Zum Mundschenk Auf Schönburg

Eating inside a castle

The Schönburg is the castle that rises above Oberwesel, on the left bank of the Rhine, converted into a hotel. Zum Mundschenk is its à la carte restaurant, open also to people not staying there, for lunch, an afternoon coffee or an unhurried dinner. Some tables, says the house, have a view of the Rhine that is hard to match. It is the midday stop when the rest of the valley is closed, because it is open every day.

The menu

German and Hunsrück cooking, the plateau behind the valley, with some international cooking. To start, mixed salad for €11.50, white tomato soup with a mozzarella skewer for €12.50, Hunsrück bean stew with beef for €17.50 and vineyard snails in puff pastry with Pernod sauce for €19.50. For main courses, veal fillet medallions in morel cream sauce for €28.50, Hunsrück game sausage with sauerkraut and mash for €25.50, veal cheeks in port for €27.50 and grilled salmon on potato salad for €27.50. There is pinsa and a large salad for €22.50. For the afternoon, cake of the day at €4.90 or hot apple tart with ice cream for €15.50. Children have their own menu, from €10.50 to €18.50. The menu may change.

Hours

Open every day from 12:00 to 22:00. The hot kitchen runs from 12:00 to 16:30 and from 17:30 to 20:00; in between, coffee and cake. Drinks are served until 22:00. The house warns that the hours may change according to the season. In the same castle are the Schönburger Weinstuben, Wednesday to Sunday from 14:30 to 23:00.

Getting there

The car does not reach the door. In front of the castle there are two free car parks for hotel and restaurant customers, and from there you walk about 150 m over cobbles. Without a car, from Oberwesel station, on the Mainz–Koblenz line, you have to walk up from the village along the slope. The castle does not admit animals.