Jean-Pauls Cuisine
Cooking as it is meant to be.
Some kitchens want to impress. Others touch you. When Jean-Paul is at the stove, a scent drifts through the house that stirs memories. A plate is placed before you that has nothing to prove – because you can taste that everything is right.
This is not about effect. It is about care. Taking simple, honest ingredients and making something special. Dishes that sometimes recall childhood and sometimes surprise. Old and new ingredients, quietly in harmony.
Cooking with conviction. Honest and direct.
From garden to plate
Everything we serve has a story. Often it begins right outside the door, in the garden.
We believe in simple dishes, in cooking with the seasons, and in respect for our ingredients. A commitment you can taste.
For our house guests only
Our kitchen is not a public restaurant. We cook only for those who stay with us. The evening ends as quietly as the day – at a set table, by candlelight, in good conversation, without rush.
To round off the evening: wines from our vaulted cellar.
Kitchen hours: 7.30–9.30 pm | Lounge until 10.30 pm
Two ways to enjoy the evening
Whether you want to be surprised or prefer to know what awaits – Jean-Paul cooks with the same dedication either way.
The surprise menu
Different every evening. Depending on what the day, the market, and the garden have to offer. Three courses plus a greeting from Jean-Paul's soup pot – what he feels is right for today.
- A prelude from the soup pot
- Starter – what the day brings
- Main course – seasonal, made with care and love
- Dessert – a sweet finish
- And if you like: a wine from our vaulted cellar
€75 per person | available daily | please book at least 48 hours in advance
The seasonal menu –
September to the end of October
Courses that capture late summer and hint at the autumn to come
€95 per person | minimum two people | please book at least 48 hours in advance
How to reserve
You can select your dinner directly when booking your room online.
Already booked? Simply contact us by email at mail@bnb-elz.de, by phone on +49 (0)260 58486243, or via our contact form – at least 48 hours before your chosen evening.
Allergies or intolerances? Please let us know in advance – we do our best to accommodate them, at extra cost. No changes are possible for the seasonal menu.
The morning –
breakfast served at your table
The morning begins without rush. We bring you what you need – to your table, in your own time.
Croissants and brioche from Lenôtre Paris, still warm and fragrant with butter. Crusty bread – spelt, pumpkin – with homemade jams, 100% fruit. Air-dried ham, truffle salami, fennel salami. Farm yoghurt, fresh seasonal fruit.
The eggs come from our own chickens. On request, we make scrambled eggs to order – with herbs, bacon, onions, or cheese, however you like.
To go with it: organic orange juice, juice from traditional meadow orchards, coffee – whether espresso, cappuccino or latte macchiato – and tea from Althaus in Hamburg.
Not a breakfast to fill you – but to make you happy.
Included in the room rate | Breakfast hours: 8.30–10.30 am
In between. For the small moments.
Sometimes it is the afternoon that calls for something. Something small, made with care. For a pause in the garden, in your room, or in the lounge.
Sweet temptation – with coffee.
Or just because.
Sometimes all you need is something sweet, made with care. Jean-Paul bakes as he cooks: by season, with the best ingredients he can find.
Sometimes fruity, sometimes chocolatey, sometimes with nuts – what ends up on your plate, we're not telling.
A small cake for two. A surprise that never disappoints.
€ 25 | please reserve by the day before
For a lighter appetite –
when you want more than a snack.
A bottle of wine or Crémant, with three small dishes for two: something cold to start, something warm in the middle, something sweet to finish. Not a menu, but no compromise either.
€ 69.50 for two | available daily | until 5 pm
How to order
Select both when booking online, contact us by email or phone beforehand – or ask us when you arrive. For the lighter appetite: until 5 pm on the same day. For the sweet temptation: by the day before. We take care of the rest.