Restaurant Vai

Lübeck

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Restaurant Vai

Glossy, richly grained timber lines the walls, tables and even the alfresco courtyard of this sleek restaurant. The good-value top-end lunches are popular and feature pasta, seafood and salads. It's more complex at night with steaks and lobster appearing.

Dining

Being so close to the coast, fish features strongly on Lübeck menus. Cod in mustard sauce is a speciality and plaice is popular, as are tiny brown Baltic shrimps and herrings in many guises. In spring, feast on fresh asparagus. Rote Grütze, a compote of red fruits served with vanilla ice cream, is the favoured dessert. Do try Lübecker Rotspon, a red wine imported young from France, aged and mellowed in oak casks in Lübeck. Historic merchants’ houses provide the setting for some of the most memorable meals, and on warm summer nights it’s pleasantly relaxing to eat in restaurants with courtyards and gardens.