Restaurant in Celle, Germany
Seasonal cooking, easy booking, honest value.
Köllner's Landhaus holds a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, with a 4.8 Google rating across 164 reviews — at the €€ price tier, that makes it the strongest value case for seasonal cooking in Celle. Booking is easy, dress smart-casual, and plan a return visit: the seasonal menu changes enough across the year to justify coming back.
Picture a quiet village edge on the outskirts of Celle, a half-timbered address on Im Dorfe 1 that does not announce itself loudly. Köllner's Landhaus earns its Michelin Plate in consecutive years (2024 and 2025) by doing the opposite of what you might expect from a rural German address: it keeps the seasonal menu tight, the prices at the €€ tier, and the Google rating at a steady 4.8 across 164 reviews. For a first-timer weighing whether to make the trip, that combination of recognised quality and accessible price makes this an easy yes for anyone already visiting Celle — and a credible reason to visit Celle specifically if seasonal German cooking is your focus.
Köllner's Landhaus sits in Celle's outer residential fringe, which means the setting reads as genuinely local rather than tourist-facing. The room follows the aesthetic logic of a northern German Landhaus: expect restrained, warm interiors rather than anything minimalist or urban. The visual register is classic rather than contemporary — you are not walking into a design-forward space, and that is the point. The kitchen's seasonal approach means the menu rotates around what is good right now, which in practice gives each visit a different flavour depending on when you go. In the current season, that framing matters: northern Germany's autumn and winter larder, game, root vegetables, and preserved elements, tends to be where this style of cooking finds its leading material.
Service at a Michelin Plate venue at the €€ price point in a smaller German city tends to be attentive but not formally regimented, and that suits the landhaus format. Go in expecting a well-managed dinner rather than a choreographed tasting experience. Dress smart-casual; this is not a white-tablecloth formality situation, but turning up in outdoor gear would read as underdressed. If you are arriving from Celle's central Altstadt, allow time , the Im Dorfe address puts this outside the immediate historic core.
Because the kitchen works seasonally, Köllner's Landhaus rewards repeat visits more than most venues at this price tier. A first visit is leading spent ordering broadly across the menu to establish your baseline: understand the kitchen's strengths, which dishes carry the most technical ambition, and how the cooking balances classical German structure with seasonal variation. Take note of which proteins and vegetables are leading the menu , those are the items the kitchen is most committed to right now.
A second visit is where the seasonal shift earns its value. Come back three to four months later and the menu logic will have changed materially. The Michelin Plate recognition across two consecutive years signals consistent execution, not a single strong season, so you can return with confidence that standards will hold. Use the second visit to go deeper: if a particular dish category impressed first time, spend the second visit exploring adjacent choices you skipped. At the €€ tier, doubling down on a Celle address rather than booking a more expensive alternative elsewhere is a sound call , you are getting Michelin-recognised seasonal cooking without the price premium that comes with higher classifications.
A third visit, if you are local or return to Celle regularly, is the point at which you start to understand the kitchen's seasonal rhythm well enough to time your bookings around it. Late spring and early autumn tend to be high points for seasonal cuisine across northern Germany , asparagus season in April and May is treated seriously in this region, and the early game season in September offers comparable material. Planning visits around those windows gives you the kitchen at full seasonal advantage.
The consecutive Michelin Plate awards matter here. A Plate indicates that the Guide's inspectors consider this a kitchen worth eating at , it sits below Star level but above the generalist restaurant pack. At the €€ price point, that credential represents strong value within the Celle dining context, where Michelin-recognised cooking at accessible prices is not common. For broader regional context, northern Lower Saxony does not carry the density of Michelin addresses you find further south; neighbours worth knowing include Aqua in Wolfsburg and further afield Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn, though both operate at significantly higher price tiers and classifications.
Booking difficulty at Köllner's Landhaus is rated easy. For a Michelin Plate venue in a mid-sized German city at the €€ tier, that means you do not need to plan weeks in advance in the way you would for a Star-level address. That said, weekends will fill faster than weekdays, and if you are targeting a specific seasonal window , asparagus season or early autumn game menus, for example , booking a week or two ahead is sensible. No booking method is specified in our current data, so check directly via the venue's contact details or local reservation platforms. Hours are also not confirmed in our records; verify before travelling, particularly on Sundays or public holidays when German rural venues sometimes adjust their schedule.
The address is Im Dorfe 1, 29223 Celle, Germany. If you are pairing this with a wider Celle visit, see our full Celle restaurants guide, Celle hotels guide, Celle bars guide, and Celle experiences guide for a complete picture of the city.
If Köllner's Landhaus's seasonal approach appeals but you are exploring the broader German seasonal cooking scene, these addresses are worth knowing: JAN in Munich, Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach, CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin, Victor's Fine Dining by Christian Bau in Perl, ES:SENZ in Grassau, Mesnerhaus in Mauterndorf, and The First in Blankenhain. Each operates at different price tiers and classifications, so use our venue pages to calibrate which fits your budget and travel plans.
