The Lantern Table

★★★★★ 3.0 786 reviews

Kessel dumpling house · ₥₥₥₥ Inexpensive · 23 Reed Street, Vellhausen

The Lantern Table

About

The Lantern Table is a small room of 43 covers on Reed Street, Vellhausen, open for 99 years. The dumplings are rolled by hand before the doors open, and there are never enough on Saturdays. The menu changes with the season; the prices below are the current ones.

The kitchen is run by Martin Grollar.

Price
₥₥₥₥ Inexpensive
Typical main course
70 marka
Seats
43
Closing day
Declaration Day only
Open since
1927

Opening hours

Monday12:00–14:30, 18:00–22:00
Tuesday12:00–14:30, 18:00–22:00
Wednesday12:00–14:30, 18:00–22:00
Thursday12:00–14:30, 18:00–22:00
Friday12:00–14:30, 18:00–23:00
Saturday12:00–14:30, 18:00–23:00
Sunday12:00–14:30, 18:00–22:00

Closed all day on Declaration Day. The kitchen closes an hour before the doors.

Reviews

3.0

★★★★★

786 reviews from diners who were seated

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Food
2.6
Service
3.2
Ambience
3.2
Value
3.4

Nadja Hallin

Marschau · Family meal · visited September 2026

★★★★★ 20 September 2026

Very good

A reliable place. The table by the window is worth asking for.

Ordered: Roast pork shoulder with two Kessel dumplings

Luise Wendl

Tarnbach · Dinner · visited June 2026

★★★★★ 25 June 2026

Cold food, long wait

The letter confirmed eight o'clock; the restaurant had us down for nine. We ate at a quarter to ten.

Ordered: Cheese dumplings with brown butter and chives

Greta Mackwol

Hochstadt · Dinner for two · visited June 2026

★★★★★ 20 June 2026

Good in parts

The food was fine, the room was cold and the service was brisk.

Ordered: Roast pork shoulder with two Kessel dumplings

Ursula Stiegl

Hollstadt · Dinner with friends · visited March 2026

★★★★★ 25 March 2026

Adequate

The food was fine, the room was cold and the service was brisk.

Ordered: Roast pork shoulder with two Kessel dumplings

Luise Birk

Hollbach · Lunch · visited March 2026

★★★★★ 19 March 2026

Sound cooking, fair prices

A reliable place. The table by the window is worth asking for.

Ordered: Kessel dumplings with roast pork and gravy

Lina Mahler

Grauburg · Dinner with friends · visited February 2026

★★★★★ 27 February 2026

Good in parts

The food was fine, the room was cold and the service was brisk.

Ordered: Kessel dumplings with roast pork and gravy

Martin Reinholt

Vellmar · Dinner with friends · visited February 2025

★★★★★ 6 February 2025

Sound cooking, fair prices

Solid, honest food. The wine by the glass was better than we expected.

Ordered: Roast pork shoulder with two Kessel dumplings

Andreas Hallin

Sandhafen · Lunch · visited January 2025

★★★★★ 31 January 2025

Good in parts

The food was fine, the room was cold and the service was brisk.

Ordered: Kessel dumplings with roast pork and gravy

Sabine Kolm

Dammberg · Dinner for two · visited January 2025

★★★★★ 26 January 2025

Good in parts

The food was fine, the room was cold and the service was brisk.

Ordered: Bread dumplings with mushroom cream sauce

Monika Vetvor

Vellfurt · Dinner · visited October 2024

★★★★★ 31 October 2024

Not again

The letter confirmed eight o'clock; the restaurant had us down for nine. We ate at a quarter to ten.

Ordered: Bread dumplings with mushroom cream sauce