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Regensblog review of Restaurant Colosseum

June 9th, 2009 by cliff1976
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The Joint
Restaurant Colosseum
Inh. Teixeira Pinto
StadtamHof 5
93059 Regensburg
Tel. +49 941 28 00 74 65

Cliff

Restaurant Colosseum

Restaurant Colosseum

This seems like one of those locations that has a hard time staying in business. Maybe it’s cursed (not a big surprise, owing to its history), or just had a string of unlucky proprietors since we’ve been here in Regensburg observing it. But I really hope this iteration sticks around, despite the odds facing it. The location is ideal for us and food quality was, by our estimations, very high. I like that the owner comes around to check on his guests while they are eating. But I’m troubled by what seem big threats to his livelihood.

  • Trattoria Marina is just a few meters away and has a much flashier location, setup, and is well established as the Italian restaurant on this part of the island.
  • They seem to have much more capacity for seating than necessary. Of course, they just opened this spring.
  • It’s hard to know what the place is actually called . The building is labelled “Colosseum”. Is that the name of the restaurant? Cursory google searches about the restaurant yielded nothing useful. What about carry-out business? Phone number on the door? All of that was missing or not obvious. Seems like the owner is relying on walk-in/by business. Hope that’s enough.

Here’s what it does have going for it: homemade pastas (excellent!), decent pizzas, a great bruschetta, and a Buy 10 Get 2 Free deal on carry-out pizza. I just hope they can stick it out against the odds.

Sarah

Locals already know this, but for those just visiting, Regensburg suffers from a glut of Italian restaurants. Most of them are fair-to-middling with a few standouts. Colosseum is on track to be counted among the standouts. Service is friendly and attentive. The food is fresh and well-priced. They don’t seem to have the flair that Marina has, but they’re far more pleasant to deal with – just try ordering a pizza from both places and see which experience is better.

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3 Responses to “Restaurant Colosseum”

  1. Alex says:
    June 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    They don’t have Chocolate Cheesecake Squares, do they?
    Thanks for visiting my blog!

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  2. cliff1976 says:
    June 20th, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    Update: we may have jumped the gun a bit. There are finally some signs and other fixtures near the door of the restaurant to indicate what it’s called and more importantly, that, in fact, it is a restaurant.

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  3. cliff1976 says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    Another update:

    Last night Sarah and I got some take-out pasta from there. Results: SUPERB. She had Rigatoni al Forno and I had Hausgemachte Tagliatelle al Porcini e Tartufo. Perfectly done noodles and tasty sauces (hers Bolognese, mine a light cream sauce). I really hope this place stays open despite competition from all the other Italian restaurants around here.

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