Yes, with a caveat on expectations. Two consecutive Michelin Plates and a 4.8 Google rating confirm the kitchen delivers a meal above the everyday, and the €€ pricing means you get that quality without a formal fine-dining bill. It suits celebrations where the food should be the focus but the atmosphere does not need to be grand or ceremonial. For a milestone that requires a more formal setting or Star-level prestige, you would need to travel to Wolfsburg or further south.
Practically, yes. At the €€ tier with a seasonal menu format, solo dining here is financially sensible and the cooking focus rewards paying close attention to each dish. Celle is a small city with limited competition at this quality level, so solo diners with a serious interest in seasonal German cooking have few better options locally. Confirm seating arrangements directly with the venue if counter or bar seating matters to you.
We do not have confirmed details on whether a tasting menu is offered here. If one exists, the Michelin Plate credential across two years suggests the kitchen has the technical depth to justify a multi-course format at the €€ price tier. Contact the venue directly to confirm current menu structure before booking with a tasting format in mind.
The closest peers in Celle are Das Esszimmer (modern cuisine, €€), der allerKrug (country cooking, €€), Schapers (farm to table, €€€), and Taverna & Trattoria Palio (Italian, €€). See the full comparison in our How It Compares section above.
Smart casual is the right call. A Michelin Plate venue at the €€ tier in a regional German city does not impose formal dress requirements, but the landhaus setting reads as considered rather than casual. Jeans are fine; overly relaxed or outdoor attire would feel out of place.
We do not have confirmed signature dishes in our current data, so ordering advice here would be speculative. The seasonal cooking format means the menu rotates, and the safest approach on a first visit is to ask the server which dishes are leading the current season's menu. Those are typically the items the kitchen is most confident in at any given time.
At the €€ tier with back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition and a 4.8 rating across 164 reviews, yes. You are paying mid-range prices for a kitchen that Michelin's inspectors consider worth singling out in consecutive years. Within Celle's dining context that represents clear value. The comparison point is Schapers at the €€€ tier , if budget is a factor, Köllner's Landhaus gives you Michelin-recognised quality at a lower price point.
Booking difficulty is rated easy, so a week's notice is typically sufficient for weekday tables. Weekend bookings during peak seasonal windows , asparagus season (April to May) or early autumn , warrant more lead time, probably two weeks. No online booking method is confirmed in our data; contact the venue directly to confirm the current reservation process.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Köllner's Landhaus | Seasonal Cuisine | Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | Easy | — |
| Schapers | Farm to table | Unknown | — | |
| Das Esszimmer | Modern Cuisine | Unknown | — | |
| der allerKrug | Country cooking | Unknown | — | |
| Taverna & Trattoria Palio | Italian | Unknown | — |
How Köllner's Landhaus stacks up against the competition.
Yes, with the right expectations. Two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) signal consistent kitchen quality, and the €€ price range means a special occasion here will not cost what it would at a starred venue. It works well for birthdays or anniversaries where the priority is good food over theatrical surroundings. If you need a grand, formal setting, look elsewhere in Celle.
Köllner's Landhaus is a reasonable solo option precisely because booking is rated easy — you are not competing for a scarce counter seat weeks in advance. The residential, low-key address on Im Dorfe 1 keeps the atmosphere unpretentious, which suits solo visits better than a high-pressure tasting-menu room. Call or check availability close to your date rather than planning far ahead.
No specific tasting menu details are confirmed in Pearl's data for this venue. What is confirmed: the kitchen works seasonally and holds a Michelin Plate, which at the €€ tier suggests good value relative to the cooking standard. If a seasonal set menu is on offer, the price-to-recognition ratio is likely favourable compared with similarly awarded venues in larger German cities.
Within Celle, Schapers and Das Esszimmer are the most direct comparisons if you want a sit-down dinner at a similar or adjacent price point. Der allerKrug skews more casual and is worth considering if the pub-dining format suits your group. Taverna & Trattoria Palio is the option if you want Italian rather than seasonal German cooking.
No dress code is documented for Köllner's Landhaus. Given the venue's village-edge address in Celle and its €€ positioning, a neat, presentable outfit is a safe call — think tidy casual rather than formal. Overly dressed guests would likely feel out of place in what reads as a genuinely local rather than tourist-facing setting.
Specific dishes are not documented in Pearl's data, so any menu recommendation would be guesswork. What is confirmed is that the kitchen focuses on seasonal cuisine, so the best approach is to ask the team what is freshest on the day. At a Michelin Plate venue in this category, following the kitchen's current recommendations over fixed favourites is generally the right call.
At €€ pricing with back-to-back Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025, Köllner's Landhaus offers one of the stronger value propositions in Celle for seasonal cooking. You are paying mid-range prices for a kitchen that has cleared a recognised quality threshold two years running. For comparison, similarly recognised venues in Hamburg or Hanover tend to charge more for equivalent credentials.
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