Pades Restaurant und Bistro am Dom

Without the big expectations my college and I got a big surprise to find this pearl of a restaurant in Verden. The food impressed both visually and in taste. Prices are also acceptable. This place is recommended

Great restaurant, the best in Verden! Really friendly and competent waiters, high quality food and warm atmosphere. Highly recommended!

This is the best meal I had during my visit to Bremen and surrounding area. The food was wonderful. The service was impeccable. The ambience was lovely on a warm July evening. The owner surrendered his one Michelin star to focus on what he does best, and it shows. If you have the opportunity to dine here, do it!

I've been for the first time in this restaurant and it was definitely not my last time! There are not many dishes, but what they offer is perfectly cooked and served. The chef uses regional, seasonal and traditional recipes The menu is changing periodically. The service is nice and friendly, the suggested wines fit perfect.

God I really wanted to give this place a glowing review. The location is perfect. A quaint German village, the staff were charming attentive, unpretentious and informative, the decor was stunning typically minimalist with beams, wooden floors and white washed walls with high ceilings that just ooze understated good taste. Then the food. Having a michelin star in their rather non urban, laid back setting is quite remarkable and the starters really got off to cracking start. My spicy cream of pumpkin soup with chili oil was very luxurious but with a menacing after kick and showcased their focus on seasonal dishes. My partners ravioli with blood sausage and spiced plums was unique and totally unexpected: innovative, fresh, succulent and an assault on the taste buds. Add a couple of very moderately priced and generously poured rieslings and I liked where this was going. And then came the fish. The panfried fish of the day was marginally better than the deep fried chili and lime concoction which seemed overcooked and a little greasy for a restaurant of this calibre. Both dishes however suffered the horrible fate of having way too many things going on; too many strong contradictory flavours that simply overwhelmed the delicate fish: blood sausage, tangy mayonnaise potatoes, cold white sausage meet cut into slices and dumped on top? I know we are in Germany but it's just fish. Leave it alone. Terribly disappointing.