Ponte Vecchio - Düsseldorf

We visited a museum in Dusseldorf and used the occasion to revisit our preferred restaurant there. Our reasons are that it is Italian, it predominantly offers fresh seafood, and the personnel are helpful, particularly when recommending dishes that take into account my wife's dietary requirements.We had a great mixed platter as appetizer and then both took fish based on the restaurant's daily catch offer. While my wife opted for the salmon, I chose the monkfish which was prepared in a really excellent house recipe sauce (can't remember the name).I am more than ever convinced that, while the restaurant has no pretention to vie with the best restaurants in town, it offers one of the best value for money options in the Altstadt area, particularly for those who are not satisfied with the identikit food offered a few streets further on (Argentine meat, German sausage, Greek restaurant etc).Add to that its very central location and a modest pricing policy (I paid a bit over 80 Euro for a full lunch for two people including an excellent bottle of Italian wine), and I feel justified in recommending it once again to other visitors.

We where there for lunch on Sunday. The restaurant was bustling. For starters we had shrimp in spicy garlic sauce and sauteed mushrooms. Great. The we had veal liver with salvia and butter, delicious and at 16€ a bargain. Friendly staff, we will come again

Stopped in for a quick late lunch. Pizza was amazing and extremely well priced. 1 pizza was good for two of us. In Old Town.

Very popular as we watched them turn dozens of people away - so you need to book. Even at 1830 hrs on a Saturday!We shared the anti pasta -tasty but mainly veg, no prawns or salami. We all then had pizza's which were truly excellent.The downside was unfortunately the service. We hadn't seen each other for some months so were happy drinking and chatting (2.5 hrs for the four of us ....starter and main course ) but two of the tables near the door waited for ages. We would probably have got up and left !

The days " Lammcaré " was in fact one of the best I ever have taste,, Not exclusive in the way it was served on the plate, but as tasteful as you could ever wish !!! Friendly waiter and a small outside place in the street. Good wine and free water,,,