with lemon slices, grilled vegetables and a sliced cucumber and tomato looked magnificent; almost too good to eat! The rolls accompanying the meal were warm and delicious as well. The salmon was cooked perfectly--not rubbery but fresh-tasting and melt-in-your-mouth succulent. What a great find!