Mutter Jutte - Göttingen

We stayed there for three nights. The evening meal we had there was very nice. Very traditional and of course in a lovely setting. The breakfast was a continental style, set out on each table, i.e. not a buffet. It was nice (cold meats, cheese,...bread, scrambled egg, jam, tea/coffee and fresh) but there was no juice and no choice. Sometimes, they had to be reminded to bring everything. The rooms are more b&b-quality than hotel-quality. Each has en suite but the bathroom floor tiles were broken and we had to run the hot water for about minutes before it became even warm. The TV was an out-of-the-ark CRT set and the set-top-box (tuned to the Astra satellite) only gave us channels, none of which was English-language. The room looked as if it was furnished in the The wi-fi works in some parts of the building. At check-out, the only card they accept is a debit card with the EC symbol (they don't seem to go for Mastercard or Visa), so I had to make a quick trip to the next village to find a cash machine.

After checking out several other restaurants in Göttingen which were either full, or had run out of exactly the dishes we tried to order, we thought lets just go to Mutter Jütte and it was good. According to my canadian wife the filet steaks we...had there were the best steaks in a german restaurant so far, we shall come back often.

This restaurant is a favourite among locals in the Goettingen, known for its sumptuous game dishes and traditional baked potatoes. It is hard to reach minutes by car from Goettingen), but it is well worth the drive and a delight to know such a...place exists in what is a bland city from a culinary point of view. The space itself is rather quaint and the closest I have seen in the area to a traditional German family restaurant. Expect a low ceiling, interesting old-times decoration with beer mugs and old paintings as well as a no-frills service. Which is frankly what I prefer (restaurants in the area are often either chains or cater too much to students and tourists). But the most exceptional thing is, of course the food, typically some kind of local meat (wild boar, deer etc slowly cooked with its accompanying sauce and then the baked potatoes and red cabbage. All are among the best (if not the best) I have had in the area. Expect to pay a bit more than usual it should amount to about euros/person with drinks but it is well worth it.

Mutter Jütte is THE place for real German fried potatoes (Bratkartoffeln) and for a traditional German winter (Christmas) dinner: goose with red cabbage and all the other good stuff that comes with it. I am sure the other food is excellent as well.. but this is what we normally come here for. And we have never been disappointed! It's a cozy, authentic, relaxed, down-to-earth restaurant near Göttingen and certainly worth a visit!

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